James Douglas
@jamesmtl.bsky.social
Picture taker, lefty politics nerd, silly thespian
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yelling that Trump is doing something "against the law" is meaningless if there are no consequences
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
yelling that Trump is doing something "against the law" is meaningless if there are no consequences
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China seems to be gaining global support as a leading power. Our analysis shows that a fall in affection for America is benefitting its biggest rival
China’s growing global fan club
Our new poll shows global opinion is swinging its way
econ.st
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
China seems to be gaining global support as a leading power. Our analysis shows that a fall in affection for America is benefitting its biggest rival
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'Winter-like storm' could hit Southern California late Monday through Wednesday
'Winter-like storm' could hit Southern California late Monday through Wednesday
Most of the rain is expected to occur Monday night through Tuesday afternoon, potentially creating a headache for commuters.
www.latimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
'Winter-like storm' could hit Southern California late Monday through Wednesday
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BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian in the Maen area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency
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October 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian in the Maen area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n5k3lj
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/n5k3lj
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A group of journalists gathered at Lebanon's Martyrs’ Square in Beirut to express support for their Palestinian colleagues reporting in Gaza, holding the pictures of some of the 274 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since it began its war on the enclave.
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A group of journalists gathered at Lebanon's Martyrs’ Square in Beirut to express support for their Palestinian colleagues reporting in Gaza, holding the pictures of some of the 274 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since it began its war on the enclave.
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Israel has starved to death 6 more Palestinians today in Gaza, bringing the total number of death by forced starvation to 175.
At the same time, Israel has killed 69 people, including 37 people seeking aid.
Israel is starving and bombarding Gaza, with US backing.
At the same time, Israel has killed 69 people, including 37 people seeking aid.
Israel is starving and bombarding Gaza, with US backing.
August 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Israel has starved to death 6 more Palestinians today in Gaza, bringing the total number of death by forced starvation to 175.
At the same time, Israel has killed 69 people, including 37 people seeking aid.
Israel is starving and bombarding Gaza, with US backing.
At the same time, Israel has killed 69 people, including 37 people seeking aid.
Israel is starving and bombarding Gaza, with US backing.
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The NYTimes repeated Israel’s baseless claim that Hamas was stealing aid nearly two dozen times before its own sources contradicted that talking point.
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The New York Times Repeated Israeli Claims of Hamas Stealing Aid Without Evidence #politics #gaza
YouTube video by The Intercept
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August 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The NYTimes repeated Israel’s baseless claim that Hamas was stealing aid nearly two dozen times before its own sources contradicted that talking point.
Read more: interc.pt/45afcBd
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President Donald Trump issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt all funding for PBS and NPR.
It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUa...
It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUa...
A look at Trump's executive order targeting public media funding
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
President Donald Trump issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt all funding for PBS and NPR.
It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUa...
It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUa...
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances using flashing emergency lights
Mobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The five-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle, and shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
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"[The] visual evidence shatters the occupation’s fabricated ‘suspicious movement’ lies."
Hamas has demanded justice for the attack on Palestinian medics after video evidence showed ambulances being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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Hamas has demanded justice for the attack on Palestinian medics after video evidence showed ambulances being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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Outrage grows as new video shows blatant Israeli attack on Gaza medics
Gaza media office demands investigation as video taken from slain medic’s phone shows Israel attacking ambulances.
aje.io
April 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"[The] visual evidence shatters the occupation’s fabricated ‘suspicious movement’ lies."
Hamas has demanded justice for the attack on Palestinian medics after video evidence showed ambulances being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
Hamas has demanded justice for the attack on Palestinian medics after video evidence showed ambulances being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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A federal judge in Massachusetts has temporarily barred the deportation of Turkish Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials aje.io/n423z4
March 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A federal judge in Massachusetts has temporarily barred the deportation of Turkish Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials aje.io/n423z4
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Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on "Hit List" Before His Death
Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on “Hit List” Before His Death
On Monday, Israeli strikes killed two Palestinian journalists: Al Jazeera’s Hossam Shabat, who was 23 years old, and Palestine Today’s Mohammed Mansour, who was killed in his apartment alongside his...
www.democracynow.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on "Hit List" Before His Death
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For two centuries, Montreal has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a parade.
Today marks the 200th edition and organizers are gearing up for the around 120 groups and some 3,000 participants.
Today marks the 200th edition and organizers are gearing up for the around 120 groups and some 3,000 participants.
