The Peace Press — Saturday, April 13, 2024 edition

In my view, America First means just that — -our nation first not Ukraine and not Israel first. I believe America First is a good approach. So stop sending American money and weapons to Israel. Don’t even think about sending American troops to Israel. America First, not war first and not any other nation first either. Principles before politics always. Cut off all aid and weapons to Israel and Ukraine!!! Stand against genocide!!! And yes, starving a population of over 1 million people while bombing civilians relentlessly has no other name. It took me a while to believe that which I desperately did not wish to believe but, in fact, I now accept that Israel is committing genocide. So boycott, divest and sanction until two states exist where both peoples are treated equally with dignity and respect. End the war, end the genocide!!! Return all the hostages, those taken on October 7 and those, including many children, who languish in indefinite detention in Israeli prisons. They are hostages both. Both sides take hostages. Morally equivalent. All nations should follow the example that Turkey has set by sanctioning Israel and refusing to trade with Israel — — — -make the Israeli economy scream until they relent and establish an end to the hostilities. Tough love.

“Meanwhile Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro has been pushing the narrative that Biden has “saved” Hamas by capitulating to demands from the left on Gaza, going so far as to declare that “Hamas is now in control of the Biden administration.”

“To be clear, this is all foam-brained nonsense. Biden has spent six months pouring weapons of mass murder into Israel without any conditions whatsoever, and his administration has been justifying and spinning and making excuses for all of Israel’s heinous actions in Gaza this entire time. No US president in history has done more to directly serve the murderousness of the Israeli war machine than Joe Biden.

Right to this very day the president is declaring “ironclad” support for Israel as fears mount that Iran may retaliate for the Israeli strike on its consulate building in Syria which killed multiple Iranian military officers, despite the fact that Iran has made it clear to the White House that if the US comes to Israel’s defense it will make the US a target as well. Biden is so fanatically pro-Israel that we could be near the precipice of the worst-case nightmare scenario of all possible Middle-Eastern conflicts because of his unwavering support for the genocidal apartheid state.”

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/idiot-republicans-are-saying-genocide
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“How Does the Government of Israel Treat Christians?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d42a1ozZjA
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All nations should follow the example of Turkey — — boycott, divest and sanction the State of Israel until a permanent ceasefire is established.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-construction-industry-warns-new-turkish-export-restrictions-could-increase-property-prices
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“President Joe Biden must act now to make famine prevention a top priority and be prepared to deploy meaningful U.S. leverage — including pausing arms sales,” said two humanitarian aid group leaders.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-still-blocking-aid
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“Despite the acknowledgment, the US continues to support the Israeli siege that is causing the famine”

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/11/head-of-usaid-says-palestinians-in-north-gaza-are-already-experiencing-famine/
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Beware of a false flag attack on Israel. This could all be a ploy by Israel and the United States to create a war with Iran.

“A major Iranian response could be exactly what Israel wants, as it appears to be trying to provoke a wider regional war to get the US to intervene directly.

The Axios report said that the top US military commander in the Middle East, Gen. Erik Kurilla, is due to visit Israel on Thursday to coordinate on the potential Iranian attack. President Biden signaled he would directly intervene if Iran attacks Israel in a warning to Tehran he issued on Wednesday.”

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/10/us-thinks-iranian-retaliation-against-israel-is-imminent/
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“In both Ukraine and Gaza, the Biden administration has adopted the dangerous doctrine of war management in which, while not stopping a war diplomatically, it attempts to contain it and prevent it from becoming a wider war into which the U.S. might get drawn.

The difficult to calibrate policy is being threatened in both theatres.

