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Aral Balkan
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Report: Staff at Human Rights Watch resign after HRW's new Exec Director pulled a major report on Palestinian refugees' right of return.
Head Omar Shakir & Milena Ansari's report said that Israel’s prevention of refugee return "constitutes a crime against humanity under international law."
Shakir said that Exec Dir Philippe Bolopion pulled the report due to fear of political backlash.
#GazaGenocide #RefugeeRightOfReturn #USPol #EUPol #CdnPoli #palestine #Press #News .
'“The system sucks. This job sucks. And I am trying every breath that I have so that I can get you what you need,” prosecutor Julie Le told a judge as he demanded to know why his orders were being defied. “Sometime I wish you would just hold me in contempt, your honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep”'
'Le said getting ICE to comply with court orders — or even to respond to her inquiries — was like “pulling teeth.”'
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/trump-ice-minnesota-prosecutors-immigration-00765031
Alex Akselrod
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Real "deporting the worst of the worst," situation going on here. /s
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/georgia-veteran-to-be-deported/
tools for commensality 🧿
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I understand the sentiment, but I don't think things are going to get any better as long as people continue denying that fascism is completely American... I mean, while your gramma worked in the shipyards, guess where my (paternal) grandpa was? 🙃 #USPol https://bikeportland.org/2026/02/03/joyful-bike-ride-turned-terrible-as-trump-thugs-tear-gassed-innocent-marchers-399195
![A man with a red bicycle with a sign that says "chinga la migra", in front of a woman dressed up Rosie the Riveter style, holding a sign that says "FASCISM IS UNAMERICAN", and (presumably, because some of the letters are blocked by the man) "My gramma [sic] didn't work in the shipyards to ICE could trash our rights!!" (Photo credit: Geoffrey Hiller)](https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/116/016/125/093/033/207/original/b16f8d1cfb16d9cd.png)
I understand the sentiment, but I don't think things are going to get any better as long as people continue denying that fascism is completely American... I mean, while your gramma worked in the shipyards, guess where my (paternal) grandpa was? 🙃 #USPol https://bikeportland.org/2026/02/03/joyful-bike-ride-turned-terrible-as-trump-thugs-tear-gassed-innocent-marchers-399195
Thank you to Steve Bannon for giving away the game:
Step 1: Show the people that ICE can kill anybody.
Step 2: Have ICE show up at polling stations in areas where people vote against Trump, so those neighborhoods do not go vote.
Real "deporting the worst of the worst," situation going on here. /s
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/georgia-veteran-to-be-deported/
Alex Akselrod
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The people were taught that their race was "superior." Since this concept of "superior" and "inferior" race is completely contrary to the findings of all science, science has to be as carefully controlled and perverted as the schools.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
Alex Akselrod
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The United States also has its native fascists who say that they are "100 percent American."
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
Alex Akselrod
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Only by democratically solving the economic problems of our day can there be any certainty that fascism won't happen here. That is our job as citizens.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
Alex Akselrod
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As soon as these methods had won them enough of a following to form their Storm Troops, the fascists began using force to stifle and wipe out any opposition.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
As soon as these methods had won them enough of a following to form their Storm Troops, the fascists began using force to stifle and wipe out any opposition.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
#USA - A fascist man who attacked high school students boycotting classes to protest ICE was beaten and forced to flee the scene.
#AbolishDHS #AbolishICE #dueprocess #ai #technology
#Minneapolis #dueprocess #ICE #fuckICE #law #policestate #USA #immigration #protest #resistance #uspol #politics #socialmedia #mastodon #Texas #LosAngeles #Chicago #AlexPretti #ReneeNicoleGood #KeithPorter @democracy @politics @law @socialmedia @socialsciences #education
Report: Staff at Human Rights Watch resign after HRW's new Exec Director pulled a major report on Palestinian refugees' right of return.
Head Omar Shakir & Milena Ansari's report said that Israel’s prevention of refugee return "constitutes a crime against humanity under international law."
Shakir said that Exec Dir Philippe Bolopion pulled the report due to fear of political backlash.
#GazaGenocide #RefugeeRightOfReturn #USPol #EUPol #CdnPoli #palestine #Press #News .
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“[US] Democrats made their wager: from the presidential nominee down to local candidates, they fully deployed the popularist strategy of moderate, “kitchen table” messaging. The result? A Republican trifecta…
Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance.”
—> detailed, well argued piece!
https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/
#USPol #FarRight #Democracy #Activism #PoliticalScience #Sociology
der.hans
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She was grabbed by ICE on her way to Hennepin County's Traumatic Brain Injury Center. Aliya Rachman testified about how #ICE grabbed her & the horrible treatment she experienced at the Whipple Center in #Minneapolis.
Full testimony, with transcript, at link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WfGahdYgdM Feb 3, 2026
#USPOL
She was grabbed by ICE on her way to Hennepin County's Traumatic Brain Injury Center. Aliya Rachman testified about how #ICE grabbed her & the horrible treatment she experienced at the Whipple Center in #Minneapolis.
Full testimony, with transcript, at link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WfGahdYgdM Feb 3, 2026
#USPOL
“[US] Democrats made their wager: from the presidential nominee down to local candidates, they fully deployed the popularist strategy of moderate, “kitchen table” messaging. The result? A Republican trifecta…
Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance.”
—> detailed, well argued piece!
https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/
#USPol #FarRight #Democracy #Activism #PoliticalScience #Sociology