micchiato

micchiato, 2 hours ago to random

If you honestly believe that fascism hangs in the balance in the November presidential election, then you should be volunteering to canvas door-to-door, to phone bank, to stuff envelopes; anything to GOTV for Biden. Venting your spleen on social media at those who won’t vote for Biden seems like smug self-indulgence if you aren’t walking the walk.

micchiato, 2 hours ago to random

Me? I believe fascism is already here and it started long before Trump.

micchiato, 4 hours ago to random

If the broken beautiful pier isn’t a metaphor for #US foreign policy I don’t know what is.

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micchiato, 2 days ago to Israel

“Despite efforts by #Biden and Congressional leaders to assert that the #ICC has some kind of anti-#Israel bias, nearly every leader ever prosecuted by the ICC prior to 2023 has been African, including presidents of Liberia, Libya and Sudan. #Netanyahu and Gallant would be the first US-allied leaders ever indicted by the ICC.

It appears, then, that in Washington’s view, international humanitarian law should only apply to leaders not supported by the #UnitedStates”

https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-response-to-israels-icc-prosecution-is-an-attack-on-international-law/

micchiato, 1 day ago to detroit

#studentprotests #freepalestine #Detroit #Michigan

Miro_Collas, 1 day ago to Palestine

Since Israel’s Rafah operation, only 150 trucks of aid reached Gaza in two weeks: UNRWA's Sam Rose - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV64-59m3xY

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine

Adam_Cadmon1, 1 day ago to random

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/black-rifle-coffee-company/

micchiato, 3 days ago to France

This seems big and newsworthy.

“‘#France supports the International Criminal Court, its independence and the fight against impunity in all situations,’ the foreign ministry said in a statement late on Monday.
While U.S. President Joe #Biden called the legal step against Israeli officials ‘outrageous’, the French foreign ministry took a different stance.” #ICC

https://www.reuters.com/world/france-backs-icc-after-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrants-israels-netanyahu-2024-05-21/

micchiato, 3 days ago to random

We’re in hell.

“Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces were shooting indiscriminately at any Palestinian who moved in their vicinity, including people in their cars and families who went to pick up their children from school ….

Two boys, Osama Abu Hajeer, 16, and Mahmoud Hamadneh, 15, were killed as they were leaving their school. One of them was riding a bicycle when he was shot …. Allam Jaradat, 48, a teacher, was shot dead in his vehicle as he was also leaving the school”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-students-teacher-and-doctor-jenin-assault

micchiato, 14 days ago to journalism

#otd #press #Biden #Israel

“It’s been 2 years since my aunt #ShireenAbuAkleh was killed by an Israeli soldier and life has not been the same since. No one has been held accountable & the U.S. has failed our family in holding the killer responsible. #JusticeforShireen.”

https://x.com/linaabuakleh/status/1789240479898284181?s=46&t=521hINbbUzSBIUxrCF_rbg

micchiato, 4 days ago to Michigan

University of #Michigan president calls in #police to end campus encampment 2 days before he testifies to #Congress on pro-#Palestine encampments at universities. These college administrators are terrible at hiding their fear of #GOP fascists:

“Officers from the university’s Division of Public Safety and Security dressed in riot gear were on scene to sweep the 50-person encampment as early as 5:45 a.m., May 21”

#politics #uspolitics #uspol

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/05/pro-palestinian-encampment-driven-from-university-of-michigan-campus.html

micchiato, 5 days ago to random

#Biden cannot even unite his own party.

