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“We don’t know what’s happening, what can happen, because things are just in this really bizarre frame right now where we are expecting to see more legislation attacking us.”

‘We Should Be Paying Attention’: These Are the Faces of 38 Trans Texans Killed by Violence Since 2013 - The Barbed Wire
thebarbedwire.com/2024/11/20/4

The Barbed Wire · 40 Texans Honored For Trans Day of Remembrance Amid Concerns of More ViolenceBy Kit O'Connell

“Anti trans violence affects us all, and it’s something that we should be paying attention to, and none of these people should have been forgotten.”

#ICYMI: These Are the Faces of 38 #Trans Texans Killed by Violence Since 2013 - The Barbed Wire
thebarbedwire.com/2024/11/20/4

The Barbed Wire · 40 Texans Honored For Trans Day of Remembrance Amid Concerns of More ViolenceBy Kit O'Connell

Concert goers dancing next to your concentration camp, who know exactly what's going on in your concentration camp, who often set up picnic chairs to watch your concertation camp get bombed.

nytimes.com/2014/07/15/world/m

Israelis gathered on a hilltop outside the town of Sderot on Monday to watch the bombardment of Gaza.
The New York Times · Israelis Watch Bombs Drop on Gaza From Front-Row SeatsBy Robert Mackey

Thanks to the labors of many, there are democratic tools at our disposal by which to make the sprawling Earth governable. One of these tools is direct democracy. Just as deliberation cuts the Gordian knot of dispersion, so does direct democracy undo the iron law of oligarchy.
The Mechanics of Changing the World by John MacGregor
#democracy #democracyreform #politics #auspol #uspolitics
fantasticalfiction4.wordpress.

Mind-blowing books · Democracy Re-draftedJohn MacGregor’s Bill of Change is a brilliant blueprint for direct democracy Review: The Mechanics of Changing the World: Political architecture to roll back state & corporate power by J…

The US Government’s reliance on SpaceX‘s #Starlink was a national security risk, given its battlefield use and #Musk’s record ofn stepping-in to determine how it can be used. #Musk’s conflict of interest with China via #Tesla takes the risk to a new level. There is no plausible deniability; Musk cannot argue to China that he is without influence in the US Government, and China knows that it has leverage over his wealth.
#politics #USpol
wsj.com/world/china/china-look

#COP29 climate finance deal clinched, what are countries saying?

While some delegates reacted to the agreement early Sunday with a standing ovation, others voiced anger and lambasted wealthy nations for not doing more:

"FossilFuel interests have been determined to block progress and undermine the multilateral goals we’ve worked to build. This can never be allowed to happen."

reuters.com/business/environme

#ClimateCatastrophe
#Politics