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BREAKING — Inspectors General are NOT leaving, stating Trump’s attempted firings broke the law Also: Chuck Grassley, Republican Senator from Iowa, said Trump broke law requiring 30 days notice to Congress and detailed reasons for firing IGs KEEP …Substack
NDP MP Angus calls for investigation into Elon Musk over potential election interference
MP says Musk has the power to 'easily impact our electoral integrity'
#colombia Statement by President Gustavo Petro (thread, 4/?)
"Colombia is the heart of the world, and you’ve failed to understand that. This is the land of yellow butterflies, of the beauty of Remedios, but also of Colonel Aureliano Buendía, and I am one of them, perhaps the last. You may kill me, but I will survive in my people, who existed long before yours, in the Americas. We are people of the winds, the mountains, the Caribbean Sea, and freedom."
#colombia Statement by President Gustavo Petro (thread, 5/?)
"You don’t like our freedom, fine. I won’t shake hands with white enslavers. I will shake hands with white libertarians, heirs of Lincoln, and with the Black and white farm boys of the U.S., at whose graves I wept and prayed on a battlefield I reached after walking through the mountains of Tuscany and surviving COVID. They are the U.S., and before them, I kneel—before no one else"
#colombia Statement by President Gustavo Petro (thread, 6/?)
"Bring me down, President, and the Americas and humanity will respond. Colombia no longer looks to the north; it looks to the world. Our blood comes from the blood of the Caliphate of Córdoba, the civilization of its time, from the Latin Romans of the Mediterranean, the civilization that founded the republic and democracy in Athens. Our blood carries the resilience of Black people enslaved by you."
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“Colombian govt agreed to allow US military flights carrying deported migrants to land..”bbc.com/news/articles/c20p36e6…
Via @Pachacutec:
BBC article is rewriting US press release. It omits that #Colombia obtained agreemt from US to ensure deported citizens transported safely, not in chains, w respect for the bodies, dignity, human rts. This was Pres Petro's core demand.
Western media is at this pt consistently framing the agreemt as a unilateral concession by #Colombia and that is false.
US suspends tariffs after Colombia agrees to deportation flights
Hours earlier, President Trump had announced 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods.Ian Aikman (BBC News)
@alienghic @_L1vY_
This BBC article is rewriting the US press release. It omits that #Colombia obtained agreement from the US to ensure that deported citizens are transported safely, not in chains, with respect for their bodies, dignity and human rights. This was President Petro's core demand.
Western media is at this point consistently framing the agreement as a unilateral concession by #Colombia and that is false.
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Sadly the Beeb no longer seem to give a damn about actual journalism anymore. Redrafting a press release appears to be about their limit these days.
US oligarchs unfortunately have too much ability to mess with the UK government.
And the super rich have also been trying to degrade the UKs access to information too.
@Pachacutec @alienghic @_L1vY_
That has been my take as well but it took gleaning tiny bits from multiple news sources.
There still hasn't been a real report on what the deportations will look like going forward.
The main issue was treatment of migrants as criminals in chains. It seems like the US agreed to stop that but still use military planes.
So a compromise by both parties, not a concession by Colombia.
But media only reports the bombastic press releases from the WH.
@squared99 @Pachacutec @alienghic @_L1vY_
Do you have a source for the US agreeing to terms of dignity and respect?
None of the mainstream news are mentioning this.
@leighms @squared99 @alienghic @_L1vY_
No english language sources acknowledge it that I can find. #colombia
Here's a video in Spanish that includes the live announcement of the Colombian government.
This Colombia vlogger covers it. I will follow up with my own quick translation of the government statement.
youtube.com/watch?v=kqOOh7KyL5…
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"Official Communication: The Colombian government announces that it has overcome the impasse with the US government.
In this context, Counselor Luis Hilberto Murillo and Embassador Daniel García Peña will travel to Washington DC in the next few days to participate in high level meetings that will continue to advance the agreements resulting from the joint work of diplomatic exchanges between the two governments. . .
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[. . . We will continue receiving Colombian men and women that are returned as deportees under guaranteed conditions of dignity as citizens who are accorded rights.
The Colombian government under the the direction of President Gustavo Petro has made available the presidential plane to facilitate the return of its citizens that were to arrive here in Colombia this morning in deportation planes.. . .
I can't believe I have to fucking say this in the year of our Lord 2025.
Destroy Nazis. Don't buy their cars.
Trump says inflation isn't his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices?
Inflation was a driving force behind Donald Trump's election victory, but he's put the issue on the back burner during his first week in officeCHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press (ABC News)
Really hard to feel sorry for this person learning a lesson about #FAFO. She mimicked #ElonMusk's Nazi salute on TikTok and has been forced to resign from her local library and a nonprofit. Buh bye!
inquirer.com/politics/pennsylv…
A Montgomery County official mimicked Elon Musk’s controversial ‘salute,’ sparking outrage online and her resignation from the local library and a nonprofit
After posting a TikTok mirroring billionaire Elon Musk's arm gesture — which some compared to a Nazi salute — Towamencin Supervisor Laura Smith faces an onslaught of calls to resign her township post.Fallon Roth (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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10 years ago, we wouldn't have even questioned someone losing all respect for throwing up a Nazi salute.
Now, having someone actually face consequences for such an action feels like some sort of victory we won. We really shouldn't have to worry so much about Nazi's actually having to answer for their actions.
