Annia Ciezadlo

Annia Ciezadlo

@anniaciezadlo.com

War, politics, climate change & food systems, in the Middle East & elsewhere. Investigations @ThePublicSource. Author, Day of Honey. Writing (tor)mentor. Interested in everything. RTs—and I cannot stress this enough—are not always endorsements.

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Get ready for the next stage of genocide: when all the people who stood by & said nothing while their colleagues were getting fired are suddenly going to have *so much* to say

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Private equity firms can profit from companies they control while workers and creditors face the fallout when those businesses collapse. A new Democratic bill would make firms liable for company debts, pensions, and civil penalties.

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let's fucking go

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro? In short, turnout. Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes. A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.

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Amazon has spent more than $5 million trying to stop New York City from passing a bill that will force it to classify its workers as employees rather than independent contractors. Mayor Zohran Mamdani rallied with workers to pass the Delivery Protection Act.

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Replying to @mugrimm.bsky.social

yeah... i still think a lot of folks are being too glib about the fascist takeover and destruction of legacy media and education like, for all their faults, these institutions really do reproduce a lot of lib/left thought -- the fascists are not wrong about that!

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In the MAGA mind, Trump's vicious abuse of female reporters is simply of a piece with the rape ad itself: It's all a bet that MAGA misogyny and depravity are still political winners. Flagged by @atrupar.com:

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

The deeper reason Trump, Vance, and Ramaswamy are backing the vile rape ad is they think MAGA politics—the cruelty, the depravity, the viciousness—is still ascendant. They think doing this esesentially puts Trump on the ballot. Me and @jimswift.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2169...

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Cåråbine à Citron 🍋@carabinacitron.eurosky.social

Please hear Hammam’s story💔: We are starving in Gaza as famine returns & the crossings remain closed. We have no home, no security, & barely any food. My mother has asthma & my brother suffers from epilepsy. All we ask for is a $100 bag of flour & his urgent medicine. chuffed.org/project/1844...

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Horrified to learn about the attack on a funeral procession at St. George’s Orthodox Church in Karak, Jordan today. To attack a house of God and to attack mourners as they prepare to lay their dead to rest is deeply disturbing. Holding in my heart those for whom today is heavy.

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NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Acton being a victim of childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while defending his ad featuring her estranged mother. “In politics sometimes it's a tough sport.”

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If Macron had kept France's wealth tax, instead of cutting it to please his rich friends, France probably wouldn't be burning right now.

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As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

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I think that democratic politicians should not forget that the teamsters are going all out to defend swing seat Republican ghouls like Mike Lawler

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lede = introductory section in journalism bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

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If Macron had kept France's wealth tax, instead of cutting it to please his rich friends, France probably wouldn't be burning right now.

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Today, I left the doctor with a broken heart: Elias is getting worse. I swear, there is no improvement. On my knees, I beg you: please help me raise €300 for his eye drops. Imagine your child losing his last light. Please,don't abandon my son. 💔 Verified by : molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/196611

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Replying to @masnick.com

Here’s the wrinkle for me: platforms have free speech rights, but they’re also a service. If you’re saying your service does something, and as a political candidate, i use it without you telling me that you’re throttling my account and helping the other guy, that seems a little like fraud

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Replying to @owillis.bsky.social

almost every serious societal ill we have had in america - education, health care, drugs, crime, economic disparity can be directly drawn to what reagan/bush did from 1981-1993. democrats are too busy talking about the fucking gipper to make the case.

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if democrats practiced politics as well as republicans do we would have spent the last 40 years warning the american public about the dangers of reaganing the economy, aka creating the recession that ended up electing clinton in 1992. instead democrats are still addicted to deficit talk bs.

Dave Kamper@dskamper.bsky.social

One of the things I liked best about @btarrington.bsky.social’s book on the 1880 election is how clearly it shows the Republicans were absolutely united on message in calling the Democrats the party of treasonous slavers, even 15 years after the war. Important lessons there.

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Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.

truthout.orgChuck Schumer Hasn’t Said a Word About Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan OmarEthics lawyers say the raid violated the Hatch Act. Schumer has been silent.

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“i pay tax before, but still pay tax now?” We spoke with dozens of half-literate morons about the machinations of local governance. Here’s what they’re saying.

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

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"I'm not allowed to see my grandchildren, and nobody will tell me why." Exclusive reporting on how a concept called "trigger discipline" is tearing families apart.