#statedepartment — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ch/62893/ Demonstration Alert: Bern (Switzerland), Demonstration Near U.S. Embassy on January 20 #advisory #affairs #Bern #council #countries #Crime #DC #DepartmentOfState #DiplomaticSecurity #dss #federal #FederalGovernment #Foreign #ForeignAffairs #government #incident #isf #kidnapping #osac #overseas #OverseasSecurityAdvisoryCouncil #PoliticalViolence #PrivateSector #StateDepartment #Terrorism #TheOverseasSecurityAdvisoryCouncil #violence

US sanctions 9 mainland China and Hong Kong entities over alleged Iran military links

The decision, which risks complicating Donald Trump’s visit to China next week, was annou…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Beijing #breakingnews #ChangGuangSatelliteTechnology #China #DonaldTrump #HKHesinIndustryCompany #HongKong #Iran #LiGenping #MiddleEast #MustadLimited #Shahed‑series #statedepartment #treasurydepartment #UnitedStates #YushitaShanghaiInternationalTradeCompany
https://www.newsbeep.com/528679/

Rubio Meets Meloni as U.S.-Italy Relations Strained and Trump’s Attacks on Pope

For weeks, the Trump administration has been locked in an increasingly antagonistic dispute with both Pope Leo XIV…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Europe #Giorgia(1977-) #Headlines #Italy #Marco #meloni #Rome(Italy) #rubio #statedepartment #TopStories #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment
https://www.newsbeep.com/528091/

Lees tip -> VS trekken paspoorten wanbetalers in | VS trekken paspoorten in van ouders met hoge schulden aan kinderalimentatie. Grens daalt later naar 2500 dollar. | #paspoort #alimentatieschuld #StateDepartment #trump #buitenland #VerenigdeStaten #ouders #kinderalimentatie |

https://hbpmedia.nl/vs-trekken-paspoorten-wanbetalers-in/

China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War

A grinding war in I…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #CenterforStrategicandInternationalStudies #China #CommunistPartyofChina #DefenseandMilitaryForces #defensedepartment #DonaldJ #FarEast #greer #hegseth #HuXijin #Internationalrelations #Iran #JamiesonL #Marco #People'sLiberationArmy(China) #pete #rubio #SouthandSoutheastAsiaandPacificAreas #statedepartment #Trump #WangYi #XiJinping
https://www.newsbeep.com/526788/

China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/asia/trump-xi-china-us-iran-munitions.html

At the Venice Biennale, an American Artist Plops His Sculptures on a World Stage

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/arts/design/venice-biennale-us-pavilion.html

Riders on the swarm: https://bergetoons.blogspot.com/2026/05/q-toon-monkey-business.html

#transgender #lgbtq #Congress #republicans #gop #editorialcartoon #StateDepartment #pride #budget

https://www.europesays.com/news/25326/ Conservative Group’s Influence Inside the State Department Raises Alarms #bass #ChristopherT(1963) #DiplomaticService #DiversityInitiatives #EmbassiesAndConsulates #ForeignService(US) #GregoryW #Headlines #HeritageFoundation #HiringAndPromotion #JohnR #Landau #Marco #Meeks #News #rubio #StateDepartment #TopStories #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment

Trump and Rubio Insist Iran War Is Over, Even as Missiles Fly During Cease-Fire

When the cease-fire in the war with Iran…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #caine #defensedepartment #DonaldJ #hegseth #Iran #IslamicRevolutionaryGuardsCorps #JohnDaniel(1968-) #Marco #MiddleEast #pete #rubio #ShipsandShipping #statedepartment #StraitofHormuz #Trump #UnitedStatesDefenseandMilitaryForces #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment
https://www.newsbeep.com/522573/

State Department warns Americans to reconsider travel to Azerbaijan

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. State Department officials are warning Americans to reconsider travel…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Europe #extremetravel #Lifestyle #statedepartment #Travel #Travelsafety #vacationdestinations #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/516417/

https://www.europesays.com/people/54068/ Marco Rubio and Lebanese President Discuss Cease-Fire Efforts #Benjamin #DonaldJ #hezbollah #InternationalRelations #Israel(1955) #JD #Katz #MarcoRubio #Netanyahu #StateDepartment #Trump #Vance #WashingtonDc

