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The unending ironies of pure racism ...
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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April 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The new anti-Semitism definition has little to do with anti-Semitism, but it fits the immediate political interests of AIPAC and their fringe right Christian Nationalist allies, most of whom are actually anti-Semites. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025
It seems as if the Trump administration is rushing to tear apart as much as it can as opponents of its wholesale destruction of the United States government organize to stop them.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.)
For full alt text, follow pastebin link in next post. Partial text: Amy E. Greer, attorney for Mahmoud Khalil provided the following update this evening: First, importantly, today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament. He also greatly appreciates, and, typically for him, is moved by the extraordinarily broad and steadfast support he has received from a variety of communities that understand what is at stake. He is in ICE custody in Louisiana, and arrangements have been made for local attorneys to visit him today and tomorrow. The remarks by government officials, including the President, on social media only confirm the purpose – and illegality – of Mahmoud's detention. He was chosen as an example to stifle entirely lawful dissent in violation of the First Amendment. While tomorrow or thereafter the government may cite the law or process, that toothpaste is out of the tube and irreversibly so. The government’s objective is as transparent as it is unlawful, and our role as Mahmoud’s lawyers is to ensure it does not prevail. Today Mahmoud's legal team, which includes Kyle Barron, CLEAR, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amy Greer filed a motion to compel in federal court in the Southern District of New York, as part of the habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf over the weekend, seeking an order requiring the government to return to New York for any immigration proceedings.
March 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
stevegyi.bsky.social
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory
US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
stevegyi.bsky.social
Is democracy under threat from Trump’s legal actions? eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/is...
Is democracy under threat from Trump’s legal actions?
Trump's legal actions against the media raise fears of intimidation, threatening free speech and democracy in the US
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM