Inside Israel's shadow campaign to win over American media
Back in March 2011, the Israeli consulate in New York City had a problem. A group of soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were coming to the U.S. on a PR trip, and Israeli officials needed help persuading influential media outlets to interview the delegation.
Luckily for the consulate, a new organization called Act For Israel, led by Israeli-American actor Noa Tishby, was prepared to swing into action. “[I]n mid March 2011, the New York Consulate requested our assistance,” Tishby’s organization wrote in a document revealed in a recent trove of leaked emails.
“Act For Israel quickly arranged seven interviews with the top ranks of U.S. blogs and radio shows,” the document explained, highlighting that their efforts helped promote “Israel’s narrative” in Red State, which it described as the “most read blog by US Senators and Congress representatives.”
The previously unreported campaign appears to have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which mandates that American citizens and organizations publicly disclose any work that seeks to influence American politics on behalf of a foreign power. “That sounds like a slam-dunk case of activities that should have required FARA registration,” said Ben Freeman, a FARA expert at the Quincy Institute, which publishes RS.
The leak provides a rare window into how some pro-Israel activists have skirted rules aimed at providing transparency about foreign influence over American politics — a practice that has helped obscure the scale of Israeli propaganda efforts in the United States. In public, Act For Israel appeared to be no more than a group of pro-Israel Americans advocating for a stronger U.S.-Israel relationship. But the leaked emails and documents show that representatives of the organization sought to shape U.S. public opinion while boasting privately of their intimate collaboration with the Israeli government.
Inside Israel's shadow campaign to win over American media
Leaked emails show how Act for Israel, led by Noa Tishby, worked on behalf of Israel to advance its interests in the United StatesConnor Echols (Responsible Statecraft)
Inside Israel's shadow campaign to win over American media
Back in March 2011, the Israeli consulate in New York City had a problem. A group of soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were coming to the U.S. on a PR trip, and Israeli officials needed help persuading influential media outlets to interview the delegation.
Luckily for the consulate, a new organization called Act For Israel, led by Israeli-American actor Noa Tishby, was prepared to swing into action. “[I]n mid March 2011, the New York Consulate requested our assistance,” Tishby’s organization wrote in a document revealed in a recent trove of leaked emails.
“Act For Israel quickly arranged seven interviews with the top ranks of U.S. blogs and radio shows,” the document explained, highlighting that their efforts helped promote “Israel’s narrative” in Red State, which it described as the “most read blog by US Senators and Congress representatives.”
The previously unreported campaign appears to have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which mandates that American citizens and organizations publicly disclose any work that seeks to influence American politics on behalf of a foreign power. “That sounds like a slam-dunk case of activities that should have required FARA registration,” said Ben Freeman, a FARA expert at the Quincy Institute, which publishes RS.
The leak provides a rare window into how some pro-Israel activists have skirted rules aimed at providing transparency about foreign influence over American politics — a practice that has helped obscure the scale of Israeli propaganda efforts in the United States. In public, Act For Israel appeared to be no more than a group of pro-Israel Americans advocating for a stronger U.S.-Israel relationship. But the leaked emails and documents show that representatives of the organization sought to shape U.S. public opinion while boasting privately of their intimate collaboration with the Israeli government.
Inside Israel's shadow campaign to win over American media
Leaked emails show how Act for Israel, led by Noa Tishby, worked on behalf of Israel to advance its interests in the United StatesConnor Echols (Responsible Statecraft)
Trump Frees Ex-President of Honduras, Right-Wing "Narco-Dictator" Convicted of Drug Trafficking
In a 26th floor courtroom overlooking Manhattan’s frigid winter skyline, dozens of immigrants sat in on the trial of their former president, the once untouchable symbol of a “narco-dictatorship” that reorganized of the government’s judicial, police, and military leadership to collude with drug traffickers.
It wasn’t Nicolás Maduro — though the Venezuelan president had likewise been indicted in the Southern District of New York. It was Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president who, as U.S. prosecutors said in their closing arguments in 2024, “paved a cocaine superhighway” to the United States. In a monthlong trial we covered from New York that winter, Hernández was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking and weapons charges, earning him a 45-year prison sentence.
Now, as B-52s plow the skies near Caracas and U.S. President Donald Trump announces the closure of Venezuelan airspace via social media, Hernández is poised to have his conviction erased. A key asset likely working in his favor is something Maduro pointedly lacks: a long-running allyship with the United States. Before his prosecution, Hernández spent years promoting Washington’s goals of militarization and migrant crackdowns as a friend of Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, and Trump.
Trump Frees Ex-President of Honduras, Right-Wing “Narco-Dictator” Convicted of Drug Trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, who served less than two years of a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking, comes as Trump threatens war on Venezuela over “narcoterrorism.”Jared Olson (The Intercept)
Nas Daily claims biggest threat facing Palestinians is 'fellow countrymen' in bizarre rant on LBC
Vlogger Nuseir Yassin, a Palestinian citizen of Israel commonly known as Nas Daily, has drawn widespread criticism after saying that “the worst thing for a Palestinian is not Israel, it is our fellow countrymen”, and describing the term genocide as “a very emotional, non-scientific word”.
When asked by Swarbrick whether he had experienced apartheid growing up in Israel, Yassin similarly dismissed the term as "bullshit", saying it "is not like South Africa".
He went on to claim that the UK is receiving "some of the most dangerous immigrants in the world". "They’re coming in the UK, setting up as a base to create essentially media to destabilise the Middle East," he continued.
Nas Daily claims biggest threat facing Palestinians is 'fellow countrymen' in bizarre rant on LBC
Vlogger Nuseir Yassin, a Palestinian citizen of Israel commonly known as Nas Daily, has drawn widespread criticism after saying that “the worst thing for a Palestinian is not Israel, it is our fellow countrymen”, and describing the term genocide as “…Ayah El-Khaldi (Middle East Eye)
Belly of the Beast video channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
Belly of the Beast video channel hosted on PeerTube.wtf
is now caught up with the collection on YouTube. From now on, new #videos from YouTube will be quickly loaded to #PeerTube as well. [The previous Cuddly.Tube channel will be taken down soon.]URL: peertube.wtf/c/cuba/_botb/_vid…
Also significant is the expansion of playlists. BotB produces a lot of videos, and it is sometimes difficult to find what you are looking for. I spent some time going through the collection and adding playlists.
If you set up a login on PeerTube.wtf, you could also develop and save your own private playlists. But logins are not necessary to browse videos on PeerTube.wtf.
One playlist that will probably get a lot of use is Cuba and #Palestine, which contains 17 videos.
When you get a chance, please check them out.
#LetCubaLive #EndTheEmbargo #Solidarity #FreePalestine
#politics #BellyOfTheBeast #Cuba #Gaza
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The Northeast Passage is becoming navigable and could rearrange world trade. While China and Russia are pushing ahead, Europe is threatening to miss the strategic opportunity in the far north.
Nordostpassage: China und Russland formen neue Route – Europa schaut zu
Die Nordostpassage wird schiffbar und könnte den Welthandel neu ordnen. Während China und Russland vorpreschen, droht Europa die strategische Chance im hohen Norden zu verpassen.Berliner Zeitung
US | State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers "censorship" of Americans' speech.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/npr.org/2025…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Trump’s boat bombings: How the US has long used ‘double-tap’ strikes
‘Double strikes’ allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were also used extensively under the US’s Obama administration.
A double-tap strike essentially means carrying out two strikes on the same target – often wounding or killing medics and civilians who are coming to the aid of people harmed in the first attack. Here is more about how the United States has used such strikes throughout history.
The US is believed to be one of the main countries to have used double-tap strikes extensively in recent history. Here is a brief timeline of Washington’s alleged or confirmed use of double-tap strikes on various targets.
2025: Yemen
In April, the US conducted air strikes on the Ras Isa oil port in Yemen.
In a social media post, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the objective of these strikes was “to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis, who continue to exploit and bring great pain upon their fellow countrymen”.
The strike killed at least 80 people and wounded another 150, according to the Hodeidah Health Office in Yemen. The Houthi-led government said that the strikes had been made on a civilian facility.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, said the US struck the site a second time – a “double tap” – just as first responders were arriving at the scene. The US has never confirmed this attack was a double tap.
2012: Pakistan
During the administration of US President Barack Obama, US missiles hit a tent in Zowi Sidgi, a remote village in North Waziristan, in July 2012, in what was described by people on the ground as a double strike. The US claimed it was targeting alleged al-Qaeda sanctuaries in the region.
According to Amnesty International’s Mustafa Qadri, who was speaking to the BBC at the time, a group of miners and woodcutters had gathered in the tent for dinner.
Moments after the first strike, when people had arrived to assist those who were hurt, a second US missile hit the same location, local people said. Eighteen people died in total in the two strikes.
2003 and 2004: Iraq
In 2004, US soldiers attacked the Fallujah mosque in the Al Anbar governorate of Iraq, claiming they were being fired upon. Afterwards, they shot at injured Iraqis inside the mosque.
NBC News correspondent Kevin Sites, who was embedded with the US military, reported that a US soldier had shot an unarmed, wounded Iraqi prisoner at the mosque. The next day, Sites filmed an American soldier shouting at Iraqis in the mosque, accusing them of pretending to be dead.
Footage from the mosque attack sparked controversy, prompting an investigation by the US military into whether a US soldier who shot a prisoner had acted in self-defence, legitimately fearing a surprise attack. Investigators found insufficient evidence to charge the soldier.
Trump’s boat bombings: How the US has long used ‘double-tap’ strikes
‘Double strikes’ allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were used extensively under Obama.Sarah Shamim (Al Jazeera)
Theoretical Physics with Generative AI
Theoretical Physics with Generative AI
I think I’ve published the first research article in theoretical physics in which the main idea came from an AI - GPT5 in this case.Steve Hsu (Information Processing - Steve Hsu)
Trump’s “Blue-Collar Boom” Is Over. The Charts Prove It.
Trump’s “Blue-Collar Boom” Is Over. The Charts Prove It.
AI panic is about white-collar jobs. Blue-collar workers are the ones quietly getting wiped out.Neil Zhu (Grumpy Chinese Guy)
Amazon keeps pressure on Intel, AMD with 192-core Graviton5
re:invent: The homegrown chips now account for half of all new CPUs added to AWS over the past three years
Romania’s president admits country is corrupt
‘Romania is corrupt,’ country’s president admits in jaw-dropping confession
Nicușor Dan said it is wrong that “corrupt people give moral lessons on television.”Ewan Jones (Telewizja Polska S.A)
German economy in ‘deepest crisis’ of post-war era: industry group
German economy in ‘deepest crisis’ of post-war era: industry group
Germany’s economy is suffering its “deepest crisis” since the aftermath of World War II, an industry group warned Tuesday, calling on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to take urgent action to spark a revival.AFP Staff (CTVNews)
Apple announces even more major executive turnover
Apple and Meta are trading execs.
Apple announces even more major executive turnover
Apple announced that Lisa Jackson is going to retire and Jennifer Newstead will take over as general counsel from Kate Adams.Jay Peters (The Verge)
How do I check my router for malware?
I have a store bought consumer router connected to my ISP's router which is in bridge mode, and it's one of the few remaining proprietary mystery boxes in my network that I don't know how to audit. I recently made a post about whether I should switch to PFsense, and this was one of my motivations (though I forgot to mention it in that post).