In the Middle East, two Israeli actions appeared to escalate the calibrated strikes between Israel and Iran to the threshold that Iran could absorb without seemingly feeling the necessity to respond.”

https://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Snider/2024/04/10/how-big-a-factor-is-iran-in-the-future-of-the-war-in-gaza/
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“In a grassroots effort, about 450 individuals from 50 organizations are participating in lobby visits with over 100 congressional offices, at an opportune time as policies on the conflict are in flux.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/congress-cease-fire-now
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“Europe is the main trading partner — which accounts I think for 30% of Israel’s trade — so it has a huge power and it should use that power,” said U.N. expert Francesca Albanese."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/eu-israel-trade
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“Israel, however, persisted. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the “voluntary migration” of Palestinians in Gaza is the “right humanitarian solution”. Netanyahu concurred.“Our problem is (finding) countries that are willing to absorb Gazans, and we are working on it,” he said.

But for ethnic cleansing to take place, several prerequisites had to be fulfilled:

One, the bulk of Gaza’s 2.3 million people had to be forced to the south, as close to the Egyptian border as possible. This has been achieved.

Two, all aspects of life had to be destroyed throughout Gaza, including all hospitals and clinics.
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Three, most shelters, bakeries, markets, electric grids and water generators had to, from an Israeli perspective, also be targeted so that the hapless population, especially of northern Gaza, would realize that life there is simply unsustainable.”

https://original.antiwar.com/ramzy-baroud/2024/04/11/killing-humanitarian-workers-as-a-strategy-israels-endgame-in-gaza/
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“Fatma Khaled reports on Cairo Gaza, an activist group that is pressuring the el-Sisi government to keep the Rafah crossing open to let aid into Gaza without Israel’s permission.”

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/11/risking-jail-in-egypt-to-advocate-for-gazans/
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“In northern Gaza, the rate of malnutrition prior to October 7th was almost zero, and it is now one in three — one in three kids,” said Samantha Power.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/samantha-power-famine
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“Abdul Rahman reports on data detailing Israel’s killing, wounding, starving and imprisonment of children in the past six months.”

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/10/children-44-of-palestinians-killed-by-israel-since-oct-7/
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“As it continues to engage in a “plausibly genocidal” mass murder spree in Gaza, the state of Israel has embraced the most psychotic and psychopathic interpretation of one of the most violent narratives from the Hebrew Bible. This is fueling a narcissism that puts the very existence of Israel at risk.

On October 28, as Israeli ground forces began turning Gaza into a free-fire zone, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his nation. He vowed to destroy Hamas for “our existence” and also “for the benefit of all of humanity.””

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/diagnosing-israels-imperial-narcissism/
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“The outraged, the shocked, and the indifferent alike watch as children die daily in Palestine. The aid workers’ bodies were mutilated by weapons likely supplied by the United States.And in response to their deaths, the president blathered something about ice cream cones as the arms supplies keep on rolling in. Pundits for murder grinned with sharp teeth over their support of the Israeli government. “Murder them all” is the bi-partisan mantra of U.S. domestic politics.”

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/triple-tap-murders-oh-look-a-cat-video/
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“We urge anyone who reads this to publicly oppose sending weapons to Israel as long as this onslaught continues.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/surgeons-cruelty-israel-gaza
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“CNN has a new report out showing that (surprise!) Israel lied about the Flour Massacre in which IDF troops fired machine guns into a crowd of starving Gazans waiting for food this past February, killing over a hundred people. CNN found that Israel’s timeline and version of events doesn’t line up with video footage, witness testimony, and forensic evidence.

Which of course was obvious from the beginning to anyone who isn’t deeply invested in pretending Israel ever tells the truth about these things.”

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/cnn-finally-tells-the-truth-about
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“Iran has never had a nuclear bomb — why does Israel insist that it’s an imminent threat?”

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-fantasy-of-an-iranian-bomb
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“The voices rising and feet marching in solidarity with Gaza are challenging the very foundations of a global economic and associated moral order built on exploitation and the systematic devaluation of certain lives.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/free-palestine-free-ourselves
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“The Australian government is obscuring weapons exports to Israel despite the World Court’s ruling to oppose “plausible genocide,” writes Michelle Fahy.”

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/12/secrets-of-the-weapons-trade/
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“Without doubt, attempting to eliminate Gaza’s largest political and military organization will intensify the catastrophic destruction of lives and environment already branded plausibly genocidal by the International Court. According to Brooks, this compels a “tragic conclusion”: too bad, but “there is no magic alternative military strategy.” Clearly, the columnist does not want to act as an apologist for war crimes, but he does so here. Why? Because he assumes that Hamas is entirely dedicated to the destruction of Israel’s Jews and that its leaders and members are incapable of altering this motivation.

Does this assumption make sense? The evidence of history, as well as our knowledge of the Palestinian national movement, strongly suggests that it does not”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/12/destroy-hamas-no-end-the-gaza-war-and-begin-the-peace-process/
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“”Friends, we are here because vengeance is a lazy form of grief. We are here to promote not vengeance but peace and coexistence across Israel-Palestine.””

https://www.commondreams.org/news/varoufakis-palestine-congress
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“”Our new position must be simple and straightforward: Not another nickel for the Netanyahu government if its present policies continue,” wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-netanyahu
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“From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North.”

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/12/vijay-prashad-violating-diplomatic-missions/
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“The mass media are once again pushing the narrative that Israel is “scaling back” its operations in Gaza, which as journalist Sana Saeed noted on Twitter is a claim they’ve been falsely making for months. To promote such stories even as Israel publicly declares that it’s preparing for an invasion of Rafah is absurd and irresponsible.”

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israeli-suffering-is-not-comparable
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“So much for the “international rules-based order.” The United States, Britain and France blocked a proposed UNSC statement drafted by Russia that would have condemned Israel’s unlawful action. This sent the world a clear message — the Vienna Convention is worthless. Just days after the UNSC failed to uphold that Convention, Ecuador stormed Mexico’s Embassy in Quito and kidnapped an Ecuadorian politician who had been given sanctuary by Mexico.”

https://sonar21.com/western-countries-panic-as-iran-weighs-its-options/
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“During a recent panel discussion sponsored by the Neutrality Studies YouTube channel and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord, the distinguished political scientist John J. Mearsheimer proffered what at first glance might appear to be a radical solution to the crisis in Ukraine.

“I think what has to be done here,” said Mearsheimer, “is that we have to basically sever the West’s security relationship with Ukraine. It is just not enough to say ‘Ukraine will not become part of NATO.’ We have to completely sever our security relationship with Ukraine so that the Russians feel somewhat secure that the West is not going to surreptitiously try and make Ukraine a de facto member of NATO.”

“Second, we should push Ukraine immediately to start serious negotiations with the Russians, so that they end up only losing the territory that they have already lost.”

“The great danger,” he continued, “is that if this war continues and we continue to threaten to bring Ukraine into NATO, what we are doing is giving the Russians a greater and greater incentive to take more of Ukraine and to make Ukraine more of a dysfunctional rump state so that if it ever did become a part of NATO, it would not be a serious threat to Russia. So what NATO should do right now is make it clear that Ukraine is not coming into NATO and that Ukraine is on its own to work out a security relationship with Russia.”

https://original.antiwar.com/james-carden/2024/04/10/us-should-adopt-the-mearsheimer-plan/
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“There is indeed a serious risk that, rather than the West teaching Russia a lesson and putting Putin in his place, the opposite may occur.”

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/looming-ukraine-debacle-210160
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“The day starts with a massive Russian missile strike that has wiped out another chunk of the remaining Ukrainian energy capacity. It’s now confirmed that Russia is hitting precisely the turbine rooms causing long-lasting, if not permanent, dama

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-41124-zelensky-in-shock-as
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“The Washington-led NATO expansion and military buildup into Eastern Europe after the end of the Cold War has been viewed as an existential threat by Moscow. In 2008, NATO declared that Ukraine would one day become a member, and the Kremlin warned Kiev that joining the alliance would cause a war.

