CassandraZeroCovid

luckytran , 1 month ago to random

The US government is ending the program that provides free COVID vaccines to people who are uninsured and underinsured.

This is a public health failure that will further decrease already low vax rates, and puts marginalized communities at greater risk.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670459-cdc-ending-free-covid-vaccines-uninsured/

auschwitzmuseum , 2 months ago to random

8 Aril 1941 | Norwegian Jewish boy, Sam Becker, was born in Bergen.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection together with his mother Ida.

Nonilex , 2 months ago to random

Federal judge #AileenCannon on Thurs rejected #Trump's argument that the #ClassifiedDocuments case should be tossed out because he viewed the material as his #personal records.

#Trump argued that his retention of highly sensitive documents was authorized under a the #PRA.

#criminal #law #obstruction #EspionageAct #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.431.0.pdf

Miro_Collas , 2 months ago to palestine group

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/4/1/the-destruction-of-gazas-al-shifa-hospital

#Palestine #Gaza #AlShifa #israel
@palestine

ElleGray , 2 months ago to random

me with my agonies, staggering back to work after a long weekend

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

"This is not subjective. We all saw it. Plenty of leaders today try to convince the masses we did not see what we saw, but our eyes don’t deceive. (If leaders began a yearslong campaign today to convince us that the Baltimore bridge did not collapse Tuesday morning, would you ever believe them?) Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it." #Trump #Biden https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

AFP-Israeli parliament passes bill giving top ministers authority to bar Al Jazeera broadcasts from #Israel

noelreports , 2 months ago to random

Two years have already passed since our warriors, all our people, drove the Russian occupiers out of Kyiv region. Borodyanka, Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Moshchun were places of battle, places where Ukrainians fought for their country, for their lives, for their homes free from evil.

Today, we honor the strength of everyone who withstood then, who is fighting now, who is working and who will definitely bring freedom to our entire land, to every city and village of Ukraine.

video/mp4

auschwitzmuseum , 2 months ago to random

28 March 1935 | Dutch Jewish boy, Jacob Leefsma, was born in Leeuwarden.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Nonilex , 3 months ago to random

#JoeLieberman, senator & VP nominee, dies at 82

#JosephLieberman, the doggedly independent 4-term #US #senator from #Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for VP in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in NYC. He was 82.
The cause was complications from a fall, his family said in a statement.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-senator-vice-president-dead/

pluralistic , 3 months ago to random

Back in the 1950s, a new, democratically elected Iranian government nationalized foreign oil interests. The UK and the US then backed a coup, deposing the progressive government with one more hospitable to foreign corporations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization_of_the_Iranian_oil_industry

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/27/korporate-kangaroo-kourts/#corporate-sovereignty

1/

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

"The hiring of a rancid fascist who conspired with Donald Trump to try to overturn an election is just one more example of the rot at the top of the mainstream media in this country. Look at the front page of the New York Times, which has pounded 'Biden is old' like a bass drum."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#NBC #RonnaMcDaniel #NewYorkTimes #media
/1

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/cleanup-on-aisle-three

ElleGray , 3 months ago to random

people were making fun of this panda for his weird expressions but it turns out that when he was a baby his caretakers (people) had to break his bamboo apart. People are weak and had to exert themselves. He's now strong enough to do it himself easily, but thinks making the faces is part of the process 😄🐼♥️

A panda trying to break a piece of bamboo. It's actually pretty easy for him, but he's gritting his teeth comically, as though he's using all his might lol
Another shot of the panda grimacing from the concentration and effort, as a person would do

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

"What does it say about the US that Trump has minions behind him ready to put the infrastructure of authoritarianism in place, and legions of average citizens eager to see him break the traditions and handrails that once made America a model of democracy? I think it tells us that Trump’s rise is symbolic of a cultural breakdown that won’t be ameliorated by a single election."

~ Jill Filipovic

#Trump #authoritarianism
/1

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/03/trump-is-not-the-problem

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️A New York appeals court agreed to slash the amount of the bond Donald #Trump must post to cover a $454 million civil fraud verdict to just $175 million -Bloomberg #legal

granting him 10 days to pay a reduced bond

oatmeal , 3 months ago to israel group

#Gaza / UN security council passes [a draft] resolution calling for immediate ceasefire, as US abstains

The UN Security Council voted today (Monday) in favor of a draft resolution including a "demand" for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire during the month of Ramadan, which ends in about two weeks, and for the "immediate and unconditional release" of the hostages. 14 countries supported the draft resolution, the United States abstained, since it does not include condemnation of #Hamas - but did not use its veto.

#TheGuardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest

@israel
@palestine
#Israel #WarCrimes #Gaza
#UNSC

Sherifazuhur , 3 months ago to israel group

UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza. 14 in favor and the US abstained. @israel @palestine

SteveThompson , 3 months ago to random

Ok. Have been to Israel. No one I ever met there is "anti-human."

Consider the source. Consider its agenda (Death to Israel signage inside an Iranian mosque like the cross is in a Christian church). Consider the relationship. Iran funds anti-Israel terrorists.

This man is a threat to humanity.

"Israel is 'anti-human,' Iranian FM tells Palestinian Islamic Jihad chief"

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iranian-fm-to-palestinian-islamic-jihad-chief-gaza-crisis-displays-israels-anti-human-nature-793490

"The Iranian FM had previously spoken with Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday."

lowqualityfacts , 3 months ago to random

People are once again mistaking me for a bot, so here's me holding Fishy. He is infinitely more photogenic than I will ever be.

Catvalente , 3 months ago to random

I just had a realization.

It was (and is) always so confusing when The Bad Straights claimed “gay people getting married will ruin the institution for everyone.”

But I think they always meant that if two men or two women can get married, then marriage must not be defined by a man obtaining a woman as servant/property & securing exclusive rights to her labor, identity, & body.

And without that, they can’t even imagine what purpose marriage could ever serve.

marcelias , 3 months ago to random

🚨NEW: On behalf of Detroit Disability Power and the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans, my team has filed to intervene to fight the latest Republican lawsuit--this time targeting Michigan’s voter rolls. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/michigan-voter-purge-rnc/

marcelias , 3 months ago to random

It is telling that conservatives describe my efforts to protect voting rights in court as "lawfare" yet cheer on the cases the RNC is filing to purge voters from the rolls.

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

Jay Kuo, looking at the immense dangers ahead as Trump's Truth Social becomes publicly traded, and the Russians, Chinese, and Saudis could be standing ready to own controlling interest in the company:

"I’ve read many pieces about how Trump is set to be worth $3.4 billion more next week, but I’ve seen nothing so far warning of the dangers of a publicly-traded presidential candidacy. We are in wholly uncharted waters."

#Trump #TruthSocial #grift #NationalSecurity
/1

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-publicly-traded-presidential

oatmeal , 3 months ago to israel group

#US / US Congress spending plan backs Israel, suspends funding to UNRWA for a year

If there was any doubt the US is complicit in the mess in Gaza, this vote, which has both Democrats (including Biden) and Republican support, should clear things up...

[…] the State Department appropriations bill continues a ban on U.S. funding for #UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, for at least a year. It also eliminates funding for the UN Commission of Inquiry against Israel and fully funds the annual U.S. security commitment of $3.3 billion for Israel.

#Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-spending-plan-backs-israel-extends-anti-aids-program-2024-03-21/

@israel
@palestine
#Israel #WarCrimes #Gaza

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

🏆 Oh suh-NAP! (He should have said, “Mr. President…SIR, with tears in his eyes…” for bonus mockage)

Via Kyle Griffin:

President #Biden, speaking at a Texas fundraiser: "Just the other day, this defeated looking man came up to me and said: 'Mr. President I need your help. I'm in crushing debt. I'm completely wiped out.' I had to say, 'Donald, I can't help you'." #Trump

auschwitzmuseum , 3 months ago to random

20 March 1943 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Bernhard Sanders, was born in Schalkwijk.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 27 January 1944 in a transport of 948 Jews deported from Westerbork with his mother Johanna and father Willem. All three were probably murdered in a gas chamber.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Via Timothy Snyder: 1/…

The thing Trump did in Dayton – celebrating his fascist movement's dubious "martyrs"–is exactly what Goebbels & Hitler did bw Nazis' failed coup & their seizure of power. Their song was called the Horst Wessel Song.

Nazis were obsessive abt being the victims. Once in power they put up monuments to their "martyrs." They sang their Horst Wessel Song as they conquered countries & killed millions to say that they, Nazis, were real victims and therefore always innocent.

auschwitzmuseum , 3 months ago to random

17 March 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Barnett Greenman, was born in Rotterdam.

In February 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd

dillyd , 3 months ago to random

All clean

rbreich , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

A new study found that 35 major corporations paid execs MORE than what they paid in federal income taxes between 2018 and 2022.

