Six & half million people moved to OECD countries last year (about 10% up on the previous year).... some, of course, moving between OECD members.

The small numbers of 'illegal migrants' (that's REFUGEES!!!!) are actually dwarfed by the numbers migrating through standard channels.

Certainly migration is up, but can we be surprised with the chaos from political upheavals & climate change, as well as economic necessity.... read my lips:

MIGRATION IS & HAS BEEN NORMAL!

#migrants #politics

I just signed up for a year’s worth of The Onion in print, and so should you: https://membership.theonion.com/

I’ve enjoyed The Onion for as long as I can remember. I’ve enjoyed them for free, but now I want to help ensure other folks can enjoy it for free, and they get to keep publishing for as long as I need a good laugh 🤗

#politics #media #theonion #infowars

https://www.altrenotizie.org/primo-piano/10482-abu-ghraib-briciole-di-giustizia.html

#news #press #politics

"Gaetz was an established name in panhandle politics when his son Matt began his ascent in a 2010 special election for a seat in the state house. Just 27 years old and three years removed from law school at William & Mary, his campaign raised $479,000, including support from Jeb Bush, *MSNBC host Joe Scarborough* and more than $100,000 from him and his family. He narrowly won the Republican primary against competitors with far less funding."

#journalism #politics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/04/03/inside-the-30-million-gaetz-family-fortune/

"Gaza is a wasteland"

expect more Democrats supporting #Gaza now that it's not their leader 100% supporting #Genocide

Here's Senator Chris Van Hollen talking to #Medhi about it

#Politics #Biden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x54-E1hyKdQ

Bihar JDU holds strategic meeting for upcoming assembly elections.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_jdu_strategic_meeting_assembly_election

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #jdu #AssemblyElections #elections #elections2025

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🇪🇺 Le chef de la diplomatie européenne Josep Borrell propose de suspendre le dialogue politique entre l'UE et Israël https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M

#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #Politique #politics #International #Israel #JosepBorrell #UnionEuropeenne #EuropeanUnion

🇮🇱 Israël commet un "nettoyage ethnique" à Gaza, dénonce un rapport de Human Rights Watch https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M

#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #Politique #politics #International #Israel #Gaza #HumanRightsWatch #HRW

Vous prendrez bien une petite dose d'#esclavage ? Les Chinois y ont recours massivement avec les #Ouïghours, il faut rester compétitif !
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[Le Figaro] - Travailler «gratuitement» 7 heures par an : cette piste qui intéresse le ministre de l’Économie pour renflouer la #SécuritéSociale
Par Julien Da Sois

Les sénateurs ont déposé mercredi un amendement au budget de la #SécuritéSociale visant à augmenter la durée de travail annuelle de sept heures, afin de dégager 2,5 milliards d’euros pour la branche autonomie.

https://www.lefigaro.fr/social/travailler-gratuitement-7-heures-par-an-cette-piste-qui-interesse-le-ministre-de-l-economie-pour-renflouer-la-securite-sociale-20241114

#Politique #politics
#RevueDePresse #Press

Don't expect to see this on the front page of your papers!

This is an every day ethnic cleansing with the money, political backing and weapons of NATO, Australia, India and major Arab countries.

This is the shame of our time. It is really sickening.

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #Politics #Inhumanity #Hypocrisy #Racism

Looking for some new podcasts, any suggestions?

Something along the lines of JRE, Shaun Ryan Show, Mr Ballen etc...

I.e Funny, or down to earth (real world views/journalism), or true crime/conspiracies. 🧐

#mastodon #podcasts #pocast #entertainment #media #radio #YouTube #Spotify #journalism #politics #interesting

Perfectly normal

It's part of the brotherhood of the war criminals...

PS. Don't you dare even hinting about dual loyalty here, that's antisemitism
#Israel #NewYork #Politics #Election #IDF
#USpol #USPolitics #USElection

The most important political lesson of the last decade:

If you wait for reality to catch up with the paddlers of lies & misrepresentation, then you have ceded the ground to them; as slow as the processes of democracy are they're still faster than the time (in most cases) that it take reality to catch the liers out.

And when it does, they've a ready story of betrayal to ensure its not their fault things haven't worked out.

Until we figure out a better counter strategy we are lost!

#politics

Barely a week ago, #MattGaetz was re-elected to the House. Now another election is being called to replace him. He didn't even last one Scaramouche and Florida voters are being asked to vote yet again

On Friday there was going to be a vote on whether or not to release the House Ethics Committee's findings from their report. Something real fishy is going on here, and it's looking more and more like Gaetz might not survive the Senate Confirmation Hearing

#Politics

दिल्ली में आज होगा मेयर का चुनाव, एलजी ने बीजेपी पार्षद को बनाया चुनाव अधिकारी, किसका पलड़ा भारी ?

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_today_mayor_election_mcd_2024

#newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #politics #mayor #mcd

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Must watch: 👇🏻 ❗
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Has the official response to Amsterdam’s violence been biased?

