Before I became an American, I was Lebanese. Parts of my family live in Lebanon.
Anyway, you don't need those bona fides to feel this way, but what is happening in Lebanon right now is a complete outrage. The people there, who mostly are just trying to carve out a living, don't deserve this.
Thanks for your support!
I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.
A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.
The American empire is effectively impaling itself on Iran.
We might have the world’s strongest military, but we have the most vulnerable economy—and Americans (including corporate Democrats) who put a maniac in the White House are about to find out the hard way. open.substack.com/pub/shahidbu...
Europe recognized Trump as a lawless bully when he threatened Greenland, and condemned Netanyahu for his genocide in Gaza—only to offer them crucial support on their war on Iran.
Europe’s complicity with American & Israeli fascism is fueling the Third World War. open.substack.com/pub/shahidbu...
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.
Appreciate the talk about banning ICE masks in shutdown negotiations.
But the non-negotiable should be congressional oversight of ICE detention facilities. Full access, no appointments, no permission slips.
No compromise.
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
Newspapers across the country have been publishing what amounts to propaganda for decades. The purge at the Post basically exposes a longstanding rot for all to finally see.
shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/journalism... 2/2
What happened to the Washington Post is the same thing that happened to Twitter: uberwealthy people destroying platforms that had once helped enable transparency.
The pattern is revolting, but it’s not actually new. 1/2
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
Waiting for either Congress or the courts is a fools errand at this point. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/senate-sel...
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
I will give Suozzi more credit than he gives himself. He knew what the vote was. He just figured the way to "win" was to support the funding because that's more "centrist" and buck the Democratic majority. But morally, he knew what this was about. He ended up wrong morally AND politically.
We need to be loud, we need to be clear, ICE must be ABOLISHED!! No reform, No retraining, No acceptance, these people are lawless. Period
Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
Whether we are tumbling into dystopia, or have begun a form of martial law, as @shahbbles.bsky.social states, there is undoubtedly a “consolidation of authoritarianism.” shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/taking-off... (210/?)
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
Another proud day for America.
MLK raised crucial questions that America never even bothered trying to answer.
The fascist dystopia and accelerating global climate crisis to which many Americans are finally opening their eyes are the tragic results.
It didn’t have to be this way. open.substack.com/pub/shahidbu...
Ask yourself. If ICE is going door to door, what’s next?
Armed federal agents took a man away in handcuffs. A woman came out of the house and said the man was her husband. It also appears ICE used an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.
That matters….
"The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a 'drug boat,' killing 11 ... the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then killing them. That is a war crime."
Try running for Congress on that platform and see what happens to you
