Alienated53

rbreich, 4 months ago to random

So let me get this straight. Gov. Abbott of TX says he’ll defy federal law because an “invasion” has happened at the border, but the GOP refuses to fix the border because that would hand Biden a political win? Have I got that right?

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

Do you think there are any truly credible sources of news and information?

I feel like anymore when I read something, I need to do further research, and find second or third sources for verification. So many headlines are click bait half truths, hyperbole, or just full on lies and don't get me started
on YouTube "News".

Alienated53, 4 months ago to random

Billboards Project
https://worldbeyondwar.org/billboardsproject/?link_id=4&can_id=c4d7fdc0b3cbf70b250a5bd8b0d02f06&source=email-peace-billboards-wake-people-up&email_referrer=email_2186005&email_subject=peace-billboards-wake-people-up

Alienated53, 8 months ago to climate

#ClimateEmergency the Green Revolution does hold lessons for food production today – but not the ones that are commonly heard. Events in India show why. https://theconversation.com/the-green-revolution-is-a-warning-not-a-blueprint-for-feeding-a-hungry-planet-182269?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20October%204%202023%20-%202756527869&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20October%204%202023%20-%202756527869+CID_162a9e897bf03664120e71cd7934a70a&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=The%20Green%20Revolution%20is%20a%20warning%20not%20a%20blueprint%20for%20feeding%20a%20hungry%20planet

ThomHartmann, 4 months ago to random

Are we watching a repeat of the asbestos crisis?

https://hartmannreport.com/p/microplastics-like-asbestos-can-kill-4b9

Alienated53, 10 months ago to Neoliberal

It would be nice to be able to believe that we can just "vote blue" to achieve the changed needed to address the #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis, as well as the rise of #fascists #Christofascists. The truth is that not only do we have to fight the #fascist GOP, but we would also have to overcome the #neoliberal rabid capitalist supporters of #CorporateOligarchy that are extremely deeply embedded in the DEM party.
https://mastodon.online/@Alienated53/110667870574230542

Alienated53, 11 months ago to random

Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate activist wasted no time in throwing her support behind an environmental group shut down by French authorities.

The French government on Wednesday issued a decree outlawing Les Soulèvements de la Terre (SLT, Uprisings of the Earth)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/greta-thunberg-france-environmental-group-banned-macron

Alienated53, 5 months ago to random

McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s Rely on Alabama Prison “Slavery”
Incarcerated Alabamans “are trapped in this labor trafficking scheme,” a new federal class action lawsuit says.
https://truthout.org/articles/mcdonalds-kfc-burger-king-and-wendys-rely-on-alabama-prison-slavery/

Alienated53, 6 months ago to random

#Christofascism What the majority of white Christians want to do to the US is very much the equivalent of what has happened in Israel under Bibi. They wish to impose a theocracy for whites only:
"Apocalypticism": Polling expert reveals the root of "panic among conservative White Christians"
"That core belief explains so much of the extremism and the proclivity toward violence on the political right"
https://www.salon.com/2023/11/06/apocalypticism-polling-expert-reveals-the-root-of-panic-among-conservative-christians/

Alienated53, 5 months ago to random

A Slow-Rolling Disaster in Fracking Country
Ex-employees at “West Virginia’s Chernobyl” speak out on lethal cancers, regulatory failure and contaminated drinking water.
“the facility is situated on a hill approximately 142 feet above the nearby Monongahela River,” a source of drinking water for communities across northern West Virginia, and further downstream in Pennsylvania, including the city of Pittsburgh.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-slow-rolling-disaster-in-fracking-country/

Alienated53, 6 months ago to random

#DemocraticParty shame: Full List of Democrats Who Voted to Censure Rashida Tlaib

Steve Cohen
Jim Costa
Angie Craig
Don Davis
Lois Frankel
Jared Golden
Daniel Goldman
Josh Gottheimer
Greg Landsman
Susie Lee
Kathy Manning
Jared Moskowitz
Wiley Nickel
Chris Pappas
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Pat Ryan
Brad Schneider
Kim Schrier
Darren Soto
Ritchie Torres
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Frederica Wilson

Alienated53, 10 months ago to random

Experts predicted America was racing towards a "looming hunger cliff." They were right, data shows
Food insecurity is at its highest since December 2020, while SNAP has simultaneously been weakened
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/05/experts-predicted-america-was-racing-towards-a-looming-hunger-cliff-they-were-right-data-shows/

