#worldpol — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #worldpol, aggregated by home.social.
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Donald Trump affirme que la Corée du Nord possède 57 armes nucléaires
Trump says North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons
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#Indigenous at the United Nations Expose #AIDataCenters and #RaciallyBiased Misinformation
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 14, 2026, Updated August 17, 2026
"#AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of #IndigenousPeoples without free, prior and informed consent from us."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html
#Inuit #InformedConsent #Mong #CulturalPreservation #AIHallucinations #WorldPol #IndigenousPeople #RespectTheTreaties #NoDatacenters #NoAIDatacenters
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#China - Mass #homelessness is exposing the rot in Chinese society
by Gordon G. Chang, opinion contributor - 08/16/26
Excerpt: "This post-reform period, however, is seeing even more distressing signs of dislocation. Chinese people, for instance, are opting out of society with many choosing to flee, something evident with the unprecedented surge of Chinese nationals across America’s southern border during the Biden administration. Many of them were poor, but some were middle-class Chinese, evidently desperate to live in a free society.
"Most Chinese, however, cannot leave. Street dwellers often have low social credit scores. A person’s score reflects all interactions with society, and those with low ones are not allowed to, among other things, maintain bank accounts, buy train tickets or obtain coveted jobs. As a result, they have no home."
Read more:
https://thehill.com/homenews/6030358-china-homelessness-rising-youth-unemployment/#WorldPol #Homeless #Unhoused #Orwellian #BigBrother #ChinaPol
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Peer-Reviewed Study Exposes How #BigTech and #BigOil Work ‘Hand-in-Glove’ to Profit Off #AI
“New research confirms: AI, on sum, is a loser for #GlobalClimate.”
by Jessica Corbett
Aug 11, 2026Excerpt: "Welcoming the study, Clara Vondrich, senior policy counsel for the Climate Program at the watchdog group #PubliCitizen, said that 'this research exposes #BigTech as a lead accomplice to the #FossilFuel industry in ways we never imagined. It’s bad enough that communities are being hammered by rising energy bills as data centers gobble up insane amounts of fossil fuel power, but now we see that those emissions are just a fraction of the #ClimateHarms Big Tech is responsible for.'
" 'To be clear, oil companies are not simply using publicly available AI tools: Big Tech is entering into bilateral contracts with oil companies, and selling them proprietary tools specifically designed for the purpose of accelerating oil production,' Vondrich stressed. “You can’t make this up: Big Tech companies, self-avowed climate champs for decades, are working hand-in-glove with Big Oil to find, dig, and burn more fossil fuels to make a buck.”
" 'AI’s promise as a tool for advancing solutions to the #ClimateCrisis is fading as a cruel reality takes shape: Big tech companies are selling AI to the fossil fuel industry to accelerate our demise so they can turn a profit,' she added. 'These are the perverse outcomes resulting from our rigged market economy: access to cutting-edge AI goes to the highest bidder and Big Oil has some of the deepest pockets in the world. Meanwhile the externalities—runaway climate change manifesting this summer as historic #HeatDomes and fires—are never counted, except as body counts. Today, Big Tech is Big Oil’s number one accomplice.' "
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-and-fossil-fuels#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #BigOilKnew #WorldPol #DrillBabyDrill #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism
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I think a coalition of nuclear armed nations should declare war against the US and bomb us into the Stone Age. We’re not going to stop until someone punches us in the face so hard we don’t know what continent we’re on.
It worked for Germany. It worked for Italy. It worked for Japan. It’s our turn now but nobody has the guts or the muscle.
#uspol #USPolitics #worldpol #worldpolitics #war #bullies #murder #internationalcrime
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He’s not an extremist. This is how Israel was founded and it’s how it continues to expand. When it’s literally the governing and founding principles of your nation then someone saying out loud is not an extremist.
#zionists #worldpolitics #actuallyexistingevil #freegaza #weareallhamas #israel #colonisation #fascism #worldpol
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The fight against the GOP's anti-American agenda is daily. Here's the latest!
Raskin launches probe into Pirro, Burgum after reversal on Reflecting Pool case. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6022617-pirro-hearn-case-investigation/
Trump gets his racist, anti-American mailing order blocked nationwide by a judge. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-anti-mail-voting-executive-order-again-this-time-nationwide/
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another outstanding update on the war against Ukraine & US global politics. his synopsis of the US position militarily is spot on. no one on the delusional right will believe that, but it is 💯 true
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦 💙
#Ukraine #UkraineWar #Russia #IranWar #Iran #military #usmilitary #uspol #worldpol
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(page links from the bottom of a page on Chinese media site min.news )
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She was emotionally manipulated by Zhang Tielin for four years, and only after marrying the infamous man did she realize how shrewd he was.