Is there an effective way to check whether my router is part of a Mirai botnet or some other malware that scanned the internet and found some vulnerability in my router? As far as I know, once infected, things like updating the firmware or pressing the reset button aren't guaranteed to remove it because it can just take control of those processes and persist. In my specific configuration, can malware from the internet even see my main router or just the ISP router it's connected to?
In my threat model, I'm most concerned about my local traffic to and from my server being exfiltrated by some cybercrime group as a lot of it is HTTP or HTTP proxy data. Not so much general internet bound traffic which is usually HTTPS or VPN. Obviously I don't want to be "participating" in botnet attacks or other cybercrime infrastructure either.
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Why I use OPNsense over pfSense, and why I don't trust Netgate at all
Both platforms have their uses, but Netgate has a lot of controversial history.Adam Conway (XDA)
British police chief reiterates 'legitimate' decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
The head of a police force at the centre of a row over a ban on Israeli football fans has defended his decision in front of British MPs.
The West Midlands Police assessment which led to the ban was based on intelligence provided by Dutch police about the conduct of Maccabi fans during a match against Amsterdam in November 2024.
A Guardian report on 21 October said that the police assessment "concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club".
Middle East Eye seperately revealed that Dutch police told their British counterparts that over 200 Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans who wreaked havoc in Amsterdam were "linked" to the Israeli military.
Documents seen by MEE said hundreds of fans were "experienced fighters", "highly organised" and "intent on causing serious violence". Dutch police reported that "significant numbers of Maccabi fans were actively involved in demonstrations and confrontations".
Early reporting by media outlets on the violence in Amsterdam in 2024 characterised the violence as a "pogrom" against Jewish football fans. Footage later emerged of Maccabi fans attacking locals and chanting racist slogans against Arabs.
Violence involving Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is not limited to matches outside of Israel. On 19 October, Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv cancelled the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv due to what police there described as "violent riots".
British police chief reiterates 'legitimate' decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
The head of a police force at the centre of a row over a ban on Israeli football fans has defended his decision in front of British MPs.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
British police chief reiterates 'legitimate' decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
The head of a police force at the centre of a row over a ban on Israeli football fans has defended his decision in front of British MPs.
The West Midlands Police assessment which led to the ban was based on intelligence provided by Dutch police about the conduct of Maccabi fans during a match against Amsterdam in November 2024.
A Guardian report on 21 October said that the police assessment "concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club".
Middle East Eye seperately revealed that Dutch police told their British counterparts that over 200 Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans who wreaked havoc in Amsterdam were "linked" to the Israeli military.
Documents seen by MEE said hundreds of fans were "experienced fighters", "highly organised" and "intent on causing serious violence". Dutch police reported that "significant numbers of Maccabi fans were actively involved in demonstrations and confrontations".
Early reporting by media outlets on the violence in Amsterdam in 2024 characterised the violence as a "pogrom" against Jewish football fans. Footage later emerged of Maccabi fans attacking locals and chanting racist slogans against Arabs.
Violence involving Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is not limited to matches outside of Israel. On 19 October, Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv cancelled the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv due to what police there described as "violent riots".
British police chief reiterates 'legitimate' decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans
The head of a police force at the centre of a row over a ban on Israeli football fans has defended his decision in front of British MPs.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Splitgate 2 returns with a new name this month "after extensive redevelopment"
1047 Games is ready to show off the new and improved version of Splitgate 2 after it pulled the game back into beta earlier this year.
Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity
The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity's Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) as a culprit.
Gazan wedding photographer-turned-documenter of Gaza destruction said killed by IDF in Khan Younis
A Gazan photojournalist was killed today by an Israeli drone strike in the center of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line, the city’s Nasser Hospital says.
Wadi’s Instagram profile describes him as the owner of Khan Younis-based drone photography company Alquds Studio.
The studio’s Facebook account, which has over 50,000 followers, indicates it focuses on wedding photography. One wedding-themed post was published on October 6, 2023. The account’s next post, published December 19, 2024, also documents a wedding taking place “despite all the difficult conditions and the war.”
