Mike Burdick

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If you think antisemitism and racism in the USA aren’t linked and working hand-in-hand, you are mistaken. It’s time to unite all forces against the evil of these ideologies.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/06/harvard-affirmative-action-supreme-court-ron-unz

Harvard affirmative action challenge partly based on Holocaust denier’s work

Complaint draws heavily from 2012 article by Ron Unz, who publishes antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ and neo-Nazi screeds

The Guardian

“There exists a strong link between the frequency and intensity of heat domes and human-caused climate change. A number of high-end heat domes have already fostered wildfire outbreaks across Canada this year, and more appear to be in the offing.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/06/06/northeast-wildfire-smoke-canada-pollution/

Where wildfire smoke is hitting the U.S. the hardest — and when it will end

The smoke, emanating from Canada, is causing gray skies and poor air quality.

The Washington Post

Extreme drought, rainless thunderstorms = wildfires x climate change. We are in the middle of it, and it affects people thousands of miles away. Let’s pretend climate change is the Russian Invasion and treat it with the same amount of money and urgency. RBC stop funding this s$@&!

https://abc7ny.com/air-quality-alert-nyc-nj-canada-wildfire-smoke/13348720/

New York City air quality reaches dangerous levels due to Canadian wildfire smoke

The National Weather Service issued an Air Quality Alert for New York City and parts of the Tri-State.

ABC7 New York

How media enables white supremacy.

First pic: How NY Times depicted an unarmed Black teen killed by law enforcement—“problematic & no Angel.”

Second Pic: How NY Times depicts a white woman who unapologetically stole $700M & harmed countless people—“a loving mother & a new beginning.”

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising “as a son.” “This is way outside the norm,” said a former White House ethics lawyer.

ProPublica
Waiting for an answer, Mr. Speaker.
Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla get far more government money than NPR

Musk, too, is the beneficiary of public-private partnerships

Quartz

By the way, a tax of up to 5% on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion/year.

That would be enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty and fund a global plan to end hunger.

We can't afford NOT to tax the rich.

Worth another toot, so here you go:

Scott Hechinger:

“The killer posted on FB that he might “kill a few people on my way to work,” got in his car, ran red light, drove directly into a #BLM protest, & shot & killed a protester bc he felt “threatened.” & #Texas Gov Greg Abbott plans to pardon him.”

Philip lewis:

Less than 24 hrs after a jury found Army sergeant guilty of shooting & killing a protester, Abbott announced he would pardon the convicted killer as soon as a request "hits my desk"

When billionaires take control of vital communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Don't be fooled.