It can certainly be read as a love letter to Putin — Maria Popova has a point as usual — but whatever happens the expression of a genocidal wish by the president of the United States is a horror we will never live down.

Ocasio-Cortez tells military chain of command to refuse ‘illegal orders’ in Iran Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his administration’s demands by Tuesday at 8 p.m. EDT.  …

Of course AOC is the only one with the nuts to warn people in the chain of command that acting on Trump's illegal orders is a crime they can be tried for.

Literally, she is the only person who has a moral claim to the Democratic nomination. I just hope voters see it.

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This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.

The president speaks genocide The words, the law, the future

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
These are the words of the president of the United States, today.
The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

Beschaving uitwissen.

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tagebuch des Neoaristokratismus: EU und Abschiebezentren Entdecken Sie in Folge 7 des Podcasts die Hintergründe zu EU-Abschiebezentren und den Netzwerken hinter 'Refugee Cities'.

Wegen der geringen Aufrufzahl - in der Nacht zu Ostersonntag hochgeladen - hier nochmal der Link zum neuen Podacst.
Es geht um die von der EU beschlossenen "Return Hubs" in Drittstaaten und zum Wirken rechtslibertärer "Refugee-/Private-City"-Netzwerke in Afrika.
andreaskemper.org/2026/04/04/r...

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump
Article III
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.

Trump Truth Social post

Donald Trump just threatened to unilaterally destroy an entire civilization.

Is there genuinely no limit to what Republicans will allow this unhinged, unwell man to do?

Congress must come back to Washington to rein in this dangerous behavior immediately.

Israel’s War on Lebanon Is a Consequence of “No Accountability” for Gaza: Human Rights Watch We go to Lebanon, where an Israeli invasion is in full swing along the southern border. Israel has announced the expansion of its so-called buffer zone and issued mass evacuation orders as its militar...

'Israel’s War on Lebanon Is a Consequence of “No Accountability” for Gaza: Human Rights Watch'
www.democracynow.org/2026/4/6/leb...

#Israel #Netanyahu #Gaza #Lebanon #NeoFascism #racism #genocide #WarCrimes

It would also be helpful to share public plans for handing Trump over to international authorities to be tried for war crimes when his term ends.

May Day Strong: No Work, No School, No Shopping | Indivisible

There is something you can do about all of this — make your plans for May 1. This country needs a united show of power, energy, and hope.
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Earlier today, @pkrugman.bsky.social rightly called on civil society groups to issue statements responding to Trump's vile threats of war crimes. Here's ours from @thirdactorg.bsky.social , where many of our members can remember My Lai all to vividly
thirdact.org/blog/a-note-...

Here are three ways we can turn anti-Trump solidarity into political power | Robert Reich The No Kings protests affirmed widespread opposition to Trump’s actions. As the midterms approach, we have an opportunit

How do we turn anti-Trump solidarity into political power? Some thoughts... www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/202...

Happy World Health Day! Thanks to the plastic industry, we breathe in microplastics everyday. 🫥

Exclusive: Five EU countries call for windfall tax on energy companies Such a ​measure could fund relief for consumers in the face of high energy prices, they said.

The oil and gas companies profiting from war must be made to pay to protect vulnerable people from rising prices

This money must also be used to reduce the EU's dependence on fossil fuels – boosting renewables, insulation, public transport, electrification – to avoid future crises like this

How Big Ag’s profit leads to toxic nitrates in tap water - Greenpeace International Water is a fundamental human right, but the industry claiming to "feed the world" is quietly poisoning what we drink.

🔼 'How Big Ag’s profit leads to toxic nitrates in tap water'
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

#FactoryFarms #IndustrialAgriculture #nitrates #nitrogen #DrinkingWater #PublicHealth #necropolitics

Media briefing: nitrates in drinking water - Greenpeace European Unit This brief gathers the latest science on the health impacts of nitrates, alongside existing data on nitrate pollution and the livestock sector across Europe.

'... an expert group ... found that current nitrate limits in drinking water are not sufficiently protective and recommended a significant reduction, based on emerging scientific evidence linking nitrate exposure to increased risks of colorectal cancer'
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

#livestock

Media briefing: nitrates in drinking water - Greenpeace European Unit Bru

A growing body of evidence suggests the EU's drinking water rules are failing to protect public health, as concentrations of nitrates well below the current limit have been linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer

#WorldHealthDay #Health

Read more 👇

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Goede diagnose, puik op schrift gesteld.

Ter verdediging van pessimisme Er is nogal wat om ons zorgen over te maken, to put it mildly. Daar zwartgallig over worden roept weerstand op, maar kan wel degelijk nut hebben.

Ja, de wereld is f*cked. En het wordt voorlopig ook niet beter. En dat is niet leuk om te horen, maar wel goed om te weten. Want als we in de toekomst willen winnen, moeten we ons voorbereiden op komende verliezen.

Daarom schreef ik dit stuk:
www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/tijdschrift/...

George Monbiot on our fragile food system – podcast The Guardian columnist speaks about why we need to tackle global food insecurity

Our discussion about the possibility of global food system collapse, and what needs to happen to avert it.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say Conservationists say move could push species closer to extinction and clearer environmental rules are needed instead

'Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ... could push species closer to extinction and clearer environmental rules are needed instead'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #neoliberalism #captialism #deregulation #AI #risks #misuse

New Book: The Asset Class. 'A thrilling, eye-opening investigation into private equity, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive, it could have been created to undermine our way of life'
guardianbookshop.com/the-asset-cl... #PrivateEquity #neoliberalism #PowerGrab

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned C...

'... capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill'

#capitalism #neoliberalism #PowerGrab

French billionaire Bernard Arnault, tax havens and a new 500-million-euro megayacht The head of the luxury goods group LVMH has just bought an enormous new motor yacht even bigger and even more expensive than his existing one. It has been acquired through a company registered in Ma…

Waarom hebben populisten het nooit over dit soort onrecht?

"Bernard Arnault pays less than 2% in tax on the roughly 3 billion euros in dividends that LVMH pays him each year"

www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/f...

The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity.

It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030.

Taxing the rich is a global necessity.

Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids A new study reveals how the lake bed’s toxic dust impairs lung development in children living nearby.

'Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids'
theconversation.com/toxic-dust-f...

#ClimateEmergency #PublicHealth #pollution #unknowns

Doctors warn that Israel is targeting Lebanon's health care system, as it did Gaza's Since the war between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah reignited on March 2, Israel has pushed deeper into southern Lebanon.

Expect Western news to imminently report about Lebanon's hospitals "failing" after "having been damaged" as opposed to the truth, which is Israel is committing a further ethnic cleansing in Lebanon, ensuring the Lebanese are exterminated or unable to live in their homes.

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