Notices by JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social), page 2

Oh dear, never mind...

#Trump #SupremeXourt #ForeignAid #USPolitics

Supreme court rejects Trump request to continue freezing $2bn in foreign aid | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/trump-supreme-court-foreign-aid

"Israel’s military attacks on Gaza resumed yesterday, and bear in mind dozens of Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since the so-called ceasefire began in January. All of this is being suppressed and misrepresented by most of the Western media, who once again, cannot do their basic in explaining the inarguable facts, because their coverage is so slanted in favour of pro-Israel narratives"
Owen Jones

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
https://www.owenjones.news/p/israel-resumes-genocide-in-gaza?publication_id=2894744&post_id=158284755&isFreemail=true&r=55ldjt&triedRedirect=true

"Israel just went to war against Syria. This may be the first you’ve heard about this: unsurprising, given there’s almost no prominent coverage about it in the Western media.

Syria hasn’t attacked Israel. There were no threats from the Syrian government. In fact there was not even the flimsiest pretext for a straightforward war of aggression"
Owen Jones

#Israel #Syria

https://www.owenjones.news/p/israel-just-went-to-war-on-syria?publication_id=2894744&post_id=157951576&isFreemail=true&r=55ldjt&triedRedirect=true

"Who is innocent in Gaza? Civilians went out and slaughtered people in cold blood … We need to separate the children and women and kill the adults in Gaza, we are being too considerate"
Genocidal statement of intent 2 days ago by Nissum Vaturi, deputy speaker of the Knesset and staunch Netanyahu supporter.

#Gaza #Israel #Genocide

https://www.owenjones.news/p/kill-all-men-in-gaza-netanyahu-ally

"I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence.."

Coretta Scott King

The Onion never misses..

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them - The Onion
https://theonion.com/democratic-leaders-stand-real-still-in-hopes-no-one-notices-them/

#USPolitics #Democrats #TheOnion

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
Malcolm X, assassinated 60 years ago today.

#MalcomX

"Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country. It’s as simple as that.”
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez

It IS as simple as that. Will Labour in the UK say this, instead of aping the far right? Not holding my breath.

#Spain #Immigration #Migration #Economics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/18/how-spains-radically-different-approach-to-migration-helped-its-economy-soar

"As many as 22 remaining Biden-appointed US attorneys had their government-issued devices deactivated Friday without being told they’ve been fired or provided an explanation"

Can you see what it is yet?

#Trump #Biden #USPolitics
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/remaining-biden-us-attorneys-said-to-have-devices-deactivated

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha in what appears to be a targeted attack.
He ran the Al-Ghurbaah mosque at Wynberg near his birthplace, Cape Town. The mosque provides “a safe space in which queer Muslims and marginalised women can practise Islam”

#LGBTQ #SouthAfrica
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/16/muhsin-hendricks-worlds-first-openly-gay-imam-shot-dead-in-south-africa?CMP=GTUK_email

"This is what an unlawful attack on democracy in the digital age looks like. It didn’t take armed men, just Musk’s taskforce of boy-men who may be dweebs and nerds but all the better to plunder the country’s digital resources. This was an organised, systematic, jailbreak on one of the United States’ most precious and sensitive resources: the private data of its citizens"

#MuskCoup #ElonMusk #USPolitics

IT IS A COUP - by Carole Cadwalladr - The Power
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/it-is-a-coup?r=nv9u6&triedRedirect=true

"Criminalising men, women and children who have fled conflicts in countries such as Sudan does not disrupt the smuggling gangs’ business model. When a refugee is clambering into a boat with an armed criminal threatening them, they are not thinking about UK laws but are simply trying to stay alive.”
Enver Solomon

#AsylumSeekers #Refugees #UKPolitics

Planned UK people-smuggling laws risk ‘criminalising’ asylum seekers, charities say | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/30/asylum-seekers-who-refuse-rescue-in-channel-may-face-five-year-jail-terms

The IDF continues to violate the ceasefire in Gaza. No surprises there.

#Israel #Gaza #IDF #Ceasefire

Five-year-old among two killed in Israeli attacks amid Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/28/five-year-old-among-two-killed-in-israeli-attacks-amid-gaza-ceasefire

"Roy Coffer, a farmer in Oregon, said he’s not too concerned since President Trump has promised to target criminal immigrants.

“We expect the criminal and really bad people to be deported but the hard-working folks probably should be okay,” Coffer said"

I hope he's checked around for leopards....

#Trump #Farmers #Agriculture #Deportations

'Everyone's nervous' — U.S. farmers gather in San Antonio ahead of mass deportations | TPR
https://www.tpr.org/economy-and-labor/2025-01-26/everyones-nervous-us-farmers-gather-in-san-antonio-ahead-of-mass-deportations

What really happened ( from Akiva M Cohen over on Bluesky)

"Colombia: We're not taking shackled detainees returned on military flights. Transport them with dignity

Trump: Trade war!

Colombia: OK

Trump: Fine, no more shackled detainees returned on military flights

Colombia: Good. Was that so hard?

Trump: They gave in!"

#Colombia #Trump

An excellent article by @AnnPettifor on how private equity has taken advantage of the modern state where she says capitalism now bears uncomfortable semblance to the Soviet economic system.

#PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #StateCapitalism #Deregulation #Economics

Private Equity as Public Debt - by Ann Pettifor
https://annpettifor.substack.com/p/private-equity-as-public-debt

"I was at the rally on Saturday, and I saw what happened with my own eyes... it appeared that police wilfully engineered a situation to entrap Corbyn and McDonnell, the march’s figureheads, and then cynically present them as lawbreakers. At the same time, it arrested dozens of protesters and has subsequently charged the main organisers with public order offences"
Jonathan Cook

#Gaza #MetPol

Gaza protest: How Starmer and the Met have joined forces to quash all dissent
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/gaza-protest-how-starmer-and-the

"The Palestinian hostages released by Israel need to be celebrated with just as much joy and fervor. 90 of them — 69 women and 21 children — had to wait an extra 8 hours for their freedom, while Israeli troops forbade displays of joy by their friends and relatives outside Ofer Prison, and even attacked them with flash bombs, and rubber-coated metal bullets"
Juan Cole who also gives all their names in this article.

#Israel #Gaza #Ceasefire #Hostages

https://www.juancole.com/2025/01/palestinian-including-children.html

@lowqualityfacts Truly, you have the wisdom of Solomon.

"The reintroduction plan was signed off in recent weeks by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, who passed it to No 10. But there it was blocked by senior Downing Street officials, who were not in favour of the policy as they view it as a “Tory legacy”, sources said"

Ludicrous excuse. I suspect the farming lobby has got to Starmer.

#Beavers #Nature #Environment #UKPolitics
No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’ | Wildlife | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/14/no-10-blocks-beaver-release-plan-tory-legacy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other