The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency
New York Times bestselling author, Malcolm Nance, offers a chilling warning on a clear, present and existential threat to our democracy... our fellow Americans
A century & a half ago, Confederate Gen Joseph Orville Shelby splashed into the wild waters of the Rio Grande off this border city & fled to Mexico, refusing to surrender to Union soldiers.
Now the park named in his honor (?) has become a front line in a feud between the #state & the #federal govt — a power struggle over who ultimately has the right to control the border….
Unprecedented migration has made this #border county’s 74 miles of riverfront the scene of an unfolding #human & #constitutional drama. The huge number of #migrants who have crossed the river & the crackdown designed to stop that flow have attracted the attention of everyone from #ImmigrantRights activists to #racist#militias curious to see whether the #federal supremacy that withstood a civil war will survive once more.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (#IRI) claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack on the #UnitedStates in #Jordan, days after claiming the attack on #Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base.
This is a loosely formed group of #militias that include Kataib #Hezbollah & Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. #IRI “is an umbrella organization of armed groups & militias that are aligned w/ #Iran & that see themselves as vanguards fighting against #Israel & American #imperialism in the region,” Renad Mansour, a snr research fellow at London’s Chatham House think tank, said in a telephone interview Mon. #UnitedStates#MiddleEast#NationalSecurity#GlobalSecurity#geopolitics
@realTuckFrumper well, they can start with #montana. Since everyone in Montana hates putin's ass, they can start there. No wonder the #ChineseSpyBalloon was 1st detected in Montana. It is because the people in Montana, they really don't like #balloons or #communism. Oh, and #alabama too. And I don't know if you all heard but the #militias all along the #grandcanyon really don't like Putin at all. All along that place, if you say "I don't like Putin" we will get the same in response many times
The U.S. launched an #airstrike on a facility in eastern #Syria linked to #Iranian-backed #militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing #UnitedStates troops in the region for the past several weeks, the #Pentagon said.
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
#Jordan's army has stepped up a campaign against #DrugDealers after clashes last month with dozens of people suspected of links to pro-Iranian #militias, who were carrying large hauls over its border with #Syria along with weapons and explosives.
Jordan and its Western allies have blamed #Lebanon-based #Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia as being behind the surge in smuggling. #captagon#Assad#Israel
Smadar #Lavie: "The refusal of elite #military reservists to attend to their periodic training […] is conceived as another Ashkenazi privilege. In general, being pro-Palestinian in #israel often requires contacts and funds to pay bail rather than rot in prison in case one is arrested during a solidarity visit to West Bank villages."
His family is originally from Massachusetts:
“Here, the geographical division is ethnic-based: we’ve had ghetto communities since the founding of the country. We are the only country in the world where a town can decide who to admit and who not to. They exclude not only Palestinians, but also the poor, or single mothers.” https://global.ilmanifesto.it/israel-is-a-fragmented-society-that-no-longer-knows-itself/@israel
To fight Putin, Russian militias aid Ukraine with cross-border attack… (archive.is)