On April 7 this year, the studio announced “with tearful eyes and hearts heavy with pain” that the business had been destroyed by Israel. The studio appeared to still manage to photograph weddings in May and September, according to its social media accounts.
On May 25, the studio posted a video of children begging for food. “Today, we fix our lenses on Gaza to document an entirely different story,” said the studio, explaining its pivot from wedding videos.
Palestinian photojournalist killed in Israeli drone strike; Indonesia floods death toll tops 700; 40 killed in Sudan in alleged army strike
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/39770036
Israeli military kills Palestinian photojournalist in Gaza; as Israeli forces also kill two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank. 200 trucks enter Gaza daily (far below the number required by the ceasefire agreement), while 6,600 trucks wait. More reports emerge of drugs being smuggled into Gaza by Israel-supported gangs. Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks with President Trump again and receives another invitation to the White House. Saudi Arabia sends the Palestinian Authority $90 million. Northwestern University surrenders to Trump and accepts additional federal government control over campus policies, admissions, and more. The Trump administration now admits it struck a “drug smuggling” boat in the Caribbean twice in a September operation. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem wants an even wider travel ban, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that the U.S. takes in “essentially…zero” refugees. Starbucks is ordered to pay up for labor law violations in New York. “Operation Midway Blitz” is suffocating the economy of the city’s most prominent Latino neighborhood. The U.S. wants to increase uranium mining, even if it means spiking cancer rates for the communities that do the work and for those who live nearby. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces takes a critical transportation hub in the South, where another attack leaves 40 dead. Gang operations overrun central Haiti. The Nigerian government grants asylum to the leader of Guinea-Bissau’s opposition.
Palestinian photojournalist killed in Israeli drone strike; Indonesia floods death toll tops 700; 40 killed in Sudan in alleged army strike
Israeli military kills Palestinian photojournalist in Gaza; as Israeli forces also kill two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank. 200 trucks enter Gaza daily (far below the number required by the ceasefire agreement), while 6,600 trucks wait. More reports emerge of drugs being smuggled into Gaza by Israel-supported gangs. Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks with President Trump again and receives another invitation to the White House. Saudi Arabia sends the Palestinian Authority $90 million. Northwestern University surrenders to Trump and accepts additional federal government control over campus policies, admissions, and more. The Trump administration now admits it struck a “drug smuggling” boat in the Caribbean twice in a September operation. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem wants an even wider travel ban, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that the U.S. takes in “essentially…zero” refugees. Starbucks is ordered to pay up for labor law violations in New York. “Operation Midway Blitz” is suffocating the economy of the city’s most prominent Latino neighborhood. The U.S. wants to increase uranium mining, even if it means spiking cancer rates for the communities that do the work and for those who live nearby. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces takes a critical transportation hub in the South, where another attack leaves 40 dead. Gang operations overrun central Haiti. The Nigerian government grants asylum to the leader of Guinea-Bissau’s opposition.
Yes, in genuine democracy where the means of production are not wholly owned by capitalists. You really need to learn what the difference between a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and a dictatorship of the proletariat is. China is far from perfect but the voice of the populace is vastly more powerful there and actually does steer the state. Considering the topic here was "voting out fascism" one obvious thing to note is that you won't find China or the DPRK ever led by actual straight up fascists as is the case openly right now in the US.
Here's the thing:
I didn't believe for a second that a Kamala victory would have crushed fascism forever.
In fact, I'm positive the GOP would place Trump's cold corpse as their nominee in all future elections if they had to.
The problem is simple:
Fascists are in power right now.
They wouldn't be in nearly as much power if Kamala had won
Because the fascists are in power, its exceedingly unlikely we'll ever have a fair election again with this government
That wouldn't be nearly as likely to be the case if Kamala had won.
