Excellent piece

"There are a lot of us right now realizing that something isn’t right—that we’ve been lied to about everything. We’re trying to make sense of what we’re seeing, asking uncomfortable questions, connecting dots that don’t want to be connected. When we call that out, the last thing we need is people who haven’t done the work standing in our way, carrying water for the establishment forces that are manipulating them.

Most people could do the same thing if they chose to—they just don’t choose to because they’ve been trained to see conviction as dangerous and conformity as safe.

A 2020 Cato Institute survey found that 62% of Americans say the political climate prevents them from sharing their political beliefs because others might find them offensive. Majorities of Democrats (52%), independents (59%), and Republicans (77%) all agree they have political opinions they are afraid to share.

When adults who lived through Covid saw what happens when groupthink becomes gospel—how quickly independent thought gets labeled dangerous, how thoroughly dissent gets suppressed—many responded not by becoming more committed to free expression, but by becoming more careful about what they express. They learned the wrong lesson."
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Neues #Sprachgesetz in #Kirgistan


Ein neues #Gesetz in #Kirgistan sieht vor, dass mindestens 60 Prozent der Fernseh- und Radiobeträge in der Nationalsprache Kirgisisch ausgestrahlt werden sollen. Das Gesetz wurde am 25. Juni vom Parlament angenommen und versteht sich als eine Stärkung der kirgisischen #Sprache. Innerhalb des neuen Gesetzes sind ebenfalls die Klauseln enthalten, dass Ortsnamen künftig auf Kirgisisch genannt werden sollen und Werbung in kirgisischer Sprache größere Buchstaben als russischsprachige Werbung enthalten müsse

In Kirgistan genießt sowohl die kirgisische als auch die russische Sprache den offiziellen Status. ( novastan.org)

Sayyed Al-Houthi delivers firm message of warning, reminder to “Israel” en.ypagency.net/361704

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Happy Birthday, Our Beloved America!

A blessed and miracle 4th of July to all!

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🇮🇱 ISRAEL | 🇵🇸 GAZA
🔴 15 Killed as Trump Awaits Ceasefire Reply

🔸 Israeli strike hit a tent camp in Khan Younis, killing 15 Palestinians overnight.
🔸 Trump expects Hamas to respond within 24h to a 60-day ceasefire plan.
🔸 Hamas insists on a “permanent ceasefire” and says it’s still reviewing the proposal.
🔸 No comment yet from Netanyahu; reports of coalition disputes.

#Israel #Gaza #Trump #Ceasefire #Hamas #Netanyahu

AI-generated video is clearly good enough to cause chaos in future political campaigns. If you think that's premature, take this NYTimes quiz.
nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0…

There are two simple cases and many variations:
1. Candidates create deepfake videos of opponents saying or doing something atrocious.
2. Candidate dismiss real video evidence of them saying or doing something atrocious by saying it's fake.

This tech will not benefit all parties and candidates equally. It will disproportionately benefit those ready to lie.

#AI #Deepfake #Video #USPol #USPolitics

Lots of flag-waving, parades and bands everywhere….

As Hitler and the Nazis rose to power in Germany, observers wrote repeatedly about how exciting this all was — both to Germans and outside observers (that is, observers who ignored thugs beating and disappearing folks as the "excitement" unfolded).

There were parades! Torchlight processions! Pageants and festivals! Lots of singing, marching, bands galore! Flags waving everywhere! (Book burnings and pogroms.)

#FourthofJuly #Trump
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in reply to William Lindsey

And right in the thick of it was the church. Over 95% of Germans were Christian. Everywhere, people, including their pastors, were talking about how God had sent Hitler to save the nation, how manliness was on the rise again. Hitler was refocusing the German nation on the manly Christ, the real Jesus.

As Charles Marsh writes in his book Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (NY: Knopf, 2014),

#FourthofJuly #Trump #ChristianNationalism #masculinity
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in reply to William Lindsey

"By June [1933], German Protestant leaders were united in their praise of the Nazi regime. 'Christ has come to us through Adolf Hitler,' one minister gushed. 'Through his power, his honesty, his faith and his idealism ... the Redeemer has found us, [and] we know the Savior today has come!; Passion and vigor, a brash and cocksure manliness, a Führer whose countenance fairly radiated these virtues —a nation was smitten."

#FourthofJuly #Trump #ChristianNationalism #masculinity
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Russland setzt laut Geheimdiensten vermehrt verbotene Chemiewaffen ein


Russland hat nach BND-Angaben den Einsatz von chemischen Waffen in der Ukraine verstärkt. Die Erkenntnis mehrerer Geheimdienste passe zu der Feststellung, dass der Krieg mit immer höherer Brutalität und Intensität geführt werde.#Chemiewaffen #Russland #Ukraine
Russland setzt laut Geheimdiensten vermehrt verbotene Chemiewaffen ein

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Footage of Palestinians in Gaza being shot at by US contractors with bullets, stun grenades and pepper spray at nearly *every* food and aid collection site www.instagram.com/reel/DLpdYrs...

FDA Announces New Safety Warning on All mRNA COVID Vaccines — Cites “Extremely High” Risk of Myocarditis and Long-Term Heart Damage in Young Men

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/f…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Trump administration has formally updated the safety labeling on all mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to reflect what many Americans have been warning about for years: a disturbingly high risk of myocarditis—particularly in young men—and

" The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Monday continued hearings in Brazil for a requested advisory opinion on countries' obligations related to the #FossilFuel-driven #climate emergency. "

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Direct hit with an #Iskander M1 missile on a Syrian Islamist ship carrying ammunition to #Odessa.

The attack took place at a very difficult time for the Ukrainians who are in need of any source of supply after the cessation of #US military aid.
#Damascus, under the new Islamist administration of #ISIS terrorists, as it “owes” the West its recognition and the lifting of the embargo, supplies #Kiev with ammunition from the reserves of the former #Syrian Arab Army.

Well....not this time 😜

Crimes Against Humanity!

15 Killings Friday Morning

The U.N. human rights office recorded 613 killings in Gaza near humanitarian convoys and as Palestinians try to reach aid at distribution points run by an Israeli-backed American organization since it first began operations in late May.

Trump, who is complicit, refuses to hold Israel and its far-right administration of Benjamin Netanyahu accountable!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #gaza #Hamas

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Fossil gas, oil, and coal are fuelling this heat. 🥵

We must stop using fuels that endanger lives.

That’s why Greenpeace activists from 6 countries protested today at a jack-up platform in Pula, Croatia.

Renewables are the future.

✏️ Sign:
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#StopFossilGas

"Die Geschädigte wollte ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führen und den Kontakt zu anderen Männern aufrechterhalten. Aber das duldete der Angeklagte nicht."


Sakar M., 38, #Iraner, und Isabelle D., 66, lernen sich im #Sprachkurs kennen. Die Lehrerin verliebt sich in den Mann, sie werden intim.

Doch Isabelle möchte ihr selbstbestimmtes Leben nicht aufgeben, sich nicht den Vorstellungen von Sakar M. unterwerfen, sich nicht einschränken und kontrollieren lassen.

Es gab Streit und am Ende, so die Anklage, tötete der Iraner seine Freundin aus Eifersucht, warf die Leiche anschließend von einer Aussichtsplattform in den Neckar.

Kurz nach der Tat googelte der Angeklagte, wie die deutsche Polizei bei Kapitalverbrechen ermittelt.

Vor Gericht will er erklären, dass er im Affekt getötet hat. So könnte er einer Verurteilung wegen Mordes entgehen, stattdessen stünde Totschlag im Raum.

Der Prozess wird fortgesetzt.
Ein Urteil ist für Ende Juli zu erwarten.

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In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration #Remigration #Bevölkerungsaustausch

The American repression apparatus pretending to be immigration enforcement will soon have more money that the vast majority of militaries in the world.

The United States got so accustomed to promoting violence and repression abroad that it has finally turned the gun back on itself.

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Handy-Videos die dem Sender Al Jazeera in Quatar zugespielt wurden zeigen apokalyptische Zustände an den GHF-Verteilzentren in Gaza, wie man es sich in deutschen Wohnzimmern kaum vorstellen kann.
600 Hilfesuchende sind dort seit 27. Mai 2025 nach UN-Angaben getötet worden. Ein Genozid vor unseren Augen - und mit deutscher Unterstützung.

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#Gaza #idf# #warcrimes #netanyahu #israel #IsraelWarCrimes #hamas #un #genocide #genozidingaza #genozid

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Gaza’s Government Media Office announced on 28 June that at least 66 children have died from starvation since Israel’s siege of Gaza began, blaming the deaths on Tel Aviv’s blockade, crossing closures, and the ban on baby formula.

The statement urged immediate intervention from international, Arab, and Islamic institutions to open the crossings and allow food and medicine into Gaza “before it is too late.”

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🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

Report: UK MP Zarah Sultana says she is quitting the Labour Party over Gaza & joining Jeremy Corbyn's independent alliance.

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#Corbyn #Sultana #UKPol #USPol #GazaGenocide #Palestine @palestine .

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Video. Gaza families turn to the sea as heat and water crisis worsens
https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/07/04/gaza-families-turn-to-the-sea-as-heat-and-water-crisis-worsens?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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in reply to Rose

no one with dual citizenship should be an electric official of any state or federal government. Not should a person with dual citizenship be an employee of state or federal services. Because where does the person's loyalty last if the USA and that other nation state come to a disagreement, or worse to war? As for birth, what is good for any federal office, ie presidency, should also be applied to every other federal office.

Okay, I've mentioned this a few times, but let's talk about The Orange Alternative. It's Poland in the 80's and an art history student noticed that when someone would paint an anti-authoritarian message, it would very quickly get painted over by the government. He decided to paint a dwarf with an orange hat any time he'd see the white paint that covered these messages. Soon other people were doing the same. They embraced this kind of absurdism, what the government was doing was ridiculous, so they leaned into it. The paintings of dwarves soon became organized street parties. They would all wear orange pointy hats and walk through the streets with banners, chanting Dwarf Dwarf Dwarf! They would pool what little extra funds they had together and buy things that people needed like toliet paper and tampons, and would have street fairs with food and dancing, and hand them out. At Christmas, they would dress as Santas, and do the same. The police were flummoxed by what to do, if they arrested people for wearing hats and giving out tampons, they looked foolish and would be embarrassed, not sure what to do with these surreal forms of protest.

There is so much more to this, definitely read up on it, but it was an effective form of protest, creating community, spreading joy and absurdism, because authoritarian governments are absurd. Protests are going to look like a lot of different things, and this is just one of them.

In Russia, they have created Little Picketers, tiny rough clay figures holding banners, that they press into people's hands to remind them, that they aren't alone.

So, don't believe the propaganda, you aren't alone in caring, you aren't alone in wanting a different world, put on your goofiest hat, and let people know they aren't alone either.

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νέα εκτέλεση μάλλον απο τους επίσημους συνεργάτες του Κουλη της Greek Mafia μόλις τώρα στην Αγία Παρασκευή.
Εκτέλεσαν άνδρα με πυροβολισμούς μέσα στην μέση του δρόμου
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