Vučić blamed his defeat on a “colour revolution” backed by Europe and the US “deep state.”
But his grip on power broke on November 1, 2024, when a railway canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 16. The disaster sparked the anti-impunity student movement that defeated his party. #3E
Serbia’s student-led movement has delivered a historic election upset, ending 14 years of rule by Aleksandar Vučić’s party. Millions celebrated across Serbia and Europe.
Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.
When I say I love Cheesecake Factory, I mean this cat who was found malnourished and wandering through a Bay Area mall parking lot. Cheesecake Factory has since been rescued and nursed back to health. He's now healthy, vaxxed, & sweet, but still needs a loving home
www.petfinder.com/cat/cheeseca...
Serbia’s student-led movement has delivered a historic election upset, ending 14 years of rule by Aleksandar Vučić’s party. Millions celebrated across Serbia and Europe.
"The Most Racist Election in Israel’s History"
If Netanyahu stays, Israel will become a pariah state – so the Israeli establishment is doing everything it can to ensure that he loses. But a Gadi Eisenkot victory won’t help Palestinians either, writes Peter Oborne for Zeteo UK:
Flávio Bolsonaro has been banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports following his presidential election defeat, amid investigations into suspected influence-peddling, money laundering and other alleged financial irregularities.
Brazil's, Trump backed candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro faces a corruption inquiry over R$134 million sought from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, who is also linked to suspected influence-peddling involving associates of election court chief Kassio Nunes Marques.
Oh look it's the Far Right rioting in Spain.
Over what you ask, "Something very important?"
No of course not, never is.
They are rioting because their racist Far Right 'leader' cancelled his '''speech'''
Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far.
I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives.
I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent.
Go vote like we’re down 3%.
60 days after Trump pardoned him, convicted Honduran narco ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández was recorded discussing a US destabilisation plot targeting Mexico, he said the operation was backed by Republicans linked to the Trump administration.
Whether Netanyahu wins or loses the Israel election, there is no upside. Replacing a criminal with another while maintaining a policy of genocide and apartheid is no victory.
Changing the face of power means nothing if the system of oppression remains intact. There are no "gentle" genocides.
Coyotec is bilingual, swears, and tells listeners how to defend themselves against ICE. Its popularity comes as more broadcasters are experimenting with artificial personalities.
Brilliant win for progressive politics in Brazil. Anyone who says the slide to the right, in world affairs is inevitable - check this..:)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
The lesson from Brazil is that democracy cannot be taken for granted. Defeating authoritarianism at the ballot box is only part of the struggle.
Defending democratic institutions, protecting civil rights and demanding accountability require strong, sustained, principled public participation.
Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro.
It's a loss for Trump.
For Musk.
For Milei.
For Netanyahu.
For Farage.
For Meta and Zuckerberg.
For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters.
And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.
NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...
The headline is misleading, I never even mentioned Andy Burnham… What I did say is repeated faithfully in the article, for those that get that far. Past the Ad wall. I said ignore the hype about blackouts this winter, we have more than enough spare capacity.
Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called.
An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.
"Ingram was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town."
Terrible people.
If Brazil falls to the right wing today, the Trump capture of South America will be complete. The US, Israel and Russia anti-democratic forces will have greater room to concentrate operations on Mexico and Canada. Brazil’s outcome will carry global consequences for democracy.
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
I warned 3 years ago that mink farms are a likely route to a new and horrific human pandemic, and once more I'm fervently praying it doesn't map out that way.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wild new story from @natlash.bsky.social
Bird flu has been raging uncontrolled on a mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted, instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade. www.propublica.org/article/bird...
A Brazilian electoral court ordered the arrest of Salvador transport chief Pablo Souza for obstructing voting by keeping 75 buses off the streets during the presidential runoff, potentially preventing thousands of voters from reaching polling stations.
40 Years Ago, Netanyahu Laid the Groundwork for America’s Disastrous ‘Global War on Terror’
The Israeli prime minister’s old writings from the 1980s and 1990s also reveal his long game for war against Iran – and how he influenced everyone from Reagan to Bush to Trump.
zeteo.com/p/40-years-a...
"In total, since taking office again, Mr. Trump exempted 202 facilities in 39 states & Puerto Rico from clean-air regulations that were going into effect. Some were among the country’s worst industrial polluters, including chemical manufacturers, copper smelters & coal-burning power plants."
MAHA!
Elon Musk spreads disinformation about Ukraine after being exposed for sabotaging military operations by the WSJ.
The US tax funded billionaire, Trump's largest donor, (backed by Israel and Russia); tied to the deaths of thousands of children due to USAid cuts, blames Ukraine for not surrendering.
18 days - UK gas storage capacity, measured against average annual demand
106 days - EU average storage capacity, measured the same way
Lack of storage means more exposure to price volatility.
Why didn't the UK plan better?
AIPAC-linked Empowering Black Americans PAC drops $778,000 on ads attacking Abdul El-Sayed on behalf of Mike Rogers.
The group has previously spent heavily in support of Rep. Wesley Bell and has also spent $10,000 attacking Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
Excellent letter supporting Zack Polanski
showing Green Party support all over the UK
helping ensure he doesn't succumb to
the same #ItWasAScam antisemitism
Labour traitors & billionaire press lies
which ended Jeremy Corbyn's leadership
not least to scupper #TaxTheRich
& #GreenNewDeal policies
OCTOBER 31, US EMBASSY
Over 400 people will gather outside the US Embassy and hold signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action", days before the Supreme Court hearing on the Palestine Action ban.
Burnham must drop this "Trumpian ban".
Sure, we should, if we can (many cannot). But as I keep pointing out, the government itself is making no provision at all. No stockpiles, no back-up, no alternative sources. It's individuating the response to a collective problem, and that never ends well.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
US propagandist and Trump inner-circle sycophant Sean Hannity asks child rapist Jeffrey Epstein's former spy boss if Israel "dragged" Donald Trump into the war with Iran.
Netanyahu's reaction:
US and Israel have drawn up plans for renewed strikes on Iran. Netanyahu pushed Trump to resume the war before elections, but Trump resisted. The planned three-day offensive would target Iran energy and weapons infrastructure. Iran warns of a wider war.
Some drum banging from the heat pump industry here and its leading salesman - Greg Jackson. Heat pump sales are actually down 20% this year. The doubling of demand Jackson cites is a doubling of enquiries not sales. Heat pumps don’t work as advertised and that message is getting through.
American journalist Jeremy Loffredo was detained and interrogated by the Israeli military over the course of 15 days in October 2024. A trove of emails obtained via FOIA request reveal the Biden admin was well-aware of the situation, yet did nothing to help.
The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history.
Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.