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Josh Paul spent 11 years at State Department and pulls no punches!
“Its coverage of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza appears to have been written by someone who has been blindfolded, earmuffed, had a sock stuffed in their mouth, and then censored,” he said.
theintercept.com/2025/08/13/u...
“Its coverage of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza appears to have been written by someone who has been blindfolded, earmuffed, had a sock stuffed in their mouth, and then censored,” he said.
theintercept.com/2025/08/13/u...
Trump Administration Guts Annual Human Rights Report on Israel
Clocking in at nine whole pages — down from 103 in 2024 — the new State Department human rights report is “functionally useless.”
theintercept.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Josh Paul spent 11 years at State Department and pulls no punches!
“Its coverage of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza appears to have been written by someone who has been blindfolded, earmuffed, had a sock stuffed in their mouth, and then censored,” he said.
theintercept.com/2025/08/13/u...
“Its coverage of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza appears to have been written by someone who has been blindfolded, earmuffed, had a sock stuffed in their mouth, and then censored,” he said.
theintercept.com/2025/08/13/u...
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this is gold 🤣. the political clarity is unmatched. i need the daily digest.
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
this is gold 🤣. the political clarity is unmatched. i need the daily digest.
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"In reality, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to ignore the Supreme Court because the president wants to set a precedent that deportations are final. 1/2
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Trump Tries Another Tactic to Prevent Return of Wrongly Deported Man
Trump is doing everything he can to avoid following the court ruling on the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.
newrepublic.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"In reality, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to ignore the Supreme Court because the president wants to set a precedent that deportations are final. 1/2
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My new big TERFism explainer is now online and unpaywalled at Lux magazine, and the physical version in the print issue (#11-12) looks incredible. I do recommend buying it or subscribing. Thanks to Sarah Leonard & all the Lux comrades for wonderful editing. lux-magazine.com/article/terf...
October 21, 2024 at 9:48 PM
My new big TERFism explainer is now online and unpaywalled at Lux magazine, and the physical version in the print issue (#11-12) looks incredible. I do recommend buying it or subscribing. Thanks to Sarah Leonard & all the Lux comrades for wonderful editing. lux-magazine.com/article/terf...
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monument Square, Portland, ME right now.
April 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
monument Square, Portland, ME right now.
Will we survive? Will there be a liberated humanity? Will the People unite & prevail?
Will the People be reunited with Earth?
What is there to do?
What can be done now?
(1/3)
Will the People be reunited with Earth?
What is there to do?
What can be done now?
(1/3)
March 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Will we survive? Will there be a liberated humanity? Will the People unite & prevail?
Will the People be reunited with Earth?
What is there to do?
What can be done now?
(1/3)
Will the People be reunited with Earth?
What is there to do?
What can be done now?
(1/3)
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Welcome to the resistance...*checks notes*...Grok???
March 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Welcome to the resistance...*checks notes*...Grok???
Holding Barbara Kruger close to heart again.🫀❤️🔥
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Holding Barbara Kruger close to heart again.🫀❤️🔥
Daring the bravery
of Truth, I split
myself open the way
nails & fingers tear
into an orange rind-
Firm pressure meets
sharp edge,
slice & rip,
to get at the tender fruit,
maybe gashing the
delicate membrane,
juice weeping out,
messy,
sticky,
sweet,
ruptured,
irreversible.
of Truth, I split
myself open the way
nails & fingers tear
into an orange rind-
Firm pressure meets
sharp edge,
slice & rip,
to get at the tender fruit,
maybe gashing the
delicate membrane,
juice weeping out,
messy,
sticky,
sweet,
ruptured,
irreversible.
March 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Daring the bravery
of Truth, I split
myself open the way
nails & fingers tear
into an orange rind-
Firm pressure meets
sharp edge,
slice & rip,
to get at the tender fruit,
maybe gashing the
delicate membrane,
juice weeping out,
messy,
sticky,
sweet,
ruptured,
irreversible.
of Truth, I split
myself open the way
nails & fingers tear
into an orange rind-
Firm pressure meets
sharp edge,
slice & rip,
to get at the tender fruit,
maybe gashing the
delicate membrane,
juice weeping out,
messy,
sticky,
sweet,
ruptured,
irreversible.
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Oppressors only allow ceasefires to occur when they don’t want to actually fully stop, because if they wanted to they would.
