Keep funding the violence industry at home and abroad.
Nothing seems to jeopardize access to lucrative government contracts. Americans interested in reform might reflect on that fact.
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BREAKING: New federal data shows the Biden administration approved 6,430 permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands in their first two years, outpacing the Trump administration’s two-year total of 6,172.
A 4% increase in drilling permits
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“You can’t diversify your way out of oppression.”
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Good. Maybe murder of Tyre Nichols can put an end to myopic & absurd idea that putting more Black cops on the force is some “solution”. We see over and over how often Black cops act just like white ones. U can’t diversify your way out of oppression #DefundThePolice twitter.com/attorneycrump/…
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Israeli forces killed at least 9 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including an elderly woman. The raid at the Jenin refugee camp is one of Israel's deadliest in years.
At least 29 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces this month, including at least 5 children.
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You can't routinely take classified material home (itself a crime):
…from 1973-2009 ("docs dating from his time as a Senator"),
…again from the WH (2009-2017),
…report it only after somebody ELSE stumbles across your stash
…and claim it's OK bc 𝙣𝙤𝙬 you're "cooperating"
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lsraeli occupation authorities extend the arrest of Palestinian teacher Hanadi Halawani who was detained yesterday. The attached video shows the cruel treatment she is receiving from the occupation soldiers; an observation that can’t go unnoticed.
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Media help launder US military PR on joint drills with Israel
Three separate reports from CNN, NBC News, and Reuters were almost identical in repeating official talking points and ignoring criticism.
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Israel killed more Palestinians in the West Bank last year than any year in nearly TWO DECADES.
Now, 25 days into January, Israel is on pace to nearly DOUBLE the number of Palestinians it has killed in the West Bank for 2023.
Are you paying attention?
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New from me in newsletter: Two of CA’s most powerful politicians, Gov Gavin Newsom & LA Mayor Karen Bass, have recently launched new homeless sweeps w/ serious potential for harm—but have disguised the plans as “caring” & “compassionate”
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The Democrats are pro police state .. so no surprise
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Unsettling that Georgia Senators @ReverendWarnock and @Ossoff remain silent on the first-ever US police killing of a climate activist. The Georgia police narrative about the killing of Tort is highly suspect.
Show some courage. Ask the tough questions. Demand the answers.
Who benefits for the Ukraine war and the enormous Pentagon budget? Just look at the CEO pay of top 5 weapon makers:
General Dynamics: $23.5M
Raytheon: $21.8M
Boeing: $21.1M
Northrop Grumman: $19.9M
Lockheed Martin: $18.1M
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New: Hillside Villa tenants thought they won their fight in May when L.A. city council voted to try to buy their building. They're facing eviction in February as protections expire and the city has neither appraised nor bid for their property.
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In a speech to a US corporate lobby group, Ukraine's Zelensky thanked Black Rock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Elon Musk's Starlink, promising:
“Everyone can become a big business by” buying up Ukrainian assets
“We are defending freedom and property”
More: geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/25/ukr
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reminder that the current Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andrij Melnyk is an openly avowed Nazi and Holocaust denier. He used to be ambassador to Germany, but after he expressed his Nazi Holocaust denying views Zelensky promoted him to his current position
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BREAKING: All 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations demanded the U.S. end its embargo on Cuba and remove it from the ’s state sponsors of terrorism list at the #CELAC Heads of State Summit in Buenos Aires.
Joint Declaration: bit.ly/3JfmPNt
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“Cop City will feature a mock town w/a gas station, bank, bar, nightclub, school, apartments, park & splash pad. There will also be a warehouse on site for training in ‘crowd control.’ A survey of area residents indicates that 98% are opposed to the facility” #StopCopCity
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What could go wrong with a $90 million, 85-acre police training ground that the community doesn't want? Someone could be killed, and that happened before Atlanta's awful Cop City has even been built. See my latest in Black Agenda Report. @blkagendareport
blackagendareport.com/cop-city-kills
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Watch: The Israeli occupation forces today demolished the family home of Udai Tamimi, 22, who was killed by Israeli gunfire on October 19 near the illegal settlement of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem.
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Congratulations. US weapons are now the second biggest source of exports; over taking agricultural exports but still well behind fossil fuels. cc:
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Mohammad Ali Salah (17), the Palestinian youth killed by the lsraeli occupation forces in Shu’afat camp, Jerusalem.
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If you don’t want Muslim refugees, stop bombing Muslim countries
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I first told you about Ben Jiang and Jennifer Sun last March when slow permitting was already frustrating them. Now, Ben says, “We’re as permit-less as ever.” ICYMI: sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea
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UPDATE: In-N-Out, Chipotle, and Starbucks have successfully blocked California from implementing a landmark law establishing industry-wide working standards and wage increases at fast food chains.
Voters now need to approve the law in a 2024 ballot measure for it to take effect.
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This is what the West’s green, sustainable “Digital Revolution” looks like in Africa. I spoke to Siddharth Kara about the very bottom of the EV supply chain & new copper mining project in Zambia — for : thegrayzone.com/2023/01/23/us-
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Can't help but perversely appreciate whatever historical wormhole we've fallen into where German tanks rolling across Europe for the first time since 1945 is seen as a big celebratory triumph
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Jo Boaler, the foremost disruptor of K-12 math education who can't even handle algebra, ranks as the top influencer on curriculum & instruction. educationnext.org/2023-edu-schol
Jo Boaler's Fame, Stanford's Shame; Students' Gloom, America's Doom: rb.gy/nqzeu8
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300 israeli troops invade Shua'fat camp to demolish an apartment belonging to the family of Oday al-Tamimi, gunned down last October
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A BBC documentary shows "raw and chilling footage" of how in 2002 under Modi, then chief minister of Gujarat, "the police stood by as Hindu mobs attacked Muslims & religious attacks took hold of the state." As India's PM, Modi is now suppressing the film.
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BREAKING🚨:
The DOJ has officially opened up a lawsuit against Google to break up its Ad Technology Monopoly
Pelosi sold $3 Million dollars worth of Google just four weeks ago
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The US military-industrial complex produces more greenhouse gasses than 167 countries and has higher per capita emissions than *all* countries.
New from me: stephensemler.substack.com/p/calculating-
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BREAKING: New evidence emerges that former Brazil President Bolsonaro committed genocide after 500 Indigenous children perish from malnutrition. Their river had been poisoned by illegal mining.
Why does Bolsonaro have safe haven in the United States?
bbc.com/news/world-643
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The U.S. Africa Summit concluded with the announcement of a Gates/ Bezos copper mining project in Zambia. Their company, KoBold, aims to control & mine “all the world’s reserves” of “green” metals. My latest for
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🧵Hundreds of formerly incarcerated youth have come forward with accounts of being sexually abused + tortured by officers in Los Angeles juvenile jails, from 1970s to today.
Three survivors shared their stories with me ⬇️
(TW: child abuse, sexual assault)
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Breaking News: Several top Ukrainian officials were fired amid a ballooning corruption scandal, the biggest upheaval in the government since the war began.
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UPDATE: Iowa lawmakers passed a massive private school bill overnight. It will divert at least $345 million in taxpayer dollars every year to private or for-profit schools. Funding for public schools is expected to be cut by $79 million.
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There's some evidence from New Jersey that exclusionary suburbs responded to state housing mandates by buying up & preserving the sites otherwise most likely to be developed for multifamily housing.
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JUST IN: David Chiu is appealing a court order that temporarily banned homeless encampment sweeps.
In a statement, Chiu wrote that the order “is unnecessarily broad and has put the City in an impossible situation.”
More below. ⬇️
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Who is financing Atlanta's Cop City where Tortuguita was murdered in cold blood?
The Atlanta Police Foundation's board is filled with execs from multinational corporations and real estate companies. The ties between property and police power run deep.
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Security camera footage shows how the Monterey Park shooter was disarmed by an unarmed Brandon Tsay, preventing further deaths. Tsay went on TV this am:
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EXCLUSIVE: "I realized I needed to get the weapon away from him, disarm him, or else everyone else would have died."
Brandon Tsay, who helped disarm the gunman who allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, during Lunar New Year celebration in CA, speaks out. gma.abc/3HlkSxz
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