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rojedo @rojedo.com · 7h

Why does anyone care about the Nobel Peace Prize, which has been won by one of the great warmongers of all time, Henry Kissinger? Why dignify that prize with ink?

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

I hope/pray this very flawed ‘deal’ from Trump that Hamas & Israel agreed to ends the genocide & famine & leads to a real ceasefire.

But my biggest fear is there is nothing and no one to stop Netanyahu from resuming the genocide once they get all the hostages back and Trump has his Nobel Prize.

rojedo @rojedo.com · 7h

The headline misses the point, which is that John Fetterman again voted Republican. We must run a primary candidate against this fascist genocide lover when he next faces an election. Not even the classic liberal Democrat should be willing to vote for him. apnews.com/article/trum...

Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 20h

Another reason why Mamdani cannot get support from Democratic Senator Schumer, since Schumer supports the genocidal killings of more than 67000 Palestinians. Which side would you rather be on, for our against genocide? share.google/P4fhTkjX3ksC...

Mamdani’s statement on October 7 attacks draws sharp rebuke from Israel | CNN Politics

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani reflected on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks Tuesday, issuing a statement in memory of Israeli victims and hostages still held b...

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 1d

2025 Cliburn Competition

The Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—named “one of the most prestigious contests in classical music” by The New York Times—takes place May 21–June 7, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas,...

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 1d

The insanity of using countries to identify artists never ceases to embarrass the pathetic people who put these events together. At the current Chopin Competition, note that Lynov is the only pianist not allowed to have a country (Russia). And note that the Van Cliburn exhibition used the word.

International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

Official website of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition

www.chopincompetition.pl

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 2d

What's remarkable is that the universities are treating this as a serious proposal worthy of anything beyond immediate rejection and tossing it in the garbage. www.inquirer.com/education/up...

Penn ‘seeks no special consideration,’ president Jameson says in response to Trump proposal

Penn has until Oct. 20 to respond to the compact, which would give the Trump administration wide-ranging influence over core university operations including hiring, admissions and tuition setting.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 2d

The Democratic Party should, at the very least, shout back at the use of terms like extreme and far left. Liberals in the party are often barely left of center, and sometimes not even left of anyone. We on the left only wish the Democrats were on our side. They aren't.

rojedo @rojedo.com · 3d

It's impossible to overstate the level of disdain that Macron has for the people of France. No matter how many times they tell him they don't want him or his followers, he just appoints more of the same. xhnewsapi.xinhuaxmt.com/share/news?i...

French PM Lecornu unveils first gov't appointments

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

Compare the Chinese approach at the UN to the American approach. Decide for yourself which better reflects your hopes for the world. english.news.cn/20251004/8dc...

Chinese envoy calls for cooperation to end unilateral coercive measures

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

for a better, multipolar world. But someone should educate this poor soul. share.google/huHgkOHywiaR...

Senior US senator wants to boost pressure on China over Taiwan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Friday he will introduce legislation to deter aggression against Taiwan by identifying targets for economic me...

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

I suppose it is not surprising that a senator from Idaho doesn't understand the realities of world politics and economics. Doesn't understand that the US is not more powerful than China and that threatening them is an exercise in futility. Doesn't understand that we should be working with China

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

The Republicans say it's punishment. This isn't the right headline.

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 5d

The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would withhold $18 billion in federal funding from two major New York City transportation projects. Democrats say it’s meant as punishment. With NOTUS.org

Trump's Freeze on Billions for NYC Transit Is Retaliatory, Say State Dems

The Trump administration paused funding for the Hudson Tunnel and the Second Avenue Subway over accusations that contractors could have used “unconstitutional practices” related to DEI.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

measuring how capitalists are growing their asset values. share.google/O1Zymgt1GYmA...

The economy is just getting stronger, not weaker, and ‘we in the economics profession need to look ourselves in the mirror,’ top analyst says

“The consensus has been wrong since January,” Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Sløk wrote on Wednesday.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

The US economy is for and by the rich capitalists. Assessing its performance is always just a matter of asking how rich people are doing. The answer, most of the time, is that they're doing very well. Measuring consumer spending means measuring how much rich people are spending. Measuring GDP means

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 4d

Great piece on the Catholic Church's long history of siding with fascism, and on Cardinal Dolan's disgusting praise of Charlie Kirk. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Archbishop of New York Should Know Charlie Kirk Was No Saint

Cardinal Dolan’s recent remarks on Fox News were playing to the Catholic Church’s most reactionary elements.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 5d

Our exaltation of our military, or the people who kill, is one of the most ruinous elements of our culture. We are capable of grotesque and inhuman treatment of others because we believe we are superior and because we believe that those others are less than human. Genocide. Massacres. All OK.

Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 6d

Macron is strongman bully, not a leader. Having lost all support from the people of his country, he refuses to do the right thing and resign. share.google/v4A5sB9Apubg...

Eiffel Tower closes amid strikes held across France against austerity

Protesters have taken to the streets in Paris and over 200 other locations across France to denounce spending cuts and demand higher taxes on the wealthy

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 6d

I don't know about atheists, but all capitalists are socialists in foxholes. The US is not a state capitalist system like China. It's a socialist system for the exclusive benefit of capitalists www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 6d

Why does the Times put the word, theft, in quotations? If it were any country in the West, instead of Russia, they wouldn't. But make no mistake: this is the EU committing theft. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...

Moscow Indicates Retaliation if Europe Uses Russian Assets for Ukraine

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 7d

Don't just read @vijayprashad.bsky.social . Weep with him for the countless victims of the Cemetery State of Israel. And take action with him, shouting out, to try to stop the world from ignoring the horror. substack.com/@luciddialec...

Vijay Prashad (@luciddialectics)

<Cemetery State> The attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla and the simultaneous bombardment of Gaza's Al Daraj using drones are both equally war crimes. Israel is not a legitimate state. It is effectiv...

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 7d

What the hell is the headline? To be clear: the Republicans caused the shutdown, not the Democrats. The Republicans passed the bill that destroyed health care funding, not the Democrats. That's what caused the shutdown. apnews.com/article/demo...

Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 7d

himself a Democrat. He's not. He's a victim of depression, for which he should have our sympathy. He is a genocide loving supporter of killing, for which he should not.

rojedo @rojedo.com · 7d

The Democrats should be in lockstep, never referring to the shutdown, always referring to the Republican shutdown. It's that kind of discipline that our media respects. They will never not quote such things. Of course, the lockstep can't include Republican John Fetterman, who insists on calling

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 7d

apparently are somehow different than Palestinians. You do the math. www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-gaza...

Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan: A Rubber Stamp of Legitimacy on Israel’s Subjugation of Palestine

After his White House speech, Netanyahu said Israel will never withdraw from Gaza and promised to resume the genocide if Hamas does not disarm.

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rojedo @rojedo.com · 7d

@jeremyscahill.com offers a thorough review of the Israeli/US offer on Gaza. As he notes, no Palestinians were involved in the discussion. When Ukrainians were kept out of discussions between Trump and Russia, all the Western anti-Trumpers screamed their outrage. No such screaming now. Ukrainians

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