'The angry backlash that followed, and the official response to it, is raising questions.

Should the incidents that lit the fuse have been foreseen and prevented?

Does the official response reveal deep-rooted racism and Islamophobia?'

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/11/13/has-the-official-response-to-amsterdams-violence-been-biased #Amsterdam #Maccabi #Israel #antisemitism #bias #media #islamaphobia #politics

Just noticed another email from the Justice Democrats. Is it about Trump's fascist plans to destroy democracy?

Nah, why bother with that when you can instead attack Democrats for (checks notes) not throwing our ally, Israel, under the bus.

Fuck the Justice Democrats. Fuck all the populists, whether socialist or fascist, as though there's a difference.

#uspol #JusticeDemocrats #israel #politics

Very Good Advice: "The One Thing Democrats Have To Do To Avoid Future Losses" by Kurt Bardella:
https://kurtbardella.substack.com/p/the-one-thing-democrats-have-to-do copy: @KamalaHarrisWin #politics #media

A top US intelligence official said Tuesday that #Hezbullah’s capabilities had been significantly degraded, but their ground forces along the border with Israel remain largely intact.

“It still remains down, but far from out,” said Brett Holmgren, the acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

“Our assessment is that the Israeli military actions have significantly degraded Hezbullah’s military capabilities,” Holmgren said during a webinar with the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

But he warned that the group had built up a massive arsenal of rockets, missiles and other capabilities before the latest war with Israel.

“The leadership losses have had an impact on their ability to organize and to strategically put together a way forward. But the ground forces in the south remain somewhat intact,” Holmgren said on Tuesday.

#US #Israel #Military #Syria #War #Politics #Occupation

https://www.altrenotizie.org/primo-piano/10481-usa-e-israele-partner-nel-genocidio.html

#news #press #politics

🇳🇱🇪🇺 Pays-Bas : des dizaines d’arrestations lors manifestation pro-palestinienne à Amsterdam https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M

#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #Politique #politics #International #PaysBas #Netherlands #Amsterdam #Palestine #Israel

No progress since Cop28 last year.

Also no progress since Cop27, or Cop20, or Cop15, or...
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There is no sign of the transition away from burning fossil fuels that was pledged by the world’s nations a year ago, with 2024 on track to set another new record for global carbon emissions.

The new data comes from the Global Carbon Budget project, a collaboration of more than 100 experts led by Prof Pierre Friedlingstein, at the University of Exeter, UK, who said: “The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly dramatic, yet we still see no sign that burning of fossil fuels has peaked. Time is running out and world leaders meeting at Cop29 must bring about rapid and deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions.”
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I wish they'd just be honest and announce that they have absolutely no intention of meeting any of their goals. Ever.

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FULL STORY ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/13/no-sign-of-promised-fossil-fuel-transition-as-emissions-hit-new-high

#Politics #History #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange

The non-MAGA media (main stream and otherwise) will be tripping over themselves looking for a silver lining in Thune's election to Senate Majority Leader.

The clouds are not clearing and still dark and forboding. #politics #media

It seems like genocide is not very popular, what a surprise!

Who could have thought?

PS. This maybe an early picture before the crowd were bussed in from NYC and other places.

#US #Israel #Politics #Genocide #USpol

The Maple put together a list of the names and backstories of as many Canadians that have taken part in Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 7.

https://www.readthemaple.com/meet-the-canadians-fighting-in-israels-war-on-gaza/

#canada #cdnpoli #politics #gaza #genocide

https://www.europesays.com/1607169/ Hezbollah rejects any compromise on sovereignty: geopolitical expert #america #Dr.BilalAlLaqisthe #geopolitics #Israel #Lebanon #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics

The #UN’s humanitarian agency says #Israel has denied or impeded all of its attempts this month to provide #food and #healthcare to tens of thousands of people trapped in northern #Gaza. The #US, after the expiry of a 30-day deadline for #TelAviv to address the situation, says Israel is not blocking aid.

#Palestine #MiddleEast #Genocide #Palestinians #Lebanon #PalestinianLivesMatter #Politics
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/11/13/live-israeli-attacks-kill-dozens-us-finds-israel-is-not-impeding-gaza-aid

Browse everything we've published, so far, from the November/December issue of Texas Observer magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/november-december-2024/

#journalism #nonprofit #Texas #politics #USpol #news #culture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation for AIIMS Darbhanga, launches development projects across Bihar.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_pm_modi_lays_foundation_aiims_projects_bihar

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #aiims #medical #education #doctor #bjp #pmmodi #nitishkumar #governance

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If the Democratic Party *actually* stood for the rights of women and minorities, for support of unions and working people, for quality public education and public healthcare, for a healthy climate and for the safety of our biosphere – If they actually stood up for all these things instead of just *pretending* to do so, then the Republican Party would have no chance of achieving electoral majority in the United States.

But that’s not who the Democratic Party is. It’s not who they have been for at least 40 years. Rather, they are a party standing up for the military-industrial complex, for the police state, for neoliberalism, for capitalism, and for corporate ascendancy.

