Mandla J. Radebe 🇿🇦
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South African | Author | Associate Professor: Media & Digital Communication | Socialist…
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Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. https://cnn.it/4lER3cg
August 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. https://cnn.it/4lER3cg
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A 25-year-old political influencer has a real shot at Congress. She won’t be the last.
A 25-Year-Old Political Influencer Has a Real Shot at Congress. She Won’t Be the Last.
The next trend on TikTok: heading to Capitol Hill.
www.politico.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A 25-year-old political influencer has a real shot at Congress. She won’t be the last.
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WATCH: “You’re lying on national TV.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
July 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
WATCH: “You’re lying on national TV.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social 🔥 absolutely dogwalks Dershowitz when he says 🇮🇱 soldiers have been prosecuted for killing kids (they haven’t), and tells piers morgan we didn’t need NYT to tell us Bibi is selfishly prolonging the war.
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Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing.
UC Berkeley marketing professor killed by gunman in Greece in broad daylight | CNN
Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot and killed on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody h...
www.cnn.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing.
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How we've failed the promise of making “genocide” a crime
How we've failed the promise of making “genocide” a crime
The lawyer Raphael Lemkin hoped to use international law to curb abuses of power. But his efforts were curtailed from the start.
www.motherjones.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How we've failed the promise of making “genocide” a crime
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Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.
Can Corbyn’s ‘real alternative’ leftist party compete in British politics?
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.
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"Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’. For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation"
At $200 a night, his 100 nights cost taxpayers ~$20k. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
At $200 a night, his 100 nights cost taxpayers ~$20k. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’. For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation"
At $200 a night, his 100 nights cost taxpayers ~$20k. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
At $200 a night, his 100 nights cost taxpayers ~$20k. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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ROSEN: Despite being removed as national security adviser, surprisingly, you've been on the WH payroll. You've said you'll root out waste at the UN. Can you confirm whether you've been receiving a salary?
WALTZ: I was kept on as an adviser transitioning a number of, uh, important activities
WALTZ: I was kept on as an adviser transitioning a number of, uh, important activities
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ROSEN: Despite being removed as national security adviser, surprisingly, you've been on the WH payroll. You've said you'll root out waste at the UN. Can you confirm whether you've been receiving a salary?
WALTZ: I was kept on as an adviser transitioning a number of, uh, important activities
WALTZ: I was kept on as an adviser transitioning a number of, uh, important activities
Join @vijayprashad.bsky.social at this great launch of the book #ApartheidDidNotDie for more context on my #Trump is so obsessed about SA!
May 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Join @vijayprashad.bsky.social at this great launch of the book #ApartheidDidNotDie for more context on my #Trump is so obsessed about SA!
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staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...
www.cnn.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
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Question: Will the next mainstream media interviewer of Trump ask about this blatant lie in the Oval Office?
Or will they say ‘let’s agree to disagree’ and try and move on, a la ABC’s Terry Moran?
Or will they say ‘let’s agree to disagree’ and try and move on, a la ABC’s Terry Moran?
Trump’s image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Congo, not South Africa | CNN
The footage shows a mass burial in Goma, Congo, and was filmed by Reuters video journalist Djaffar Al Katanty, who said seeing Trump holding the article with the screengrab of his video was a shock.
www.cnn.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Question: Will the next mainstream media interviewer of Trump ask about this blatant lie in the Oval Office?
Or will they say ‘let’s agree to disagree’ and try and move on, a la ABC’s Terry Moran?
Or will they say ‘let’s agree to disagree’ and try and move on, a la ABC’s Terry Moran?
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"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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May 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
zeteo.com/subscribe
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Outrage after an Israeli attack kills nine of a Gaza doctor’s children while she was at work, aged seven months to 12 years, with two still under the rubble aje.io/i7m1nb
Outrage, horror after Israeli attack kills nine children of Gaza doctor
The young victims, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old. .
aje.io
May 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Outrage after an Israeli attack kills nine of a Gaza doctor’s children while she was at work, aged seven months to 12 years, with two still under the rubble aje.io/i7m1nb
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Sure what's a papal Conclave without a little bit of Simony?