Furthermore, I'm tired of white leftists screaming for revolution while they themselves know damn good and well they'd never fight in one themselves, and they wouldn't suffer even close to as much as racial, sexual and gender minorities will in resisting fascism.
The white leftists who refused to vote for Kamala suffer nowhere near as much as any minority living under Trump, and they knew that and still relax with their arms behind their heads today.
The white leftists who refused to vote for Kamala suffer nowhere near as much as any minority loving under Trump, and they knew that and still relax with their arms behind their heads today
The smug liberals who refused to have a backbone or humanity in the face of their party's genocide suffer nowhere near as much as Palestinans suffered under Biden and Harris, and they knew that and still relax with their fingers in their ears today
So you're not at all refuting that minorities are suffering g far more than white people under Trump?
And here's the issue with using the genocide of the Palestinians as an excuse to abandon all other minorities:
Resistance against the genocide in Palestine exists almost entirely within the progressive wing of the Democratic party.
Democracy would still almost certainly continue to exist in some capacity if Kamala had won.
But now that Trump won, Israel is not only entirely free, with zero guard rails whatsoever, to complete their genocide and attack all of their neighbors, but now the US is further involved than ever, outright bombing Iran in the process.
And genocide is your concern, huh?
What about the 4k (minimum) missing minorities that were kidnapped by ICE?
The mass building of concentration camps on US soil?
The massacre of Venezuelan civilians as prelude to an outright war and enslavement of Venezuela?
The campaign of the GOP's to destroy the 14th amendment and Voting Rights Act? You know, eliminating birthright citizenship and voter rights, the same shit the Nazis did to Jews leading to the start of the Holocaust.
Oh, and the total betrayal of Ukraine in Russia's genocidal war on them?
Refusal to vote for Kamala produced more genocide. Kamala was objectively the less genocidal option than Trump.
As opposed to...?
You understand the US has a binary party system, right? You have 2 choices.
Since the GOP primaries for Trump, and Biden totally fucked over the Dem party by dropping too late for anyone other than Kamala to take the ticket, that was the choice.
A revolution that you mfers will never fight in.
Time and time again we see terminally online leftists scream for revolution, and absolutely no indication one will ever happen, let alone that they'll participate.
Nice psychological projection!
You disphits realize we wouldn't currently be living under fascism if Kamala had won, right?
Like, objectively we wouldn't be.
And yes, you chicken-hawk cowards will never participate in a revolution. You rather put everyone else in a state of such extreme desperation that they feel the need to fight for you.
Fucking pathetic.
Just like the dipahits in MAGA
Y'all don't actually give a fuck about Palestine, or any marginalized groups. You just want to see other people pissed off so you can feel superior for the very first time in your life.
Truly pathetic. Makes sense why y'all would let Trump win then. Y'all are one in the same with MAGA
Russia's genocidal war
Words have meaning, and war is not genocide. You people support the Ukrainian coup government, who were doing actual ethnic cleansing before the Russian Federation finally stopped them. Anyone in the Donbas region would throw you in a hole for this equivocation, and you would deserve it. It makes me sick when liberals just mindlessly project the crimes of America's vassals and allies on America's enemies. Israel and Ukraine are allies. Israel trains both the Ukranian military and ICE. You are supporting, either tacitly or overtly, two different sets of nazis. You are a nazi supporter.
Refusal to vote for Kamala produced more genocide. Kamala was objectively the less genocidal option than Trump.
This is genocide-justifying horseshit to soothe your guilty conscience. Gaza was levelled under the Democrats. I'm not reading the rest of your fascist apologia because frankly, you people all spew the same delusional arguments. Anyone in Palestine would throw you into the sea for this inhumanity, and you would deserve it. Your cowardice and servility in the face of unimaginable cruelty has doomed you to live the rest of your life as a Good German. I would say good luck, but I don't wish good luck for you. I wish you a sudden moment of terrible clarity.