A senior strategist to #Democrats tweets:

micchiato, 5 days ago to Palestine

“White nationalists and neo-Nazis joined forces with Zionists (including some saying they were Israelis) to attack #UCLA’s #Palestine Solidarity Encampment, whose residents included a large number of Jewish students. The assailants were not affiliated with the university. One neo-Nazi was heard shouting, ‘we’re here to finish what Hitler started,’ without any apparent protest from the self-identified Zionists.”
#studentprotests #freepalestine
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/uclas-unholy-alliance/

micchiato, 6 days ago to random

“Unlike immunity to influenza .., prior immunity to #SarsCoV2 … doesn’t inhibit later vaccine responses. Rather, it promotes the development of broadly inhibitory antibodies …. people who were repeatedly vaccinated for #COVID19 — initially receiving shots aimed at the original variant, followed by boosters and updated vaccines targeting variants — generated antibodies capable of neutralizing a wide range of SARS-CoV-2 variants and … some distantly related coronaviruses”
https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/repeat-covid-19-vaccinations-elicit-antibodies-that-neutralize-variants-other-viruses/

micchiato, 7 days ago to Guns

“When a #police department upgrades its #guns, what happens to the old ones? A CBS #News investigation found #law enforcement agencies routinely resold or traded in their used duty #weapons, a practice that has sent thousands of guns into the hands of criminals.

In a 16-year period ending in 2022, the ATF identified more than 52,000 guns recovered from #crime scenes that were once used by police agencies. It took a federal court order for the ATF to release that data”

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/tracing-police-guns-sold-newark-new-jersey-pittsburgh/

micchiato, 7 days ago to random

#Democrats gonna say this is the only way to keep #libraries fully funded. #police

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micchiato, 8 days ago to Palestine

“By a slim margin, #Dartmouth undergraduate #students have voted ‘no confidence’ in President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership in the wake of a controversial crackdown on pro-[#Palestine] #protesters earlier this month, Dartmouth Student #Government announced on Wednesday.

The advisory-only measure passed 1,425-1,323 — a 52% majority — which represented about 60% of the 4,681 undergraduates who were eligible to vote” #studentprotests
#freepalestine
https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/17/dartmouth-presidents-leadership-divides-students-no-confidence-narrowly-passes/

micchiato, 9 days ago to Israel

“Since the beginning of #Israel’s war on #Gaza, academics in fields including #politics, #sociology, Japanese #literature, public #health, Latin American and Caribbean studies, Middle East and African studies, #mathematics, #education, and more have been fired, suspended, or removed from the classroom for pro-#Palestine, anti-Israel speech.”

https://theintercept.com/2024/05/16/university-college-professors-israel-palestine-firing/

micchiato, 9 days ago to random

Further proof that anyone can brand themselves a “free speech expert”:

“Ironically, Howard Gilman, president of #UCI, is a ‘free speech’ expert. He even labeled this year the ‘year of free speech.’

His track record as president has shown again and again that these are hollow words.

For example:”

https://x.com/cantonwiner/status/1790875199195214155?s=46&t=521hINbbUzSBIUxrCF_rbg

micchiato, 8 days ago to random

Wow!

micchiato, 9 days ago to california

An arrested University of #California #Irvine professor makes the connection between paying for #police repression of #protest and starving public #education with austerity:

“These police officers out here today: that’s thousands of student scholarships. Thousands of students could’ve been able to go to school and have books and have housing”

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micchiato, 9 days ago to california

In the most Democrat state of all. Don’t tell me blue states in a fascist nation are refuge. #studentprotests #freepalestine #california #police #Democrats #news

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micchiato, 10 days ago to news

My initial response to this #news was, “Good, but what took #Egypt so long to get off the fence?” #genocide #Israel #icj

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/5/12/egypt-deals-diplomatic-blow-to-israel-by-joining-icj-genocide-case

micchiato, 9 days ago to random

I bet the #US would allow a Ukrainian crew to disembark.

“The crew, made up of 20 Indians and a Sri Lankan national, has been unable to disembark because of visa restrictions, a lack of required shore passes and parallel ongoing investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FBI.

On Monday, the crew remained on board even as authorities used small explosive charges to deliberately ‘cut’ an expanse of the bridge lying on the ship's bow.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69011124

micchiato, 10 days ago to random

Took my second #COVID rapid test this morning since returning from travel on Sunday. Negative x2. Will take another test tomorrow night.

I’m vaccinated, but contra #Biden, the vax is not enough. I minimize my exposure to crowds and I mask when I can’t avoid the throngs. 😷