Progressives land a big win in a Philadelphia House primary and hope it means more are on the way
https://sh.itjust.works/post/60714692
Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check - sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from:
https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/politics/p/779802/progressives-land-a-big-win-in-a-philadelphia-house-primary-and-hope-it-means-more
[https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/politics/p/779802/progressives-land-a-big-win-in-a-philadelphia-house-primary-and-hope-it-means-more]
> >It looked like progressive Chris Rabb had a mountain to climb to win the
Democratic nomination for a congressional district in Philadelphia. > > > >The
mayor and the city’s Democratic Party had endorsed another candidate in this
week’s primary. So had members of Pennsylvania’s delegation in the U.S. House.
One Rabb rival was backed by millions of dollars. A second benefited from a
get-out-the-vote operation run by the influential local building trades unions.
> > > >But Rabb finished 15 percentage points ahead of his closest competitor in
Tuesday’s election, and the state representative is likely on his way to
Washington because no Republican sought the GOP nomination. > > > >Rabb was
propelled by a constellation of progressive groups, charting a path to victory
partly by assailing his own party as listening more to donors than voters. He
credited a grassroots movement inspired by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani,
alarmed by Republican President Donald Trump and hungry for a government
responsive to their needs. > > > >“That was at the heart of why I was running
and that is what I built my campaign around and that, I believe, is a chord we
struck in this electorate that showed up and came out like gangbusters,” Rabb
said in an interview with The Associated Press. > > > >The progressive left
counts Rabb’s success as one of its biggest victories of the year and the latest
warning sign that Democratic voters see the party’s leadership as weak and
feckless in countering Trump. Progressives are also running for House seats in
New York, California and Michigan where they are challenging Democratic
incumbents or aiming to take on vulnerable Republicans.
Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit
https://lemmy.ml/post/47789223
Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit - Lemmy
A judge Issued what appears to be the first-ever sanction against the private
prison giant CoreCivic for destroying video evidence in a case alleging wrongful
death of a man who died by suicide in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
custody. The sanction came shortly before a trial was slated to begin in
January, but it never got underway. Instead, in March, the company reached an
undisclosed settlement with the family of the detainee. The judge ordered what
is known as an adverse inference against the company in a December hearing. That
means the jury could have presumed the missing evidence was unfavorable in an
eventual trial and therefore effectively imposed a penalty against CoreCivic.
Hasan Piker and Susan Medea Benjamin Hit With Treasury Subpoenas Over Cuba Trip
https://lemmy.world/post/47276148
Hasan Piker and Susan Medea Benjamin Hit With Treasury Subpoenas Over Cuba Trip - Lemmy.World
## Federal investigators have issued subpoenas to political streamer Hasan Piker
and activist Susan Medea Benjamin amid an inquiry into alleged violations of US
sanctions related to Cuba’s government.
Hasan Piker reads "Elon baby mama" Ashley St. Clair's texts about the 2024 election
https://lemmy.zip/post/64892107
Hasan Piker reads "Elon baby mama" Ashley St. Clair's texts about the 2024 election - Lemmy.zip
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/64892099
[https://lemmy.zip/post/64892099]
Video - Interview with Zue Jernstedt, US veteran turned anti-war activist
https://lemmy.ml/post/47764450
Video - Interview with Zue Jernstedt, US veteran turned anti-war activist - Lemmy
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47764254
[https://lemmy.ml/post/47764254] > Duration - 44:41
> [A video podcast about Cuba from the podcast team Cuba Analysis Podcasts]
> >In the next episode of Cuba’s Analysis podcast, Nina Blodau speaks with US
army veteran Zue Jernstedt, who served in Afghanistan before leaving the army
and becoming an anti-imperialist activist. Zue has worked as a human rights
observer in the West Bank, participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza,
and organised with anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) groups in the
United States. In March 2026, she met the Cuba Analysis team in Havana during
the Nuestra América Global Convoy of international activists who came together
to oppose US threats of military aggression against Cuba and to demand an end to
the US blockade, recently compounded by a genocidal oil siege. > > >The
conversation connects anti-imperialist struggles in Cuba and Palestine to the US
domestic front. Zue discusses how the US military exploits poverty as a
recruitment tool, the role of the naval base in illegally occupied Guantanamo
Bay as a site for torture, US support for the genocidal Israeli state, and the
use of starvation as a weapon of war. She reflects on her own political
awakening in Afghanistan, where she realised that far from bringing democracy
and women’s rights, the US were pursuing its own imperialist interests. This
same logic now targets Cuba, she says, not with bombs but with a blockade that
starves the population. More recently, Trump has also threatened Cuba with
military attack. > > >Zue contrasts propaganda about Cuba with the reality she
experienced on the ground: free universal healthcare, a strong sense of
community, and a society which, despite crushing sanctions, still cares for each
other. > > >Her story is ultimately a call to action. She urges international
audiences not to remain passive in the face of imperialism: to engage, to
challenge, and to disrupt complacency. As she puts it, “We shall overcome – our
day will come. It is absolutely inevitable that we rise up.” > > Follow us for
updates and new episodes: > Website: https://www.cubanalysis.org/
[https://www.cubanalysis.org/] > Social: @cubanalysis > Instagram / Facebook /
Telegram / YouTube / TikTok > Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/cubanalysisspotify
[https://tinyurl.com/cubanalysisspotify] > Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cuba-analysis/id1846065440
[https://podcasts.apple.com/.../cuba-analysis/id1846065440] >
Tens of Thousands Rally in Havana Against US Aggression as Cuba Prepares Citizens for War | Common Dreams
https://lemmy.ml/post/47763229
Tens of Thousands Rally in Havana Against US Aggression as Cuba Prepares Citizens for War | Common Dreams - Lemmy
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47756896
[https://lemmy.ml/post/47756896] > Brett Wilkins
> May 22, 2026 > >Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to
denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro
and threats to attack the island nation, whose socialist government has been
preparing its citizens to defend their homeland and revolution against US
aggression. > > >“No disrespect is shown to the heroes of the homeland!” Cuban
President Miguel Díaz-Canel said as people flooded the streets outside the US
Embassy in Havana. “History and traditions are not insulted without a response!
