Notices by Qasim Rashid, Esq. (qasimrashid@mastodon.social), page 10

SCOTUS criminalizing the homeless is much like how in 1933 Nazis passed a law "against Habitual & Dangerous Criminals,” which relocated beggars, homeless, & the unemployed to concentration camps.

Even worse—Nazis built their laws off USA’s Jim Crow laws. Princeton Professor Whitman writes in his book “Hitler’s American Model ,”Nazism triumphed in Germany during Jim Crow USA. Did the American regime of racial oppression inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes.”

Full circle fascism.

Two points on NYT Ed Board calling for Biden to withdraw after his debate.

1. Is a bad debate worse than Trump’s 34 felony convictions & 3 more criminal trials? Where’s the call for his withdrawal?

2. Is a bad debate worse than funding a regime that’s killed 39K Palestinians?? Why no call for him to withdraw then?

I’ve been as critical as anyone about Biden’s debate performance, but Media needs to hold the powerful accountable for actual violations of justice, not this performative nonsense.

“Democracy suffered a devastating blow tonight,” Qasim Rashid, a human rights lawyer and media specialist behind “Let’s Address This,” wrote.

Rashid added: “Jake Tapper and Dana Bash should never be allowed to moderate a presidential debate again.” https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-jake-tapper-dana-bash-criticism-debate-fact-checking/

To recap SCOTUS this week:
•Bribery is all good
•Being homeless is a crime
•Being an insurrectionist is not a crime
•Corproations can pollute at will & government better not stop them. Also lol climate change.

If we have any hope of saving our democracy—Expand The Court.

To recap:
•Israel rejects the binding UN resolution it previously agreed to
•Israel refuses to release the 3500 Palestinians it holds in indefinite detention without charge or trial
•Israel won't leave Gaza & now announces plans to annex the West Bank

This All Violates Int'l Law.

It is outrageous that the US Govt continues to fund these war crimes & mass murder of Palestinians. Where is the accountability & where is the international rules based order we keep hearing about? Horrific.

Israel has banned all western journalists, exiled domestic journalists, killed 100+ Palestinian journalists, kills aid workers, & bombs hospitals. Gaza Health Ministry is the only data set we have and it’s been affirmed reliable by the UN, US State Dept, & even by Israeli Intel. And now even this one reliable source of data on murdered Palestinians is being banned.

The tenth stage of genocide is denial. This is what genocide denial looks like & shame on every politician who voted for it.

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The House just passed a cruel bill banning using funds to cite data on Palestinians killed by Israel. And people are defending this barbaric House bill by claiming, “the prohibition is only from citing death figures from Hamas” but allows tolls from other groups.

WHAT OTHER GROUPS?

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She tried to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian Muslim girl.

She attacked the girl's 6-year-old brother.

She told the mother "she'll kill all of them."

And Torrent County, TX let her out on bond. Elizabeth Wolf is free despite trying to murder a toddler.😳
https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/a-woman-is-out-on-bail-after-attempted

Oh my God🤬

White couple from West Virginia adopted Black children, then enslaved them, kept them locked in a barn, & deprived them of food & human contact—and the judge Still let them make bond!

8 mo late they’re back in jail & await trial. Just what?!
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/06/24/hite-west-virginia-couple-forced-black-adopted-children-found-locked-in-barn-to-do-farm-labor/

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Reminder on Dobbs' 2 year anniversary that 9 of top 10 states with lowest infant & maternal mortality rates are Blue states that protect repro health & 16 of top 17 states with highest infant & maternal mortality rate are Red states that restrict repro health—because abortion bans do not decrease abortion rates, they increase the death of women and children.

MAGAs banning abortion access was never about life, it was always about control of women.

Maybe instead of only posting the Ten Commandments, we can also post the Five Pillars of Islam, the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, the Ten Disciplines of Hinduism, the Five Virtues of Sikhism, the Three Tenets of Jainism, and then maybe we can compile them all into a religion class and actually educate our kids so they become well rounded adults, not indoctrinated evangelicals. Just a thought.

SCOTUS rules 8-1 that police can remove firearms from domestic abusers. Given that the leading cause of injury to women are men, & women are most likely to be killed by men, this is absolutely the correct ruling.

Justice Thomas dissented, b/c he's absurd.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/politics/supreme-court-guns-rahimi/index.html

Today on Juneteenth I want to take the opportunity to elevate an iconic Civil War story that they just don’t teach in schools.

I share the Civil War story of Private Mohammed Kahn, also known as John Ammahail. At a time of rising anti-Black violence, anti-immigrant policy, and anti-Muslim hate, Kahn’s story pushes back against such division and discord, and instead exemplifies the beauty of what this country can be.

https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/private-mohammed-kahncivil-war-hero

Louisiana refuses to provide free school lunch for its kids.

Louisiana refuses to raise its poverty wage from $7.25/hour for its workers.

But—Louisiana now mandates posting the Ten Commandments in every public school from KG to colleges.

A shame, if only the Bible had said "Faith without works is dead," then maybe Louisiana would take action to elevate its residents, rather than empty gestures to be seen of men.

Oh wait.

On Juneteenth remember that human trafficking was legal. Slavery was legal. Jim Crow was legal. US Govt paying reparations to white enslavers who lost their “property” but not to the enslaved who lost their lives, was legal.

Do not let legality be a measure of morality or justice.

The UN reports at a minimum 19,000 orphans in Gaza right now.

19,000. At a minimum.

All made possible by the Netanyahu regime indiscriminately bombing civilians, and the US Government indiscriminately arming the Netanyahu regime.

Happy Father's Day.😓

Sr Airman Roger Fortson was at home when cops entered unannounced & shot him dead 6 times.

The cop claimed he acted in self defense when he saw Fortson holding a firearm—which Fortson legally owned. The cop is on admin leave.

How are you going to illegally break into an innocent man's home unannounced & claim self defense? Horrific injustice.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-airman-killed-by-florida-deputy-lawyer-says-they-went-into-wrong-apartment/5SSTU5VRPRHFDBUCBKWFF4T73Y/

BREAKING: FAA says Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in planes

NYT Pitchbot: This is why DEI is to blame

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/boeing-airbus-may-used-counterfeit-titanium-planes-faa-investigating-rcna157160

Senate GOP—who unanimously let the child tax credit expire, increased childhood poverty 30%, & cancelled free school lunches—just blocked IVF again because a clump of cells is a child but an actual child can starve.

It was never about life. It was always about control of women.