@jgarren.bsky.social
Over-educated old potter. Cares: (1) growing US fascism; (2) what isn’t told in western media re Palestine. Posts from non-west sources & anti-musrump matters=FB suspension. Elephant’s Child: politics/science/art/history/theatre/kitties/books/garden/etc.
BUT OF COURSE!
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Trump’s Monument to Corruption
And one of the first things to do when sanity and legality are restored
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December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
BUT OF COURSE!
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YES!!! 145 nations voted in favor; 10 voted against - bet you can name two of them without much thought...
www.i24news.tv/en/news/midd...
www.i24news.tv/en/news/midd...
UN votes to extend UNRWA mandate by 3 years - i24NEWS
The other resolutions in the "Palestine package" were about assistance to the so-called Palestinian refugees, investigation into Israeli activities in the Palestinian territories, and the settlements
www.i24news.tv
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
YES!!! 145 nations voted in favor; 10 voted against - bet you can name two of them without much thought...
www.i24news.tv/en/news/midd...
www.i24news.tv/en/news/midd...
"Gaza, he said, has “become like a barren land.”
eos.org/articles/98-...
eos.org/articles/98-...
98% of Gaza’s Tree Cropland Destroyed by Israel - Eos
Maps based on remote sensing analysis could inform remediation efforts by identifying whether agricultural lands were damaged by bombs, debris, or forced displacement of its caretakers.
eos.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"Gaza, he said, has “become like a barren land.”
eos.org/articles/98-...
eos.org/articles/98-...
NOTE: GRAPHIC OUT OF DATE - Total now higher than 2024
(18:15 GMT) Israeli assault in occupied WB fuels new displacement crisis: UN. >95,000 Palestinians affected by recent expanded Israeli operations in northern area...Settler attacks have continued “unabated”...with ≥1,680 violent incidents...”
(18:15 GMT) Israeli assault in occupied WB fuels new displacement crisis: UN. >95,000 Palestinians affected by recent expanded Israeli operations in northern area...Settler attacks have continued “unabated”...with ≥1,680 violent incidents...”
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
NOTE: GRAPHIC OUT OF DATE - Total now higher than 2024
(18:15 GMT) Israeli assault in occupied WB fuels new displacement crisis: UN. >95,000 Palestinians affected by recent expanded Israeli operations in northern area...Settler attacks have continued “unabated”...with ≥1,680 violent incidents...”
(18:15 GMT) Israeli assault in occupied WB fuels new displacement crisis: UN. >95,000 Palestinians affected by recent expanded Israeli operations in northern area...Settler attacks have continued “unabated”...with ≥1,680 violent incidents...”
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Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life — We will always refute it & combat it"
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life — We will always refute it & combat it"
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
WHAT IS AN ISRAELI CEASEFIRE?
(10:45 GMT)
•Gaza City: Explosions after demo ops; strike near “yellow line” in Tuffah; shelling in east area. Heavy drone activity over WGaza City; explosions all AM
•Central Gaza: Air strike near Maghazi
•SoGaza: Navy fired towards Khan Younis; air raids in Rafah
(10:45 GMT)
•Gaza City: Explosions after demo ops; strike near “yellow line” in Tuffah; shelling in east area. Heavy drone activity over WGaza City; explosions all AM
•Central Gaza: Air strike near Maghazi
•SoGaza: Navy fired towards Khan Younis; air raids in Rafah
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
WHAT IS AN ISRAELI CEASEFIRE?
(10:45 GMT)
•Gaza City: Explosions after demo ops; strike near “yellow line” in Tuffah; shelling in east area. Heavy drone activity over WGaza City; explosions all AM
•Central Gaza: Air strike near Maghazi
•SoGaza: Navy fired towards Khan Younis; air raids in Rafah
(10:45 GMT)
•Gaza City: Explosions after demo ops; strike near “yellow line” in Tuffah; shelling in east area. Heavy drone activity over WGaza City; explosions all AM
•Central Gaza: Air strike near Maghazi
•SoGaza: Navy fired towards Khan Younis; air raids in Rafah
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Recent removals of politically critical artwork is censorship, not legal necessity, says Erika Sanders from @ncacensorship.bsky.social.