Rubio’s Absence From Iran Talks Highlights Stay-at-Home Role

When President Barack Obama negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran more than a decade ago, his point man…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AntonyJ #Blinken #breakingnews #DonaldJ #HenryA #Iran #john #Kerry #Kissinger #Marco #nationalsecuritycouncil #rubio #statedepartment #steven #Trump #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #witkoff
https://www.newsbeep.com/502635/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/80533/ Trump to meet Lebanon and Israel envoys, as Beirut seeks truce extension #Beirut #DonaldTrump #Hezbollah #Iran #Israel #Israeli #JosephAoun #Lebanese #Lebanon #MarcoRubio #MikeHuckabee #StateDepartment #US #Washington #WhiteHouse

https://www.europesays.com/ch/52470/ Demonstration Alert: Bern (Switzerland), Multiple Demonstrations Around Bern on January 31 #advisory #affairs #Bern #council #countries #Crime #DC #DepartmentOfState #DiplomaticSecurity #dss #federal #FederalGovernment #Foreign #ForeignAffairs #government #incident #isf #kidnapping #osac #overseas #OverseasSecurityAdvisoryCouncil #PoliticalViolence #PrivateSector #StateDepartment #Terrorism #TheOverseasSecurityAdvisoryCouncil #violence

America And The Philippines Plan The Launch Of Ambitious 4,000 Acre Economic Security Zone To Shore Up Supply Chains

In the latest development between the United States and the Philippines, the US Department of State announced that the two nations plan the launch of a historic economic security zone of four thousand hectares which will shore up supply chains and it will be located in the main island of Luzon.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the fact sheet posted by the State Department. Some parts in boldface…

• Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg today announced the United States’ and the Philippines’ plans to establish a 4,000-acre industrial hub to secure inputs vital to American and global supply chains. The site is located in the Luzon Economic Corridor of the Philippines.  The site—the first of its kind—is being designated by the Philippines as an Economic Security Zone, a new model for AI-native investment acceleration hubs being developed under the Pax Silica Initiative.
• The Economic Security Zone is part of a broader strategy to surge production for inputs vital to U.S. supply chains. It is expected to serve as a purpose-built platform for allied manufacturing—an investment acceleration hub where the specific industrial activities are shaped by market demand, host-country comparative advantages, and the evolving needs of the allied network. Situated within the Luzon Economic Corridor, the Zone can leverage the Philippines’ geographic centrality in the Indo-Pacific, its young and technically skilled workforce, and its deepening alliance with the United States.

Structure and Planned Governance

• Joint governance: The two governments intend to identify appropriate frameworks for the long-term development of the Zone that facilitate sovereign alignment and shared upside as it scales.
• Enhanced Operational Certainty: The Economic Security Zone is intended to fuse American expertise in institutions and legal regimes – internationally enforceable contracts, transparent regulatory standards, and expert dispute resolution – with enhanced access to the Philippines’ outstanding workforce and talent, mineral endowments, energy resources, and strategic position at the crossroads of Indo-Pacific trade.

The Philippines and Pax Silica

• Critical minerals: The Philippines holds significant reserves of nickel, copper, chromite, and cobalt—minerals increasingly vital to global supply chains.
• Infrastructure: The Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) is a coordinated, high-impact investment in key sectors, including in transportation, energy, digital infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing.  The LEC will transform Luzon into a more prosperous and interconnected region while delivering value to American investors.

The Economic Security Zone

• First of many: The Luzon hub is intended to be the first Zone in a broader industrial network—a constellation of integrated manufacturing sites, logistics corridors, and shared financial instruments spanning partner nations across multiple continents.
• System transformation: This interconnection can transform Pax Silica industrial policy from a collection of bilateral projects into a genuine system capable of competing with—and ultimately displacing—the concentrated supply chains on which the world currently depends.

