Ten years after the Standing Rock protests captured national attention, the tribe is still fighting the project. truthout.org/articles/standing…
Politics · News · page 3
Further down today’s ranking of Politics posts that are news, facts and calls to action: page 3 of 3.
"As historian Ruth Ben Ghiat has researched and written about, “strongmen” live in fear and weakness of being exposed, which is precisely what is happening now. “[T]hey have a constant need to feed their ego because they are weak and fragile people,” Ben Ghiat has explained... It’s also why he surrounds himself with incompetent sycophants who will never upstage him, including the creepily rapturous Natalie Harp." contrariannews.org/p/trump-the… #Trump #GOP #Politics #TravelWithNatalie #News #US #USA
Christa Pike’s botched execution is a reminder of the horror of the death penalty theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#Whistleblowers release #CA #HighSpeedRail audit details that raise eyebrows with #CBSNews reporters who noted hundreds of thousands in personal expenses for #CEO & #KPMG consultant #SteakHouse & bar visits, copious last minute airfare splurges and plenty late-night #Uber rides from CEO's suburban home back to #Sacramento hotels. The state of #California has thus far spent billions of tax dollars since voters demanded #HighSpeedRail yet state hasn't yet laid a mile of track and recently lost access to $4 billion in federal funds after missing filing deadlines. In just two fiscal years, the #HighSpeedRailAuthority paid four consulting contractors more than a quarter of a billion dollars. cbsnews.com/news/california-hi…
Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash ms.now/news/roger-marshall-blu…
"Também o presidente do Conselho Europeu, António Costa, manifestou a sua indignação através da rede social X" Ou seja temos o presidente de uma organização europeia a criar conteúdo numa organização que apoia quem está a atacar o direito internacional. Com estas sanções o TPI poderá ter dificuldades técnicas nos próximos dias, mas sairá desta situação "desEstadunificada" i.e. livre de serviços dos EUA. Hoje é esta administração, amanhã pode ser pior. publico.pt/2026/10/09/mundo/no…
COPA determined that three members of the tactical team repeatedly accused of improperly stopping and searching Black people should be suspended for a combined 330 days for their actions during a September 2024 improper traffic stop. #news #politics #Chicago #police news.wttw.com/2026/10/09/suspe…
ICE violence and voter intimidation has come to California. Vote. Vote. Vote. If your vote didn’t matter, Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to suppress it. VOTE. VOTE EARLY. “News of this secret operation comes as early voting began this week in California, which has been a consistent target for punishment by the Trump administration. Voting rights groups cited an ICE detention that took place in Santa Maria, California, on Monday in the same area that voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.” #vote #California #uspol newrepublic.com/post/216405/ic…
‘Thus, the Trump immigration policies, if continued, would reduce projected average annual Social Security benefits by 8.6% in 2034, and every year thereafter,” the report’s authors write.’ theguardian.com/us-news/2026/o…