Montreal St. Patrick’s Day Parade turns 200 on Sunday
Montreal's Saint Patrick's Day Parade celebrates two centuries celebrating the city's Irish roots and culture.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
For two centuries, Montreal has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a parade.
Today marks the 200th edition and organizers are gearing up for the around 120 groups and some 3,000 participants.
Today marks the 200th edition and organizers are gearing up for the around 120 groups and some 3,000 participants.
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Gaza’s fishermen return to sea amid port destruction by Israel's war on the enclave.
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March 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Gaza’s fishermen return to sea amid port destruction by Israel's war on the enclave.
🔴 LIVE coverage: aje.io/7qox90
🔴 LIVE coverage: aje.io/7qox90
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Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
#InternationalWomensDay
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
#InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
#InternationalWomensDay
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
Women's rights are human rights.
#InternationalWomensDay
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"I think Mr. President Trump knows...there's only one solution to this complex situation. Just give us our rights. Give us our self-determination"
Watch: We talk to Gaza Municipality's Asem Alnabih, the friend who found Refaat's body and brought him home electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-ab...
Watch: We talk to Gaza Municipality's Asem Alnabih, the friend who found Refaat's body and brought him home electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-ab...
Watch: Finding Refaat's grave, rebuilding Gaza for Palestinians
On this week's livestream, Gaza Municipality spokesperson Asem Alnabih tells us about how he found his beloved teacher's makeshift grave and brought him home.
electronicintifada.net
February 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"I think Mr. President Trump knows...there's only one solution to this complex situation. Just give us our rights. Give us our self-determination"
Watch: We talk to Gaza Municipality's Asem Alnabih, the friend who found Refaat's body and brought him home electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-ab...
Watch: We talk to Gaza Municipality's Asem Alnabih, the friend who found Refaat's body and brought him home electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-ab...
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CALL TO ACTION:
Tomorrow, for one day, we will show THEM who holds the power.
…rinse & repeat as needed.
#economicblackout
Tomorrow, for one day, we will show THEM who holds the power.
…rinse & repeat as needed.
#economicblackout
February 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
CALL TO ACTION:
Tomorrow, for one day, we will show THEM who holds the power.
…rinse & repeat as needed.
#economicblackout
Tomorrow, for one day, we will show THEM who holds the power.
…rinse & repeat as needed.
#economicblackout
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Great piece by @clarajeffery.bsky.social comparing the burgeoning anti-Tesla/Musk movement with the anti-apartheid movement of the 70s/80s. And not just because of Musk's South African roots.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Great piece by @clarajeffery.bsky.social comparing the burgeoning anti-Tesla/Musk movement with the anti-apartheid movement of the 70s/80s. And not just because of Musk's South African roots.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Sooo, how's all that conflict of interest "self-policing" going, Elon?
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What’s DOGE Up To? They’re Not Sure Either. #politics #elonmusk #trump
YouTube video by The Intercept
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February 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sooo, how's all that conflict of interest "self-policing" going, Elon?
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"In today’s Canada, offending Zionist influencers is apparently enough to land you behind bars."
It's time to #FreeYvesEngler and restore free speech.
It's time to #FreeYvesEngler and restore free speech.
Free Yves Engler
Those who stand up for just social and economic causes have long faced repression by the Canadian state. In this moment, the struggle for Palestinian liberation is the most unifying cause for people w...
canadiandimension.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"In today’s Canada, offending Zionist influencers is apparently enough to land you behind bars."
It's time to #FreeYvesEngler and restore free speech.
It's time to #FreeYvesEngler and restore free speech.
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Breaking news: A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and corporate America.
Judge temporarily blocks key parts of Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI
The plaintiffs argued that the president’s edicts against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives exceeded his authority and violate their constitutional right to due process.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Breaking news: A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and corporate America.
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CD supports our long-time columnist and contributor Yves Engler and urges the Montréal police to drop these outrageous charges for social media posts opposing Israel's apartheid and genocide. 👇
I’m being charged for responding to anti-Palestinian hate on X - Yves Engler
Tomorrow the Montreal police will arrest me for posting to social media against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Today I received a phone call from a Montreal police officer by the last name of Crivello. Sh...
yvesengler.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
CD supports our long-time columnist and contributor Yves Engler and urges the Montréal police to drop these outrageous charges for social media posts opposing Israel's apartheid and genocide. 👇