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Nursing homes falsely label patients schizophrenic to sedate them, OIG says
Many U.S. nursing homes are creating phony schizophrenia diagnoses
-- to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients,
a government watchdog report said Thursday in its sharpest finding yet over a persistent form of alleged abuse.
A diagnosis of schizophrenia allows nursing homes to avoid reporting use of the drugs
and artificially improve quality-star rat…
For #GrindayFriday this week, a grind/powerviolence band from Germany/France, EASTWOOD. This is their record from 2021, 'Antibiose': https://eastwoodgrind.bandcamp.com/album/antibiose…
The UK's Observer offers a new round of buyouts almost one year after its acquisition by Tortoise Media; ~33% of staff reportedly took the buyout offers in 2025 (Bron Maher/A Media Operator)
https://www.amediaoperator.com/news/the-observer-voluntary-redund…
What to know about the decentralized antifa movement | AP News https://apnews.com/article/trump-antifa-executive-order-domestic-terrorist-organization-6ea07143e10bb811aa88b9da5aa26765
Great #OA publication on #decolonial theory and practice in #antipode
Bringing together interviews with some of the leading scholars in African decolonial thought. This is a must read!
"African D…
Ramón and Luis are part of a group composed of family and friends of the defendants in a controversial federal criminal case alleging that a dozen protesters—who took part in a July 4, 2025, protest outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Alvarado during which one protester allegedly shot a police officer—and seven others are members of an organized “North Texas antifa terror cell,” as described in federal complaints and press releases.
In …
Le Pen vill terrorstämpla ”Antifa” efter misstänkt mord https://www.dn.se/varlden/le-pen-vill-terrorstampla-antifa-efter-misstankt-mord/
FBI Director Patel says investigators have found antifa funding sources (Kaelan Deese/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4461949/fbi-patel-antifa-funding-investigation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p122#a260218p122
A jury in Texas has convicted eight people in the first federal anti-terror case since the Trump administration declared “antifa” a terror group.
Nine defendants alleged to be members of an “antifa terror cell” stood trial on federal and state charges including rioting, using explosives and attempted murder.
Eight protesters now face at least 15 years in jail. -- Their legal teams plan to appeal.
The charges stemmed from their attendance at an anti-ICE protest outside t…