Alienated53, 4 months ago to random

Breaking: Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma
States would send aunts & grandmas to prison as "traffickers" for helping teens
https://jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-travel-bans-proposed-in?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=11153&post_id=140968162&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dzsu&utm_medium=email

Alienated53, 8 months ago to random

"Yes, it’s OK to laugh at wealthy Burning Man attendees mired in muck
Maybe it feels satisfying to see the US elite in discomfort because we’re so unlikely to see them face accountability in normal life.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/burning-man-wealthy-attendees

Alienated53, 8 months ago to climate

#ClimateEmergency #CorporateOligarchy #Capitalism "This civilization is gone. This world is gone. It already ended for millions of people. Some of us just haven't felt it yet. It was never an easy one for most of us. It was never fair, but there was a level of predictability. There was a level of comfort and convenience. That's gone now. Things aren't going to get better. They're not going to get back to the way they were."
STILL, IT IS UP TO US AS TO THE REPLACEMENT!
https://www.okdoomer.io/the-world-has-already-ended/

Alienated53, 4 months ago to random

#Fascism #Christofascism You Could Soon Be Fined for Defamation for Calling Someone Racist in Florida
Florida Republicans have introduced a new bill that would silence basically any accusations of discrimination.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177920/florida-bill-fine-defamation-racist-discrimination

Alienated53, 7 months ago to climate

#ClimateEmergency The International Energy Agency warned that while renewable energy use is surging, fossil fuel production worldwide remains "far too high" to prevent catastrophic warming.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iea-report-fossil-fuels

Alienated53, 4 months ago to random

I find it hard to believe that they will not do this. What evidence is there that they would not do this? Only real hope is that there are just enough non-#Fascist GOP in the House to vote with Dems.
https://www.alternet.org/lawless-gop-lawmakers-election/

Alienated53, 9 months ago to climate

#ClimateEmergency
How ironic that we developed our human tech to the point of destabilizing the planet's #climate, yet: "Brazil's struggling rainforests are so understudied, it's not clear how bad the damage is
The extinction crisis is slamming the Amazon, but it's so poorly understood, we don't know what's being lost."
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/03/brazils-struggling-rainforests-are-so-understudied-its-not-clear-how-the-damage-is/
https://youtu.be/2595abcvh2M?si=AQafB7HC-wpiPw41

Alienated53, 4 months ago to random

CNN Admits 'Really Disturbing' Israel/Palestine Coverage Policy 'In Place for Years'
the network confirmed to The Intercept that its news coverage about Israel and Palestine is run through and reviewed by the CNN Jerusalem bureau—which is subject to the IDF's censor.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-cnn-censor?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=40341c0d13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_01_01_09_14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-77b634d84f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Alienated53, 10 months ago to random

"ORDINARY PEOPLE BY THE MILLIONS
A conversation on current US politics with Thomas Frank."

Frank lays out exactly what has happened in the US. Including the main villains being the Clinton DEMs. He also alludes to the destruction of the MSM. What he seems to miss, IMO, is that the capture of the MSM and extinction of local newspapers is the very reason the mass movements one which he pins his hopes are unable to gain traction. Unlike in the past.
#corporateoligarchy

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/ordinary-people-by-the-millions?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1377040&post_id=135232089&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Alienated53, 8 months ago to random

#Fascism #Christofascism #RedCaesar More evidence the right has openly given up on the notion of democratic rule. For one reason, they can no longer win truly democratic elections, even with their time tested voter suppression efforts. So, they now want a White Christian Caesar. "... a bunch of billionaires and intellectuals on the right are waiting in the wings to impose a dictatorship on the United States, ..."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/red-caesar-authoritarianism-republicans-extreme-right

Alienated53, 4 months ago to random

Bernie Sanders
Senate votes against Sanders resolution to force human rights scrutiny over Israel aid

Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/16/bernie-sanders-senate-test-vote-military-aid-israel

Alienated53, 7 months ago to random

#CorporateOligarchy control of the US health care system is fully exposed by this story in the news: Fundraiser for Olympian Mary Lou Retton exceeds goal as she's 'fighting for her life' in ICU

Alienated53, 8 months ago to random

A YEAR OF LYING ABOUT NORD STREAM
The Biden administration has acknowledged neither its responsibility for the pipeline bombing nor the purpose of the sabotage
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/a-year-of-lying-about-nord-stream?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1377040&post_id=137361254&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dzsu&utm_medium=email