The level of wilful blindness and emotional immaturity when discussing the 9/11 attack -- a full 25 years later -- is stunning.
The US wasn't chosen randomly. OF COURSE decades of US violence and dominance of the region played a significant role in the attack. Forcing people to pretend this isn't true out of some solemn reverence for this attack is repressive and deceitful. It'd be like saying that Israeli violence and repression played no role in the Oct. 7 attacks.
Even the CIA has a doctrine to observe this causal relationship (blowback). Identifying the cause of X is totally unrelated to the question of whether X is justified.
It's good to see that these dumb attacks are losing their potency as the candidate who said it -- Melat Kiros -- basically won a Congressional seat last night in Colorado, defeating a worthless Democratic incumbent pointlessly filling that seat for 30 years.
The net effect of this decision is political parties will have more power over individual candidates. When elections are over, winning candidates will feel more obligated to vote with their parties instead of their constituents.
Fewer Thomas Massies and Ro Khannas, more zombies.
Right in front of our faces. Zero attempt to hide or conceal it. Absolute, total self-enrichment at a magnitude we have never really seen. And every week brings a new story just like it. They're getting richer at every opportunity.
.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.
Mackenzie Scott received 36 billion in the divorce in 2019
She has given over 26 billion since then
She's estimated to have a current net worth of 40 billion
At the end of this Mayim Bialik says her sons ask her “Well when was the last time you posted you care about Palestinians?” and I love knowing that zionist parents all around the country have kids who don’t buy into their fascist bullshit
Sometimes republicans will say something like “last time you tried to protect tenants, landlords reacted violently toward everyone and burned down whole neighborhoods” as if it’s an argument in their favor.
El capitán de la Selección de Irán, Mehdi Taremi, explotó contra la FIFA y la organización de Estados Unidos.
“Esta es una Copa del Mundo desastrosa. Como jugadores profesionales no podemos jugar una competición en estas condiciones, no está bien ni es justo. Si la FIFA piensa que esto es justo, tema de ellos, pero no lo es. ¿Quién debería solucionar este problema por nosotros? ¿La FIFA? ¿EE.UU.? ¡No sé! Díganme un nombre. El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, vino a nuestro vestuario después del primer partido contra Nueva Zelanda y dijo que iba a resolver todos los problemas, pero en realidad, la FIFA no hizo nada. Respondiendo la pregunta de: "¿Sienten que los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo, incluidos la FIFA y los funcionarios estadounidenses, prefieren que Irán sea eliminado de la competencia?", digo: Tenemos que luchar contra absolutamente todo. No podemos quedarnos en el país, viajamos y nos sometemos a controles migratorios cada vez que queremos jugar, ahora no podemos quedarnos en Seattle y tenemos que volver a Tijuana. Han hecho todo lo posible para eliminarnos, entonces desde nuestra perspectiva, sí, creo que lo quieren así, nos quieren afuera”.
My late grandmother had a Haitian home care worker visit her 5x a week until the end when she slipped away peacefully in her sleep. She was 97. Her healthcare worker changed her diapers, fed and bathed her and did her hair for the last years of her life. This person is demonic.
he is kind of the politician of all time. changes his views three times a week, transforms himself to please whoever he’s speaking to, no real aspirations besides power for himself. a psychopath
Kirsten Gillibrand, who accused Zohran Mamdani of promoting "global jihad" and has never publicly apologized for doing that, is having fun hanging out with Ted Cruz, who constantly makes anti-Muslim, bigoted remarks.
The worst side of the Democratic Party establishment, folks!