This is why we must demand nothing less than an end to the siege, end to settler occupation, and a free Palestine forever.
This is why we must demand nothing less than an end to the siege, end to settler occupation, and a free Palestine forever.
March 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Oppressors only allow ceasefires to occur when they don’t want to actually fully stop, because if they wanted to they would.
This is why we must demand nothing less than an end to the siege, end to settler occupation, and a free Palestine forever.
This is why we must demand nothing less than an end to the siege, end to settler occupation, and a free Palestine forever.
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The settler colonizers never
stopped attacking Palestinians at any point during the ceasefire. Yesterday, however, they escalated their massacre to such an extent that the unilateral breach of the ceasefire is undeniable. Over 450 Palestinians have been killed overnight.
stopped attacking Palestinians at any point during the ceasefire. Yesterday, however, they escalated their massacre to such an extent that the unilateral breach of the ceasefire is undeniable. Over 450 Palestinians have been killed overnight.
March 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The settler colonizers never
stopped attacking Palestinians at any point during the ceasefire. Yesterday, however, they escalated their massacre to such an extent that the unilateral breach of the ceasefire is undeniable. Over 450 Palestinians have been killed overnight.
stopped attacking Palestinians at any point during the ceasefire. Yesterday, however, they escalated their massacre to such an extent that the unilateral breach of the ceasefire is undeniable. Over 450 Palestinians have been killed overnight.
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if you made this the plot of a dystopian novel people would say it wasn’t believable. how could reality ever be so dumb
"Right next to the town of Dresden, New York, lies Greenidge Generation, a power plant turned bitcoin mine that operates 24/7 and emitted more than 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2024,"
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
What It’s Like to Live in a Small Town Polluted by a Cryptomine
Across the U.S., rural towns are engaged in bitter battles against noise and air pollution from cryptomines. These will only get more common now that President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and ot...
newrepublic.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
if you made this the plot of a dystopian novel people would say it wasn’t believable. how could reality ever be so dumb
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Bad economy, rise in hate, supposed "inefficiency?"
Fascists-DEI, migrants.
Immoral society?
Fascists - LGBQT Ppl, feminism
Hatred for America?
Fascists - "Palestinians, Arab, or Muslims."
Fuck this place.
Fascists-DEI, migrants.
Immoral society?
Fascists - LGBQT Ppl, feminism
Hatred for America?
Fascists - "Palestinians, Arab, or Muslims."
Fuck this place.
March 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Bad economy, rise in hate, supposed "inefficiency?"
Fascists-DEI, migrants.
Immoral society?
Fascists - LGBQT Ppl, feminism
Hatred for America?
Fascists - "Palestinians, Arab, or Muslims."
Fuck this place.
Fascists-DEI, migrants.
Immoral society?
Fascists - LGBQT Ppl, feminism
Hatred for America?
Fascists - "Palestinians, Arab, or Muslims."
Fuck this place.
Back to doing what they never actually ceased with malevolent glee. How do I gut this beast from inside its belly?? Nothing feels like enough. Every day I'm haunted by the Horrors I've seen, darkened still by the knowledge of the Horrors I haven't. Everywhere they hunt the Sacred & snuff it out.
March 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Back to doing what they never actually ceased with malevolent glee. How do I gut this beast from inside its belly?? Nothing feels like enough. Every day I'm haunted by the Horrors I've seen, darkened still by the knowledge of the Horrors I haven't. Everywhere they hunt the Sacred & snuff it out.
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This wasn't some impromptu video and a couple of quick photos.
This was a a choreographed and orchestrated propaganda event complete with soundtrack, multiple cameras and drones.
And close ups of people being dehumanised.
This was a a choreographed and orchestrated propaganda event complete with soundtrack, multiple cameras and drones.
And close ups of people being dehumanised.
blatant fascist propaganda being posted to official White house channels. without due process they can come for anyone for whatever reason they want. fucking frightening there is no opposition party to this.
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This wasn't some impromptu video and a couple of quick photos.
This was a a choreographed and orchestrated propaganda event complete with soundtrack, multiple cameras and drones.
And close ups of people being dehumanised.
This was a a choreographed and orchestrated propaganda event complete with soundtrack, multiple cameras and drones.
And close ups of people being dehumanised.