Do tell me what the roadmap for establishing progressive policies is like under Trump vs Kamala
Seems we're objectively further away from a progressive government than ever. Am I wrong?
Not a rebuttle to my point at all.
I'll take it that you have absolutely no reasonable counter argument and are just shitposting images of minorities being attacked with no real goal in mind.
How typical
Palestinian Americans waiting for Harris to show she’s different from Biden on Gaza
(AP)—Demoralized by the Biden administration’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza, Palestinian American Samia Assed found in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ascension—and her running mate pick—“a little ray of hope.People's World
European fraud probe targets former EU official Mogherini
European fraud probe targets former EU official Mogherini
EU prosecutors have detained three officials, including Italian politician Federica Mogherini. They suspect fraud in a 2021 and 2022 training program for junior diplomats and its tender process.Mark Hallam (Deutsche Welle)
Trump Frees Ex-President of Honduras, Right-Wing "Narco-Dictator" Convicted of Drug Trafficking
In a 26th floor courtroom overlooking Manhattan’s frigid winter skyline, dozens of immigrants sat in on the trial of their former president, the once untouchable symbol of a “narco-dictatorship” that reorganized of the government’s judicial, police, and military leadership to collude with drug traffickers.
It wasn’t Nicolás Maduro — though the Venezuelan president had likewise been indicted in the Southern District of New York. It was Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president who, as U.S. prosecutors said in their closing arguments in 2024, “paved a cocaine superhighway” to the United States. In a monthlong trial we covered from New York that winter, Hernández was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking and weapons charges, earning him a 45-year prison sentence.
Trump Frees Ex-President of Honduras, Right-Wing “Narco-Dictator” Convicted of Drug Trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, who served less than two years of a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking, comes as Trump threatens war on Venezuela over “narcoterrorism.”Jared Olson (The Intercept)
In a plot twist worthy of a political thriller, the EU’s new diplomatic chief, Kalla Kallas, finds her shiny new office getting a surprise “spring cleaning” from Belgian police. Raids, seized documents, and detentions over alleged fraud and corruption have arrived just in time to spice up the bloc’s already strained credibility. Nothing says “united front” like a corruption probe at the heart of your foreign policy HQ.
also wtf
ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan
ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan
Central bank rejects role in European Commission proposal that would use frozen Russian assetsOlaf Storbeck, Henry Foy, Paola Tamma and Laura Dubois (The Irish Times)
Police detain former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in anti-fraud probe
The EU's former foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has been detained by Belgian police as part of an anti-fraud investigation. Stefano Sannino, a top EU civil servant, was also taken into questioning on Tuesday.
Mogherini was among three suspects taken for questioning on Tuesday morning after Belgian authorities searched the offices of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the College of Europe in the city of Bruges and a series of private homes.
As High Representative, Mogherini helmed the EEAS and led the bloc's foreign policy between 2014 and 2019. She has been the rector of the College of Europe, a prestigious university that receives EU funding, since September 2020.
The investigation is seeking to determine whether the EEAS broke its tendering rules by sharing information with the College before the project was formally awarded.
The EPPO said there are "strong suspicions" that EU rules on fair competition were breached during the tendering process and that "confidential information related to the ongoing procurement was shared with one of the candidates participating in the tender."
Toddler star Ms. Rachel named finalist for 'Antisemite of the Year' amid Gaza advocacy
Toddler star Ms. Rachel named finalist for 'Antisemite of the Year' amid Gaza advocacy
Ms. Rachel, a social media sensation among toddlers, was named a top ten finalist for StopAntisemitism’s Antisemite of the Year Award.ELAINE MALLON | The National News Desk (The National Desk)
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under increasing fire for a double-tap strike, first reported by The Intercept in early September, in which the U.S. military killed two survivors of the Trump administration’s initial boat strike in the Caribbean on September 2.