Over the past decade, Ukraine inched closer to NATO membership, and the alliances’ forces were positioned near the Russian border. After Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, he explained that NATO encroachment was one of his core reasons for going to war. “

https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/us-general-says-nato-could-surge-troops-into-eastern-europe/
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“With the war against Russia being funded, armed, and directed by the U.S. and NATO, the war games were announced by NATO’s top commander, U.S. Army General Chris Cavoli, who said it will showcase NATO’s ‘determination to protect … the rules-based international order.’

Coming from the United States, the phrase ‘rules-based international order’ is the laugh-line of the century. Even a partial list of its violations since 1999 alone is demonstrative: the ’99 U.S.-led war on Yugoslavia; the ’01 U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan; the ’03 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq; eight years of torturing kidnapped suspects by the Bush/Cheney administration; indefinite, incommunicado detention without charges of suspects at Guantanamo Bay for 23 years; ongoing missile and drone killings in Syria, Somalia, and Yemen; the ’20 assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad. All these military actions are flagrant, criminal abuse of binding international rules-based order including the UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions. The Bush/Cheney torturers even defied the U.S.’s own Torture Statue, which, upon a conviction, carries the death penalty. President Obama’s decision not to prosecute the architects of the torture regime constitutes criminal negligence itself, and a precedent-setting exoneration of home-grown barbarism. Pax Americans is no rules-based order, but de-based and dis-ordered crime spree of endless, undeclared, unconstitutional war-making — a war crime spree if you will.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/12/nato-preparing-for-combat-in-ukraine/
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“As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary, the U.S. should tell Europe it is on its own if it provokes a war with Russia.”

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-europe-pushes-putin-america-should-tap-out/
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“American taxpayers are footing the bill for Ukrainian NGOs focused on smearing proponents of a diplomatic solution as “Russian disinformation” agents.”

https://www.leefang.com/p/us-funds-ukraine-groups-censoring
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“The REPO Act carries additional risks. The very act of seizing Russian assets would pose dangers to the U.S. economy, because other countries, not just Russia, would view it as an act of brigandage. This could weaken the dollar’s status as the main global reserve currency.
The dollar is probably the most valuable strategic asset the United States has. We exercise a degree of control over the world economy because the world, for trading purposes, allows its transactions to pass through our currency. This leaves us with cheaper transaction costs and lighter financial burdens. It gives us leeway to run up debt ($34 trillion of it so far) that other countries lack.”

https://archive.is/pXS8s
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“NATO expansion provoked the very conflict that is now being touted as justification for said expansion.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/who-is-to-blame-for-ukraine-war
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Brian Berletic on US Artillery Capabilities Fall Victim to “Profit Over Purpose,” No Solution in Sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR3zM2dSwZ8
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The Duran with Professor Glenn Diesen and Professor John Mearsheimer and Alex Mercouris:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DsmQ2G7qjk
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Judge Napolitano with Lt. Colonel Tony Schaffer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CxyMjfypLQ
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Judge Napolitano with former CIA Analyst Phil Giraldi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-XSCdKad5g
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Judge Napolitano with University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZRB2EsG13A
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Max Blumenthal : America Firsters Favor Genocide!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOS1aUIJ9Lk
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Judge Napolitano — — — “INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern: Weekly Intel Wrap-up.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZCJZpk6u8Y
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Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on the new Russiagate hoax:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB4AEoN-Le0
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Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0saJxsNM5Yg
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Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on Israel trying to goad Iran into war:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrJUco-0n9U
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Danny Haiphong on Israel, Gaza, Iran, Yemen and Iraq:

“Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon’s resistance to Israel’s war has reached a watershed moment in a rapid succession of strikes that have demonstrated that the conflict will not end well for the IDF. What comes next may shock you but this video provides analysis to help you understand what’s happening.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_hZCvWY10
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Danny Haiphong with The Duran:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSiVk93qn-o
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Garland Nixon with former U.N. weapons inspector and USMC Major Scott Ritter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03wiBXPx2dU
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“ForMin Lavrov arrives in Beijing right after the US’s winsome, grandmotherly, matryoshka-like Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen yellin’ orders to China to change its economic policy. Lavrov gets to meet Xi. The Duran asks good questions — on Ukraine, too.”

https://raymcgovern.com/2024/04/11/lavrov-arrives-in-beijing/
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“Hundreds of Filipino activists marched along the streets of Manila on Thursday to protest a trilateral summit between the United States, Philippines, and Japan to be held in Washington D.C. Activists tore an American flag and posters of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as they denounced Marcos for using the Philippines’ assertion of sovereignty in the South China Sea to promote the geopolitical agenda of the U.S.. U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on a state-level visit this week and has invited Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to join them for a three-way meeting at the White House.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZXq6GJZZMw
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“The military industrial complex is suiting up for a new arms race, far beyond the stratosphere.”

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/u-s-space-race/
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“Foreign policy analysts Phyllis Bennis, Jackson Lears, and Jeffrey Sachs discuss how to win a cease-fire in Gaza, prevent a nuclear war, and shift U.S. policy and funds away from imperialist wars.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/21st-century-anti-war
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“To the victor goes the spoils, so it’s said, but a planet despoiled by thermonuclear war, cast into darkness, ravaged by radiation, disease, and death, would, of course, offer no victory to anyone.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-most-dangerous-species
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“Hint: They enriched Pentagon contractors at the expense of better healthcare, education, clean air and water, disaster management, and more.”

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/taxes-fund-2023
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“There is “no problem that cannot be talked through”, President Xi Jinping told Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on Wednesday, in historic talks marking the first time the top mainland leadership had received a serving or former president of Taiwan.”

“Foreign interference’ cannot stop ‘family reunion’, Xi says, as Taiwanese ex-president makes history by meeting top leader on mainland soil

War ‘would be unbearable for the Chinese nation’, Ma responds, as Xi urges youth on either side to ‘walk together with one heart’”

https://archive.fo/sz6MD
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“No forces that can separate us” — Diego Ramos reports on the friendly reception by the Chinese leader on Wednesday of Ma Ying-jeou’s “journey of peace.”

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/11/chinas-xi-hosts-former-taiwanese-president-in-beijing/
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“Absent significant amendment, RISAA will do nothing to prevent the government’s repeated abuses of Section 702 to spy on Americans,” critics said.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/section-702-2667732823
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Kudos to the House of Representatives for voting down the mass surveillance bill.

“A group of 19 House Republicans bucked GOP leadership and voted with Democrats against a bill that would extend Section 702, the law that allows for mass surveillance and the collection of Americans’ data.

On Wednesday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) brought the legislation up for a procedural vote, and it failed 193–228. The Republican opposition was made up of a group of freedom-oriented Representatives led by Matt Gaetz (R-FL). “

https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/bill-to-extend-mass-surveillance-program-fails-house-vote/
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“Americans need to be aware of the unbridled propensity of federal intelligence agencies to spy on all of us without search warrants as required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

These agencies believe that the Fourth Amendment — which protects the individual right to privacy — only regulates law enforcement and does not apply to domestic spying.

There is no basis in the constitutional text, history or judicial interpretations for such a limiting and toothless view of this constitutional guarantee. The courts have held that the Fourth Amendment restrains government — all government. Last week, the CIA asked Congress to expand its current spying in the United States.”

https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2024/04/11/the-cia-wants-more-power-to-spy-on-americans/
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“An amendment headed for a vote Friday “would put in place the largest expansion of domestic surveillance since the Patriot Act,” one privacy advocate warned.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/patriot-act-section-702
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“An effort to force federal agencies to obtain warrants before snooping on Americans was narrowly shot down”

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/12/house-votes-to-extend-warrantless-spying-powers/
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Judge them by what they do not by what they say. Don’t be so naive.

