/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

>>444873
my numby wumby

>>487934
>>487916
Yeah it happened.
Basically, Caballo was refusing to follow his own rules and constantly stepping out of line so there was an attempt to create some democratic methodology by Comatoast, Zero, and Watermelon with the supprt of some other users, but, they had a backdoor in Krates which had been inactive for like a year at that point.

Can't believe that's you, what a twist.

US air attacks hit Yemen: Houthi media

Air strikes have been reported across Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen, including Saada and Hajjah in the far north of the country, and Hodeidah in the west.

Houthis claim attack on US aircraft carrier

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said that the Houthis targeted the USS Truman with rockets and drones as it sailed through the Red Sea.

Sarea said the latest claimed attack was the third in the past 24 hours.

The US has previously denied any successful attack on the USS Truman.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/1/live-israel-has-killed-322-children-in-gaza-since-breaking-ceasefire

US deploys second aircraft carrier to the Middle East
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Netanyahu departs for Hungary amid criticism over ICC warrant

The Israeli prime minister is en route to Hungary despite calls on the central European country and its Prime Minister Viktor Orban to adhere to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Following Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has become the latest rights organisation to condemn Hungary for welcoming PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu, along with former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, is wanted by the ICC for the war crime of starving Palestinians and several crimes against humanity including the mass killing of civilians.

Hungary is a member of the ICC, but has rejected calls for it to arrest Netanyahu, and there have been suggestions instead that it will leave the international body.

https://twitter.com/CAIRNational/status/1907537151132111218
https://aje.io/gyap3w?update=3619865

Israeli army advances in southern Syria: Local authorities

Authorities in the Deraa governorate say in a post on Telegram that Israel is advancing with military vehicles near the city of Nawa, east of the occupied Golan Heights.

Israeli shelling reported in southern Syria

It appears that Israeli attacks on Syria are continuing.

Alekhbaria TV, reports that Israeli artillery is targeting the western Deraa countryside in the south of the country. The same outlet said earlier that 18 Israeli strikes had hit a military airport in Hama.

More Israeli strikes in Syria

Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reports that an Israeli strike has targeted the vicinity of the central city of Hama.

According to Alekhbaria TV, the attack was near a military airport. The television also reported an Israeli air strike by the T-4 airbase in Homs Governorate.
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https://x.com/sahatenglish/status/1907346090862551438
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for #Gaza Civil Defense, announced that the number of bodies incinerated by Israeli airstrikes is 2,840.

The Israeli occupation is using bombs with temperatures reaching 7,000-9,000°C. These bombs are causing the bodies of civilians to dissolve.

Workers In Palestine - Who Arms Israel guide
https://www.workersinpalestine.org/who-arms-israel

Trump administration celebrates rise in self-deportations: ‘We’re seeing sky-high levels of reverse migration’
By losing their legal status, many migrants will find themselves without work, and some may want to return to their home countries. However, the majority will likely remain in the United States despite their fears. Lawyers caution that the decision to leave voluntarily should be carefully weighed, as the official narrative surrounding a potential return may be misleading.
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-02/trump-administration-celebrates-rise-in-self-deportations-were-seeing-sky-high-levels-of-reverse-migration.html
https://archive.ph/YbEZO

Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk
Musk and his affiliated groups sunk $21 million into flipping the Wisconsin Supreme Court to conservative control, only to see his candidate defeated by 10 percentage points on Tuesday. The losing margin was four points larger than that of the only other Republican on the same statewide ballot, who was not tied to Musk’s money.
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26bad

US judge throws out corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
A United States federal judge has permanently dismissed corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, even as he criticised the Trump administration’s argument that the case should be dropped because it was hindering the Democratic politician’s help with an immigration crackdown.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/2/us-judge-throws-out-corruption-case-against-nyc-mayor-eric-adams
https://archive.ph/H6Svh