The Washington Post recently reported that Hegseth personally ordered the follow-up attack, giving a spoken order “to kill everybody.” Multiple military legal experts, lawmakers, and now confidential sources within the government who spoke with The Intercept say Hegseth’s actions could result in the entire chain of command being investigated for a war crime or outright murder.
“Those directly involved in the strike could be charged with murder under the UCMJ or federal law,” said Todd Huntley, a former Staff Judge Advocate who served as a legal adviser on Joint Special Operations task forces conducting drone strikes in Afghanistan and elsewhere, using shorthand for the Uniform Code of Military Justice. “This is about as clear of a case being patently illegal that subordinates would probably not be able to successfully use a following-orders defense.”
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.Nick Turse (The Intercept)
Fed’s $13.5B Repo Injection Sparks Liquidity Alarm
Fed’s $13.5B Repo Injection Sparks Liquidity Alarm
The Federal Reserve quietly pumped $13.5 billion into overnight repo markets—one of the largest operations since 2020. What does this sudden cash injection mean for stocks, Bitcoin, and the broader financial system?CapWolf
Jewish organisation calls for Ms Rachel to be named 'anti-Semite of the year'
The American pro-Israel group StopAntisemitism has included children’s content creator Ms Rachel on its “Antisemite of the Year” list, targeting her for highlighting the suffering of Palestinian children.
StopAntisemitism has repeatedly attacked Ms Rachel on social media for sharing content with her more than 20 million followers showing starving Palestinian children and highlighting the plight of youngsters who have lost limbs in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The pro-Israel organisation even has even urged US Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether Accurso is receiving foreign funding to promote anti-Israel messaging and influence public opinion. There has been no evidence provided such accusations.
Jewish organisation calls for Ms Rachel to be named 'anti-Semite of the year'
The American pro-Israel group StopAntisemitism has included children’s content creator Ms Rachel on its “Antisemite of the Year” list, targeting her for highlighting the suffering of Palestinian children.
StopAntisemitism has repeatedly attacked Ms Rachel on social media for sharing content with her more than 20 million followers showing starving Palestinian children and highlighting the plight of youngsters who have lost limbs in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The pro-Israel organisation even has even urged US Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether Accurso is receiving foreign funding to promote anti-Israel messaging and influence public opinion. There has been no evidence provided such accusations.
Does it make sense to use --show-error by itself in curl
I was trying to read up on it and just based off of the manual it seems not to make sense if I'm not using --silent alongside it, but I found this one article stating otherwise: nrogap.medium.com/show-error-r…
I can't figure out if it's just AI slop or badly researched since it doesn't even show a real URL to test the commands against.
::: spoiler Manual entry:
>
<br /> -S, --show-error
When used with -s, --silent, it
makes curl show an error message
if it fails.
This option is global and does not
need to be specified for each use
of -:, --next.
Providing -S, --show-error multi‐
ple times has no extra effect.
Disable it again with --no-show-
error.
Example:
curl --show-error --silent https://
example.com
See also --no-progress-meter.:::
They're just examples of things you could pipe curl into, but no not really. If the download fails you end up with an incomplete file in your tmpfs anyway, and have to retry. Another use I have is curl | mysql to restore a database backup.
If the server supports resuming, I guess that can be better than the pipe, but that still needs temporary disk space, and downloads rarely fail. You can't corrupt downloads over HTTPS either as the encryption layer would notice it and kill the connection, so it's safe to assume if it downloaded in full, it's correct.
With downloads being IO bound these days, it's nice to not have to read it all back and write the extracted files to disk afterwards. Only writes the final files once.
That's far from the weirdest thing I've done with pipes though, I've installed Windows 11 on a friend's PC across the ocean with a curl | zstd | pv | dd, and it worked. We tried like 5 different USBs and different ISOs and I gave up, I just installed it in a VM and shipped the image.
Just learned that you can pipe tar into any compression tool, if that is not natively supported.
It has less integrity checks but huge performance benefits for sure
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