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Federal prosecutors reportedly gave US attorney a memo suggesting not to file charges against James Comey
ABC news has reporting that federal prosecutors in the eastern district of Virginia presented the rookie US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, with a memo that detailed why NOT to file criminal charges against the former FBI director.
ABC cites sources familiar with the memo, who also noted that justice department lawyers would be unable to secure a conviction of Comey by proving th…

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-10-18 11:05:37

Dear USians,
How about you don’t call a Middle Eastern guy “white” and go on to tell him he’s “no better than any other oppressor we encounter” simply for trying to warn his Palestinian friends to not take any unnecessary risks and to be careful on Mastodon?
Also, apparently Divya has blocked me for this, which sucks because it has made it impossible for me to keep boosting her fundraiser, which you should, of course, still follow and support (link below).
I’m not going to …

Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al

You can support the Palestinian people without supporting Hamas. You can support the Ukrainian people, oppose Russia, and oppose American imperialism at the same time.

Do you see the common thread?

You can support the everyday people being oppressed without taking the side of any oppressor.

17 Oct at 08:51

Aral Balkan
@aral

An important note to my Palestinian friends in Gaza: please do not favourite, boost, share, or otherwise show support publicly for any…
Shantini
@shantini@techhub.social

@aral oh look another white man giving patronizing advice to marginalized
people. Check your privilege. And when multiple brown people call you out,
don't write an essay. Check your privilege again. Sit with it. Or you are no
better than any other oppressor we encounter.

Aral Balkan
@aral

@shantini Thanks, Shantini. I'll let my Turkish parents know I'm a white man
now.

Do fuck off.