This election was NOT a victory for the Republican Party. It was instead a total failure of leadership by the Democratic Party, and a well-earned defeat.

Four years from now, if there is another election, we should expect nothing different from them.

We need system change.

#USA #Politics #History #Economics

A few excerpts here from a beautifully written, deeply insightful, and ultimately inspiring essay by Chris Hedges…
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In the end, the election was about despair.

Despair over futures that evaporated with deindustrialization. Despair over the loss of 30 million jobs in mass layoffs. Despair over austerity programs and the funneling of wealth upwards into the hands of rapacious oligarchs. Despair over a liberal class that refuses to acknowledge the suffering it orchestrated under neoliberalism. Despair over the futile, endless wars, as well as the genocide in Gaza, where generals and politicians are never held accountable. Despair over a democratic system that has been seized by corporate and oligarchic power.

Donald Trump is a symptom of our diseased society. He is not its cause. He is what is vomited up out of decay.

Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party live in their own non-reality-based belief system. Harris, who was anointed by party elites and never received a single primary vote, proudly trumpeted her endorsement by Dick Cheney, a politician who left office with a 13% approval rating.

The smug, self-righteous “moral” crusade against Trump stokes the national reality television show that has replaced journalism and politics. It reduces a social, economic, and political crisis to the personality of Trump. It refuses to confront and name the corporate forces responsible for our failed democracy.

The American dream has become an American nightmare.
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FULL ESSAY ➡️ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-cultural-despair

#USA #Politics #History #Economics #Israel #Gaza

“They told the opposite of what happened in that footage.”

Photographer Annet de Graaf on Zeteo talking about what happened in #Amsterdam

#Politics #Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjoQkPXA_us

Dealing with the pain from last week’s disastrous election and trying to understand it all, our Mastodon friend Geoffrey Deihl (@gdeihl) takes a look back at our nation’s sordid history…
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America has always been a violent, racist country. Little wonder, being built on slavery and genocide, spawn of the brutal British Empire.

Our war for independence was no romantic story about a fight for freedom and justice. It was a revolt against a king not playing nice with his colonists. Some were fleeing religious persecution, but many were here to get rich. They had no compunction about murdering the indigenous people who saved them from starving in their first winter on these shores.

Native Americans were slaughtered, the survivors driven across the land to reservations, their resources stolen. Texas was annexed in 1845 from the brown people of Mexico under the newly invented guise of “Manifest Destiny” which argued we have moral virtue, and a divine right to that destiny.

Through this time and well before, Africans were packed into the holds of dank, leaking ships for weeks-long voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. The fifty percent that survived disease outbreaks from these barbaric conditions were sold as if animals. Eventually, slavery ripped families apart in the Civil War. The emancipation of blacks led to the Jim Crow laws in the south not overturned until 1965.

To understand what happened on November 5, we must consider history.
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Geoff has written a long, angry, and well-informed essay about our shameful past and present — and near the end, he also offers several good suggestions on how to organize and take action to build a better future. I hope you’ll read the whole thing.

➡️ https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/descent-into-madness

#USA #Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange

David Dayen: "Dave Min (a Democrat) survived AIPAC, survived $10 million in outside spending, survived the Trump swing, and was elected to Congress." #israel #politics

Stephen Semler: "I wonder what explains the Democrats' poor showing among young people ..."

Headline: "Cops Arrested over 3,500 pro-Gaza Campus Protesters." #politics #israel

Skyrocketing income inequality over the last few decades has turned the industries tasked with accountability—politics, law, and media, to name a few—into pay-to-play fields that require expensive credentials and inherited wealth to enter. This has changed who can participate and whom these industries seek to protect.
—Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
#politics #law #media

Giorgia Meloni’s vendetta against Italy’s judges https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-melonis-italy-judges-viktor-orban-hungary-albania-rome-court-russia-war-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Lawenforcement #Humanrights #Judiciary #Migration #RuleofLaw #Politics #Asylum #Courts #Media

https://www.europesays.com/1605394/ At COP29, Azerbaijan Navigates Climate Ambitions Amid Complex Geopolitical Ties #america #Azerbaijan #CaspianSea #COP29 #FossilFuels #geopolitics #IlhamAliyev #Iran #Israel #Politics #RaufMammadov #RenewableEnergy #Russia #SaudiArabia #UAE #UnitedArabEmirates #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics

Charles Lister on X: “Just now – acclaimed British surgeon testifies to #UK Parliament, detailing how #IDF “quadcopters” would arrive at the scene of airstrikes in #Gaza & “pick-off” / “shoot” the injured, including children. https://t.co/onpyNnpjhp” / X

#politics #Gaza #genocide #Israel #WarCrime
https://xcancel.com/Charles_Lister/status/1856370874644893838

@palestine group @israel group

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“The real truth always looks implausible.”
F.M. Dostoyevsky

#politics #Russia #ukraine #US #britain #deepstate #capitalism #NATO #europe #vassalage and other.