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The Anti-Christ has put out a statement distancing himself from Donald Trump.

Those 'conservative Christians' who helped bring us to this point? I want them pursued and made to admit they were wrong. What's Christian about any of this? For that matter, what's conservative about it? The perversion of religious tropes and themes has bent the US out of all recognition.

Hinged he is not.

I am also going to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.

So if it seems kinda blockaded: that's me at work.

My Spring to do list
by JD Vance

1. Prevent Iran war
2. Negotiate end to Iran war
3. Reelect Viktor Orbán

🚨🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Opposition leader Péter Magyar WINS the election for prime minister of Hungary, defeating Putin and Trump’s ally Viktor Orbán. 🇭🇺

Nice of Trump to speedrun Suez and the Cuban Missile Crisis in quick succession, makes them easier to teach.

Trump is threatening to blockade the Strait of Hormuz ... Now I'm really confused...

Isn't this like the Piranha Brothers scam when they threaten not to hurt people if they don't give them money?

Pleased to report that my chapter (with Jon Lawrence and Jane Elliot) on Social Science, New Society and the Politics of Social Change is now open access alongside the rest of
@garylove.bsky.social and
@richardtoye.bsky.social 's Writing Politics in Modern Britain
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I’m old enough to remember when Iran was used to divert attention from Epstein, but now Iran has got so bad Epstein has to be used to divert attention from Iran.

A win! A federal judge just ordered the government to hand over evidence from ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s killing of Renee Good.

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

No Wrongful Execution for Tony Carruthers Tony Carruthers could be innocent – but without your intervention, Tennessee may execute him without considering the full evidence. Tony was convicted without physical evidence, based on testimony from informants, including one paid by the state who later recanted his statement. For decades, the state denied that this informant was paid, and actively prevented the jury from knowing the full truth. Tony was forced to represent himself in court despite extreme mental illness – resulting in a trial riddled with so many mistakes that his co-defendant was granted a new trial. If Tennessee executes Tony, he will be the first person in nearly a century to be executed after being forced to represent himself at trial. There are several fingerprints and DNA from the scene that don't match Tony, but they were never compared to a suspect identified by his co-defendant. Additional evidence has never been tested. These tests could prove Tony's innocence: This evidence MUST be considered before his scheduled execution on May 21. Join us in calling for fingerprint and DNA testing before Tony is put to death.

TN may execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering evidence that could prove his innocence. Sign this to stop the execution + allow forensic testing! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

"The case also should help to convince Newsom, who has declared a moratorium on executions, 'to grant universal clemency' to all 578 condemned inmates in California, reducing their death sentences to prison terms."

▶️Petition to Newsom to grant universal clemency: actionnetwork.org/petitions/i-...

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it.

This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

TONIGHT IN TEL AVIV: Ben Gvir’s police violently broke up an anti-war demonstration, arresting Standing Together co-director Alon-Lee Green & activist Nadav Oren.

No matter how much they try to silence us, we refuse to stop protesting against Netanyahu’s cynical forever war!

Best books of 2024: Economics Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles

Wow! My book, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World (@princetonupress.bsky.social), has just been named one of the 'best books of 2024' by @financialtimes.com. Truly honored to be included.

"This book is an excellent counter to contemporary conventional wisdom."

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I am so discombobulated that ‘1900s’ can now mean any time between 1900-1999.

I need more specification!

“Shot down on a Friday--Good Friday. Hidden in a cave, a crevice, all of Saturday and rescued on Sunday. Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday. A pilot reborn--all home and accounted for, a nation rejoicing." - Hegseth

You call Iran a country run by religious maniacs?

