Tiziana Ferri 🧡

European, political junkie who wishes times were a little less interesting. In limbo since 2016

[Mondoweiss @Mondoweiss]

In the Syrian governorate of Quneitra, Israel is seizing land, attacking and abducting residents, mauling them with army dogs, and spraying chemical agents over farmland. The Syrian government remains silent.
https://t.co/MnjoUNud7k

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

Ukrainians are laughing their heads off at this garbage propaganda put out by russian agent Tulsi Gabbard.

Kyiv is ridiculously misplaced. What is "Cherniv" supposed to be? Crimea and the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk are russian-occupied.

This is a total lie, badly presented.

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

They took back control. And then handed it to a motley bunch of trillionaires, billionaires and multi-millionaires. Enjoy the pure air of sovereignty https://t.co/ULRXwCCFIl

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING🚨 Trump tried to shut down a 24/7 protest flying an “86 47” flag a mile from the White House — and a federal judge just told his National Park Service to back off and read the Constitution.

The protest is run by a group called Accountability Now USA, camped on land controlled by the National Park Service near the National Mall. Their flag reads “86 47,” a slang way of saying “throw out the 47th president” — in other words, impeach and remove Trump using legal, constitutional means.

Park Police ordered them to take the flag down, claiming it might be a coded threat on Trump’s life. When the group refused, the government threatened to yank their permit for the entire around‑the‑clock protest.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss wasn’t having it. In a blistering temporary restraining order, he wrote that “the government seeks to squelch core political speech without any articulable — much less evidentiary — basis for concluding that the speech actually threatens the life or safety of the President.” He noted that “86” has a long, well‑documented meaning in American slang: to get rid of, or throw out — not to kill.

Merriam‑Webster’s definition, which Moss actually cited in his opinion, backs that up. Moss found “compelling evidence” that the protesters were simply advocating impeachment and removal, and “no evidence” that any reasonable person would see the flag as a true threat.

The context made the government’s argument even weaker. The flag is red, white, and blue, covered in stars, with no images of weapons, skulls, or violence. It’s part of a continuous political demonstration featuring signs, speeches, and conversations with passersby — one sign even reads, “Kids, if your parents are MAGA, they love child rapists,” a brutal but clearly rhetorical attack on Trump’s support for figures like Matt Gaetz and the party’s QAnon obsession.

Moss pointed out that political speech is at the core of the First Amendment, and that the government can’t label it “unprotected obscenity” just because it’s crude or offensive to those in power.

The practical result: for at least the next two weeks, the National Park Service is barred from revoking the permit, forcing removal of the flag, or seizing it. The protest stays up, 24/7, right under Trump’s nose and right outside the federal courthouse where Moss sits.

In a twist of irony, the administration’s attempt to silence four numbers on a flag just turned that flag into a national story and locked in a court ruling that “86 47” is protected speech — the exact opposite of what Trump’s Justice Department argued when it indicted James Comey for posting seashells arranged in those same numbers on a beach.

This is what the fight over “weaponization” actually looks like on the ground. While Trump rants about being censored, his agencies are literally trying to shut down peaceful protesters whose worst crime is flying a legally permitted banner saying “throw this president out of office.”

The judge’s message could not be clearer: in America, the president doesn’t get to decide which slogans are allowed in front of his house. And as long as the First Amendment still means something, four numbers on a flag are more powerful than all of Trump’s tantrums about being mocked.

[𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘰 🇮🇹 @Andy_Calcio]

Declaraciones de Jurgen Klopp a ZDF, sobre la reanudación del juego retrasada por el árbitro, durante el cooling break del México-Sudáfrica para que terminaran los comerciales de algunas cadenas de TV:
"Esto es el fútbol siendo tomado como rehén por ejecutivos en oficinas con aire acondicionado".

"Estos supuestos 'descansos por el calor' nos los vendieron como un escudo para el bienestar de los jugadores, una noble espada contra el calor. ¿Pero en realidad? No es más que una jaula dorada construida para patrocinadores. Cuando vi a los jugadores parados durante un descanso por calor mientras los tiempos de televisión dictaban el ritmo del partido, no pude evitar preguntarme: ¿a quién está sirviendo realmente la Copa del Mundo? ¿A los aficionados?, ¿A los jugadores?, ¿O a los anunciantes?".