For insight, Pax Silica is the State Department’s flagship effort on artificial intelligence (AI) and supply chain security, advancing new economic security consensus among allies and trusted partners. To learn more, click here.

Meanwhile the Philippine News Agency (PNA) published its news article about this development revealing that the Philippines officially joined the Pax Silica Initiative described as a strategic coalition among fourteen states to create a secure supply for semiconductors and AI. To read the news article, click here.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you think both the Philippines and America will benefit from the planned 4,000-acre special economic security zone in the long-term?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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2/7 This isn't just a random phone call. It follows a high-stakes, closed-door meeting in Washington DC this week chaired by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. For the first time since 1993, ambassadors from both nations sat at the same table to sketch out a framework for peace. 🏛️
#Diplomacy #StateDepartment #InternationalRelations

How all propaganda works

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cgP6iS64pJs

https://open.substack.com/pub/joetripician/p/the-mirror-and-the-megaphone

#Propaganda #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #ForeignPolicy #MediaLiteracy #USPolitics #CognitiveWarfare #StateDepartment #MarcoRubio #PsyOps #MediaCriticism #Substack

How all propaganda works
https://open.substack.com/pub/joetripician/p/the-mirror-and-the-megaphone
#Propaganda #Disinformation #ForeignPolicy #InformationWarfare #MediaLiteracy #USPolitics #CognitiveWarfare #PublicDiplomacy #StateDepartment #OpenWeb

https://www.europesays.com/iran/67462/ Another round of peace talks with Iran could happen soon, Trump says #aircraft #ceasefire #CentralCommand #CurrentCeasefire #DirectNegotiations #discussion #DonaldTrump #government #Hezbollah #HumanitarianCrisis #Iran #IranBlockade #IranianPort #Israel #Lebanon #MarcoRubio #mcnd #MerchantVessels #NadaHamadehMoawad #OilShippingRoute #Pakistan #PeaceTalk #PeaceTalks #round #StateDepartment #StraitOfHormuz #trump #tuesday #USBlockade #USMilitary #War #warships #YechielLeiter

Israel-Lebanon talks a rare historic moment amid hopes of conflict resolution

Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held rare direct talks in Washington on Tuesday, a tentative step towards broader negotiations…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #BenjaminNetanyahu #breakingnews #Britain #DonaldTrump #France #GideonSa'ar #Hezbollah #Iran #Israel #josephaoun #Lebanon #MarcoRubio #NadaMahadeh #NaimQassem #statedepartment #Washington
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/47145/ Bern and Zurich (Switzerland), Demonstrations Planned in Bern on January 17 and Zurich on January 19 #advisory #affairs #Bern #council #countries #Crime #DC #DepartmentOfState #DiplomaticSecurity #dss #federal #FederalGovernment #Foreign #ForeignAffairs #government #incident #isf #kidnapping #osac #overseas #OverseasSecurityAdvisoryCouncil #PoliticalViolence #PrivateSector #StateDepartment #Terrorism #TheOverseasSecurityAdvisoryCouncil #violence

“When senior #Western officials met in Ottawa last month to discuss potential #terrorism threats in light of the #U.S.-Israeli war against #Iran, a top #StateDepartment #counterterrorism official delivered an unexpected message.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a ...

Remember The “Ministry Of Truth” Freakout? Rubio Is Now Doing Something Far Worse Through Elon Musk’s X

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/08/remember-the-ministry-of-truth-freakout-rubio-is-now-doing-something-far-worse-through-elon-musks-x/

DOGE gutted major energy personnel who warn the U.S. has lost key insights amid Iran war

About six months before the first U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, the Trump administration gutted the Bureau of Energ…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #DepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency #Energy #energycompanies #energydiplomacy #EnergySupply #globalenergy #Iran #MarcoRubio #obamaadministration #PresidentDonaldTrump #Renewableenergy #statedepartment #StateDepartmentspokesperson #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/470350/

Former energy officials fired by DOGE warn Trump admin may be missing key resources amid Iran war

About six months before the first U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, the Trump administration gutted the Bureau of Energy…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #DOGE #Energyindustry #federalgovernment #Iran #Oil #statedepartment
https://www.newsbeep.com/469341/

Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump’s Freestyle Diplomacy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-iran-talks.html

Administration Bypasses Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/politics/wartime-emergency-congress-weapons.html

The U.S. State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in the Middle East as Iran crisis escalates.

