How do you let your perception be influenced during this time? | STREET ART UTOPIA

Muralist Fabian Bane Florin

By Fabian Bane Florin in Maroggia, Switzerland. The artist ask us “How do you let your perception be influenced during this time?”

Source: How do you let your perception be influenced during this time? | STREET ART UTOPIA

(4) Taylor Swift did not endorse former President, Donald Trump, during the Grammy Awards • FRANCE 24 – YouTube

A video of Taylor Swift posing in the 2024 Grammy Awards, holding a flag endorsing, Donald Trump, has gone viral on social media. It’s not the first time an image of the singer has been manipulated using the same flag. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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Afganistán: una revista virtual para las mujeres – Stigmatis News

Mujeres que luchan por sus derechos civiles bajo el régimen de los talibanes publican la revista en línea “Zan Times” para sensibilizar a la opinión pública.

La periodista afgana Zahra Nader confía en la solidaridad de la comunidad internacional y en el apoyo político a las mujeres y niñas de su país. Imagen: Ximena Borrazas/ZUMA Wire/IMAGO

Según el último informe de UNAMA, la Misión de Asistencia de Naciones Unidas en Afganistán, los talibanes  han restringido aún más los derechos de las mujeres. En su último informe trimestral de diciembre de 2023, la misión de la ONU en Afganistán afirma que los talibanes han tomado medidas drásticas contra las mujeres  solteras o que no cuentan con un tutor masculino.

Source: Afganistán: una revista virtual para las mujeres – Stigmatis News

Drowning In An Ocean Of Hypocrisy | Filosofa’s Word 

Just when you think they can’t possibly sink any lower, they prove you wrong.  They screamed, yelled and threatened Democrats demanding a bill to help ease what they defined as a ‘crisis’ at the southern border.  So, the Democrats in the Senate put on their bipartisan hats, worked across the aisle and hammered out just such a bill.  There was give-and-take on both sides – that’s called ‘compromise’ and it’s how things get done in any group where there are various viewpoints and opinions that sometimes conflict.  Okay, boys ‘n girls, dust off the hands … good job!  Now to get it … what … oh wait … they forgot to get permission from private citizen Trump!  So much for all those hours (and taxpayer dollars) spent on the bill’s creation …

Robert Hubbell tells the rest of the story …


CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS SURRENDER

By Robert Hubbell

06 February 2024

When future historians write the obituary of the Republican Party, they will debate the contributing causes and the precise time of death. But there is no doubt that the GOP’s inability to pass a bi-partisan bill providing funds to Ukraine and Israel while reforming America’s broken immigration system will figure prominently in the obituary.

In killing the bipartisan bill they demanded in the first instance, congressional Republicans surrendered their constitutional authority under Article I to a failed insurrectionist seeking reelection to escape four criminal indictments.

To be clear, you haven’t missed anything yet. The bill is still technically alive. But we need only look at the actions of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday to see the handwriting on the wall.

Mid-day on Monday, McConnell took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to pass the bi-partisan bill. About six hours later, McConnell told his colleagues in a private meeting to filibuster the bill. Per the Associated Press,

In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote against the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting who were not authorized to talk publicly about it and spoke anonymously.

It came just hours after the Kentucky Republican had urged colleagues on the Senate floor that “it’s now time for Congress to take action.”

You will remember that Mitch McConnell made a dramatic statement from the Senate floor in 2021 after refusing to convict Trump for conspiracy to incite insurrection. He blamed the insurrection on Trump and said that Trump could later be held liable civilly and criminally for his actions on January 6. For a fleeting moment, it appeared that remnants of McConnell’s vestigial backbone were intact.

On Monday, Trump squashed McConnell like a bug. He humiliated McConnell before the world. He ordered McConnell to dance like a marionette and McConnell did so without a peep…

Source: Drowning In An Ocean Of Hypocrisy | Filosofa’s Word

Not wearing a mask during COVID emergency not a right, court says – Los Angeles Times

A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the 1st Amendment.

The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two related cases stemming from lawsuits against officials in Freehold and Cranford, N.J.

The suits revolved around claims that the plaintiffs were retaliated against by school boards because they refused to wear masks during public meetings. In one of the suits, the court sent the case back to a lower court for consideration. In the other, it said the plaintiff failed to show she was retaliated against.

Source: Not wearing a mask during COVID emergency not a right, court says – Los Angeles Times

Texas Border Residents More Worried About Right-Wing Convoy Than Migrants

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couple hundred folks gathered at a rural ranch just outside of Eagle Pass, Texas, with the aim of “taking our border back.” Instead, they found no invasion of migrants, so they terrorized the small Texas town instead.

While Texas Governor Greg Abbott told the press Sunday that resident of Eagle Pass were angry that migrants had taken over “their neighborhoods, their golf courses, their shopping areas,” actual residents told the San Antonio Current the real problem: the couple hundred right-wing conspiracy theorist and grifters who invaded the unincorporated community of 30,000:

On Friday, authorities evacuated Eagle Pass’ Firefly migrant processing center after anonymous threats to burn it down, U.S Rep-Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, told reporters during a Sunday press call.

What’s more, one member of the convoy was arrested Saturday in Eagle Pass, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said on the same call. The man’s identity and charges remain unclear, but the congressman said he had an “extensive criminal record.”

At least three militia members armed with long guns also stalked the streets of downtown Eagle Pass ahead of Abbott’s press conference, according to Cuellar.

“I’ve always felt very safe here, so I would say it’s a good place to raise your children,” one Eagle Pass resident said during a weekend press conference organized by city faith leaders and the progressive group Vote Common Good. “Today, downtown, was the first day that I felt unsafe just walking down the street in broad daylight.”

Source: Texas Border Residents More Worried About Right-Wing Convoy Than Migrants

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