That does not happen in Cuba!” >
Yes, Trump Might Really Attack Cuba
https://lemmy.ml/post/47763226
Yes, Trump Might Really Attack Cuba - Lemmy
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47584373
[https://lemmy.ml/post/47584373] > cross-posted from:
https://lemmy.ml/post/47584370 [https://lemmy.ml/post/47584370] > > > The shift
comes as administration officials struggle to convince the Cuban regime to make
major economic and political changes. > > 05/18/2026 > > > > [horrible, but
informative article] > > >The Trump administration has been dancing around the
question of whether it will carry out military strikes against Cuba. I am told
it is increasingly willing to take such a step. > > > > >That’s a significant
escalation from a few months ago, when officials were primarily focused on using
economic and diplomatic pressure to squeeze the communist regime in Havana. > >
> > >A U.S. official and a person familiar with the administration’s discussions
on Cuba told me that President Donald Trump and his aides have grown frustrated
that the U.S. pressure campaign, which includes starving the island of fuel, has
not led Cuba’s leaders to agree to significant economic and political reforms.
So they’re taking the military option more seriously than previously. > > > >
>“The mood has definitely changed,” said the person familiar with discussions
ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence
https://lemmy.ml/post/47756998
ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence - Lemmy
Colorado law enforcement officials warned their counterparts across the country
that social media posts by the Department of Homeland Security recruiting for
ICE contained so many white supremacist themes that they could endanger the
public, according to internal records obtained by The Intercept. The Colorado
Information Analysis Center cautioned in a March bulletin that “violent
extremists” might perceive “White Supremacy Ideology in ICE Recruitment
Materials, Leading to a Potentially Increased Threat Environment.” The bulletin
from an agency tasked with preventing terrorism advised law enforcement offices
throughout the United States that these posts could create a “permissive
environment to engage in vigilante action and/or violence against individuals
perceived to be immigrants.”
DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all
https://lemmy.ml/post/47756577
DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all - Lemmy
An in-depth analysis of the 2024 presidential campaign commissioned by the
Democratic National Committee fails to mention the party’s position on Israel’s
genocide in Gaza, prompting harsh criticism from Arab American members of the
party. The 192-page report, authored by a Democratic strategist and first
published by CNN on Thursday morning, goes in-depth on several factors found to
be detrimental to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in its ultimate loss
to Donald Trump. Despite the contention within the party over then-President Joe
Biden’s support for Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza,
however, the war doesn’t get a single mention. Also missing from the document
are the words “Israel,” “Palestine,” “Arab American,” and “Muslim.” “Nothing
about this surprises me,” said Linda Sarsour, an organizer from Brooklyn who was
active in organizing a campaign to pressure Harris to take a stance against the
war. “If they don’t change course quickly to center Palestine, foreign policy
and recognize the influence of Arab/Palestinian/Muslim/young/progressive
American voters, they will likely have to write another autopsy report post 2028
presidential elections.”
Democratic chair faces calls to quit over ‘shambles’ of election autopsy release
https://lemmy.ml/post/47755198
Democratic chair faces calls to quit over ‘shambles’ of election autopsy release - Lemmy
Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, is facing mounting
calls to resign over his shambolic handling of an autopsy report on Kamala
Harris’s defeat by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Martin
suppressed the document for months before finally bowing to internal pressure
and releasing it on Thursday. The slapdash nature of the autopsy, omitting Joe
Biden’s decision to run for a second term and failing to mention the words
“Gaza” or “Israel”, has only deepened a crisis of confidence in his leadership.
Democratic members of Congress have called for Martin to stand down. Seth
Moulton of Massachusetts told the Axios news site: “He should resign,” because
of “his lack of leadership”. Moulton added that it is “utterly nuts it took us
this long to release the autopsy”.
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