@AssociatedPress reports the diminished "Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray."

https://flip.it/Ij3i.u

#Iran #StateDepartment #Diplomacy #Politics #News #MiddleEast

Oil and Gas Experts in State Department Fired in DOGE Efforts Prior to Iran War

https://murica.website/2026/03/oil-and-gas-experts-in-state-department-fired-in-doge-efforts-prior-to-iran-war/

State Department visa rule sets stage for ICE scrutiny of transgender immigrants

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/new-visa-rules-transgender-immigration

Trump and Rubio’s Vision of War: The Art of Destroy and Deal

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/politics/rubio-trump-iran-war.html

While the British #fascist was here for the Summit of Election Deniers (hosted by #MikeFlynn), he got a tour of the U.S. #StateDepartment from one of #MarcoRubio's senior advisors.
#TommyRobinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, co-founded the #Islamophobic "English Defense League" & was jailed in contempt of court after his racist libel of a 15 year-old Syrian boy.
British Parliament member: "We cannot stand by while the likes of Trump and Musk meddle in our democracy."
https://newrepublic.com/post/207119/trump-officials-meet-uk-far-right-activist-tommy-robinson

While the British #fascist was here for the Summit of Election Deniers (hosted by #MikeFlynn), he got a tour of the U.S. #StateDepartment from one of #MarcoRubio's senior advisors.
#TommyRobinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, co-founded the #Islamophobic "English Defense League" & was jailed in contempt of court after his racist libel of a 15 year-old Syrian boy.
British Parliament member: "We cannot stand by while the likes of Trump and Musk meddle in our democracy."
https://newrepublic.com/post/207119/trump-officials-meet-uk-far-right-activist-tommy-robinson

While the British #fascist was here for the Summit of Election Deniers (hosted by #MikeFlynn), he got a tour of the U.S. #StateDepartment from one of #MarcoRubio's senior advisors.
#TommyRobinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, co-founded the #Islamophobic "English Defense League" & was jailed in contempt of court after his racist libel of a 15 year-old Syrian boy.
British Parliament member: "We cannot stand by while the likes of Trump and Musk meddle in our democracy."
https://newrepublic.com/post/207119/trump-officials-meet-uk-far-right-activist-tommy-robinson

While the British #fascist was here for the Summit of Election Deniers (hosted by #MikeFlynn), he got a tour of the U.S. #StateDepartment from one of #MarcoRubio's senior advisors.
#TommyRobinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, co-founded the #Islamophobic "English Defense League" & was jailed in contempt of court after his racist libel of a 15 year-old Syrian boy.
British Parliament member: "We cannot stand by while the likes of Trump and Musk meddle in our democracy."
https://newrepublic.com/post/207119/trump-officials-meet-uk-far-right-activist-tommy-robinson

#Palestine conference canceled by #USM over speaker’s sanctions has new location

The academic discussion called the ‘#ConsequenceOfPalestine’ will take place at #FirstParishCongregationalChurch in #GorhamME

by Riley Board, February 26, 2026

"A conference on Palestine scheduled for Saturday has found a new venue after the University of Southern Maine said it would no longer sponsor the event because one of the planned speakers is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

"The 'Consequence of Palestine' event will now be hosted at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham, and is scheduled to proceed on the same date, organizers with the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights announced Thursday.

"University officials told organizers late last week they could no longer use Hannaford Hall on the USM’s Portland campus for the event after learning that speaker #FrancescaAlbanese is on the Office of Foreign Assets Controls’ #SanctionsLlist.

"#Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories, was slapped with sanctions in July after she wrote letters to several major American businesses, telling them she planned to name them in a U.N. report for contributing to human rights violations by #Israel; the #StateDepartment called the letters campaigns of political and #EconomicWarfare. U.S. businesses and entities are prohibited from doing business with Albanese.