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Colombia Blooms: The Growing Business of Flower Exports
Discover the flower export industry in Colombia, which has exceeded the $1.4 billion mark in 2021. Colombia produces 15% of the world's flowers, with roses being the most popular.Verah Luvusi (Emerging Markets Today)
One doctor's harrowing, monthlong visit to Gaza, in the days before the ceasefire
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/26/nx-s1-5246217/one-doctors-harrowing-monthlong-visit-to-gaza-in-the-days-before-the-ceasefire?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump trying to give Smotrich, Ben-Gvir et al carte blanch to eliminate all Palestinians from their homeland forever. This would be the culmination of the entire Zionist project.
Dislocation. Genocide. Complete theft of an indigenous people's land.
[“I would like Egypt to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say: ‘You know, it’s over.'”]
aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/26/e…
Ethnic cleansing feared as Trump asks Jordan, Egypt to take Gaza residents
Trump says relocation may be temporary or long-term as he announces lifting of hold on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel.Al Jazeera
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert explains (correctly) that #Smotrich and Ben-Gvir etc. are much more of a threat to #Israel than Hamas or Hezbollah:
@cryptadamist
It is the most excruciating aspect of the nut jobs and control the country. They have guaranteed animist towards Israel generations to come. And the next wave because they’ve guaranteed the circumstances for this of violent antisemitism is now locked in.
I often reread and listen to portions of Tolkien’s Works because he was simply brilliant, describing the nature of evil
What should I dream about? I will abide by the results of this poll.
#StableDiffusion #AIArt #AIGenerated #AI #GenerativeAI #GenerativeArt
- Pencil drawing of a space ship, steampunk (0 votes)
- Plastic toy of a taco, decora (0 votes)
- Crayon drawing of a toolbox, cubism (0 votes)
Gaza checkpoint shell company outs itself as led by former CIA paramilitary chief
Gaza checkpoint shell company outs itself as led by former CIA paramilitary chief
Or, how access journalism is used by the U.S. intelligence community to divert narratives away from their covert activity.Jack Poulson (All-Source Intelligence)
like this
#USA #AirForce #Resumes #Teaching Video on #FirstBlack #Pilots After #DEI Review
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#TuskegeeAirmen #Trump2.0 #BlackMastodon
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My favourite LinkedIn post this evening is a guy praising Elon for promoting the AfD and being anti-Muslim.
His bio below his name reads “Spreading Empathy”. LinkedIn is truly the social network for unhinged psychopaths/corporate execs.
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Topolino #3609
Il #3609 arriva in edicola in versione flipbook: arriva in Italia il What In...? dedicato ai Fantastici Quattro, su cui ho gia' ...dropseaofulaula.blogspot.com
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Ithan Creek, PA
The waterfalls are frozen on the surface, but water is still plunging into the open pool below - one of the few spots where I managed to cast my fly line this afternoon 😉
#FlyFishing #Nature #Hiking #Walking #Photography #Ice #Creek #Snow #Winter #Waterfall
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"Sogna quello che vuoi.
Vai dove vuoi andare.
Sii ciò che vuoi essere,
perché possiedi una sola vita
e in essa abbiamo una sola
possibilità di fare quello che vogliamo.
Abbi abbastanza felicità
da renderla dolce...
difficoltà per renderla forte.
Tristezza per renderla umana.
E abbastanza speranza
per renderla felice. "
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
Il Piccolo Principe)
Avrei un commento in merito, ma cadrei nel turpiloquio.
"Dopo il Golfo del Messico che diventa Golfo d’America grazie a un ordine esecutivo firmato da #Trump, la nuova provocazione del suo braccio destro Elon #Musk è che il canale della Manica dovrà essere ribattezzato Canale George Washington."
L'ONU dovrebbe poter imporre un TSO per entrambi...
Great job Trump, you just implemented a 25% tax on coffee as your first misuse of tariffs. I’m sure Americans will love you for that #uspol
The orcs are back
Last time National was in government they tried to pillage the conservation estate and open our national parks for mining. But we told them ...norightturn.blogspot.com
(3/?)
In the noughties, the Save Happy Valley campaign occupied a proposed coal mine area on public land at in Waimangaroa for more than a year. Halting coal mining expansion on the West Coast for about about a decade;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Hap…
These are just 3 prominent examples of effective Direct Action in defence of conservation land. I haven't even mentioned the Karangahake Guardians campaigns against gold mining in Coromandel.
(4/4)
It's been a while since we needed these Direct Action tactics. We've had governments that could be convinced to do the right thing, through a combination of public rallies and legal action.
But this government has showed it doesn't give a fig about public opinion, nor environmental law. So I guess it's time to dust of those lock boxes and get ready to lie in front of a few bulldozers.
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Denver mayor threatens lawsuit against Trump administration over ICE raids in schools
'If President Trump instructs ICE to begin going into the sensitive locations, Denver is prepared to take the administration to court and do everything within our legal authority to keep them safe'
From Chalkbeat Colorado: sentinelcolorado.com/metro/den…
#MassDeportation #OperationAurora #EDcolo
Denver mayor threatens lawsuit against Trump administration over ICE raids in schools
“If President Trump instructs ICE to begin going into the sensitive locations, Denver is prepared to take the administration to court and do everything within our legal authority to keep them safe,”Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado (Sentinel Colorado)
Found this amazing image of my great grandmother at my Aunt's today.
The hat. The coat. The dress.
@franz44 @mastodon.social is a Holocaust denying troll with a Nazi flag in the banner. Y'all know what to do.
Welp, I got an air purifier recently, and it is confirming that my gas stove is indeed releasing harmful particles into the air while I cook. 😬
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