if this is what people can achieve while under sanctions, occupations, invasions, and economic warfare, then the post-imperial future is going to be more beautiful than we can currently imagine.
Setting aside the gross normalizing and casual way this piece describes a blatantly racist attack on Tlaib, check out this brilliant geopolitical observation from @aaronpellish
culture shocks i had moving to america:
1) in some states your job can fire you for no reason and they don't have to tell you why
2) healthcare is tied to employment and even when you're employed you have to wait for it to kick in (you have 0 coverage for this duration)
This is so depressing because it shows that America could have Medicare for all, solve the housing crisis, have high-speed rail, etc. But actively chooses not to.
the Bricks & Minifigs is interesting in the fact, that 200k worth of stolen goods is a major felony, and using cops to help them, the fbi should be brought in to arrest all the employees
the U.S. spends trillions developing advanced military tech meanwhile every resistance fighter in history learned the same lesson for free: empire soldiers are spiritually weak, addicted to comfort, and terrified of dying far from home. all that money just to rediscover Vietnam.
California is a great example of what happens when you push toothless, liberal centrism to its extremes. Working people suffer, living conditions degrade, and far right extremism thrives.
Just kind of left speechless at an invading army whining to the United Nations that the people they are invading — and killing their civilians by the thousands — are fighting back. This is a mystifying level of lack of self awareness
Adam Hamawy describes what he wishes people could understand from his time treating patients in Gaza:
"Much worse" than what we see online.
"The smells, the full senses…crying children, the families…to see this every single day…you just can't even describe it well enough."
Donald Trump has claimed to outraged with Netanyahu's continued attacks in Lebanon.
Nearly 90% of the IDF's weapons come from the USA, he could halt them all with a single executive decree.
His 'anger' is all fake for political gain and posturing.
It's not accusations..there are literal audio and video recordings of blatant violations of civil rights and criminal conspiracy between police and a Mormon temple to steal using a corporation.