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
The (Flimsy) Legal Arguments Used to Justify Art Censorship
Liability fears increasingly used to justify removing dissenting art fuels a corrosive culture of censorship.
www.justsecurity.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Recent removals of politically critical artwork is censorship, not legal necessity, says Erika Sanders from @ncacensorship.bsky.social.
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
Efforts to justify these decisions, she writes, rest on misinterpretations of tax and campaign-finance law.
www.justsecurity.org/126373/legal...
JUST THE FACTS, M'AM...
NYT 12-5-25
NYT 12-5-25
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
JUST THE FACTS, M'AM...
NYT 12-5-25
NYT 12-5-25
AGGGGG! 😠😠😠 DISGUSTING
Just Security 12-4-25:
"Trump is also widely expected on Friday to receive FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize, a new award created to honor individuals who have “helped to unite people all over the world in peace,” at the nearby Kennedy Center." AP/WaPo
Just Security 12-4-25:
"Trump is also widely expected on Friday to receive FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize, a new award created to honor individuals who have “helped to unite people all over the world in peace,” at the nearby Kennedy Center." AP/WaPo
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
AGGGGG! 😠😠😠 DISGUSTING
Just Security 12-4-25:
"Trump is also widely expected on Friday to receive FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize, a new award created to honor individuals who have “helped to unite people all over the world in peace,” at the nearby Kennedy Center." AP/WaPo
Just Security 12-4-25:
"Trump is also widely expected on Friday to receive FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize, a new award created to honor individuals who have “helped to unite people all over the world in peace,” at the nearby Kennedy Center." AP/WaPo
BE AWARE: IT MAY AFFECT SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Trump’s Push to Redefine Who Counts as American
Threats of denaturalization are the latest attack on immigrants — but they won’t stand up in court.
www.brennancenter.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
BE AWARE: IT MAY AFFECT SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
WHAT ISRAEL HAS DONE TO THE WEST BANK OLIVE HARVEST (the main source of income for many):
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
The worst Palestinian olive harvest in collective memory
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
The worst Palestinian olive harvest in collective memory
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
WHAT ISRAEL HAS DONE TO THE WEST BANK OLIVE HARVEST (the main source of income for many):
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
The worst Palestinian olive harvest in collective memory
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
The worst Palestinian olive harvest in collective memory
MEANWHILE, outside of the "yellow line":
(20:30 GMT) 5 killed in Israeli strikes in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, including two children. Kuwaiti Hospital says they were killed when drone hit tents housing displaced people
(20:30 GMT) 5 killed in Israeli strikes in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, including two children. Kuwaiti Hospital says they were killed when drone hit tents housing displaced people
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
MEANWHILE, outside of the "yellow line":
(20:30 GMT) 5 killed in Israeli strikes in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, including two children. Kuwaiti Hospital says they were killed when drone hit tents housing displaced people
(20:30 GMT) 5 killed in Israeli strikes in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, including two children. Kuwaiti Hospital says they were killed when drone hit tents housing displaced people
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH #1
(06:45 GMT) UN res demands Israel withdraw from Palestinian territory...inc East Jerusalem. Also called on states to not recognise any changes to pre‑1967 borders; not provide any assistance to illegal settlement activities, directly or indirectly. 151 YES, 11 no, 11 abstain
(06:45 GMT) UN res demands Israel withdraw from Palestinian territory...inc East Jerusalem. Also called on states to not recognise any changes to pre‑1967 borders; not provide any assistance to illegal settlement activities, directly or indirectly. 151 YES, 11 no, 11 abstain
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH #1
(06:45 GMT) UN res demands Israel withdraw from Palestinian territory...inc East Jerusalem. Also called on states to not recognise any changes to pre‑1967 borders; not provide any assistance to illegal settlement activities, directly or indirectly. 151 YES, 11 no, 11 abstain
(06:45 GMT) UN res demands Israel withdraw from Palestinian territory...inc East Jerusalem. Also called on states to not recognise any changes to pre‑1967 borders; not provide any assistance to illegal settlement activities, directly or indirectly. 151 YES, 11 no, 11 abstain
SHAMEFUL, HILLARY, SIMPLY SHAMEFUL
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Clinton's smears young Jewish Americans over Gaza genocide
No, Jewish Americans aren't turning against Israel because of TikTok and ignorance
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December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
SHAMEFUL, HILLARY, SIMPLY SHAMEFUL
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Tisk...tisk...I wonder why...
"Trump yesterday asked a federal judge in a court filing to keep Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case secret... Kyle Cheney reports for POLITICO." [JustSecurity 12-3-25]
"Trump yesterday asked a federal judge in a court filing to keep Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case secret... Kyle Cheney reports for POLITICO." [JustSecurity 12-3-25]
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tisk...tisk...I wonder why...
"Trump yesterday asked a federal judge in a court filing to keep Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case secret... Kyle Cheney reports for POLITICO." [JustSecurity 12-3-25]
"Trump yesterday asked a federal judge in a court filing to keep Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case secret... Kyle Cheney reports for POLITICO." [JustSecurity 12-3-25]
FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND (NYT)
Trump says Maduro runs a “narcoterrorist” cartel flooding the US with drugs. But Venezuela does not produce fentanyl (which causes 2/3 of US overdose deaths) & the cocaine that moves through his country likely accounts for < 10% of the total entering the US.
Trump says Maduro runs a “narcoterrorist” cartel flooding the US with drugs. But Venezuela does not produce fentanyl (which causes 2/3 of US overdose deaths) & the cocaine that moves through his country likely accounts for < 10% of the total entering the US.
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND (NYT)
Trump says Maduro runs a “narcoterrorist” cartel flooding the US with drugs. But Venezuela does not produce fentanyl (which causes 2/3 of US overdose deaths) & the cocaine that moves through his country likely accounts for < 10% of the total entering the US.
Trump says Maduro runs a “narcoterrorist” cartel flooding the US with drugs. But Venezuela does not produce fentanyl (which causes 2/3 of US overdose deaths) & the cocaine that moves through his country likely accounts for < 10% of the total entering the US.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
HEE...HEE...HEE...IF WE COULD ONLY HOPE!
Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
“They said it was in response to things I’ve done as president,” Trump told reporters.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
HEE...HEE...HEE...IF WE COULD ONLY HOPE!
Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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Trump Boasts That International Criminal Court in The Hague Has Invited Him to Receive Award
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INSANITY
“Trump could not stay awake while his Cabinet members were praising him, and so we had the wild visual of...Rubio praising Trump as the only man who could end Russia’s war in Ukraine..who was, to all appearances, sound asleep.”
December 2, 2025
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“Trump could not stay awake while his Cabinet members were praising him, and so we had the wild visual of...Rubio praising Trump as the only man who could end Russia’s war in Ukraine..who was, to all appearances, sound asleep.”
December 2, 2025
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December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
INSANITY
“Trump could not stay awake while his Cabinet members were praising him, and so we had the wild visual of...Rubio praising Trump as the only man who could end Russia’s war in Ukraine..who was, to all appearances, sound asleep.”
December 2, 2025
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“Trump could not stay awake while his Cabinet members were praising him, and so we had the wild visual of...Rubio praising Trump as the only man who could end Russia’s war in Ukraine..who was, to all appearances, sound asleep.”
December 2, 2025
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HILARIOUS & SPOT-ON--best book on the Bible & Christianity I've read, and I've shelves of them:
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
HILARIOUS & SPOT-ON--best book on the Bible & Christianity I've read, and I've shelves of them:
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
What does Netanyahu’s pardon request mean for Israel’s future?
There are divided reactions to the Israeli prime minister's pardon request to President Isaac Herzog.
www.aljazeera.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
UPDATED TO DEC. 1:
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
UPDATED TO DEC. 1: