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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 5d

Great interview with @govpritzker.illinois.gov about the crisis facing #Chicago because of the #Trump invasion of ICE & Texas National Guard, and what needs to be done to fight back. On @maddow.msnbc.com last night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBSx...

Pritzker digs in against Trump abuse of National Guard; warns of 2026 Trump scheme

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 6d

🚨BREAKING Sudan news via Elizabeth Evenson, International Justice Director @hrw.org ⤵️

“The ICC’s long-awaited landmark conviction for serious crimes in Darfur provides the first opportunity for victims and communities terrorized by the Janjaweed to see a measure of justice before the court."

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Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social · 6d

Good news - UN Human Rights Council adopts landmark resolution creating an independent mechanism to investigate past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan.

Those responsible for serious crimes in Afghanistan now or in the past will one day face justice in court. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

UN Rights Council Creates Afghanistan Accountability Body

The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 6, 2025, adopted a landmark resolution creating an independent mechanism to investigate past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan.

www.hrw.org

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YourAnonRiots 🐈️🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🦋 @youranonriots.bsky.social · 6d

Free Mikako Yasumura and all other heroes.

Israel calls her a terrorist. But she is not.

She is an ordinary Japanese woman who just wanted to deliver food to starving kids in Gaza.

Free them all now!
#FreeMikakoYasumura

#日本政府は安村美香子さんを救出して下さい

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 6d

What Trump's ridiculous press conference about Tylenol and autism was really about. Don't look at the face on the pills ;-)

Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 12d

The real #Bangkok sinkhole is not in the roads, but in Thai politics and erosion of democracy! Great cartoon by Stephff showing the symbolic Democracy Monument under threat from military and conservative elements.

Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 17d

Clueless, wannabe warrior Kirsti Noem

Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 18d

Really WTF. Trump just makes shit up about people.

Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 20d

The real Anutin revealed ;-)! Great cartoon by Bangkok-based cartoonist, Stephff. People's Party need to watch Anutin like a hawk to make sure he doesn't betray the deal to dissolve the Parliament in 4 months & return power to the voters to decide.

Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 22d

Stephen Colbert nails Disney to the wall for its abrupt & outrageous cancellation of the @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGD...

Disney’s Message To Employees: Shut Your Trap

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Lawrence Moss @lawrence-moss.bsky.social · 24d

For the first time, one country out of the UN's 193 members -- the United States -- has refused to participate in the periodic review of its human rights record. Even the worst rights violators regularly submit to this process, and the US now sets a terrible example. thehill.com/opinion/inte...

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DrMacLeodCartoons @macltoons.bsky.social · 24d

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 24d

The Republican Party motto is apparently "do what I say, not what I do" as they trample free expression in the wake of the #CharlieKirk assassination.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 24d

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaking about the wave of political violence in America, and Donald #Trump effort to fan the flames rather than heal the divisions. Very thoughtful and considered answers to tough questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObSS...

Gov. Pritzker speaks out on political violence (FULL)

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 24d

Trump and his right wing crazy colleagues are trying to make #Antifa into a bogey monster that they can use to smear any group that disagrees with them. But when they look for #Antifa they will find that it is not an organization, but rather an idea.

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 24d

This illustrates the contradiction precisely. H/t @reaproy.bsky.social

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's fine, they got the ridiculous looking wigs that show British justice is still back in the 17th century.

Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · Sep 9

Outrageous & unacceptable actions by UK PM Keir Starmer's government. They should enable the artwork to be moved to another, more permanent place - not just erase it.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 8

Art is resistance.

New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court

A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · Sep 8

Urban pigeon camouflage technique, NYC

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · Sep 7

The very weird Thai political aquarium through the eyes of editorial cartoonist Stephff. Not surprising that the eel, known to be the slipperiest of fishes, got the PM's chair.

#WhatsHappeninginThailand #Thailand #Anutin

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FCCThai @fccthai.bsky.social · Sep 7

Exile Hub will launch a new report about what's happening with the resistance against #Myanmar military, & aid/humanitarian situation on the #India- Myanmar border at the #FCCT on 8 Sept from 5 to 7 pm. Event is free & open to the public, all welcome to hear the latest from this remote area.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tomorrow (8 Sept) from 5 to 7 pm at the Foreign Correspondents Club of #Thailand @fccthai.bsky.social, find out what is happening on the India/Myanmar border with the resistance, displacement in #Myanmar, aid to refugees in #India, & the ongoing battles vs military there. Free & open to public.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Sep 6

‘In what Wilderness Australia described as “the most significant outcome for forest conservation in NSW in 25 years”, the government has committed to the full 176,000 hectares.’

www.smh.com.au/environment/...

‘Conservation outcomes don’t get much bigger than this’: Great Koala National Park announced

A moratorium on logging will commence on Monday, while final legislation to create the park will await a federal decision on whether the state can earn carbon credits for protecting forest.

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Time for Marcos to get tough on #Myanmar in discussions with #Cambodia, b/c the Philippines will be the next ASEAN chair that must wrestle w/massive headache that Myanmar is causing for the region. Should issue statement that any election in #Burma under military rule will be illegitimate!

Noan Sereiboth @noansereiboth.bsky.social · Sep 7

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives in #Cambodia for a three-day state visit to strengthen Philippines–Cambodia relations.