9 days agoHow long can China's missile stockpile last? A Russian expert asserts: a decisive battle could be won in half an hour-what's the source of that confidence?
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https://min.news/en/military/3ae62b4c53a28e72b90b4df145c049cd.htmlThe EU deliberately provoked China, and China retaliated swiftly. Within 24 hours, the EU was in a panic!
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https://min.news/en/world/1af8d6068eaaecadd9dad308ce22f133.htmlWhy is China ignoring Japan? Japanese media are starting to worry: what is the truth behind the so-called surrender theory of Japanese scholars?
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https://min.news/en/world/69fcdfb176f3264f6ce78c8f53520f3a.htmlSituation out of control! Foreign capital withdraws en masse, president and vice president sever diplomatic ties, Indonesian political scene undergoes major purge.
7 days agoWith a warship delivered every six weeks, India feels confident in its ability and is challenging China in the Indian Ocean.
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https://min.news/en/military/1cd9998ad8101eab020b9c85af9995b0.htmlA US expert once said: The J-20 is a training exercise; the biggest threat to the US military may be China's sixth-generation fighter jet.
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https://min.news/en/military/77117ddaef2bcc2ee6b4244928ceb7b1.htmlThey dared not confront China head-on anymore! When China and Britain agreed on compensation, the whole world understood: they could no longer remain naive towards China.
5 days agoBehind Japan's 73.3 billion yen bailout of the currency lies a quiet rise in the credit value of US Treasury bonds.
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https://min.news/en/economy/2b5e4ee851d1a210578f219b7b2c2251.htmlRussia strikes a US defense company! What signal does this send? Is the Russia-Ukraine conflict facing a dangerous qualitative change?
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https://min.news/en/military/1eaa604c098f5a2b2f1202d7b11d9bb1.htmlRussia is considering having China help with shipbuilding, but Putin's confidants are unhappy: "They started by imitating us, and we can't bring ourselves to do it."
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https://min.news/en/world/102561f485e43d6fef8c0c7806fe1ea8.htmlChangxin has learned exactly how South Korea defeated Japan back then.
5 days agoHead-on confrontation with the J-10C? India declares it will receive 20 fully-equipped Tejas fighter jets by March next year.
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https://min.news/en/military/665f6358d76fdff0d9ab83a0884fe411.htmlTragic! Russia's only two-seat Su-57 crashes? A major blow to the fifth-generation fighter jet upgrade program!
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https://min.news/en/military/985dec645b5f9c31e6e1cbbe5c2cb642.htmlHow to master industrial robots? Decoding the operating rules of drive modules and the mysteries of chips.
8 days agoHonor's battery health is at 90%, indicating rapid power consumption. Turning off three system switches significantly improves daily battery life.
8 days agoThe most underrated force on Earth! The Chinese Army never acts rashly.
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https://min.news/en/military/91e11a963d3a9d59e16b5e7c3be051d0.html
"There's a widely accepted saying online: the world's armies fall into two categories: the Chinese army and all other armies . The Chinese army, often overshadowed by aircraft carriers and fighter jets, may appear low-key, but it's actually recognized as the pinnacle of military power, the most robust and reliable ultimate weapon for protecting the nation's territory."The truth behind Yu Zheng and Chen Zheyuan's "ice-breaking" relationship revealed? Their interaction after winning "Royal Ballad"
7 days agoCaught in bed with her lover three times and cheated on eight times, is this the love that our "pure girl" guards?
2 days agoNot a word to be conceded! The PLA issues two hard-line warnings to Japan: You have no right to call yourself a navy.