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Celebrate the New People’s Army on its 56th Anniversary!
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) greets the New People’s Army (NPA) on its 56th Anniversary on March 29, 2025. For almost six decades, the NPA has fought eight bureaucrat-capitalist, pro-imperialist and landlord-controlled regimes, exemplifying the Filipino people’s spirit of courage and determination for democracy and independence. In the tradition of the Katipunan, the NPA started as a small, poorly-armed force in 1969. But with the support of the oppressed and exploited Filipino people, it grew into a force so formidable that the semi-colonial and semi-feudal ruling state considered it the number one threat to its power.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/18056/

With Section 230 Repeal, Dems and Media Offer Trump New Censorship Tools
In a move that threatens to constrain online communication, congressional Democrats are partnering with their Republican counterparts to repeal a niche but crucial internet law. According to tech trade publication the Information (3/21/25), Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) has allied with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) to reintroduce a bill that would repeal Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Section 230 dictates that when unlawful speech occurs online, the only party responsible is the speaker, not the hosting website or app or any party that shared the content in question. Section 230 grants platforms the ability to moderate without shouldering legal liability, a power that has historically had the effect of encouraging judicious content management (Techdirt, 6/23/20). Additionally, it indemnifies ordinary internet users against most civil suits for actions like forwarding email, sharing photos or videos, or hosting online reviews. Dissolving the provision would reassign legal responsibility to websites and third parties, empowering a Trump-helmed federal government to force online platforms to stifle, or promote, certain speech. While the ostensible purpose of the repeal, according to Durbin, is to “protect kids online,” it’s far more likely to give the Trump White House carte blanche to advance its ultra-reactionary political agenda.
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>>488488
Looks like it's basically just half the other country's tax across the board except for the 10% ones, so that's disingenuous.

>>488489
How so?

>>488490
Because that image is implying that Israel is getting special treatment which doesn't seem to be the case.

>>488491
No, that's not what's being implied. Somebody just posted that to point out that Israel is included there.

>>488492
Ah, I see.

https://twitter.com/BTnewsroom/status/1907159057162793100
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of Harvard University students rally against Trump, Israel’s war on Gaza, and the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil and other students speaking out against the genocide. The university has locked Harvard Yard’s gates in response.

>>488454
Haven't they tried that already?

>>488458
The rallying there or the gate locking there?
Yes to both, I assume. I could be wrong about at least one of those 2 things.

>>488482
NYPD sent in: https://x.com/mfsgottenshook/status/1907494845351890996

Prince Andrew sex accuser Virginia Guiffre ‘has days to live’ after ‘car crash’
Sex trafficking victim Virginia Guiffre has claimed she has ‘four days to live’ after being hit by a bus.

The woman abused by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager, and who has also accused Prince Andrew, shared a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed coverered in bruises.

Bidding farewell to her loved ones ones, mum-of-three Ms Guiffre wrote on Instagram: ‘This year has been the worst start to a new year, but I won’t bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can.

‘I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology.

‘I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes. ST in one hand and wish in the other & I guarantee it’s still going to be st at the end of the day.

‘Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life. Godbless you all xx Virginia’.

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>>488445
So Andrew Prince has conspired to get Virginia Guiffre assassinated by car accident.
Am i understanding the implication correctly ?

>>488446
There are a lot of people who would want to kill her actually.

>>488448
Oh right, because she was a sex-slave on Epstein's sex-island. And she could say who all those rich and powerful people were that raped her.

>>488445
Due Dissidence on the Virginia Giuffre story

Just made this.

Originally a pic of Cory Booker with Yoav Gallant from after the ICC warrant was issued.

I call her Jacobin-chan.

>>488474
cute!

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case must continue in New Jersey
The ruling does not guarantee that Khalil will be moved out of a detention facility in Louisiana, where he is being held as the government seeks his deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel. But it will allow his attorneys to make their arguments for his release before a judge in New Jersey.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/mahmoud-khalil-case-new-jersey

Major union launches ad campaign featuring detained Tufts student
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents nearly 2 million members in the United States and Canada, is launching digital ads and projections on buildings in Washington, D.C., and other cities, according to details of the campaign shared first with The Hill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5225863-tufts-student-detained-union-ad-campaign/
https://archive.ph/EFsfi

Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison
Abrego Garcia, who attorneys say fled gang violence in El Salvador more than a decade ago, had been identified by his wife in a photo of detainees entering intake at El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison CECOT.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/politics/maryland-father-mistakenly-deported-el-salvador-prison/index.html
https://archive.ph/2ROL5

