There has never been a war in history where 80% of the country has been destroyed, 100% of the population displaced, and 50% of the deaths children.
Call it what it is: GENOCIDE.
"Sovereignty is not only what Americans fought for in 1776 but is vital to every civil rights battle that seeks to turn paper principles into practice; and to every anti-war movement demanding an end to this era of unaccountable imperialism."
it's so cool how members of Congress regularly go missing for weeks (or even months) with zero transparency. As a reporter it is literally easier for me to find out classified Pentagon war plans than what's going on in Congress.
This is why people built guillotines.
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, when asked about 60% of Americans struggling with affordability: "Affordability? What are you talking about?... I'm gonna get me a couple of big lobster tails. I'm gonna get me some nice rib eyes... Maybe the 60% of Americans don't work as hard as I do."
The @pressfreedom CPJ, which has already stopped listing the year’s top journalist-killing countries because Israel was shaping up for a hall-of-fame-worthy multi-year winning streak (can’t let that happen!) just kicked off a board member for - you’ll never believe this- *asking for a vote* (can’t have that!) on whether CPJ should go ahead with its decision to stop counting journalists Israel murders just because Israel trust-me-bros that they’re actually terrorists.
Israel invaded Lebanon in 1978 and 1982.
In 1982 they occupied south Lebanon and sieged Beirut, killing thousands.
Hezbollah was formed in 1982 to make sure this never happens again.
Hezbollah is a resistance to Israeli occupation.
The problem with finding out that you've been fed Israeli propaganda your whole life isn't just that Israel took advantage of us, it's the realization that everyone in power, in media and government, have been lying to us all along. And that they betrayed us.
@JoyceCarolOates@sarahkendzior's article on the Garland, a corrupt, complicit servant of the mafia state is a wonderful companion piece for all Garland discussions.
https://t.co/DkQqqpjOXn
We really CANNOT have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.
"The hardest decision we had to make in completing this report was.. not to name the Palestinian children, whose deaths, injuries & suffering we describe.. we didn't name them because we feared the consequences for their families"
He means Israel would go after them too.
In March of 2016, when many people still laughed at the idea that the Apprentice bully could end up in the White House, @sarahkendzior published an article called “Trumpmenbashi” that predicted the horrifying spectacle of the last decade. https://t.co/Qn7091Vhxp