History will not be kind to Hegseth

US-Truppen befreien das Lager am 5. April. Es ist das erste Lager mit überlebenden Häftlingen, die Auskunft über ihr Schicksal geben können. Als die US-Soldaten eintreffen, sehen sie einen Lagerkomplex mit doppeltem Stacheldraht umgeben Auf. dem Appellplatz im Lager liegen |mehrere Dutzend völlig abgemagerte Häftlinge in gestreifter Häftlingskleidung. Die Überlebenden vegetieren völlig entkräftet, ohne medizinische Versorgung und Verpflegung. Ohrdruf ist ein Sterbelager, dem die SS erkrankte Häftlinge ihrem Schicksal überließ. Als die Alliierten immer näher kommen, treibt die SS am 2.4. die marschfähigen Häftlinge zusammen. Es folgt ein Todesmarsch in das KZ Buchenwald. Auf diesem Marsch sterben unzählige Häftlinge, andere werden von der SS erschossen.

5.4.1945 NS-Zwangsarbeitslager Ohrdruf von US-Einheiten befreit. Erstes befreites Lager mit überlebenden Gefangenen, die Auskunft über ihr Schicksal geben können.

#OTD #OnThisDay #Kalenderblatt #WWII #Geschichte #Geschichtsunterricht

photo, young girl, dress, smiling into camera

April 5, 1933 Genevieve Annette Flora Levy born in Saint Gilles Belgium. After German occupation deported to and murdered in Auschwitz.

#OTD #OnThisDay #Kalenderblatt #dontforget #Geschichte #History #Antisemitism #Antisemitismus #Shoah #Holocaust

5.4.1945 Endphaseverbrechen Weimar/Weibicht Noch kurz vor der kampflosen Übergabe an die US Army ermorden 11 Angehörige der Gestapo Weimar im Schlosspark im Ortsteil Tiefurt 149 Gefangene. Es ist der größte NS Massenmord in Thüringen außerhalb der Konzentrationslager. Der kommandierende SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Helmut Wolff, auf dessen Befehl der Massenmord durchgeführt wurde, wird bei Kriegsende interniert und im Rahmen der Nürnberger Prozesse als Zeuge vernommen. Er entkommt im Okt. 1947 aus dem Internierungslager Dachau, taucht unter falschem Namen in Düsseldorf unter und verdingt sich beim britischen Militär. Er wird schließlich Geschäftsführer und Gesellschafter einer Kommanditgesellschaft und verstirbt schließlich am 1.8.1969 in Düsseldorf, ohne je für den Massenmord strafrechtlich belangt worden zu sein. #OTD #OnThisDay #Kalenderblatt #Geschichte #Geschichtsunterricht #Weimar #Düsseldorf

5.4.1945 Endphaseverbrechen Weimar/Weibicht
11 Angehörige der Gestapo Weimar ermorden 149 Gefangene. Größte NS Massenmord in Thüringen außerhalb der Konzentrationslager.

#OTD #OnThisDay #Kalenderblatt #Geschichte #Geschichtsunterricht #Weimar #Düsseldorf

The swine who stole all those kitkats gave chopped them up and are passing them off as cereal.

But they made one fatal mistake.

Britain’s EU point man says reset deal can be done by summer Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds tells POLITICO that rows over youth mobility and tuition fees won’t snag EU-U.K. deal — and confirms plan for alignment will be in May King’s Speech.

Reform would tear all this up if we were unfortunate enough to experience them in office, throwing the economy into further turmoil.
www.politico.eu/article/nick...

liberated inmates of the Buchenwald concentration camp in an open freight train.

liberated inmates of the Buchenwald concentration camp in an open freight train.

This photo shows liberated inmates of the Buchenwald concentration camp in an open freight train.

The men had been evacuated on a death march to Theresienstadt at the beginning of April 1945.

After traveling for weeks, they were liberated shortly before their arrival www.whlcollections.org

Were Grandma and Grandpa Nazis? What did our forebears do during the Nazi era? A subject long shrouded in silence in German families. Now, the US National Archives has made millions of NSDAP membership cards available online.

"To this day, there is much more public awareness of the persecuted, the victims — even their names and identities. When it comes to the perpetrators, things are still rather vague" www.dw.com/en/were-gran...

Here's what the Reform UK housing spokesman had to say about the Grenfell Tower disaster. These people are a joke, and a nasty one at that. (1/2)