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https://min.news/en/military/34a8714d18063a58508acc7876aea241.html©2026 iMedia
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The Death of #AwdahHathaleen: Report Details #Settler Killing of #NoOtherLand Producer in #WestBank
August 03, 2026 via @DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss
"One year ago, an #IsraeliSettler shot and killed the Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank. Hathaleen, an English teacher and father of three young children, played a key role in the production of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, which follows #Palestinians in the community of #MasaferYatta as they struggle to stay on their land amid violent attacks by Israeli settlers. A new report from the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq looks closely at the circumstances of his death and the culpability of his killer, #YinonLevi, who has yet to face any legal consequences for Hathaleen’s death. Since October 7, 2023, about 1,100 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis in the West Bank, says Al-Haq’s Tahseen Elayyan. 'None of these [deaths have] been held accountable by the Israeli legal system, which tells us a lot. It tells us that the Israeli occupying forces and the Israeli government are involved in these crimes, and this reflects a state policy … that aims at entrenching Israel’s settler-colonial project in the occupied Palestinian territory.' "
Read / watch / listen:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/3/killing_of_awdah_hathaleen#WorldPol #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #SettlerColonialism #IsraeliSettlers #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #LandBack #StolenLand
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Outrage Builds Over Apparent US Use of 2,000-Pound Bomb on Iranian Family Home
“Everyone in the chain of command who authorized this should be charged with murder.”
by Jessica Corbett, August 2, 2026
"Outrage over another apparent US war crime against Iranian civilians continued to grow over the weekend following New York Times reporting that the United States appears to have dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in a densely populated neighborhood of #QeshmIsland in the Strait of Hormuz.
"The newspaper spoke with weapons experts who analyzed photos, videos, and satellite imagery of the strike—which, according to Iranian officials, killed taxi driver Qeysar Jafari, his wife Zahra Jafari, and their 2-year-old son Sina, and hospitalized their two surviving children, Mohammad Reza and Mehdi."
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#DemocraticSocialism Is the Compromise Position
Given our scale of #inequality, the #egalitarian reforms of democratic socialism are only the start of what we should strive for.
Kyle Schmidlin, Jul 31, 2026
Excerpt: "Reforming the #SecondGildedAge
"Whether or not one agrees with such ideas, it’s a discussion that free people are within their rights to have. Though we often treat #capitalism as a national religion, there’s nothing sacred about it. Even the US Constitution is surprisingly agnostic on questions of economic organization. It’s not encoded in our DNA—in fact, we are much more naturally inclined toward cooperation than competition. Humans have a virtually infinite number of ways we can arrange society, and we are in desperate need of rethinking ours.
"Because for the last few decades, the American economy has grown ever more off-balance, to the point where many analysts now say we’re in a second #GildedAge. We recently minted the world’s first trillionaire, while about half of us would be wiped out by any major illness, accident, or job loss. Workers have lost power, essentials like housing and healthcare are increasingly out of reach, and practically all the gains of our productivity have been accumulated at the very top, with #corporations posting record profits. #Billionaires are multiplying their wealth faster than ever, building anti-revolution doomsday bunkers, and plotting to rule their own fiefdoms as #CEOKings.
"We live in a society that’s obsessed with law and order for things like #shoplifting or overstaying a visa, but largely looks the other way on #CorporateCrimes like #pollution, #WageTheft, and #fraud—not to mention #WarCrimes and #genocide. The president is a convicted felon who wants you to ignore his decades-long friendship with a child sex trafficker and instead fear and hate the immigrant next door.
"In such a system, elites should feel relieved that people are only demanding, say, a few public options for groceries, rather than revolting. The wealthy surely all took note of the public reaction to #LuigiMangione, who is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City. Mangione became a cultural icon who was openly celebrated in many circles, making clear the rage simmering within America’s dispossessed.
"There’s a reason the progressive California Rep. #RoKhanna refers to a tax on wealth as an #AntiRevolution tax, or an attempt to save capitalism from itself. Progressive Democrats like Khanna often mediate between capitalist centers of power and the party’s left-wing base, who largely feel fed up with the party’s incremental approach of making small tweaks here and there. Democratic socialism, as practiced in today’s America, is still essentially incrementalism, but they’re much bigger increments.
"Such a model works well in places like #Finland, #Iceland, and #Denmark. These countries have high taxes, but they get far more out of them than we do. As a result they are consistently ranked as the happiest countries on Earth, with excellent numbers for education, homelessness, poverty, healthcare, life expectancy, and infant mortality—all areas in which the US, with its profit-first approach to every problem, is lagging behind.
"#HighTaxes and a mixed economy also once worked well in the #UnitedStates. We dug ourselves out of the #GreatDepression with the #NewDeal. Government programs brought electricity to rural areas and established safety nets and Social Security. Our middle class boomed after World War II, when taxes were the highest they’ve ever been.
"#Republicans and #BigBusiness called that #socialism, too. They even conspired to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Now, faced with another socialist menace, they’re playing just as dirty."
