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Very under-reported tragedy and extremely complex geopolitical conflict. For those not in the know, Al-Bashir was dictator for decades and one tool of keeping power was to create two parallel militaries so neither one would be in a position to hold a coup. In 2019, they teamed up and got rid...

By targeting them in online harrassment https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/utah-official-faces-calls-resign-falsely-suggesting-teen-girl-transgen-rcna137903

The Court deems it necessary to emphasize that all parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip are bound by international humanitarian law. It is gravely concerned about the fate of the hostages abducted during the attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and held since then by Hamas and other armed...

I was thinking about starting a thread about Trump's promises to enact a whole bunch of authoritarian measures on his first day while the alleged freedom crew cheer him on but then I came across this. https://www.freedominthe50states.org/personal Seems that many Red States have far worse...

No surprise that Iran wants their Lebanese proxy to support their Gaza proxy...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/us/mississippi-11-year-old-shot-aderrien-murry-interview/index.html An 11 year old calls 9-11 for his mom because of an aggressive ex of hers coming over, tells dispatch that there are no guns or weapons involved, walks out of the house with his hands up when the...

I guess Florida is getting rid of science. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/politics/ron-desantis-florida-universities-gender-studies/index.html Amazing how much this guy is willing to fuck up his state to get the GOP nomination. His self-published book seems to be a hot mess too, justifying...

Seems that the freedom loving republicans in Idaho are supporting people's free choice by making mRNA vaccines illegal there, not only for humans but any mammal. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/idaho-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-criminalize-044725902.html

Seems that Ford's government is full of shit with their promises and even implementing their budget. 5 Billion in budgeted money for Health care that they've chosen not to spend while at the same time, he keeps bragging about how much he's invested to fight staffing shortages. How many...

I'm sure that they were all planted by the FBI and that as VP he was allowed to leave the docs in a private office. Either that or Biden can get in a similar amount of shit as Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/joe-biden-classified-documents-upenn/index.html I'm sure this is...

Ford announced his plan to increase housing supply to much fanfare. No surprise that it's just an excuse to save his developer buddies a few bucks. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/housing-plan-development-charges-1.6633771 So developers save money and municipalities are the ones left...

Another win for the Gipper. Directly gets involved in last minute negotiations to prevent a nationwide strike that would have cost a couple billion a day. But maybe they should go back to being led by a guy who's contribution to national infrastructure was sitting in a truck pretending to...

The SCOTUS said that the question of abortion should be up to the states so people in Michigan went to get a state constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights. Despite having more than 150,000 more valid signatures than required, the two republicans on the Board of Canvassers blocked...

Seems CPAC picked the right country to visit. https://news.yahoo.com/hungarys-government-gets-emergency-powers-162244568.html I guess the war in Ukraine is enough of an excuse for Orban to justify ruling by decree.

Came across this fairly apolitical analysis of the rationale with some speculation on what Russia's end game may be. For those not willing to spend 30 minutes, a quick summary and my comments. 1) Fear on invasion. Russia is worried about land invasion from the West on the Northern European...

Since the anti-vaxers love mis-quoting Israeli studies, I can't want to see how they try and spin yet another study that shows previous infection does not provide anywhere near as much immunity as infected people who were also vaccinated. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M21-4130

Wasn't able to get an appointment until Feb. Anyone had luck with the walk-in clinics? The Go-bus ones allegedly have a several hour wait. No idea about others. https://sites.google.com/mobilevaccinationteams.com/torontovaccination/home https://vaccine-ontario.ca/?order=asc&orderBy=city

In Ontario so far. Around 85% of people <60 have been vaccinated 83 of them ended up in hospitals with covid 9 of them in ICU For unvaccinated people under 60 (who represent only 15% of the population) 8,355 ended up in the hospital with covid 1,722 in ICU Also included in the report...

I've always taken comments about the US becoming a fascist state with a grain of salt but Flynn's comments this weekend are scary as shit. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/581443-michael-flynn-says-of-the-us-we-have-to-have-one-religion

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/remembrance-day-vaccine-mandates-protest-kelowna-bc-1.6246356 Clowns so wrapped up in their own little crusade.