Interview: DHS "agency of terror needs to be dismantled. Whether it is Mullin, whether it is Noem, whether it’s Tom Homan, the agency is dangerous, & every American should say, 'Enough is enough.'”
~Rep Delia Ramirez
"Markwayne Mullin was sworn in Tuesday as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem."
Et du coup "Rien à déclarer" avec Dany Boone revient d'actualité 😂
Patti Smith Remembers Rachel Corrie, Sings “Peaceable Kingdom”.
"Over 2,000 people packed into the historic Riverside Church in New York on Monday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now!"
Patti Smith read from Bread of Angels, "in which she remembered the U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2003 while trying to protect Palestinian homes from destruction."
Over 2,000 people packed into the historic Riverside Church in New York on Monday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now! The program included a reading by legendary singer Patti Smith from her new memoir Bread of Angels, in which she remembered the U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2003 while trying to protect Palestinian homes from destruction. Corrie inspired Smith’s song “Peaceable Kingdom,” which she performed alongside Tony Shanahan on guitar and her daughter Jesse Smith on piano.
Après la "défaite" sur l'Agence Européenne du Médicament en 2017, Lille a fait des gros efforts en travaillant sur les points rédhibitoires: une École Européenne a ouvert à Marcq-en-Baroeul et les transports cyclables se sont beaucoup améliorés.
En plus sa position de raccord entre le Royaume-Uni et Bruxelles est un atout "douanier".
Interview: Pentagon Whistleblower Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes
"The wholly illegal war has been carried out recklessly from the start & with little regard for the innocent."
"Hegseth has already directed the committing of war crimes."
"And unfortunately, our senior military leadership is bending the knee & carrying out whatever he tells them to do.”
~Wes Bryant, retired Air Force
As the United States mobilizes thousands more troops for deployment to the Middle East, we speak with retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Wes Bryant, who criticizes the “bloodthirst” of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Bryant led the Pentagon office for civilian harm assessment from 2024 to 2025, before the unit was dissolved under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The “wholly illegal war” has been “carried out recklessly from the start and with little regard for the innocent,” Bryant tells Democracy Now! “Pete Hegseth has already directed the committing of war crimes. And unfortunately, our senior military leadership is bending the knee and carrying out whatever he tells them to do.”
Report: MI6 former chief says "Iran has the upper hand in its war."
“The US underestimated the task.. & about two weeks ago lost the initiative to Iran."
Trump "said some stuff” that will have confirmed to Iran that “they’re in a civilisational war… a war for existence”.
~Sir Alex Younger
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-head-uks-mi6-says-iran-has-upper-hand-war-us-and-israel
European Commission launches public consultations on the Renewable Energy Framework and Energy Efficiency Framework after 2030
Report: "A Thai oil tanker safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz after diplomatic coordination between Thailand & Iran."
“I requested [Iran] that if Thai ships need to pass through the strait, could they assist in ensuring safe passage?” said Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow.
“They responded that they would take care of it and asked us to provide the names of the vessels that would be transiting.”
"Why Netanyahu Duped Trump Into the Illegal War With Iran"
"The idea that this is a war to serve American rather than Israeli interests resonates primarily in three spaces: the gullible, the true believers (especially of end times religious eschatology), or those who are paid-up members of Israel’s echo chamber."
"Trump's incoherence has allowed a small settler-colonial state to pursue a far-reaching mission of domination."
This has not been subtle. Across multiple decades, Israel, and Benjamin Netanyahu in particular (he has been Israel’s premier for almost 20 of the last 30 years), have tried to pull America into a war against Iran. Netanyahu briefly succeeded last June when Trump launched the one-and-done Operation Midnight Hammer strikes. That appeared to only whet appetites.
"Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz"
The US - the greatest imperial power of this era - is now visibly shooting itself in the foot (if not the head).
"The current U.S. intervention in Iran is the Suez Crisis". In 1956, Nasser cut off Europe’s lifeline to its oil fields in the Persian Gulf.
By the time Britain retreated in defeat from Suez, its currency was at the brink of collapse, & "its global empire was heading for extinction."
https://tomdispatch.com/imperial-decline-in-the-straits-of-hormuz/
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