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https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/democratic-socialism-compromise#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #DSA #RedScare #USPol #WorldPol #CorporateColonialism #EpsteinClass
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#MassiveAttack banned from #Singapore after #ProPalestine display at show
by Tessa Wong, July 31, 2026
"Singapore authorities are investigating Massive Attack after the British band reportedly expressed #ProPalestinian sentiments during a performance in the city-state.
"According to local media reports and eyewitness accounts on social media, two members of Massive Attack held up a Palestinian flag at the show on Wednesday, and reportedly shouted '#FreePalestine', with some in the audience joining them.
"The BBC has contacted the organisers of the Singapore show and Massive Attack's management company for comment. Neither have responded yet.
"Singapore has strict rules on public speech and what it deems as demonstrations, arguing that it is necessary to regulate them to protect social harmony.
"Authorities have previously investigated public events related to the Israel-Gaza war. Earlier this year they fined several people for organising an unauthorised walk in support of the #Palestinian cause.
"In response to BBC queries on Friday, a spokesperson for the police and the media authority said that 'reports were lodged and investigations are ongoing'.
"The spokesperson also said that the media authority is investigating a possible breach of licence conditions. Performances in Singapore, including concerts, usually require a permit.
"The BBC has asked Singapore authorities whether the band members or anyone involved in the production of the show have been detained or barred from leaving Singapore pending investigations. Authorities have yet to respond.
"Massive Attack is currently on a world tour, with Wednesday's performance their only date in Singapore. Their next show is due to be held in Seoul on Saturday.
The band, which pioneered the trip-hop genre, has long been known for its openly political stance on a number of issues, including the war in #Gaza."Massive Attack's frontman #RobertDelNaja was arrested earlier this year when he took part in a demonstration in London. He was accused of showing support for #PalestineAction, which is a proscribed organisation in the UK."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyle421806oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/H6rUw#WorldPol #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes
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Thanks #Bibi!
Major #OilCompanies reap massive profits as US and Iran fighting drives energy prices higher
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
Updated 11:11 AM EDT, July 31, 2026NEW YORK (AP) — "American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted shortages.
"The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that previously served as a delivery route for a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas. With global supplies constrained, prices for Brent crude, the international standard, soared from about $70 to above $100 a barrel for much of March, April and May, and at one point reached $126.
"The money that oil companies accrued between the beginning of April and the end of June could receive extra scrutiny this year. Gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices climbed sharply during that period, increasing costs for drivers and airline passengers. Supplies ran low in some countries, leading to sporadic fuel rationing in #Australia and government office closures in #Nepal and #SriLanka.
" #ExxonMobil on Friday reported that its second quarter profits doubled to $14.53 billion, boosted by record diesel production. The oil giant, based in Spring, Texas, brought in $116.02 billion in revenue, up 42%.
" #Chevron, based in Houston, nearly quadrupled its profits to $12.07 billion and revenue jumped 56% to $70.06 billion.
"Six of #Europe’s largest oil companies posted combined first-quarter profits of $22 billion, more than 40% higher than last year.
" 'There are constituencies around the world who are having a very good crisis, and the oil producers are one of them,' said Patrick Galey, #FossilFuels lead at #GlobalWitness, a nonprofit organization that investigates environmental issues. 'When you compare that to the hundreds of millions of people who are struggling with #RollingBlackouts, with #ElectricityCurbs, #rationing, waiting in line for #FoodQueues, or the disruption to fertilizers and the potential impact that that has on food prices, we don’t think that it’s a justifiable price for the rest of the world to be paying.' "
Source:
https://apnews.com/article/oil-companies-profits-exxon-chevron-9375fbf8f6f40426f7428e07d54000c7#USPol #WorldPol #USWarOnIran #EndlessWar #TrumpsWar #BibisWar #BibiIsAWarCriminal #TrumpIsAWarCriminal #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #CorporateCriminals #CorporateColonialism
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Rep. #RoKhanna on #Blanche Nomination, #Epstein Accountability and His Detention by #IsraeliSettlers
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/31/ro_khanna_todd_blanche
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#AIIndustry to world: 'Somebody stop us'
Story by John Herrman, July 30, 2026
"More than 1,200 employees at AI firms, including top executives at #OpenAI, #Anthropic, #Meta, and #Google, have signed on to a statement calling for an 'option to buy time to address emerging risks, develop security measures, and strengthen oversight' in the face of 'a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.' AI could 'help create a dramatically better future, but that outcome is not guaranteed,' they say. Companies and countries are under 'intense competitive pressure' not to slow things down unilaterally, the statement says, and the world currently lacks 'the technical and governance tools to deliberately pace fronter-wide progress.' "
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ai-industry-to-world-somebody-stop-us/ar-AA294Fpu
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What a poll showing widespread support for the US arresting #Netanyahu means
Opinion by Zeeshan Aleem, July 30, 2026
"A new Economist/YouGov poll found that nearly half of all Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Israeli Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu, based on an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. It’s a remarkable sign of how much public opinion has swung against the Israeli government in recent years — and may foreshadow a new kind of progressive policy litmus test."