“Rep. Darin LaHood expressed outrage last year over the snooping revelations, yet voted to extend the surveillance program that spied on him without a court order.”

https://www.leefang.com/p/congressman-victimized-by-fbi-spying
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“Elon Musk Goes to War with Brazil’s Censorship Regime. PLUS: 19 Republicans Defy Speaker Johnson to Kill Renewal of Domestic Spying Bill | SYSTEM UPDATE #254”

https://rumble.com/v4onnwk-system-update-254.html
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“Mike Johnson Enables Warrantless Spying on Americans. War Between Israel/US and Iran? PLUS: Lee Fang on Ukrainian Smear Campaign | SYSTEM UPDATE #256”

https://rumble.com/v4p4d38-system-update-256.html
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“Endless War and US Security State: W/ Sen. Ron Johnson and Rep. Davidson”

https://rumble.com/v4ovwx2-system-update-255.html
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“Guantánamo? Remind me, what’s that?

Oh, wait, how could I have forgotten? It’s that all-American offshore prison of injustice, opened in January 2002, that became the holding area for this country’s prisoners in its “war on terror,” many of whom had been tortured at CIA “black sites” elsewhere on the planet. They had, in a sense, already been “convicted” of crimes (whether they had committed them or not) without trial but not without trials (and tribulations) galore. Now, they were being held at that specially created prison camp at an American military base in… yes!… Cuba, a country that, at least since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the U.S. has embargoed and had nothing to do with economically. So, what a perfect place to create an all-too-literal hell on earth.”

https://original.antiwar.com/Karen_Greenberg/2024/04/10/the-peril-of-forgetting-guantnamo/
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“The High Court of England and Wales in its ruling last month has given the United States until Tuesday to assure Assange will not face the death penalty or the court would have no choice but to follow the law and free Assange.

The two-judge panel also ruled the U.S. must provide a First Amendment guarantee equivalent to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights or it would be “arguable” that Assange’s extradition is “incompatible” with the Convention, which Britain is legally bound to follow.

Because the U.S. appears unable to legally provide the free speech assurance, its prospects of losing an appeal to Assange may have led Biden to say he’s “considering” ending the prosecution.”

https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/11/how-britain-would-be-obliged-to-free-assange-while-biden-considers-ending-the-case/
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“U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration is weighing the Australian government’s requests to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been deprived of his freedom since 2010 and is currently jailed in London’s notorious Belmarsh Prison while fighting extradition to the United States”

https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2024/04/11/do-the-right-thing-say-assange-defenders-as-biden-mulls-dropping-case/
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Frederick Douglass: “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
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“In the past, in the interest of building a broad-based movement united for peace and non-interventionism, I have allied with everyone and anyone who also expressed a genuine interest in peacemaking and non-interventionism. This includes past antiwar alliances with everyone from pinkos to proud boys and anyone in between — — both groups I have allied with in the past — -not because I agreed with their ideologies because I don’t agree with either of them — -I do not approve of racism or Marxism, but I united with each solely in the interest of unity for peace and non-interventionism as a national policy. Ideology is not the point, unity is the point. Anyone who doesn’t like that I choose unity over ideology can kiss my mother-loving, big, chubby gay-bear, fat ass. Anyone can talk the talk about unity, but the real principled test is: can you walk the walk? My boots were made for walking, girl !!! <finger-snap with attitude>

Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!”

