(202) 224-3121 is the capitol switchboard for connecting to any senate or house office; even if you've never called; even though the lot of them are useless. no abominable war crimes, no war, no.

President threatens the eradication of 90 million people, and America's opposition party is just not getting it.

Complete loss of words for the way our elected officials on both sides of the aisle are approaching These Times.

Trump needs to go. If we can’t use the 25th amendment, I have another idea | Arwa Mahdawi The US constitution should make it possible to remove a president who’s not fit for office. But we’re going to need another way out, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Trump needs to go. If we can’t use the 25th amendment, I have another idea | Arwa Mahdawi

Impeach Trump ⭑ 5 Calls Since Inauguration Day, Trump has consistently upended our constitutional separation of powers to unilaterally control all branches of our government; …

Folks! Their staff are still there and volume of calls DOES MATTER. Stop the learned helplessness and defeatism. Please call. 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

Iranians Voice Shock and Defiance in Face of Trump’s Latest Deadline

Like every sensible person, I'm somewhere between total shock, utter disgust and complete disbelief
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‘Hoe kan ik een sabzeh laten groeien om de lente in te luiden, nu er zo veel verderf is in Iran?’ Op Sizdah Bedar, dit jaar op 2 april, voeren veel Iraniërs een oud ritueel uit bij een stromende beek: eindelijk begint de lente. Maar dit jaar? Volkskrant-journalist Mina Etemad ziet de verwoestingen...

Prachtig en intens triest stuk van Mina Etamad in de Volkskrant:

‘Hoe kan ik een sabzeh laten groeien om de lente in te luiden, nu er zo veel verderf is in Iran?’
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“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.” “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.” —Audre Lorde April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we put together a list of poetry books that tell stories of resistance...

“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.” —Audre Lorde

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we put together a list of poetry books that tell stories of resistance, sorrow, solidarity and hope in our struggles to change the world.

An Israeli strike targeted a marked press car in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing Ali Shoeib of Al Manar TV, reporter Fatima Ftouni of Al Mayadeen TV, and her brother, freelance cameraman Mohamed Ftouni.

Ja, die zag je niet aankomen!

‘Als cultureel erfgoed met opzet wordt verwoest, kun je spreken van een oorlogsmisdaad’ Werelderfgoed in Iran: De aanvallen van Israël en de Verenigde Staten op Iran raken ook het cultureel erfgoed van dat land, en daarmee de identiteit en geschiedenis. „De vernielingen zullen niet als ‘...

“De vernietiging van cultureel erfgoed door Isis en de Taliban werd barbaars genoemd. Die in Iran nu zullen niet als ‘barbaars’ getypeerd worden, omdat er één partij is die zegt dat deze oorlog uit goede wil wordt gevoerd. De westerse media zullen de schade als collateral damage zien.” @nrc.nl

Zaken doen met uiterst rechts is geen punt meer in politiek Den Haag: tijd om te gaan Politiek: In Den Haag zag Lamyae Aharouay hoe uiterst rechts normaal werd gemaakt door andere partijen. Ze was verbijsterd – maar bleef als journalist gefascineerd. Nu wil ze afstand: niet meer steeds...

Wanneer weet je dat de periode die je beschrijft de geschiedenis zal veranderen en wanneer weet je zeker dat iets een voetnoot zal blijken te zijn?
Na 7,5 jaar stop ik als politiek verslaggever. Lees hier mijn afscheidsstuk: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

EU-Parlament: Festigkeits-Prüfung an der Brandmauer Die Ansage aus der Union an die EVP-Fraktion im Europaparlament und ihren Chef Weber ist unmissverständlich: Es soll auch dort keine Absprachen mit der AfD geben. Wie aber sehen das andere EVP-Parteie...

In Nederland heeft het nauwelijks aandacht gekregen. Te druk met prietpraat bij Eva en Pauw.
Maar de Duitse pers heeft er uitgebreid over bericht.
In het Europese parlement hebben de christendemocraten (waar toe ook het CDA behoort) nauw samengewerkt met extreemrechts.
Na onthulling: paniek

🇱🇧 'War has aged us': Lebanon's teens losing youth to years of conflict

Sixteen-year-old Hassan Kiki has been forced to flee his home twice in just two years, one of a generation of young Lebanese people whose formative years have been impacted by years of conflict and crisis

Israel kills two in Beirut as it intensifies attacks across Lebanon Israel steps up attacks across Lebanon as more than a million people are displaced due to the conflict.

Israel steps up attacks across Lebanon as more than a million people are displaced due to the conflict.

Israel deliberately targeting medical facilities in south Lebanon, say health workers Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitable Lebanese healthcare workers and officials say Israeli bombings have deliberately targeted medical workers and facilities in south Lebanon, including through the use of double-tap strikes, in what they describe as a systematic effort to make the area unlivable. Since the war began on 2 March, Israel has struck at least 128 medical facilities and ambulances across south Lebanon, killing 40 healthcare workers and wounding 107, according to the Lebanese ministry of health. The war started when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel, triggering an Israeli military campaign. Continue reading...

Israel deliberately targeting medical facilities in south Lebanon, say health workers

Kabinet Jetten I: evacueer Gazanen met een geldige verblijfstitel – nu Het is belangrijk dat Gazaanse onderzoekers en academici naar Nederland kunnen komen omdat: • Het om onmiddellijke veiligheid gaat. Zij zitten vast in een vernietigd gebied. Zonder actieve Nederlandse...

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Met de aanval op Iran stort Amerika de regio, en de wereld, verder in wanorde. Dat is geen onkunde, maar een bewuste strategie. Want als er één ding duidelijk is uit zijn carrière, dan is het wel dat Trump gedijt bij chaos.
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It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.

Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?

The Nordics have a combined GDP of $1,5 triliion, the Benelux countries $2 trillion. Put together that's a bigger economy than that of France or Italy, bigger than that of Russia, Canada or Brazil.

Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual

Canada starts preparing for guerilla warfare, just in case
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Monochrome photograph featuring a man and two children in silhouette walking away down a paved street with trees and puddles showing the reflections of the figures

Vivian Maier, US street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death #womensart

12th century German nun and illuminator Guda who created one of the earliest surviving self-portraits of a woman in European imagery #womensart

Starmer’s calm diplomacy makes mistake of assuming Trump is a sentient being | John Crace PM’s effort to take heat out of Greenland situation is yet another humiliation in his relationship with The Donald

Starmer’s calm diplomacy makes mistake of assuming Trump is a sentient being | John Crace

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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️

Iran protests live: Tehran threatens protesters with death penalty as casualties rise A human rights group says at least 65 people have been killed since demonstrations began on 28 December

Iran protests latest: Tehran threatens protesters with death penalty as casualties climb

Politische Geriatrie
Alte Männer regieren die Welt, auf dass sie zerfällt! 👇

Nieuwe beelden fatale schietpartij Minneapolis, gefilmd door ICE-agent die vrouw doodschoot

Nieuwe beelden, gefilmd door ICE-agent die vrouw doodschoot in Minneapolis: ‘Ik ben niet boos op jou’

Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.

The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.

Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:

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