"Albanese was scheduled to speak at the conference remotely, and organizers said they received guidance that her participation was permitted so long as they did not engage in any financial transaction with her or offer an honorarium for her participation.

"Organizers also say they offered to remove Albanese from the schedule, but the university said it still could not host the event because it needed, 'time to assess the risk and put in place measures to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws and university policies.'

"More than 300 people had registered for the event as of Tuesday.

"Albanese is still slated to speak at the conference, an organizer confirmed. The USM Department of Criminology and Sociology, previously a co-sponsor of the event, is no longer involved."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/26/palestine-conference-cancelled-by-usm-over-speakers-sanctions-has-new-location/

Archived version:
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#MainePol #Capitulation #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #FreeGaza #Gaza #GazaGenocide #LandTheft #Colonialism #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #MaineVoicesForPeace

#Palestine conference canceled by #USM over speaker’s sanctions has new location

The academic discussion called the ‘#ConsequenceOfPalestine’ will take place at #FirstParishCongregationalChurch in #GorhamME

by Riley Board, February 26, 2026

"A conference on Palestine scheduled for Saturday has found a new venue after the University of Southern Maine said it would no longer sponsor the event because one of the planned speakers is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

"The 'Consequence of Palestine' event will now be hosted at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham, and is scheduled to proceed on the same date, organizers with the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights announced Thursday.

"University officials told organizers late last week they could no longer use Hannaford Hall on the USM’s Portland campus for the event after learning that speaker #FrancescaAlbanese is on the Office of Foreign Assets Controls’ #SanctionsLlist.

"#Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories, was slapped with sanctions in July after she wrote letters to several major American businesses, telling them she planned to name them in a U.N. report for contributing to human rights violations by #Israel; the #StateDepartment called the letters campaigns of political and #EconomicWarfare. U.S. businesses and entities are prohibited from doing business with Albanese.

"Albanese was scheduled to speak at the conference remotely, and organizers said they received guidance that her participation was permitted so long as they did not engage in any financial transaction with her or offer an honorarium for her participation.

"Organizers also say they offered to remove Albanese from the schedule, but the university said it still could not host the event because it needed, 'time to assess the risk and put in place measures to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws and university policies.'

"More than 300 people had registered for the event as of Tuesday.

"Albanese is still slated to speak at the conference, an organizer confirmed. The USM Department of Criminology and Sociology, previously a co-sponsor of the event, is no longer involved."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/26/palestine-conference-cancelled-by-usm-over-speakers-sanctions-has-new-location/

Archived version:
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#MainePol #Capitulation #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #FreeGaza #Gaza #GazaGenocide #LandTheft #Colonialism #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #MaineVoicesForPeace

#Palestine conference canceled by #USM over speaker’s sanctions has new location

The academic discussion called the ‘#ConsequenceOfPalestine’ will take place at #FirstParishCongregationalChurch in #GorhamME

by Riley Board, February 26, 2026

"A conference on Palestine scheduled for Saturday has found a new venue after the University of Southern Maine said it would no longer sponsor the event because one of the planned speakers is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

"The 'Consequence of Palestine' event will now be hosted at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham, and is scheduled to proceed on the same date, organizers with the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights announced Thursday.

"University officials told organizers late last week they could no longer use Hannaford Hall on the USM’s Portland campus for the event after learning that speaker #FrancescaAlbanese is on the Office of Foreign Assets Controls’ #SanctionsLlist.

"#Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories, was slapped with sanctions in July after she wrote letters to several major American businesses, telling them she planned to name them in a U.N. report for contributing to human rights violations by #Israel; the #StateDepartment called the letters campaigns of political and #EconomicWarfare. U.S. businesses and entities are prohibited from doing business with Albanese.

"Albanese was scheduled to speak at the conference remotely, and organizers said they received guidance that her participation was permitted so long as they did not engage in any financial transaction with her or offer an honorarium for her participation.

"Organizers also say they offered to remove Albanese from the schedule, but the university said it still could not host the event because it needed, 'time to assess the risk and put in place measures to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws and university policies.'

