The New Dark Age
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Sardines
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oh man I was way into it. was disappointed they didn't keep it going.
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CBS, the newest subsidiary of Fox News and Breitbart. Disgusting and exactly in line with the fascist playbook.
Red
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Since the Bondi shooting there has been a real push from the right wing in this country to silence criticism of the state of Israel. The Israeli state has a strong influence here and runs several front organisations that advocate for their apartheid state and continued genocide in Gaza. It is typical for any talking head that opposes Israeli occupation and brutality on TV to be met with a number of official complaints, it is a strategy that has been employed for years to silence any dissent and criticism of Israel. This pressure led to a writer and academic being banned from the Adelaide Writers Week, the reaction was swift some `180 writers withdrew from the festival out of solidarity and the festival has now been itself cancelled. Here is some of the fallout
her resignation letter in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...g-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
And an interview with the woman at the centre of it all
her resignation letter in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...g-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
And an interview with the woman at the centre of it all
Red
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MAHA?
The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services.
Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. NPR wasn't able to independently confirm the scale of the grant cancellation. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) didn't respond to a request for clarification.
"We are definitely looking at severe loss of front-line capacity," said Andrew Kessler, head of Slingshot Solutions, a consultancy firm that works with mental health and addiction groups nationwide. "[Programs] may have to shut their doors tomorrow."
Kessler said he has reviewed numerous grant termination letters from "Salt Lake City to El Paso to Detroit, all over the country."
Ryan Hampton, the founder of Mobilize Recovery, a national advocacy nonprofit for people in and seeking recovery, told NPR his group lost roughly $500,000 "overnight."
"Waking up to nearly $2 billion in grant cancellations means front-line providers are forced to cease overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, and peer recovery services immediately, leaving our communities defenseless against a raging crisis," Hampton said. "This cruelty will be measured in lives lost, as recovery centers shutter and the safety net we built is slashed overnight. We are witnessing the dismantling of our recovery infrastructure in real-time, and the administration will have blood on its hands for every preventable death that follows."
Copies of the letter sent to two different organizations and reviewed by NPR signal that SAMHSA officials no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities.
www.theguardian.com
The Trump administration sent shockwaves through the U.S. mental health and drug addiction system late Tuesday, sending hundreds of termination letters, effective immediately, for federal grants supporting health services.
Three sources said they believe total cuts to nonprofit groups, many providing street-level care to people experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental illness, could reach roughly $2 billion. NPR wasn't able to independently confirm the scale of the grant cancellation. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) didn't respond to a request for clarification.
"We are definitely looking at severe loss of front-line capacity," said Andrew Kessler, head of Slingshot Solutions, a consultancy firm that works with mental health and addiction groups nationwide. "[Programs] may have to shut their doors tomorrow."
Kessler said he has reviewed numerous grant termination letters from "Salt Lake City to El Paso to Detroit, all over the country."
Ryan Hampton, the founder of Mobilize Recovery, a national advocacy nonprofit for people in and seeking recovery, told NPR his group lost roughly $500,000 "overnight."
"Waking up to nearly $2 billion in grant cancellations means front-line providers are forced to cease overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, and peer recovery services immediately, leaving our communities defenseless against a raging crisis," Hampton said. "This cruelty will be measured in lives lost, as recovery centers shutter and the safety net we built is slashed overnight. We are witnessing the dismantling of our recovery infrastructure in real-time, and the administration will have blood on its hands for every preventable death that follows."
Copies of the letter sent to two different organizations and reviewed by NPR signal that SAMHSA officials no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities.
‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health
Funding to end immediately for up to 2,800 grantees of US agency that serves thousands seeking help and in recovery
www.theguardian.com
Red
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Sounds like Trump might demolish the Kennedy Center.
Donald Trump has taken aim at the Kennedy family just days after announcing he is shuttering the iconic Kennedy Centre.
On Thursday, Trump, 79, was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the president announced TrumpRx, a website he claims will offer discount prescription drugs. Also at the announcement were Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz and Chief Design Officer of the National Design Studio Joe Gebbia.
During his remarks, where he took no questions from the media, Trump praised vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. for his role in the scheme. Trump then sneaked in criticism of the rest of the Kennedy family.
“Bobby is back here,” Trump said. “He’s so instrumental, he’s doing such a fantastic job.
“Who would’ve thought a Kennedy—we love a Kennedy—[in] the Republican Party. But there’s been no better advocate for what we’re doing than Bobby Kennedy Jr.”
The praise comes after Trump announced on Sunday that he would be shuttering the D.C. arts venue for two years to focus on “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.”
Trump said the “tired, broken, and dilapidated” Center will close July 4 and turn it into a “new and beautiful Landmark.”
Donald Trump has taken aim at the Kennedy family just days after announcing he is shuttering the iconic Kennedy Centre.
