More people really need to understand what mission creep is and how the language of criminality will apply to literally everyone an authoritarian government deems fit.

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Facsimil de las paginas 18-20 de El Periodico, 19 de abril de 2026.

En su amplia cobertura de la IV Cumbre en Defensa de la Democracia, ¿cuánto escribió @elperiodico.com sobre los #desaparecidos en #México, explicando por qué este no fue un tema para una reunión de #izquierda?

¿Cuántas preguntas críticas le hicieron a #Sheinbaum?

@irenebenedicto.bsky.social

Organizaciones civiles se reúnen con el alto comisionado de la ONU, Volker Türk  - El Sol de México | Noticias, Deportes, Gossip, Columnas Volker Türk optó por escuchar a la sociedad civil antes de reunirse con las autoridades federales para dialogar sobre la crisis de derechos humanos en el país

Volker #Türk “Estuvo interesado en escucharnos antes de escuchar a las autoridades...él decía que era importante primero escuchar la sociedad civil sobre la reestructuración de los derechos humanos en general que hay en el país”

#Mexico #4T #Militarización

@centroprodh.bsky.social

It started at 7 p.m., I think.
It was transmitted live (I watched the last hour) by Televisa Channel 2, so probably will be available online in some form or shape😎
#Bocelli

Es una lástima que los progresistas del #4T no se molesten, por ejemplo, en leer a Enrique #Dussel.

Pero supongo que la ética no es precisamente el fuerte de esta 'versión revisionista del antiguo PRI'...
#Mexico

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Podemos suponer que el tema de los desaparecidos no se trató en la reunión de "los progresistas" en Barcelona...

¡Qué mundo tan extraño vivimos cuando la izquierda hace la vista gorda ante tales atrocidades!

#Mexico #4T #TenemosOtrosDatos

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Gobernación insiste en rechazar informe de ONU sobre desaparecidos Rosa Icela Rodríguez, secretaria de Gobernación, reiteró las objeciones del gobierno de Sheinbaum al documento del Comité de Expertos de la ONU.

Gobernación rechaza una vez más el informe de la ONU sobre desaparecidos en #México. La titular respalda a Sheinbuam y descarta un problema estructural, luego de confirmar una reunión con Volker Türk, Alto Comisionado de la organización.

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"El 19 de abril se conmemora en #México el Día Nacional de las Familias Buscadoras, una fecha instituida por colectivos para visibilizar la labor de búsqueda de personas desaparecidas."

"Türk se reunirá con representantes de la sociedad civil y víctimas de violaciones de derechos humanos, incluidos representantes de pueblos indígenas y familias de personas desaparecidas..El Alto Comisionado realizará una conferencia de prensa al final de su visita el miércoles 22 de abril."
#Mexico

El domingo es 19 de abril, no 18. ¿Saben algo más? ¿Qué dicen las fuentes?

Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief 2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

"The Convention guarantees the right to know the truth about the fate and whereabouts of disappeared persons and the progress of investigations – “exactly what family members need and demand,” said Mr. Türk."

#Mexico #Disappeared

"En entrevista, el ex presidente del Comité contra las Desapariciones Forzadas (CED), Santiago Corcuera, informó que la visita [de Volker Turk] se programó para este domingo 18 de abril"

An international trend; governments (left and right) across the world are in the business of defunding public media, to the joy of autocrats and right-wing populists - when public broadcasting is more important than ever!

Now is the time to increase funding for public broadcasting!
#SavePublicMedia

"a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in #self-defense, once all #peace efforts have failed’ (Catechism of the #Catholic Church, no. 2308). That is, to be a #justwar it must be a defense against another who actively wages #war"

#Theology

The Trump admin has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract w/ Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami to shelter & care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship between the Church & the U.S. govern. dating back to the 1st arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Fla.

Facsmiles of the covers of NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times, The Oklahoman, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Chicago Sun Times, 14 April 2026.

To be fair, one can still fine a few examples of U.S. newspapers with a (very weak) pulse.

👇some U.S. front pages from 14 April.
But, certainly, these front pages are not at the level of the UK media (Daily Telegraph, The Times and Daily Star).😇

Today's column "Trump’s Blasphemy Is a Warning" by Ross #Douthat in @nytimes.com is astounding. Not because of his opinions, but because it seems to reflect a remarkable lack of understanding of #CST.
Don't they have theological competence left in NYT?

Analysing theology with political lenses...

Yes, and also in The Times😇
@peternimmo.bsky.social

Washington Post: "President's post appears to depict him as Jesus", but the graphic isn't shown

Daily Star has the picture with: "You're not the Messiah you're a very naughty boy"

US media v UK media

Not quite.
It seems like they have amended the headline, which would have been great, you quoted (or suggested).
The printed version, page A1👇, now reads "Trump Denies Portraying Self As Jesus in Post".

@froomkin.bsky.social @mkrebs.bsky.social @prisoner37.bsky.social

This would be good! It would mean no longer fighting Google and Facebook for ads or relying on an algorithm you can’t control!

Don’t fear atoms! Embrace it!!!

Kan vi fortsatt elske Amerika? Donald Trump angriper domstolene. Han overkjører Kongressen. Han rettsforfølger politiske motstandere. Rakner det amerikanske demokratiet nå?

👇 the complete (in Norwegian) editorial.

"It has long been obvious to anyone who wants to see that US President Donald #Trump is doing what he can to dismantle the American #democracy. With attacks on the free press, on the courts and on the judicial system", writes editor Hanne Skartveit for @vg.no.
The political cartoon is by Roar Hagen.

Vurderer Microsoft-exit og Linux for 22.000 norske brukere Helse Midt-Norge er kritisk til stadige prisøkninger fra Microsoft. Nå vurderer de flytte de ansatte til ChromeOS eller IGEL OS.

Stuff is moving🤩

"the #Church should have true freedom to preach the faith, to teach her #socialdoctrine, to exercise her role freely...and also to pass #moral #judgment in those matters which regard public order when the fundamental rights of a person or the salvation of souls require it."

-Gaudium et spes, #76

"many countries outside the US don't trust American software companies, especially Microsoft...So it is, especially in the European Union (EU), that governments have been dumping #Microsoft software in favor of open-source programs", writes Steven Vaughan-Nichols, for Zednet.com
#Linux #Democracy

Cardinal McElroy on CNN regarding AI image Trump posted: “I haven’t talked to a single person who interprets that the same way the President does. For the President to take on this aura, this identity…is really crossing a line.”

La investigadora Jésica Pla, de @clacso.bsky.social muestra la debilidad de los datos sobre la #pobreza en #Argentina utilizados en un editorial de @washingtonpost.com y cómo ocultan una realidad de empobrecimiento

@pagina12ok.bsky.social @es.france24.com @elpais.com

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@clacso.bsky.social researcher Jésica Pla shows the weakness of the data on #poverty in #Argentina used by an editorial in @washingtonpost.com, and how they conceal a reality of impoverishment.

@efe.com @en.france24.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @apnews.com

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