#IsraeliWarCrimes #LockHimUp #BibiIsAWarCriminal #USPol #WorldPol #FreePalestine #EpsteinFiles #Mossad
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#ICE Arrests Surge at #Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive
Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.
By Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
July 28, 2026Excerpt: "The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation.
"Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks. Some of the arrests have occurred quietly, while others have happened as angry fellow passengers filmed the encounters.
"The recent arrests appear to be an expansion of an arrangement between the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Times reported in December that ICE officers were arresting people with deportation orders at airports with the help of information provided by airlines to the T.S.A.
"Now, through a review of #HomelandSecurity Department documents and interviews with lawyers for more than 25 people from more than a dozen countries recently detained at airports, The Times has learned that the program apparently now includes people with expired visas — a much larger group.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and visitors overstay visas each year. Many with expired visas occupy a legal gray area, as they are awaiting #VisaExtensions or #GreenCards and have been issued work permits. Such individuals were not prioritized for deportation in the past unless they had committed crimes, and they were rarely detained while waiting for visa extensions or green cards. But that has changed under President #Trump, whose administration has undertaken a campaign of mass deportation and views all visa overstays as illegal." 'This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens in our country illegally can no longer fly unless it is out of our country to self-deport,' a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. The agency did not confirm the expansion of the program.
"The department, which oversees ICE, has not disclosed how many people have been detained at airports as overstays under the new initiative. The arrests come during a period in which the White House has pushed ICE for more arrests across the country, and Homeland Security Secretary #MarkwayneMullin has pledged to turn 'up the heat on the streets.' To that end, the administration has set a target of 2,000 immigration arrests a day, roughly double the pace from earlier this year.
"Interviews with more than a dozen immigration attorneys, advocacy organizations and an airline employee reveal a broad cross-section of targets: an engineer awaiting a work-visa extension, several newlyweds married to U.S. citizens, and a former au pair.
"Footage of encounters between travelers and ICE officers have flooded social media. In one widely circulated video, Chantal Morales Rojas, a 27-year-old from Ecuador, was detained by plainclothes officers as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland, Calif., on July 20. She had been spending the weekend with the family for whom she had worked as an au pair, according to the family."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/ice-arrests-airports-visa-overstay.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/brvNl#ICESucks #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #DefundCBP #DefundICE #TSA #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
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#IsraeliSettlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, #Palestinians say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrv77gl4deo
#FreePalestine #WorldPol #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #SettlerColonialism
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#Cuba - #Solarpowered #tricycles help #Cubans navigate #FuelShortages and blockades
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
Updated 4:38 PM UTC, July 10, 2026HAVANA (AP) — "Cuba’s iconic vintage cars have all but disappeared and in their place, small electric tricycles — most of them made in China — have become the primary means of transportation for hundreds of thousands of Cubans grappling with a prolonged fuel crisis.
These are no ordinary electric tricycles — many Cubans have outfitted them with #SolarPanels, allowing the vehicles to recharge without relying on the island nation’s strained power grid."The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a year ago cruised the streets spewing clouds of black smoke.
" 'This is how people get around now,' said 40-year-old Liecer de la Cruz, who owns one of these vehicles.
"The tricycles, with a cost between $2,000 and $4,000, are used to transport goods and serve fixed routes once covered by buses.
"While their price is out of reach for most Cubans, many have sold their older gasoline-powered cars to buy the tricycles. Others got them from relatives abroad, where they are generally cheaper, and some small-business owners even used their profits to invest in them, expecting to recoup the cost."
Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-fuel-crisis-electric-tricycles-fa75dc2aca5b78dac90b1e86c7c762b1Archived version:
https://archive.ph/arhCA#SolarPunkSunday #PostOil #SolarBikes #SolarTrikes #BikeTooter #USPol #WorldPol #USBlockade
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Well, well, well...
