Like the Palestinians, UNRWA knows how to stand up to the pariah state. Report: UNRWA staff keep working despite last Thursday's Israeli ban. Half a million Palestinians are continuing to access UNRWA healthcare “We remain committed to upholding the humanitarian principles" & fulfilling our mandate. “UNRWA must be allowed to do its work until Palestinian institutions are empowered within a Palestine State." ~UNRWA
Al Jazeera
Updates: Israel frees 183 Palestinians after 3 captives released in Gaza
These were the updates on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and Israel's attacks on the West Bank from Saturday, February 1.
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UNRWA knows how to stand up to the pariah state. Report: UNRWA staff keep working despite last Thursday's Israeli ban. Half a million Palestinians are continuing to access UNRWA healthcare “We remain committed to upholding the humanitarian principles" & fulfilling our mandate, said UNRWA's head. “UNRWA must be allowed to do its work until Palestinian institutions are empowered & capable within a Palestine State."
Al Jazeera
Updates: Israel frees 183 Palestinians after 3 captives released in Gaza
These were the updates on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and Israel's attacks on the West Bank from Saturday, February 1.
 #UNRWA #IsraeliBan #USPol #GazaGenocideNotWar . image
Now that they own the govt, the broligarchs want US intervention globally to secure broligarch profits. Surprise. Analysis: "Peter Thiel Dreams of Empire" Broligarchs say their companies shouldn't "be beholden to governments." Now they have control of the US govt, they think it ought to intervene on their behalf if "any other countries interfere with their business."
Tech Policy Press
Peter Thiel Dreams of Empire
The likes of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have effectively seized control of the US government, writes Dave Karpf.
 #Trump #Thiel #Musk #Zuck #Broligarchy #USPol #AIUnleashed #USImperialism .
Analysis: On "the nature of good & evil & how both manifest within all of us, as well as in the most dire, distressful times. "I repeatedly experienced this—the "miracle of human kindness"—as a war correspondent." ~Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges: The Nature of Good and Evil
On my last Q&A, a commenter asked me how I prevent myself from partaking in tribal hatred of the other, and instead focus my critiques on centers o...
 #USPol #War #GoodAndEvil #Genocide #EthnicCleansing .
Humans haven't yet got it together to recognise psychopathy in wannabe leaders. Billions of us keep voting it into power. Even some animal species know how to deal with psychopathic leaders & do so. When might humans?
The Difference Between a Bully and a True Alpha Male | KQED
We share 98 percent of our DNA with apes, and they can teach us something about good leadership.
Independent Australia
Sociopaths and why we elect them
Trump
 James Fallon, neuroscientist #Psychopathy #Trump #Musk #USPol .
Analysis: The Broligarchy: Who's who in the Silicon gilded age: "Tech CEOs cozying up to Trump want to reshape reality to their politics." Seated in *front of the incoming cabinet* were Zuckerberg, Pichai, Bezos, & Musk. Cook, Altman & Shou Zi Chew looked on.
The Intercept
The Broligarchy: The Who’s Who of the Silicon Gilded Age
On The Intercept Briefing podcast with Tech Policy Press’s Justin Hendrix: how a new inaugural era of class unity in tech and politics is taking ...
 #Trump #Musk #Broligarchy #SiliconValley #Fascism #Racism #WhiteSupremacy .
Report: Israel has a ‘biblical right’ to West Bank ~Trump’s pick for UN ambassador, Elise Stefanik Stefanik "endorsed Israeli claims of biblical rights to the entire West Bank during a Senate confirmation hearing." Stefanik also repeated debunked Israeli claims about Oct 7.
the Guardian
Trump’s pick for UN ambassador says Israel has ‘biblical right’ to West Bank – video
Elise Stefanik
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Interview: Citizens United "Helped Musk & Other Billionaires Bankroll Trump Victory" The SCOTUS "Citizens United ruling opened the floodgates for corporations & billionaires to pour unlimited money into elections." Trump's donors, incl Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Tim Cook & Sundar Pichai have a collective net worth of more than $1 Trillion. Both Democrats & Republicans have embraced these megadonors, but Trump is a new level.
Democracy Now!
Citizens United Helped Elon Musk & Other Billionaires Bankroll Trump Victory
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House comes almost exactly 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Citizens United...
 #Oligarchy #Trump #CitizensUnited #USPol .
Malignant narcissism & Trump Last year, 200+ mental health professionals said Trump has malignant narcissism... an untreatable disorder that "makes him deceitful, destructive, deluded, & dangerous". Trump shows a lifetime pattern: *failure to conform to social norms & laws *compulsive lying *reckless disregard for the safety of others *irritability, impulsivity, irresponsibility & lack of remorse (aka narcissistic psychopathy) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/trump-nyt-ad-george-conway=pac #Trump #NarcissisticPsychopathy . image
Interview: Jan. 6 Pardons encourage More Far-Right Violence The pardons say to far-right militants "that political violence against Trump’s enemies will be rewarded" & "to law enforcement that there’s no value in investigating & prosecuting far-right violence. "Right-wing extremism has already infiltrated much of US law enforcement", making it harder to guard against political violence. ~Mike German
Democracy Now!
Ex-FBI Agent: Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Send Dangerous Message
Former FBI special agent Mike German, whose new book Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within chronicles his experience working undercover in far...
 #ExtremeRightViolence #TrumpPardons #Jan6 #USPol .