Courts have threatened to hold the Trump administration in contempt. It’s time to follow through | Austin Sarat The administration has been accused of failing to comply with hundreds of orders. The courts must not be paper tigers

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Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroad, says journalist Eoghan Gilmartin

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They need to protect their pdf in chief! bsky.app/profile/gtco...

Beautiful like a haiku

"I'm always surrounded by secret service, so it likely won't be me. So, whatever. I don't care." --- Trump

Warmongering religious fundamentalism.

Western censorship  in progress. TikTok has now deleted this video.

Today's demonstration against the illegal US and Israeli attacks on Iran is about to begin. Rally will be at the US Embassy, where we'll be calling for an end to the nuclear hypocrisy and for Keir Starmer to stop allowing the use of British bases. #NoWarOnIran

'Don't die': the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain, writes an anonymous Tehran resident

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We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott

🔎 From the archive: We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts — by Russell scott

🔁 Relevant again: The Editor of the Spectator still has questions to answer

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

STOP THE WAR, STOP OIL, STOP EXTRACTIVISM, STOP THE GREED, STOP THE DEATHS. WE ARE IN THE SPIRAL TOWARDS EXTINCTION AT THE HANDS OF THESE PATRIARCAL FASCISTS.

More war = more death = more global warming = more death = more oil extraction = more death = more war = more death = more self destruction = more death = more profiteering greed = more death = more war = more climate change = extinction.

US bombers land in UK for 'the big one': B1s that can carry 34 tonnes of bombs land at RAF base — Daily Mail UK A US B-1 aircraft was pictured arriving at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday evening, where it is expected to be joined by more stealth bombers, including B-2s and B-52s.

STOP THE BOMBS MEANS STOP THE BOMBERS!
“US bombers land in UK for 'the big one': B1s that can carry 34 tonnes of bombs land at RAF base”
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Poem by Noor Hindi

I've been in workshops with debates about commas & line breaks, rather than shouting ‘YES YES’ at the emotional gravity of a poem

“I tell you about children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks seconds before becoming daisies”

PS there's craft in this, but it still interrupts you

#poetry
#poemoftheday

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Sign the Petition EMERGENCY PETITION — STOP THE BARTHOLOMEW HOUSE GIVEAWAY!

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I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

Like clockwork.

Charred pot residues reveal prehistoric Europeans' surprisingly complex cuisines Thousands of years ago, European communities used a variety of plant and animal products to create elaborate meals, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Lara González ...

"Each culture had their own complex culinary traditions."

Let's say it again: they were just as smart, as innovative and creative as we are.

#Unlearn ideas of "primitive life"
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Propaganda,
Trickles like a leaky faucet,
Releasing a steady and persistent wave of anesthesia,
Dulling senses, rewiring neural paths,
Hijacking the mind,
Filling it with illusory truths,
Altering reality, to evoke visceral reactions, over critical thinking,
Wake up.

Adolf Hitler attacked Czechoslavakia without declaring war
Hitler invaded Austria without declaring war.
Hitler invaded Poland and France and the USSR without warning.
Donald Trump invaded Venezuela without warning, he attacked Iran without warning.

oranges and oranges.

Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London Exclusive: Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May

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Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, and it looks like @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is suggesting @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social might just have a case of it.

Facilitating war crimes is COMPLICITY

Trump to use British bases for ‘surge’ in Iran attacks — The Telegraph The US will use British bases to increase the number of strikes on Iran “dramatically”, Pete Hegseth has said.

This
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They are not hiding teh Epstein files. They are hiding the Trump files. Release them now.

When will they stop the Epstein distraction war?

Tate was trying to get to Dubai on a bus.

When they got to the Saudi border everyone was told to get off for passport and baggage checks and Tate decided to stay on - presumably because the bus was air conditioned and he didn't want to stand in a queue.

He then got detained by Saudi guards.