#BarronTrump facing questions if he had ‘any involvement’ with #TateBrothers’ crimes
Alex Woodward, Friday 24 July 2026
- Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari is urging the House Oversight Committee to investigate the Tate brothers' connections to individuals in the administration's orbit, including Barron Trump.
- Ansari specifically requested Barron Trump testify about his knowledge or involvement with Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are accused of sexual abuse and trafficking.
- The manosphere influencers were arrested in Miami following a U.K. extradition request for serious trafficking and sexual abuse allegations, with the White House not expected to block their extradition.
- But Barron Trump was reportedly a fan of Andrew Tate and spoke to him over Zoom in 2024, according to The New York Times. Donald Trump Jr. also reportedly met Tate at Trump Tower in 2017, and Alina Habba, a former attorney to the president who briefly served as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, described herself as a “big fan” during a January 2025 podcast appearance.
- Ansari is also seeking records from the Department of Justice and State Department regarding communications between U.S., British, and Romanian authorities concerning the Tate brothers' investigation and extradition.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/barron-trump-andrew-tristan-tate-testify-b3021081.html
#USPol #WorldPol #SexTrafficing #SexTrafficking #Manosphere #AndrewTate #TristanTate #ToxicMasculinity #EpsteinClass
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#Trump Admin Has Taken $13 Billion in Oil Wealth From #Venezuela, But Congress Is 'In the Dark' About Where It Went | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-venezuela-oil-wealth
#TrumpSucks #USPol #WorldPol #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Corruption #TrumpAbusesTheSystem
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The worldwide battle against authoritarians continues. Let's check in:
The BBC demands more information on Jack Smith over Trump's lawsuit against them. https://newrepublic.com/post/213394/bbc-jack-smith-january-6-report-defamation-lawsuit
Democrats work to block Trump's corrupt, dangerous nuclear deal with the Saudis. https://www.semafor.com/article/07/22/2026/democrats-prepare-to-resist-saudi-nuclear-deal
Feds withdraw NYT subpoenas into reporting on Qatar-gifted jet. Pushing back works. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5986956-justice-department-new-york-times-subpoenas-air-force-one/
Twenty-five states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration for trying to use federal emergency grant funding to control state election rules. https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/states-sue-stop-trump-control-elections
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#SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction
Tom Perkins
Thu 23 Jul 2026Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.
"Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-originArchived version:
https://archive.ph/A9F07#ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution
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Proposal would limit #SocialSecurity benefits to $100,000 annually for couples to boost solvency
Story by Elizabeth Guevara, July 21, 2026
These solutions would generally only lower the benefits of the top 20% to 30% of earners, the CRFB said.
Excerpt: " 'If you’re getting $100,000, as a couple, in benefits, you probably have tens of #millions of dollars in #assets, and your Social Security benefit is not very important to you,' Goldwein said. 'Over time, as this phases in, it’s going to affect more people further down the income ladder, but every version that we model [is always] incredibly progressive.' "
#TaxTheRich #MillionairesTax #BillionairesTax #USPol #WorldPol #ShareTheWealth
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Oh yes. Abusing the system by paying for an #education and then paying into #SocialSecurity when they become wage earners?!! WTF!
"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said: 'For decades, foreign students have been admitted into the US indefinitely, allowing thousands to abuse our immigration system by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid having to leave the US.' "
#Trump administration tightens visa rules for foreign students
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdmp87rpv1oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/JxT20#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #WorldPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpAbusesTheSystem
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#Mamdani Calls #Netanyahu a ‘#WarCriminal’ and Calls on U.S. to Arrest Him
Mayor #ZohranMamdani challenged the United States to execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, which New York itself cannot do.
By Liam Stack, July 21, 2026
"Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday night challenged the federal government to execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, calling him a 'war criminal' and 'the architect of a horrific #genocide against the #PalestinianPeople in a striking video statement.
"The mayor said the city Law Department explored whether the New York Police Department could arrest the Israeli prime minister during his expected visit to the city in September but that the city did not have 'independent legal authority' to do so.
"The mayor’s announcement came days after he told Lulu Garcia-Navarro last week on 'The Interview,' a New York Times show, that he had been in 'active conversation
with the city’s lawyers about executing a warrant issued for Mr. Netanyahu in 2024 by the International Criminal Court."Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/mamdani-netanyahu-arrest-warrant.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/i7YLl#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #ICC #USPol #WorldPol #FreePalestine