-Eric E. Johansson, Veterans for Peace, California

(also, please understand that although I have united with extremist-idealist factions in the past in the interest of unity against war, I am much more of a middle-of-the-road-realist as I think the economic class system represents the civilizational natural order for our species, although the gap between rich and poor should probably be narrowed through aggressive taxation upon corporations and individual persons too. Also, I do not have one racist or hateful bone in my body as my Asian husband, who is of half-Filipino and half-Chinese descent can attest. I don’t hate immigrants; I married one. He, like my Swedish grandfather, emigrated to the United States legally through the legal immigration channels that every person seeking to emigrate to this country should pursue. All those who simply violate the law by jumping the border, thus opting for not following the legal channels to obtain entry into the U.S., should be promptly arrested and deported, and treated more harshly with every repeat offense. Why should the U.S. honor the wishes of those who desire to emigrate if their very first act of entering the country is to first break the law by circumventing the legal guidelines for officially emigrating? One standard for all. Rule of Law. That is not racist, it is respectful of the Rule of Law. Prior to meeting my husband, I was most definitely an equal-opportunity sex lover who gleefully had fabulous sex with members of every race, color and creed — — hundreds of them, mostly men but not exclusively. My husband and I love to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race TV show too. I also play on a fabulous softball team as the pitcher in the very diverse, accepting and welcoming San Francisco Gay Softball League. I share all of this only to illustrate that who I am willing to unite in common cause with, does not in any way represent who I am as a person. Widespread, mass unity against perpetual war, against Empire and against growing national security state oppression is essential to preserve our commonly shared liberty and peace. We are all in this together so let’s get past the immature, ideological bullshit, come together and unite in common cause for our shared future together.)

Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!

Unite, from pinkos to proud boys and everyone in between against the wars and against the Empire!! If peace is your priority, this should be no problem for you but if ideology is your priority, then the kind of unity I propose could be a problem for you. Drop the ideological bullshit and UNITE!!!

Wage Peace and Persevere!!!

https://rageagainstwar.com/

https://www.unitedforpeace.org/

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“How could a weak, toothless central government that possessed no military largesse wage war or command a global Empire? It couldn’t, could it? Doesn’t having a smaller, more limited government also get us to a non-Imperialist, non-military interventionist place? Can people unite around non-interventionism alone? Just imagine for a moment the vast people power of a mass movement that could be harnessed by achieving a Left-Right loose alliance against war and Empire. Oh, the immense power it would wield.”
~Eric E. Johansson

(Is it arrogant to put my name next to some great people? Not really, they were just human beings and so am I, but please understand that I am actually much more middle-of-the-road because I find both sides (the more public services argument or the limited government argument) to both be legitimate arguments worthy of consideration and that is why I ask the question above because I think it is a question that more Progressives should ask. But as for myself, my inner stars shine brightly Progressive yet I still bear strong Libertarian stripes. This rather nationalist, flag-oriented reference may sound silly to some but it perfectly encapsulates how I see myself as a principled patriot realist doing my duty to my country and to our world.

Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!
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“Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”
~George Washington
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“Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
~James Madison
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“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
— Noam Chomsky
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https://honeste.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/websites-to-help-you-stay-informed/
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Daily news podcasts to help you stay informed:

Alexander Mercouris
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderMercourisReal?app=desktop
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The Duran on YouTube with Alexander Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
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Brian Berletic at The New Atlas on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
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Scott Ritter on Substack:

https://substack.com/profile/96369147-scott-ritter

https://www.scottritterextra.com/
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Danny Haiphong:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxLhz6B_elvLflntSEfnzA
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Colonel Douglass MacGregor on Youtube:
(He has many meaningful, insightful, analytical things to say based on a deep understanding of military matters from his many years of experience in the military — — -but just prepare to dismiss a few of his other dog-whistle comments that he offers which he utters to appeal to a particular Conservative base — — just as the Liberals do to rally their base too — — -so just roll your eyeballs and ignore those few silly comments — — — because most of his analysis and insights and experiences are rich in detail, in fact-based analysis and said bluntly and directly.
Very refreshing indeed!! Bravo, Colonel !!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFqPvxUg163ZEz1vyxhVDXw
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“Our Country Our Choice is more than just a people’s movement; it’s a media platform as well. My vision was straightforward: identify over 10 million like-minded Americans and create the most extensive group of American activists ever assembled. Our mission is to inform every American about the importance of choosing decision-makers who will put an end to the intentional sabotage of our beloved nation and start serving us, the American people.”

https://ourcountryourchoice.com/
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Andy Boreham

