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Jrose's JournalStatement issued by Mahmoud Khalil's wife:
This is a heartbreaking outcry from the wife of Mr. Khalil...
('At the news conference in lower Manhattan, Shezza Abboushi Dallal, a staff attorney with the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project at CUNY School of Law, read a statement from Mahmoud Khalil’s wife, who does not wish to be named. The project was founded and is co-directed by Ramzi Kassem, one of Khalil’s lawyers.
Here is the complete statement:')
"My husband was kidnapped from our home, and it is shameful that the U.S. government continues to hold him because he stood for the rights and lives of his people. I demand his immediate release and return to our family.
His disappearance has devastated our lives. Every day without him is filled with uncertainty—not just for me, but for our entire family and community. Our loved ones are struggling with the pain and fear of his sudden absence.
And yet, we are not alone. So many who know and love Mahmoud have come together, refusing to stay silent. Their support is a testament to his character and to the deep injustice of what is being done to him."
(Reported by Chris Stein, The Guardian, March 12, 2025)
"Playing dead is the last thing Democrats should be doing" -- Megan Romer
"We have to build that credible opposition ourselves. There is no one coming to save us – we are the cavalry"...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/democrats-trump-socialism?CMP=share_btn_url
(Opinion by Megan Romer in The Guardian, 3/7/25)
The Orange Joker is Mad as the Hatter at the Tea Party
(Reported by Chris Stein, The Guardian, March 7, 2025):
'Asked whether he believes Vladimir Putin wants peace, Trump said:
"I believe him. I think we’re doing very well with Russia, and right now they’re bombing the hell out of Ukraine. I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. They don’t have the cards."
Borowitz gem - re Green's censure
This perfectly captures the blatant hypocrisy of DJT's administration:
Andy Borowitz
(On Bluesky)
"House Republicans have censured Al Green for heckling. He should have stuck to behavior the GOP approves of in the Capitol, like beating up police officers and shitting on desks"
A brilliant gem from Andy Borowitz
This perfectly captures the blatant hypocrisy of DJT's administration:
Andy Borowitz
(On Bluesky)
"House Republicans have censured Al Green for heckling. He should have stuck to behavior the GOP approves of in the Capitol, like beating up police officers and shitting on desks"
How many of DJT's recently pardoned, armed convicts will take his words as a signal?!
'Trump suggests Zelensky may not last long if no deal is reached with Russia'
'President Donald Trump said a deal ending hostilities between Russia and Ukraine “could be made very fast,” but claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t seem to be interested.
“Now, maybe somebody doesn’t want to make a deal,” Trump said Monday, not naming Zelensky but clearly referring to him. “And if somebody doesn’t want to make a deal, I think that person won’t be around very long. That person will not be listened to very long. Because I believe that Russia wants to make a deal.”
(Reported by Oliver O'Connell, The Independent,
3 March 2025)
'America's siding with tyrannical dictatorships is a step too far'
(Editorial by Staff of The Independent, Feb.25, 2025)
'In voting to reject a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine – alongside three undemocratic regimes – Donald Trump’s desire to be a global renegade is clear. It is a turning point that must be faced up to, in all its enormity.'
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trump-united-nations-states-putin-russia-dictators-b2704368.html
Anti-Trump summit in DC evacuates after receiving 'credible bomb threat'
'A gathering of anti-Trump conservatives in Washington DC was evacuated on Sunday after receiving what officials with the organization called a “credible bomb threat” they said was sent in by an account claiming to represent Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys.'
'Video of attendees being evacuated was posted to Twitter along with a statement from summit organizers. An initial version of the statement identified Tarrio — who’d been at the summit on Saturday “harassing” families of officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, per organizers — as having sent in the threat.'
(Reported by John Bowden, The Independent,
23 February 2025)
Djt's army of recently pardoned and freed violent criminals are continuing their violent insurrection around our country. He and his loyal thugs must be arrested and jailed together this time!
AP sues Trump administration officials over First Amendment
'The Associated Press has sued three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the first amendment.'
“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its lawsuit, which names White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“This targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the first amendment … This court should remedy it immediately,” the AP said.'
(Reported by Chris Stein, The Guardian, 2/21/2025)
Another thinly veiled threat from DJT against Ukraine
'Here’s the President’s angry Truth Social response to his Ukrainian counterpart after he [Zelenskyy] accused him [DJT] of being taken in by Russian “disinformation” earlier:
"Zelenskyy admits that half of the money we sent him is MISSING. He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden “like a fiddle.” A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left."*
[*That echoes what DJT said on Jan.6, 2021 to his crowd of supporters just before they attacked the Capitol.]
(Reported by Joe Sommerlad, The Independent,
19 February 2025)
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