🇲🇽 Mexico’s President Claudia argues that if cartels are terrorists, then those supplying their weapons—over 74% of which come from the U.S.—should be held accountable for aiding terrorism.
In response, Mexico will expand its lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers.
She also proposed a constitutional reform to impose the harshest possible punishment on foreigners involved in arms trafficking or any form of interventionism in Mexico, reinforcing national sovereignty against external interference.
Physically dragging out a reporter from the State Department briefing room while preaching press freedom to the rest of the world is the perfect example of the Biden administration's love affair with double standards and duplicity...
"Siri, what 15 second video clip serves as a metaphor for the culmination of the last half-Century of American-led, fossil fuel driven, neoliberal capitalism?"
[Video by @stuartpalley]
The full weight of the county will come down on you if you are trying to scavenger for food and supplies during a natural disaster but if you’re a mayor/city councilor who defunded the fire department or an insurance CEO cutting out fire insurance they’ll do absolutely nothing.
this past 24hr news cycle has been more critical of biden for violating institutional norms to pardon his own son for low level criminal offenses than violating international and us laws to aid israel in its genocide of palestinians. i feel like im losing my mind.
Billionaires in the U.S. are .0005% of the population, yet accounted for 18% of 2024 electoral spending.
Just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion.
This is not democracy. It is oligarchy.
Time to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.
Piggybacking on this to also include stop asking ChatGPT to summarize research when you can literally just read the summarized version of research on the front page research journals
US law is clear: No nation blocking US humanitarian aid can receive US weapons.
Palestinian children are forced to eat pet food and bug infested flour, but @SecBlinken says there’s no need to change our policy. The Biden administration is refusing to comply with US law.