As Vatican mourned Pope Francis, US cons Catholics, led by Napa Inst, tried to influence next election by hosting events in Rome, offering $1B in donations for electing favorable pope
Their efforts, incl past attempts like the 2018 “Red Hat Report” targeting progressive cardinals, may have backfired
Their efforts, incl past attempts like the 2018 “Red Hat Report” targeting progressive cardinals, may have backfired
May 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Sure what's a papal Conclave without a little bit of Simony?
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Ceasefire halts conflict that was spiralling towards a full-scale war.
Fragile truce holds between India, Pakistan after days of fierce exchanges
Ceasefire halts conflict that was spiralling towards a full-scale war.
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May 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ceasefire halts conflict that was spiralling towards a full-scale war.
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After the mayor of Newark was arrested for protesting outside of a new immigration detention facility, a DHS official is threatening to arrest three members of Congress who were also present.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After Jailing of Newark Mayor, DHS Official Warns of “More Arrests Coming”
This comes as the administration is also considering suspending habeas corpus. The message is loud and clear: There is no rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After the mayor of Newark was arrested for protesting outside of a new immigration detention facility, a DHS official is threatening to arrest three members of Congress who were also present.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Pope Leo XIV used his first Sunday address to the faithful to call for peace. “Never again war,” he said to a roar from the crowd in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday Blessing as Pontiff
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Pope Leo XIV used his first Sunday address to the faithful to call for peace. “Never again war,” he said to a roar from the crowd in St. Peter’s Square.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels held a massive rally in the capital, Sanaa, declaring 'victory' over the US after President Trump announced a halt to US air strikes on Yemen.
Houthi-aligned media says upwards of one million people turned out.
Houthi-aligned media says upwards of one million people turned out.
May 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yemen's Houthi rebels held a massive rally in the capital, Sanaa, declaring 'victory' over the US after President Trump announced a halt to US air strikes on Yemen.
Houthi-aligned media says upwards of one million people turned out.
Houthi-aligned media says upwards of one million people turned out.
The #European tech firm rallies for #DigitalSovereignty amid rising tech nationalism globally.
European tech firm rallies for digital sovereignty amid rising tech nationalism globally
As global tensions mount and digital infrastructure becomes a geopolitical fault line, European companies and policymakers are aligning to reclaim control over data, platforms, and innovation.
www.computerworld.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The #European tech firm rallies for #DigitalSovereignty amid rising tech nationalism globally.
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China and the European Union are patiently watching Trump’s destruction of North America.
This Disintegration of North America
Almost exactly 30 years ago, Canadian Bacon depicted a U.S. president picking on his neighbor to the north to boost his sagging approval ratings. Starring Alan Alda, John Candy, and Rhea Perlman, the ...
www.counterpunch.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
China and the European Union are patiently watching Trump’s destruction of North America.
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Two years into the civil war in Sudan, the scale of the killing and displacement has been as horrific as it has been underreported. The media there has been devastated.
@meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
@meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
April 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Two years into the civil war in Sudan, the scale of the killing and displacement has been as horrific as it has been underreported. The media there has been devastated.
@meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
@meenakshirv.bsky.social reports.
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“There is an atmosphere of impunity in Gaza.”
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar says Israel’s killing of the Palestinian paramedics points to an “atmosphere of impunity” for human rights abuses in Gaza.
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/57mkmq
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar says Israel’s killing of the Palestinian paramedics points to an “atmosphere of impunity” for human rights abuses in Gaza.
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/57mkmq
April 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“There is an atmosphere of impunity in Gaza.”
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar says Israel’s killing of the Palestinian paramedics points to an “atmosphere of impunity” for human rights abuses in Gaza.
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/57mkmq
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar says Israel’s killing of the Palestinian paramedics points to an “atmosphere of impunity” for human rights abuses in Gaza.
🔴 Read analysis: aje.io/57mkmq
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April 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM