Before I start I want to express sympathy for the people who have died in a plane crash in Washington, and I want to condemn Trump’s disgusting proposal to kidnap people and lock them up in Guantanamo.I’m very happy to be in Cuba. I feel closer to Cuba than I do to people in the United States with red hats reading MAGA. Cuba is, in fact, closer to the continental United States

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Jan 23, 2025 · We begin this celebratory GREEP zoom #208 with TATANKA BRICCA giving us some background of Joe Biden’s announcement that LEONARD PELTIER will be released from prison on February 18.SHAWNA HOGAN-MOORE tells us about her meeting where she & asked Prez Biden to release Leonard.Our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us a poem about the duality of this amazing moment.Crusader VINNIE

Jan 15, 2025 · I couldn’t stomach Jimmy Carter–until my view of him turned around 180 degrees just four years ago. Like most Democrats who supported Ted Kennedy’s run against him, I tagged Carter as just some grinning anti-New Deal...

Jan 25, 2025 · Hamas and Israel have agreed to a draft of the ceasefire deal, negotiated by Qatar, Egypt, and the US according to the negotiating officials. The Israel-Gaza ceasefire may be doomed if the state of Israel failed to fulfill its obligation and adhere to the agreement as it is doing right now in Lebanon's ceasefire agreement, where Israel has so far committed 555 violations of the agreement and ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Trump intended his second inaugural address to be uplifting and unifying, though it is riddled with questionable claims, downright lies, and is hardly unifying.

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Jan 28, 2025 · During my sixteen years in Congress, I fought consistently for peace, accountability, and the protection of our nation’s core values. I understand the gravity of the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI)—a role essential to the security of our nation, where the person in charge must evaluate and interpret military intelligence that …

Dec 26, 2024 · In a landmark front page feature, the Los Angeles Times has made a powerful argument for shutting California’s last two atomic reactors. The forty-year-old Diablo Canyon nukes are being subsidized by statewide ratepayers to the...

Following every Israeli war on Gaza, numerous narratives emerge. Some claim victory for one side and defeat for the other, while others—knowingly or unknowingly—attempt to exploit the aftermath for their own purposes.The latter is not always nefarious, as the humanitarian calamities resulting from Israel's actions are undeniable—especially as Israel and its allies often use