"Un partido de la Copa del Mundo debería fluir como un río. En cambio, estamos construyendo presas en medio de él para que los comerciales puedan pasar. Eso es peligroso para el espíritu del juego. El fútbol alguna vez fue el evento principal, pero ahora corre el riesgo de convertirse en la música de fondo de un espectáculo publicitario. Nos dicen que estos descansos son por el bienestar de los jugadores, y por supuesto la salud de los jugadores importa. Pero cuando el juego empieza a doblar sus rodillas ante los tiempos de la televisión, la gente va a hacer preguntas. El balón se supone que es la estrella. No un descanso comercial".

"La Copa del Mundo es la catedral del fútbol. Sin embargo, a veces da la sensación de que la hemos convertido en un centro comercial donde la caja registradora recibe más respeto que el propio partido. Si este es el futuro, entonces el fútbol ya no está siendo interrumpido por los anuncios. El fútbol se está convirtiendo en la interrupción entre los anuncios".

[Volodymyr Tretyak 🇺🇦 @VolodyaTretyak]

This is what Tulsi Gabbard shared. A terrible AI-generated map with Kyiv in the south of Ukraine — and what even is “Cherniv”? 😭

What an embarrassment for the United States 🤷‍♂️

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

Charlie Pickering meant to say: "We Zionists used to be able to commit an illegal occupation, land theft, and genocide ..." But social media has changed all that.

It's a shame when you're held accountable for your own words in support of Israel's atrocities, isn't it Charlie.

[Tuks Law @scanme_tukslaw]

How many dogs die after serving 7 days in a pound 💉

Dogs like the one below with an expiry date of 19 June 2026.

Petition ✍️

https://t.co/xDSp0kRoXn

Sharing could save his life 👇

https://t.co/FqMD9aG65Q

#TuksLaw #AllLivesMatter #rescue #nomoresilenteuthanasia #RescueMe

[Niz @NizMhani]

Israel is the kind of "nation" that bombs tented refugee camps.

The host of the @FIFAWorldCup, the USA, is the kind of nation that gives them the bombs to do so.

#FIFAWorldCup

[Jakub Janda 楊雅嚳 @_JakubJanda]

Lídr Alternativy pro Německo ze Saska dorazil na ruskou ambasádu v Praze, která obvykle slouží i pro řízení ruských zpravodajských operací v Německu.

Pussy Riot to shrnuly přesně:

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🤡 When @PumpkinGator realised they had just lectured the actual mother of Henry Webster about Henry Webster’s case, the bravado disappeared and they deleted their tweet.

The irony: they were trying to accuse me of not caring about a victim of racial violence, only to discover they were speaking to the person who spent years fighting for that very victim, my own son.

I spoke to @bbc5live last week about how the BNP and EDL tried to use my son’s attack against our wishes.

There is a broader lesson: people often use someone else’s tragedy as a weapon without checking the facts or understanding the people involved.

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

I condemn any attempt to sell property in the settlements in the West Bank, be that in London or anywhere else in the world.

https://t.co/mYmCNCn0KA

[Philip Lymbery @philip_ciwf]

What the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
@nytopinion
"I once raised pigs. And factory farms raise them today in conditions that are as unconscionable as they are invisible"
For how long can humankind horrifically abuse intelligent creatures behind closed doors?
History will rightly condemn us as cruel & exploitative
WE MUST END IT @CIWF_Global
https://t.co/TTRGvVh3wr

[Raven Cozens-Hardy @RaveCozensHardy]

@peterjukes @carolecadwalla The Spectator has spent years trying to rubbish the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
2018 Brendan O' Neil - Spectator article.
2020 Douglas Murray.
2019 Brittany Kaiser data dump confirmed Aggregate IQ were in partnership with Cambridge Analytica.
https://t.co/ZHal3Wnaad

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

School children indoctrinated into wildlife crime.

In what other sphere of life would an adult - employed by a school - be allowed to take students out to commit crime??

How on Earth does this happen?

Watch the full video of the GUILTY Huntsman of the Stowe Beagles, hunt and kill a hare with a pack of dogs and then CONGRATULATE the students! 👉 https://t.co/jBqhK1Kjzq

[Chris Williamson @DerbyChrisW]

The 1960s apartheid govt of South Africa labelled the ANC as terrorists and used a compliant judiciary to suppress their activists and supporters. Today's British govt uses the same tactics against Palestine Action and its supporters.

Here's a photo of Judge Quartus de Wet who sentenced Nelson Mandela to life in prison, alongside Judge Jeremy Johnson who yesterday sentenced four Palestine Action activists as terrorists, even though they were never charged with terrorism, because such a charge would've been thrown out by every jury in the land.

Johnson would have fitted in very well in South Africa's apartheid regime.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

I'd never condone violence against a police officer - this is utterly dishonest.

The jury weren't judging them on a terrorism offence. This is an awful sleight of hand.

The creeping encroachment of terror laws onto protest & removal of our juries should worry all of us.

[Conscious Stranger @aware_wanderer]

'Judge has been appalling throughout this trial. He is a reason my daughter is in prison for 18 months, because he kept refusing mailed applications,' -Clare Hinchcliffe

Clare Hinchcliffe, the mother of jailed activist Zoe Rogers, said outside Woolwich Crown Court on Friday that she believed her daughter and others involved in the Filton 4 case were being punished as part of a wider political crackdown on direct action against Israeli arms companies.

Speaking as four activists face a sentence over a 2024 raid on an Elbit Systems UK factory in Bristol, Hinchcliffe said she believed the case marked a turning point in the use of counter-terrorism legislation in protest cases.

She argued that the defendants had been prevented from fully explaining their motives in court and that key political context had been excluded from the jury.

"This has been an absolutely historical case, and we are right now reaching a climax," she told Anadolu, adding the court process had restricted what could be said in defense of the activists’ actions.

"They weren't allowed to say genocide, ethnic cleansing, the history of Palestine and Israel. They weren't allowed to say what the weapons did," she noted.

Elbit Systems, Israel's largest military manufacturer, operates several offices and production facilities in Britain and elsewhere. The company produces communication systems, surveillance technologies, and unmanned aerial and ground vehicles.

Hinchcliffe also criticized the judge presiding over the case and said she believed the legal process had been unfair.

"He has been appalling throughout this trial. He has; he's a reason my daughter is in prison for 18 months because he kept refusing mailed applications. 18 months is three times the legal limit to be in prison before a trial..."

Zoe Rogers is a pro-Palestine activist linked to Palestine Action and the Filton 4 case involving a 2024 raid on an Elbit Systems UK site near Bristol. According to her mother, she previously spent 18 months in prison in connection with related protest activity. She was later cleared of the criminal damage charges in the trial.

Outside the court, hundreds of supporters gathered in solidarity with the defendants, whom campaigners refer to as the Filton 4. Around 200 people staged a sit-in protest, while others held placards reading “Saving lives is not terrorism … I support Palestine Action.”

Seventy-two people were arrested and held in custody by the Metropolitan Police after being detained for expressing support for Palestine Action, which remains a proscribed organization despite a High Court ruling earlier this year that found the ban unlawful.

A demonstrator, Ivan, who described himself as an artist and philosopher, said he attended out of concern about what he saw as a breakdown in moral judgment in the case.

Another supporter, Danielle, said she was present in solidarity with the defendants and described them as “heroes,” arguing that direct action had a role in political change.

She added that she believed the prosecution reflected a broader effort to escalate criminal allegations against protest-related damage. "What we've seen is a whole lot of corruption, and this judge has taken it upon himself to slam a terrorism charge on criminal damage charges."

The sentencing of the four activists, referred to by supporters as part of the “Filton 4,” is expected to have wider implications for how protest actions targeting defense contractors are treated in the courts, with campaigners warning that the use of counter-terrorism powers in the case could set a significant legal precedent.

[Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura @arnesa_kustura]

There are no words to describe the shame that this is. The entire government and court system should be ashamed. In the decades and centuries to come this will be in history books as yet another disgraceful act of this government in defence of a genocidal entity.

[The London Economic @LondonEconomic]

"There was no riot, there is not a house that has been burnt down."

Just in case you needed any further proof that GB News isn't a serious news outlet...