On Thursday, Trump, 79, was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the president announced TrumpRx, a website he claims will offer discount prescription drugs. Also at the announcement were Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz and Chief Design Officer of the National Design Studio Joe Gebbia.
During his remarks, where he took no questions from the media, Trump praised vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. for his role in the scheme. Trump then sneaked in criticism of the rest of the Kennedy family.
“Bobby is back here,” Trump said. “He’s so instrumental, he’s doing such a fantastic job.
“Who would’ve thought a Kennedy—we love a Kennedy—[in] the Republican Party. But there’s been no better advocate for what we’re doing than Bobby Kennedy Jr.”
The praise comes after Trump announced on Sunday that he would be shuttering the D.C. arts venue for two years to focus on “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.”
Trump said the “tired, broken, and dilapidated” Center will close July 4 and turn it into a “new and beautiful Landmark.”
Nowhere does it say that he's going to demolish it. The place was/is in terrible shape. I'm not sure why this bothers anyone. Turning the place into a world class arts venue seems like a fine idea to me. Just like the ballroom. This is going to benefit A LOT of people(albeit the wealthy elite) for decades
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Red
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Donald Trump was a senior in high school when JFK was killed. I’m sure he remembers exactly where he was, just as I do. He had absolutely nothing to do with JFK, and he had nothing to do with the memorial to the slain president. For me, personally,
Trump putting his name on a monument he had nothing to do with, as if he dedicated the monument to Kennedy, stands as the most outrageous and selfish thing he has done to date. It’s hard to believe any man has so little self understanding. You would think he would recognize how very, very small doing such things makes him look.
He always has been like “the emperor with no clothes”. The only one who cannot see himself as others see him. Imagine putting a man in the Oval Office who has no ability to even see himself, no ability to be embarrassed by character traits that the entire world can easily recognize. Donald Trump never grew up, he remained a child! And we put him “in charge”.
Who behaves this way?? Only a man-child, who, in major ways, never grew up emotionally, remained a petulant child for his entire life, up to this point! How can any Trump supporter not be the least bit ashamed of such a “man”? THIS is a MAN?!?! Really, this is a grown man?! Who would you rather be in a foxhole with? John McCain or Donald Trump? Bullies are cowards and Trump is so ignorant of himself, he behaves this way without ever realizing how shameful such behavior is, and how it makes him look to the entire world.
www.independent.co.uk
A child, a crybaby, a coward (the daughter of the doctor who said “he has bone spurs” is telling the story of how Trump’s dad took special care of that doctor from that point on), a “man” with no self understanding, to such an extent that he doesn't even know when people are thinking “doesn’t he have ANY shame at all, does he know how childish he sounds”? I don’t know what’s to admire, what’s to look up to, but I guess if you have to “own the libs”, any weakling will have to do.
I don’t hate him, he’s just unenlightened and does not know the true meaning and purpose of life. He’s hardly alone there, but we are going to look back at this era someday, the sooner the better, and say “had we no pride?!”
View: https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/2019937129657139344
Trump putting his name on a monument he had nothing to do with, as if he dedicated the monument to Kennedy, stands as the most outrageous and selfish thing he has done to date. It’s hard to believe any man has so little self understanding. You would think he would recognize how very, very small doing such things makes him look.
He always has been like “the emperor with no clothes”. The only one who cannot see himself as others see him. Imagine putting a man in the Oval Office who has no ability to even see himself, no ability to be embarrassed by character traits that the entire world can easily recognize. Donald Trump never grew up, he remained a child! And we put him “in charge”.
Who behaves this way?? Only a man-child, who, in major ways, never grew up emotionally, remained a petulant child for his entire life, up to this point! How can any Trump supporter not be the least bit ashamed of such a “man”? THIS is a MAN?!?! Really, this is a grown man?! Who would you rather be in a foxhole with? John McCain or Donald Trump? Bullies are cowards and Trump is so ignorant of himself, he behaves this way without ever realizing how shameful such behavior is, and how it makes him look to the entire world.
Chuck Schumer says Trump is lying about renaming scheme
On Friday, a Manhattan judge ruled that the Trump administration must unfreeze the tunnel’s federal funds
www.independent.co.uk
A child, a crybaby, a coward (the daughter of the doctor who said “he has bone spurs” is telling the story of how Trump’s dad took special care of that doctor from that point on), a “man” with no self understanding, to such an extent that he doesn't even know when people are thinking “doesn’t he have ANY shame at all, does he know how childish he sounds”? I don’t know what’s to admire, what’s to look up to, but I guess if you have to “own the libs”, any weakling will have to do.
I don’t hate him, he’s just unenlightened and does not know the true meaning and purpose of life. He’s hardly alone there, but we are going to look back at this era someday, the sooner the better, and say “had we no pride?!”
View: https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/2019937129657139344
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