@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-04 02:24:08
Following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far, Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday,
that he US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely
illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,”
“They are murder victims,” the Virginia Democrat wrote in a letter to Donald Trump.
So far, the US military has killed at least 221 people and destroyed at least 67 vessels in the “Operation Southern Spear” campa…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-01 19:06:50
'Dangerous power grab':
top Democrats decry USPS system that could thwart mail-in voting
Representative Robert Garcia,
ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform,
is speaking out following disclosure of a whistleblower report
alleging the US Postal Service is poised to launch a computer system that could derail mail-in voting.
Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal disclosed this whistleblower statement,
which warned o…
@teledyn@mstdn.ca2026-09-02 19:04:46
The Nerd Reich wants to 'destroy' democracy, and its mask has slipped - ABC News
"Devoid of any moral scruples or loyalty to democratic principles, many of Silicon Valley's most well-known figures chose to openly ally themselves with a president who would soon, with their help, check every box in the authoritarian playbook.
"Instead of filing lawsuits against the administration, tech giants lavished him with money and support.
"As his administration carried out a shock-and-awe effort to destroy the pillars of American democracy, the most powerful and prominent figures in tech stood behind him," he writes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/the-nerd-reich-silicon-valley-fascism-war-on-democracy-abc-2026/107091034
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-03 13:48:45
The Russian strikes tormenting Ukraine’s capital in recent days have had an ominous new feature:
jet-powered drones.
Significantly faster and harder to intercept than the propeller-driven drones that have stalked Ukraine’s skies for years,
these munitions are stretching air defenses and stoking anxiety about what analysts and officials predict will be a dangerous new stage of the war
With jet engines
drones can carry heavier explosive payloads,
flying farth…
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-09-29 22:03:16
"Working in a slaughterhouse is extremely dangerous. In the US, there are approximately two amputations per week, primarily due to the industry’s poor working conditions and excessively fast pace." 😮
Workers Walk Out After Fourth Death At Smithfield Meat Plant https://plantbasednews.org/…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-01 18:17:39
Does journalism face its gravest danger yet?
Christiane Amanpour speaks to reporter Amy Goodman and filmmaker Tia Lessin, about their new documentary exploring the fight for an independent press.
Then: A powerful new exhibition imagines the life Emmett Till was denied. Historian Sarah Lewis and the Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. join the show to discuss.
And: Long before Silicon Valley dominated our lives, Paulina Borsook warned of its growing power. Michel Martin speaks to the …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-20 05:38:14
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project.
Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback.
The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security waived req…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-27 14:37:33
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay.
Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Shortly after Kirk was killed last September, Attiah wrote online,
“Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence.”
“…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-24 20:35:06
As Trump continues to test the extent of his power,
systematically going after the most vulnerable population in our country, and those who defend them,
he is now pushing the limits to attorney ethics.
This flippant abuse of power and attacks to decades of precedent is putting bar licenses
and more importantly the lives of children at risk.
Unaccompanied migrant children arrive at our border alone, fleeing dangerous situations,
and remain one of the most…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-20 20:17:33
Two contrasting films,
produced eight years apart,
neatly distill the evolution of John Fetterman,
Pennsylvania’s maverick senator in his journey from progressive icon to a man seemingly more at ease with his nominal Republican opponents than his fellow Democrats.
Fetterman’s evolution has been so stark that some Democrats fear he will go over to the Republicans
– jeopardizing the party’s hopes of regaining control of the Senate
– despite his disavowals of…
