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Congress Must Act Now to Stop a New War in Latin America
In the first days of January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio escalated tensions across the Americas by signaling that Cuba could be targeted follow...
 US citizens: call on Congress to stop the march to war - no attacks on Cuba, no escalation in Latin America, and no more US-driven violence in our hemisphere. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
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Iran’s internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some time
Experts note the blackout is unprecedented in its extent but also selective, allowing some government communications
2013: January - April Political Notes - Richard Stallman
2010: September - December Political Notes - Richard Stallman
2022: November - February Political Notes
 Everyone in Iran, except the government, has been cut
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TechStory
NASA’s Goddard Research Library to Close as Trump-Era Restructuring Accelerates - TechStory
NASA is preparing to close its largest research library this week, a move that has sparked growing concern among scientists, engineers, and lawmake...
 NASA, driven by magats who don't really like science or historical investigation, is closing more and more of its research libraries.
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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
Satat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Awasthi say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
2023: September - December Political Notes
 The Indian government arrested climate defense activists for campaigning for India to sign the fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty with support from foreign organizations. Prohibition of foreign support for humanitarian organizations is a standard fascist
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the Guardian
ICE agents have killed – again. The Trump administration blames the victim | Moira Donegan
An agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, causing vast and needless grief. Our country is diseased – but that is not the only truth
 A masked deportation thug murdered Renee Nicole Good as she tried to drive her parked car away from him. He had nothing remotely like grounds for violence. Then federal officials told lies to try to excuse the killing.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/migrants-largest-us-detention-camp-face-foul-water-rotten-food-congresswoman-2025-11-11/ In the largest deportation prison in the US, the prisoners are given rotten food and bad water.
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Where the hell are America’s leaders?
Too many people with formal authority are intimidated by Trump or sucking up to him. That leaves you and me and everyone else without official powe...
 Most of America's "leaders" are sucking up to the saboteur in chief, and worst of all are the billionaire "captains of industry".
the Guardian
Trump’s new world order is being born – and Venezuela is just the start | Owen Jones
The US president has been quite clear that Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland are in his sights. We must believe him, says Guardian columnist Owe...
 *The US president has been quite clear that Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland are in his sights. We must believe him.* I would say, we must consider that a serious threat. Any of his threats can be bullshit, but we can't assume it is bullshit.
the Guardian
Made in America by Edward Stourton review – why the ‘Trump doctrine’ is no aberration
From territorial overreach to deportations, the current president is not as much of an anomaly as he might seem
 Two conflicting strands of American history, one enlightened side that stands for liberty and one dogmatic and brutal Christian side, have been in conflict since the beginning.