“China is a complicated place, and there is definitely a lot of content out there that I don’t think accurately or fairly represents this huge country of 1.4 billion.

https://www.youtube.com/c/reportsonchina/about
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Dong Sheng news on China:

https://dongshengnews.org/en/news-on-china/
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Garland Nixon:

https://www.youtube.com/@garlandn
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Seymour Hersh on Substack

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/
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Chris Hedges on Substack:

https://chrishedges.substack.com/
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Niko House on Rokfin

https://rokfin.com/Niko?content=NEW
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Caitlin Johnstone on Substack:

https://substack.com/profile/14779628-caitlin-johnstone
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Aaron Mate on Substack:

https://mate.substack.com/
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David Sacks:

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks
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Lee Fang on Substack:

https://leefang.substack.com/
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Patrick Lawrence on Substack

https://thescrum.substack.com/
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Jeffrey Sachs:

https://www.jeffsachs.org/
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Former Army Colonel Daniel Davis:

https://www.youtube.com/@DanielDavisDeepDive/videos
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Breaking points with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti

https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints
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“But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all”
~John Quincy Adams

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/
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Lev Golinkin on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFhqe9nwfA4
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Matt Tabibi on Substack (Racket News):

https://www.racket.news/
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Big Serge on Substack:

https://bigserge.substack.com/
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Simplicius on Substack:

https://simplicius76.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
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Larry Johnson, former CIA Analyst at Sonar21:

https://sonar21.com/
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Ray McGovern, former CIA Analyst:

https://raymcgovern.com/
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Mark Sleboda:

https://substack.com/profile/38224488-mark-sleboda
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Richard Medhurst on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1u_wJThc3_e5J4VVj7hQQ
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Nick Cruse of the Revolutionary Blackout Network:

https://www.youtube.com/@socialistmma8321/videos
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George Galloway on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial
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Mikael Valtersson
~Former officer Swedish Armed Forces/Air Defence, former defence politician and chief of staff Sweden Democrats. Current political and military analyst.

https://twitter.com/MikaelValterss1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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Alex Reporterfy

https://www.youtube.com/c/reporterfymedia
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Although I typically shy away and generally distrust most, if not all, televised corporate media, I must admit that recently on foreign policy issues, Tucker Carlson of Fox has been tickling my fancy. Now that Fox has fired him, I encourage everyone to stop watching Fox altogether. But Tucker’s past range of guests included figures from the anti-Establishment Left and Right and many voices in between giving access and airtime to a wider audience which only helps spread our message of peace and justice to a broader audience more quickly so kudos to Tucker for that. It is good to see some of our anti-Establisment views find a venue in the public space even one decidedly more to the Right.

You can now find Tucker Carlson on Twitter, see link below. — — Great job Tucker, keep socking it to them. I hope you and your attorneys keep fighting like hell against the Establishment. I hope your attorneys fight to allow you to speak freely until at least the year 2025 and hopefully much longer than that too.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson
https://tuckercarlson.com/
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On Tucker’s eventual return, so kudos to him and to Elon Musk backing him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFxBWu5A114&feature=youtu.be
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Glenn Greenwald on Rumble: (Listening to Glenn Greenwald is quite an enthralling experience. I can’t figure out what moves faster, his brain or his mouth as he delivers rich, detailed analysis replete with razor-sharp logic on topics of substance and depth, delivered with perfect spoken diction, colorful language and mesmerizing eloquence. I am left flabbergasted in sheer delight every time I listen to him speak. Utterly dazzling!!! And he is a fellow sister with a heritage in the tribe too which I also find endearing.

https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwald
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“The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth … If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence. The theory of our Constitution is that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market . . . The First Amendment itself ensures the right to respond to speech we do not like, and for good reason. Freedom of speech and thought flows not from the beneficence of the state but from the inalienable rights of the person … Society has the right and civic duty to engage in open, dynamic, rational discourse.”

– United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709, 724 (2012).