This was among the most lopsided, poorly officiated games I’ve ever seen. Here is a thread of all the terrible calls starting with Wemby chokeslamming Brunson. This was clean.
The treatment of @ImranKhanPTI, as reported (see attached posting), is just one more indicator of how dysfunctional #Pakistan has become. Consider also: the unprovoked border war with #Afghanistan and the resultant costs, widespread violence across the country, serious economic challenges causing a brain drain - many hundreds of thousands of young Pakistanis have left the country. Then, we have the disastrous situation in Baluchistan, including today's shocking attack on the railway and the kidnapping of more than 400 hostages. Imran Khan should be freed. The country must hold democratic elections, The military needs to stick to the barracks and focus on its core mission instead of trying to control politics and more; corruption must be controlled; the juditiary should once again be independent; and an economic environment must be established that encourages investment, by both local and international enterpreneurs. Otherwise, there is the risk of Pakistan's meltdown, posing huge dangers not only for the country but also to the region and the world. #USA @POTUS https://t.co/cqfciutG6B
Gen. Mark Milley told a bunch of bankers "Thank you for your service" during a paid speech on Monday before the American Bankers Association.
"I know people in the crowd are controlling basically 24, 25 trillion...I want to thank you for your service"
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The DNC sent Tavis Smiley an email telling him what to ask @DrJillStein during his interview. Why is the DNC telling journalists what to do on their show? You can't make this up folks.
In the last few weeks there have been serious and concerning developments regarding my sons’ father, Imran Khan’s treatment in prison. The Pakistan authorities have stopped all visits to him by his family and his lawyers. They have also postponed all court hearings. In addition to cutting off in- person visits, and in defiance of a court order, his weekly calls to his sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, who are British and who live in London, were stopped on 10th September. We have received reports that the authorities have now turned off the lights and electricity in his cell and he is no longer allowed to leave his cell at any time. The jail cook has been sent on leave. He is now completely isolated, in solitary confinement, literally in the dark, with no contact with the outside world. His lawyers are concerned about his safety and well-being.
These actions come in the context of ongoing targeting of Imran’s family, as well as his party (PTI) members and supporters in an attempt to silence them and all political opposition in Pakistan. Imran’s nephew, Hassan Niazi, a civilian, has been detained in military custody since August 2023. More recently, Imran Khan’s sisters, Uzma and Aleema Khan, who have continued to speak out on his behalf, have also been arrested as they made their way peacefully to a demonstration and they are currently being held in jail, despite there being no proper or lawful basis for their imprisonment.
In June this year the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Imran is unlawfully and arbitrarily detained and called for his immediate release.
As a matter of urgency , we are calling for Imran Khan’s release, and for the release of his sisters and nephew as well as for his sons’ contact with their father to be re-established, so that they may have assurance first-hand that he is well and not being mistreated.
There's nothing "moderating" about letting Wall St donors shape an economic agenda. One of the problems in media is that people like this retain their elite credentials by politely calling that "moderating" instead of using the accurate term: corruption.
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Did Dems poll test this “she only shows up every 4 years” line or are people organically leaning into one of the most easily disproven and tone deaf criticisms of Stein? She didn’t run last cycle, and only ran this year after Dr. West left the greens in a lurch. And what about Gaza? Responding to the only anti genocide candidate with “ooh she gives me the ick” is so deeply disrespectful to hundreds of thousands of dead and millions devastated in Palestine. Very disappointing that you have more smoke for a leftist fighting for the values you purport to share, than the genocidal corporatist you’ve chosen to endorse.
Punjab police have raided the home of Salman Akram Raja, a senior leader of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s PTI party, according to several party members. https://t.co/pgTwesOFUh
🚨Pakistan’s military establishment has pushed the country to the brink of political genocide, with members and supporters of Imran Khan’s party - along with other elected leaders - jailed, killed or forcibly disappeared.
Special thanks to the folks sending in explicit and detailed death threats against me for the crime of asking what Kamala Harris’s health care policy is going to be. Really appreciate that.
Jewish Dartmouth professor @AnneliseOrleck1 (65) says yeah, I feel unsafe on campus.
But not because of my students and their Palestine protests, because of police who body slammed me on the ground and arrested me for protecting kids.
And calls out New Hampshire Governor @ChrisSununu spreading misinformation about protests being antisemitic.
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