"More than 300 people had registered for the event as of Tuesday.

"Albanese is still slated to speak at the conference, an organizer confirmed. The USM Department of Criminology and Sociology, previously a co-sponsor of the event, is no longer involved."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/26/palestine-conference-cancelled-by-usm-over-speakers-sanctions-has-new-location/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/8VwxN

#MainePol #Capitulation #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #FreeGaza #Gaza #GazaGenocide #LandTheft #Colonialism #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #MaineVoicesForPeace

#Palestine conference canceled by #USM over speaker’s sanctions has new location

The academic discussion called the ‘#ConsequenceOfPalestine’ will take place at #FirstParishCongregationalChurch in #GorhamME

by Riley Board, February 26, 2026

"A conference on Palestine scheduled for Saturday has found a new venue after the University of Southern Maine said it would no longer sponsor the event because one of the planned speakers is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

"The 'Consequence of Palestine' event will now be hosted at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham, and is scheduled to proceed on the same date, organizers with the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights announced Thursday.

"University officials told organizers late last week they could no longer use Hannaford Hall on the USM’s Portland campus for the event after learning that speaker #FrancescaAlbanese is on the Office of Foreign Assets Controls’ #SanctionsLlist.

"#Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories, was slapped with sanctions in July after she wrote letters to several major American businesses, telling them she planned to name them in a U.N. report for contributing to human rights violations by #Israel; the #StateDepartment called the letters campaigns of political and #EconomicWarfare. U.S. businesses and entities are prohibited from doing business with Albanese.

"Albanese was scheduled to speak at the conference remotely, and organizers said they received guidance that her participation was permitted so long as they did not engage in any financial transaction with her or offer an honorarium for her participation.

"Organizers also say they offered to remove Albanese from the schedule, but the university said it still could not host the event because it needed, 'time to assess the risk and put in place measures to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws and university policies.'

"More than 300 people had registered for the event as of Tuesday.

"Albanese is still slated to speak at the conference, an organizer confirmed. The USM Department of Criminology and Sociology, previously a co-sponsor of the event, is no longer involved."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/26/palestine-conference-cancelled-by-usm-over-speakers-sanctions-has-new-location/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/8VwxN

#MainePol #Capitulation #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #FreeGaza #Gaza #GazaGenocide #LandTheft #Colonialism #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #MaineVoicesForPeace

#Palestine conference canceled by #USM over speaker’s sanctions has new location

The academic discussion called the ‘#ConsequenceOfPalestine’ will take place at #FirstParishCongregationalChurch in #GorhamME

by Riley Board, February 26, 2026

"A conference on Palestine scheduled for Saturday has found a new venue after the University of Southern Maine said it would no longer sponsor the event because one of the planned speakers is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

"The 'Consequence of Palestine' event will now be hosted at the First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham, and is scheduled to proceed on the same date, organizers with the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights announced Thursday.

"University officials told organizers late last week they could no longer use Hannaford Hall on the USM’s Portland campus for the event after learning that speaker #FrancescaAlbanese is on the Office of Foreign Assets Controls’ #SanctionsLlist.

"#Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories, was slapped with sanctions in July after she wrote letters to several major American businesses, telling them she planned to name them in a U.N. report for contributing to human rights violations by #Israel; the #StateDepartment called the letters campaigns of political and #EconomicWarfare. U.S. businesses and entities are prohibited from doing business with Albanese.

"Albanese was scheduled to speak at the conference remotely, and organizers said they received guidance that her participation was permitted so long as they did not engage in any financial transaction with her or offer an honorarium for her participation.

"Organizers also say they offered to remove Albanese from the schedule, but the university said it still could not host the event because it needed, 'time to assess the risk and put in place measures to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws and university policies.'

"More than 300 people had registered for the event as of Tuesday.