Jenny Holzer's 'Inflammatory Essays' (1979-1982) on my mind. The fact that we're here, every word as relevant as they were 50 years ago. How that's always been the case with fascists, with hierarchy, with systems of domination. Always the same- a fundamental lack of imagination. Infuriatingly rote.
March 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Jenny Holzer's 'Inflammatory Essays' (1979-1982) on my mind. The fact that we're here, every word as relevant as they were 50 years ago. How that's always been the case with fascists, with hierarchy, with systems of domination. Always the same- a fundamental lack of imagination. Infuriatingly rote.
Winter thaw
Blood on the Moon
Blood on my thighs
Blood on my teeth
in my mind
Young ghosts, now old
haunt ancient wounds
Ice memory melts
into hard ground
becomes soft earth
once again
Past & future mingle
In their mud portal
Sun come
pull life
from the dirt
growth from
fertile pain
Blood on the Moon
Blood on my thighs
Blood on my teeth
in my mind
Young ghosts, now old
haunt ancient wounds
Ice memory melts
into hard ground
becomes soft earth
once again
Past & future mingle
In their mud portal
Sun come
pull life
from the dirt
growth from
fertile pain
March 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Winter thaw
Blood on the Moon
Blood on my thighs
Blood on my teeth
in my mind
Young ghosts, now old
haunt ancient wounds
Ice memory melts
into hard ground
becomes soft earth
once again
Past & future mingle
In their mud portal
Sun come
pull life
from the dirt
growth from
fertile pain
Blood on the Moon
Blood on my thighs
Blood on my teeth
in my mind
Young ghosts, now old
haunt ancient wounds
Ice memory melts
into hard ground
becomes soft earth
once again
Past & future mingle
In their mud portal
Sun come
pull life
from the dirt
growth from
fertile pain
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So, instead of God got me, I say the sun got me. The living Earth that provides food got me. The animals & plants & rocks of the ecosystem got me. The planets that maintain their rotation and keep the solar system in order got me.
I got me. The humans that make the right choices got me. We got me.
I got me. The humans that make the right choices got me. We got me.
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So, instead of God got me, I say the sun got me. The living Earth that provides food got me. The animals & plants & rocks of the ecosystem got me. The planets that maintain their rotation and keep the solar system in order got me.
I got me. The humans that make the right choices got me. We got me.
I got me. The humans that make the right choices got me. We got me.
Image from ActUpNY; artist unknown.
March 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Image from ActUpNY; artist unknown.
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I'll be sharing an overview of new research we've published on unequal exchange, ecosocialism, and post-capitalist transformation. If you want to receive this, please subscribe here: www.jasonhickel.org/subscribe
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www.jasonhickel.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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What a world. Capitalism "externalizes" costs to the point where the costs are "externalized" into our own bodies.
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
What a world. Capitalism "externalizes" costs to the point where the costs are "externalized" into our own bodies.
Satisfied nearly all of
The Nine Delights
yesterday & it did my spirit goooood.
The Nine Delights
yesterday & it did my spirit goooood.
March 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Satisfied nearly all of
The Nine Delights
yesterday & it did my spirit goooood.
The Nine Delights
yesterday & it did my spirit goooood.
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TIL that the French Revolution was sparked in no small part by a new, freer news media ecosystem that actually told the truth about what was going on, correctly blaming the people in power for the problems.
Don't underplay the value social media can have, darlings. Folks can't do until they know🧠
Don't underplay the value social media can have, darlings. Folks can't do until they know🧠
March 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
TIL that the French Revolution was sparked in no small part by a new, freer news media ecosystem that actually told the truth about what was going on, correctly blaming the people in power for the problems.
Don't underplay the value social media can have, darlings. Folks can't do until they know🧠
Don't underplay the value social media can have, darlings. Folks can't do until they know🧠
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We are not separate from the universe. In the lives of others, WE are the agents of vital energies. So when we fail to hold others to account & enact the natural consequences - good or bad - of their actions, the scales remain out of balance.
They taught us meekess so they don't receive karma.
They taught us meekess so they don't receive karma.
March 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are not separate from the universe. In the lives of others, WE are the agents of vital energies. So when we fail to hold others to account & enact the natural consequences - good or bad - of their actions, the scales remain out of balance.
They taught us meekess so they don't receive karma.
They taught us meekess so they don't receive karma.