There has been a wave of outrage following Donald Trump’s attempt to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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Trump’s bullying and threats against US allies are part of a crude effort to restore US power, and a display of naked imperialism, writes James Supple
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Erima Dall looks at Labor’s drop in support and why it has disappointed its supporters
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Adam Adelpour looks at the difference between fascism in power and other forms of far right politics, and the lessons from history on how to stop them
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Employees at the federal tech unit 18F say that their role in preventing overspending put a Musk-sized target on their back.
The post Musk Is Firing Federal Workers Who Prevent Bloated Tech Contracts appeared first on The Intercept.
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After dismissing Bitcoin as a scam during his first White House stint, Trump warmed to cryptocurrencies during his re-election campaign. To complete his conversion, on the 6th of March the 47th President signed an executive order to set up a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile”. The United States government sensibly stockpiles […]
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Marco Rubio justified Khalil’s arrest using the same protest-related charges Columbia brought against him — but dismissed a day later.
The post Columbia Apologized to Mahmoud Khalil in May 2024 for One-Day Suspension appeared first on The Intercept.
An Update Regarding the 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections
I've explained in other posts that I ran for the 2025 Open Source Initative Board of Directors in the “Affiliate” district.
Voting closed on MON 2025-03-17 at 10:00 US/Pacific. One hour later, candidates were surprised to receive an email from OSI demanding that all candidates sign a Board agreement before results were posted. This was surprising because during mandatory orientation, candidates were told the opposite: that a Board agreement need not be signed until the Board formally appointed you as a Director (as the elections are only advisory &mdash: OSI's Board need not follow election results in any event. It was also surprising because the deadline was a mere 47 hours later (WED 2025-03-19 at 10:00 US/Pacific).
Campaigners are targeting the stock price of Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker as the backlash against his support for far right movements grows
Keir Starmer must change course from this performative cruelty towards the sick and disabled, argues Neal Lawson
It’s been evident since Trump’s inauguration that the US, as we knew it, is over. I’ve been looking at some of the US-centred organisations and economic dependencies that will need to be rebuilt. But I hadn’t given much thought to the university sector, where I work, until I got an urgent email asking everyone at […]
The world awakens to the news that Israel has broken the ceasefire and now continues its bombardment in the Gaza Strip. Francesca Albanese states we cannot bear witness to global leaders doing nothing. Al Jazeera comments that the ceasefire did not collapse, it was part of Israel’s plan. In Gaza, Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda gives Continue reading »
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding federal operations through the end of September, fissures have expanded within the Democratic Party on how best to counter Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s ongoing assault on government agencies.” — Mother Jones
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SCHUMER: My fellow Trojans, we are gathered to discuss what to do with the big wooden horse statue that the Greeks left behind.
TOWNSMAN: It’s a ruse to kill us all! I say we burn it, then uncork some wine—and enjoy centuries of peace and prosperity.
SCHUMER: Yes, there’s danger in opening our gates to this statue. But there’s also danger in keeping it out… the danger of eroding the sanctity of the gift-giving process. Now, what do we know about this thing?
I’ve always found the performative use of religious language, as an excoriation or a scold,...
Some wild fish may recognize individual humans in the sea
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US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has just called for other countries to join the US in attacking the Houthis in Yemen, a country in which she once strongly opposed intervention. This article was originally published by Antiwar dot com. The US launched a major round of airstrikes against Yemen on March 18, killing at least 53 people, including women and children. Tulsi Gabbard, the Trump administration’s Director of National Intelligence, now says that the US wants countries that […]
The post Tulsi Gabbard reverses her strong opposition to ‘genocidal’ Yemen war first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post Tulsi Gabbard reverses her strong opposition to ‘genocidal’ Yemen war appeared first on The Grayzone.
After fervently denying that they relied on financial support from the US government, the supposedly “independent” Russian language paper Meduza has been thrown into existential crisis following the Trump administration’s pause on foreign development assistance Alexey Kovalev, a self-described “Russian journalist currently living in exile for fear of persecution back home,” had spent much of his career at Meduza, the leading opposition media outlet in Russia. Since leaving the paper under mysterious circumstances in the summer of 2023 and relocating to […]
The post ‘Independent’ anti-Russia outlet Meduza faces collapse after US funding slashed first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post ‘Independent’ anti-Russia outlet Meduza faces collapse after US funding slashed appeared first on The Grayzone.
Gina Rinehart’s hand picked choice for Prime Minister, Dodgy Peter Dutton, is today tipped to launch the Liberal party’s election campaign slogan, ”Policy Free Since ’03.” ”It’s a great slogan that really feeds off of the energy of Kevin ’07... Read More ›