Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort" The order includes: * allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records; * giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote; * preventing millions from registering to vote; * severely limiting voting by mail. Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker #uspol #trump #votersuppression #autocracy #musk .
Analysis: “The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children "Perhaps the gravest of crimes has been Israel’s industrial scale killing of children." More than 300 children have been killed in the last nine days US doctors in Gaza have reported that scores of children have been targeted—often fatally—by gunshot. #GazaGenocideNotWar #israelicrimesagainsthumanity #uspol #USComplicity #trump .
Analysis: “The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children "Perhaps the gravest of crimes has been Israel’s industrial scale killing of children." More than 300 children have been killed in the last nine days US doctors in Gaza have reported that scores of children have been targeted—often fatally—by gunshot. #GazaGenocideNotWar #israelicrimesagainsthumanity #uspol #USComplicity #trump .
Report: Protesters disrupt UK Trade Secretary's talk As Jonathan Reynolds began to speak, a protester accused him of being “complicit in genocide” and demanded an end to the sale of F-35 parts to Israel. #ukpol #stoparmingisrael #GazaGenocideNotWar #ukcomplicity .
Interview: "Double Standards in International Law, from Russia to U.S." We need "a universal, international criminal justice system instead of one where only some nations are held to account." ~Wolfgang Kaleck Kaleck twice filed war crimes suits against former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Germany. #warcrimes #un #uspol #us #russia #internationallaw .
Analysis: "Netanyahu lobbied von der Leyen over genocide case" Israel is trying to keep secret its lobbying against South Africa's ICJ case. Israel’s embassy in Brussels has objected to the disclosure of Netanyahu's letter. "To their shame, officials working for von der Leyen have accepted Israel’s demand." https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/netanyahu-lobbied-von-der-leyen-over-genocide-case #netanyahu #vonderLeyen #europol #uspol #GazaGenocideNotWar #southafricaicjcase .
Interview "Disappeared" U.S. expels LGBTQ Asylum Seeker to El Salvador’s Version of Guantánamo, CECOT "People who are sent to CECOT will never be allowed out." ~Juan Pappier, HRW Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expel over 130 venezuelan immigrants from the US to CECOT, which is infamous for torture & other human rights abuses. #LGBTQ+Rights #uspol #racism #fascism #trump #resistfascism .
Interview "Criminalizing Dissent" In a defamation suit, Greenpeace has been ordered to pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm Steven Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the pipeline industry and were predisposed to rule in favor of the firm. #dakotapipeline #fossilfuelindustry #uspol #greenpeace .
Analysis: Trump Is Trying to Create His Own Personal Legal Strike Force "As with every fascist regime throughout history, the point of Trump’s personal hijacking of the law enforcement apparatus is fear. "Trump is trying to quell resistance to his junta by threatening prosecutions of anybody, especially the lawyers, who oppose him. "He doesn’t actually have to prosecute everybody, or even most people." The threat alone will chill most #fascism #trump #doj #uspol .
Panel on why Netanyahu has resumed genocide on Gaza. Yes, he wants to stay in power. But he also hopes to fulfil the century-long Zionist dream of driving all Palestinians out of Palestine and stealing the land for a theocratic state. Panel Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian National Initiative Scott Lucas, University College Dublin Daniel Levy, US Middle East Project #Netanyahu #GazaGenocideNotWar #USPol #ethniccleansing #BDS #USComplicity .