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Facing legal troubles, Trump is ready to sacrifice American foreign policy for billionaire Israeli mega-donor Miriam Adelson's support.

The post Sold to the Highest Bidder: Trump to Greenlight Israeli Annexation for Campaign Funds appeared first on MintPress News.

Government employees are using their official badges to demonstrate against U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

The post “Not the Career in Public Service I Signed Up For”: Federal Workers Protest War appeared first on The Intercept.

The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed.

The post After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups  appeared first on The Intercept.

Oral Deposition Testimony, Sierra Madre Wedding Centre vs Mike Sacks, Feb 4, 1993

PLAINTIFF: Please spell your name and list your occupation.

DEFENDANT: Mike Sacks. M-I-K-E S-A-C-K-S. Wedding planner.

PLAINTIFF: And how long have you worked as a wedding planner?

DEFENDANT: Since May. This was my first wedding.

PLAINTIFF: Were you familiar with the rock group Guns N’ Roses before being hired?

DEFENDANT (laughing): No. I’m more of a “jazz head.” I’d never heard of the Guns and the Roses.

PLAINTIFF: But you’re familiar with them now.

DEFENDANT (laughing): Oh yes, indeed!

PLAINTIFF: How were you approached?

Ruby's not big on being told to keep quiet in this clip from BBC & Disney+'s Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson-starring Doctor Who Ep. 6: "Rogue."

‘There’s a great and a bloody fight ’round this whole world tonight And the battle, the bombs and shrapnel reign Hitler told the world around he would tear our union down But our union’s gonna break them slavery chains Our union’s gonna break them slavery chains […] So, I thank the Soviets and the mighty […]

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was elected Sunday in a historic victory considered a 'significant advance' for Mexico democracy but for feminist groups, she has much to prove

It’s more than 5 years since Erik died which, for those who knew him, is quite hard to believe, as he is still a strong voice in many of our heads. Because I know many of our readers knew and admired him or his work (or both!) I thought I’d let you know that a […]

by Kent Peacock

The idea that 2⁰C is a safe guardrail against global heating was a guesstimate by an economist almost fifty years ago, and it had a sketchy scientific basis even at that time. In November 2023, a consortium comprised of many of the top glaciologists and climate scientists in the world published a report entitled “The State of the Cryosphere 2023—Two Degrees is Too High.” (See also the review on Carbon Brief.)  The only hope of preventing catastrophic sea-level rise,

The post Two Degrees: Guardrail? Or Guide Rail to Disaster? appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

Brexit has barely been mentioned during the election campaign – but the impact on businesses and the economy is so much worse than the public might think

Digital campaigners, the Open Rights Group (ORG) are helping the public to opt out of the processing of their data by political parties in the run up to the General Election. Political parties collect, buy and process data about people’s views, voting preferences and demographics. Data can be acquired in many ways, including through surveys […]

As a late-stage baby boomer, a child of the 1960s, I grew up dreaming about America’s nuclear triad. You may remember that it consisted of strategic bombers like the B-52 Stratofortress, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) like the Minuteman, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) like the Poseidon, all delivery systems for what we then called “the Bomb.” I took it for granted that we needed all three “legs” — yes, that was also the term of the time — of that triad to ward off the Soviet Union (aka the “evil empire”). It took me some time to realize that the triad was anything but the trinity, that it was instead a product of historical contingency. Certainly, my mind was... Read more

Source: The Triad Is Not the Trinity appeared first on TomDispatch.com.

Spain’s Deputy PM declares "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" as European nations increasingly reject Israel’s actions in Gaza.

The post European Recognition of Palestine Signals Major Shift in Global Discourse appeared first on MintPress News.

Israel’s been talking smack about invading Lebanon to occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River for some time. (The southern-most river on the map.)

Convenience stores are not known for luxury. They replicate our base desires, stocking shelves with only the most essential food groups: salt, sugar, and alcohol. But what kind of person would look at a 7-Eleven and say, “You know what this place needs? A brunch item.”

Apparently, I am that kind of person. Ever since the internet has made a cult following out of the egg salad sandwich from Japan’s 7-Eleven, I have been dreaming about such a sandwich coming to America. Photos show perfect cross-sections of cut sandwiches, pearlescent whites peeking out from bright yellow egg salad, thick and rich between two slices of fluffy milk bread.

We’re still fighting fascism June 6 is my parents’ anniversary. As a Boomer, I remember the date first for that. My father was too young for WWII. But my late father-in-law was not. He arrived in Europe after the D-Day invasion, but fighting as an infantryman and a scout for the 100th Infantry Division marked him for life. His shelves were filled with books on the war, on Hitler and the Nazis. As a young man, how could the rest of his life compare with that experience? But he rarely discussed the fighting.   Post by @ajsandyman View on Threads   Post by @therickwilson View on Threads In his things after he died, we found a Bronze Star Ken never mentioned. I discovered the Pentagon gave them out like party favors to soldiers who’d been in theater a decade or so after the war. So it was not something he’d brag about. He valued another medal more. We brought him to a Democratic fundraiser dinner once where Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia was the featured speaker. (You remember him. He lost three limbs in Vietnam.) They’d invited veterans. Our table was full of men Ken’s age.

Over eight million voters live in ‘one-party fiefdoms’ as over 100 parliamentary seats have been held by one party for a century or more

A new episode of Tales of the Tardis will only premiere in the UK just before the season finale of Doctor Who on June 20th. What's it about?