"Albanese is still slated to speak at the conference, an organizer confirmed. The USM Department of Criminology and Sociology, previously a co-sponsor of the event, is no longer involved."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/26/palestine-conference-cancelled-by-usm-over-speakers-sanctions-has-new-location/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/8VwxN

#MainePol #Capitulation #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #FreeGaza #Gaza #GazaGenocide #LandTheft #Colonialism #FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #MaineVoicesForPeace

Wyandotte Co. tax district for Chiefs smaller than first proposed

Wyandotte County’s proposal for a taxing district to help pay for…
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Wyandotte Co. tax district for Chiefs smaller than first proposed

Wyandotte County’s proposal for a taxing district to help pay for…
#NFL #KansasCityChiefs #KansasCity #Kansas #Chiefs #bonds #commissioners #county #deal #decemberannouncement #Football #hearing #Johnston #kck #kcmo #KMBC #severalresident #stadium #star #starbonddistrict #STARbonds #State #statedepartment #tax #Taxrevenue #Taxes #tuesday #UG #unifiedgovernment #Wyandotte #wyandottecounty #wyco
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Wyandotte Co. tax district for Chiefs smaller than first proposed https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/727547/ #bonds #Chiefs #commissioners #county #deal #DecemberAnnouncement #Football #hearing #Johnston #Kansas #KansasCity #KansasCityChiefs #KansasCity #KansasCityChiefs #kck #kcmo #KMBC #NFL #SeveralResident #stadium #star #StarBondDistrict #STARBonds #State #StateDepartment #tax #TaxRevenue #Taxes #tuesday #UG #UnifiedGovernment #Wyandotte #WyandotteCounty #wyco

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"State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'"

"On Wednesday, the State Department announced it would require H-1B visa applicants and their dependents to set their social media profiles to "public" so they can be reviewed by U.S. officials."

#censorship #immigration #visas #StateDepartment #USStateDepartment #MarcoRubio #FactCheckers #Reporter #FreedomOfThePress #MAGA #Trump #Technology #SocialMedia

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5633444/trump-content-moderation-visas-censorship

Shame on the State Dept., shame on the felon POTUS, shame on the USA.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/12/01/g-s1-99925/world-aids-day-trump

#impeach #vile #shameless #cruel #POTUS #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #opposeGOP #antiAmerican #USPolitics #government #stateDepartment #awareness #AIDS

Shame on the State Dept., shame on the felon POTUS, shame on the USA.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/12/01/g-s1-99925/world-aids-day-trump

#impeach #vile #shameless #cruel #POTUS #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #opposeGOP #antiAmerican #USPolitics #government #stateDepartment #awareness #AIDS

Shame on the State Dept., shame on the felon POTUS, shame on the USA.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/12/01/g-s1-99925/world-aids-day-trump

#impeach #vile #shameless #cruel #POTUS #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #opposeGOP #antiAmerican #USPolitics #government #stateDepartment #awareness #AIDS

USA planen Antifa-Ost als Terrororganisation einzustufen

Was wie eine Satiremeldung der titanic oder des Postillon klingt ist bittere Wirklichkeit: die USA planen u.a. Antifa-Ost als Terrororganisation einzustufen.

Das ist dann nicht trivial: OK, wer will schon in die USA reisen!? Aber auch das durchqueren des US-Luftraums wäre verboten, die Nutzung von US- Airlines. PayPal, Microsoft-Produkte, amazon uvm. Vieles kein Verlust, aber wie weit reichen mögliche Sanktionen, wer alles wird getroffen? Auch die Anwält:innen? Auch die Solistrukturen?

Noch ist alles unklar, wie es dann werden wird, aber die USA gelten nicht als zimperlich.

Getroffen werden nach den Plänen der USA jedoch auch Antifas in Griechenland und in Italien.

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/11/terrorist-designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/11/designations-of-antifa-ost-and-three-other-violent-antifa-groups/

#usa #antifa #Antifaschismus #antifascism #AntifaOst #terror #Terrororganisation #Donnerstag #deutschland #germany #AntifaIstHandarbeit #antifacist #Terrororganisationen #terrororganization #sanktionen #SanktionenUSA #Jurabubble #sachsen #dresden #thuringen #statedepartment #unitedstates #america #unitedstatesofamerica #politics #politik #griechenland #italien #fai #fri #greece #italy