Each of the companies generated billions of dollars in profit over the same period.

When I say the system is rigged for the rich, this is what I mean.

breadandcircuses , 3 months ago to random

[Thread, post or comment was deleted by the author]

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

"It will take a collective sense of urgency to rid ourselves of the Trump threat. I’m not talking about voters. I’m referring to elites. Nearly a decade into it, the political, legal and business sectors are still slow-walking through the Trump era. It’s a collective failure. And Trump continues to exploit it."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #elites
/1

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-keeps-exploiting-our-collective

futurebird , 3 months ago to random

A lightly left-leaning generally Democratic friend has just now noticed that freaking out about the election is reasonable... but they do take my opinion somewhat seriously (even after calling me "probably a communist" I have no idea)

I made such a horrible face (involentary) when they said something about giving money to Biden I had to make another suggestion ... uh..."Democracy Docket?"

Any democrats who might not get the help they need from the DNC but still might win I could also mention?

eeyam , 3 months ago to NoVID

Ooohhh I love that our hospital room has an air purifier!

It is also notable how hallways and lobbies have purifiers too! 😊

#Covid19 @novid

faab64 , 3 months ago to random

Jake Sullivan announces an arms aid package for Ukraine valued at 300 million dollars.

"This includes artillery shells and GMLRS missiles for HIMARS. This is what Ukraine needs very much to keep the front lines under Russian attacks and repel the Russian offensive in the east and other areas of the front."

If course they have money for war. Even when the congress is against that.

#Ukraine #Pentagon #Politics Russia #ukrainewar

Nonilex , 3 months ago to random

#RobertHur, the fmr #Trump-appointed US Atty who declined to prosecute #POTUS #Biden for classified materials found in his home & fmr office, will appear before the #House #Judiciary Cmte as a #PrivateCitizen….

#Hur, the special counsel, who is appearing …at the request of… #JimJordan, has arranged to resign from the #DOJ …one day before he is scheduled to appear….

#law #sketchy #MAGA #Republicans
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/robert-hur-trump-special-counsel-b2510944.html

lolgop , 3 months ago to random

WHY DO SO MANY REPORTERS SEEM BORED BY THE BIGGEST STORY OF OUR LIFETIMES?

Trump’s escalating cries for dictatorship keep getting shrugged off by journalists who can’t be bothered to describe the stakes of this election, notes Mark Jacob.

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/some-journalists-seem-bored-by-the

Dig in to democracy at https://www.erlywrm.com

auschwitzmuseum , 3 months ago to random

9 March 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Suzanne Driay, was born in Paris.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 2 June 1944 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 627 people killed in a gas chamber immediately after selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd

lolgop , 3 months ago to random

You couldn't believe it? Really?

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/nikki-haley-hillary-clinton

auschwitzmuseum , 3 months ago to random

7 March 1942 | A French Jewish girl, Claudine Ruben, was born in Paris.

She arrived at Auschwitz on 20 July 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 440 people murdered after selection in a gas chamber.

susurros , 3 months ago to palestine group

"U.S. officials have secretly sent Israel over 100 shipments of weapons, amounting to thousands of bombs and arms, just since October 7, arresting new reporting finds as the Biden administration scrambles in public to contain a splintering of his Democratic base amid its support of Israel’s genocide of Gaza.

"This is a staggering cache of weapons sent to assist in the genocide over such a short period of time, amounting to about one weapons deal every 1.5 days of Israel’s assault. U.S. officials were able to avoid reporting the sales publicly because they fell under certain value thresholds that would require them to be brought to the attention of Congress, sources told The Post."

https://truthout.org/articles/report-us-has-secretly-sent-israel-over-100-weapons-shipments-in-last-150-days/

@palestine #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #US

auschwitzmuseum , 3 months ago to random

6 March 1936 | Dutch Jewish boy, Hartog Levie, was born in Amsterdam.

In November 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd

jeffowski , 4 months ago to random

On this date in 1943 (Feb. 22nd), Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans Scholl, and their friend Christoph Probst were executed by beheading in the Stadelheim Prison, in Munich, Germany. They had been caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets on the campus of the University of Munich. They were found guilty of high treason and executed immediately. Sophie was 21. Hans was 24. Christoph was 23.