On Sunday, tens of thousands will gather on the National Mall for a government-sponsored Christian nationalist event called "Rededicate 250."
I wrote a field guide for reporters & others: who's behind it, what they actually want, & why it's unprecedented.
https://t.co/C7Y9L5upXg
To understand the sheer scale of the war in Ukraine, consider this staggering fact:
According to the highest estimate, more people died in Mariupol during the first 100 days of the invasion than in the entire war in Gaza, even though Gaza had five times Mariupol’s population
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction on its $400 million White House ballroom project.
Leon, who was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush, granted the National Trust for Historic Preservation's request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily pause the project until it undergoes further reviews and input from Congress.
In his opinion, he said the preservationist group is likely to succeed as "no statute comes close to giving the president the authority he claims to have."
"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" the judge wrote.
The judge delayed enforcement of the order for 14 days because stopping an ongoing construction project could "raise logistical issues." He also acknowledged that the administration is likely to appeal his decision.
@thecurioustales This is a piece that works hard to feel like rigorous, paradigm-shattering insight, but it's actually a good case study in the very manipulation techniques it claims to expose.
Read full response here:
https://t.co/hqUzktVFE8
🇺🇸 deja de ser una democracia liberal según el informe del Instituto V-Dem
“La rapidez con la que se está desmantelando la democracia en EEUU no tiene precedente en la historia moderna”
https://t.co/yD42oBSPy4
An unarmed Iranian ship was invited, along with the U.S., to be part of an Indian Naval exercise, and its sailors paraded on land before the president.
The U.S. at the last minute pulled out of the exercise and instead attacked the Iranian ship with a torpedo.
Breaking with all norms of civilization and warfare, we then refused to rescue the drowning survivors. The Sri Lanka Navy was left to pull the dead bodies from the water.
I am hard pressed to think of any other nation throughout history that would do something so cowardly and despicable. We are genuinely in a league of our own, and American media — mostly shrugging off the bombing of a girls school and acting as if carpet bombing Tehran is a normal military tactic — is deeply complicit.
Spanish government , its people and its vibrant civil society has been true , genine and meaningful partner for voiceless women and girls of my country who endure some of the worst form of gender persecution amount to crimes against humanity. Spain has been the lead country to provide space and amplify our voice. They have used their soft power along with other EU member states to lead some of the accountability mechanisms including sponsoring the resolution on creating an investigation mechanism on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, referring Afghanistan case to ICC, supporting the campaign on Gender apartheid , naming a room in honor of “Afghan women resilience”, supporting hundreds of vulnerable women and girls with asylum visas to name a few.
iViva España
Gracias @jmalbares@sanchezcastejon@SpainMFA@EmbSpainUK
.@JDVance you said not to "suppress every masculine urge” & not to “cast aside everything that makes you a man.”
For me, that means standing up to powerful men who abused young girls. It means respecting moms, wives, daughters and sisters.
Stand up to the Epstein class.
It takes less than a second for him to reach for his gun as you can hear her car get put into park. It takes less than 2 seconds for the gun to get pointed directly at her. This is not a good-faith approach to enforcing the law. It's creating the conditions for another death
Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
When did police start dressing like Fortnite characters? And what is camouflage good for in a city? Dress is a form of speech and we need to pay attention to the message we’re being sent.
I made this video so we can talk about what ICE is actually doing in our cities. I have the details and you need to hear them. Please share this.
ICE isn't t targeting criminals or even people here illegally. They are just making up the law - every day. Here's what's going on.
We saw this coming: Trump and @StephenM are sending masked, untrained ICE agents into cities with orders to use force and incite violence.
They are deliberately creating chaos in order to threaten the Insurrection Act and usurp more power.
We’re not fooled.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "What's happening in Minnesota right now defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. They're pulling over people indiscriminately, including US citizens, and demanding to see their papers. At grocery stores, at bus stops, even at our schools, they're breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans. Kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process. Let's be very, very clear. This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government. This week, he went online to promise that 'the day of retribution and reckoning is coming.' That's a direct threat against the people of this state who dared to vote against him three times and who continue to stand up for freedom with courage and empathy and profound grace."