US Supreme Court weighs law on suing Palestinian authorities over attacks
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This State Is For Sale
If you own a Fortune 500 business, you probably incorporated it in Delaware. The state has long been favored by corporate America, offering tax-benefits and a bespoke, pre-Revolutionary War court system tailored to business needs. But now Delaware’s standing as the country’s top corporate haven is under attack. This week on Lever Time, senior podcast producer Arjun Singh sits down with The Lever’s Katya Schwenk and Luke Goldstein to learn why the tiny East Coast state has been corporate America's haven for decades. But there’s more to the story. Why are other states now battling to seize its title — and how does it impact the rest of us? And how is the involvement of Elon Musk making everything worse? The Lever's reporting explains why Delaware is ground zero in the national oligarch takeover and why what happens in Delaware doesn’t stay in Delaware. It means corporate deregulation from coast to coast.
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_9069_31bafb1a-dd4a-46d9-90ec-92f9beda0df0&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F9069%2Ffeed-rss.xml

Get out of the state of shock! – On the automobile crisis
On the 20th of December 2024, VW’s works council and management agreed on an austerity programme that, among other things, would result in the elimination of 35,000 jobs by 2030 – most of the jobs will be cut in ‘too expensive’ factories in Germany. The production of the VW Golf is to be moved entirely to Mexico. Job cuts are also intensifying among suppliers, and are reaching machine and plant manufacturers (Kuka Augsburg). Mercedes wants to double the share of production in low-wage countries from 15 to 30 per cent – in Kecskemét, Hungary, costs are claimed to be 70 per cent lower than in Germany. In 2023, an hour’s work in Hungary cost 12.80 Euros, compared to 41.80 in Germany. At nine per cent, corporate tax is lower than anywhere else in the EU. In addition, Orbán subsidises Audi, BMW and Volkswagen with hundreds of millions of Euros. The country is attracting people from Kazakhstan and Mongolia to counteract the shortage of labour and rising wages.
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Welcome to Idiocracy
Elon Musk orders mass firings of hundreds of nuclear weapons security employees
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5298190/nuclear-agency-trump-firings-nnsa
>Scenes of confusion and chaos unfolded over the last two days at the civilian agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, as the Trump administration's mass firings were carried out before being "paused" on Friday.

Trump administration wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-nuclear-safety-workers-cant-figure-rcna192345
>The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.

>>487611
I think this might be related to plans for reducing nuclear weapons. That wouldn't be a bad thing.

>>487638
Let's hope so

Fuckin snownigs
Sweden nuclear bunkers: As World War III fears grow, this European country has prepared 64,000 nuclear bunkers for 7 million people
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/as-world-war-iii-fears-grow-this-european-country-has-prepared-64000-nuclear-bunkers-for-7-million-people-here-are-more-details/articleshow/119878997.cms

>Sweden is moving rapidly to ready its people for war as tensions continue to escalate amid Russia's ongoing conflict with Ukraine, reported Daily Mail. The nation has committed £7.7 million (100 million krona) to upgrade and renovate its vast network of civil defense bunkers, demonstrating its preparedness for a war, according to the report.

>Sweden already has one of the most extensive shelter systems globally, with 64,000 locations throughout the country, reported Daily Mail. The bunkers have space for up to seven million individuals, which could fit over two-thirds of the population of Sweden

>Since becoming a member of NATO in March 2024, Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) has accelerated inspections and modernization processes for these bunkers, as per the report. The two to three-year project involves upgrading critical filtration systems to protect against chemical and radiological weapons

>>488460
>Fuckin snownigs
yeah well …

Bunkers are not objectionable, maybe not the best investment, but hey technically it still some kind of living space that people can use for something. Young people can play loud music in a bunker without disturbing anybody for example. They can be converted into dormitories or shelters for homeless people. Scientists that want to do sensitive experiments that need shielded rooms tend to like bunkers as well.

So while this is probably irrational, it's not that bad.

I wish we'd be adopting more advance filtration tech as a normal part of building design.