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Walt Disney Company suspends Florida political donations

mardi 15 mars 2022 à 20:33

*The Walt Disney Company is suspending political donations in Florida after its chief executive suffered huge blowback for not using the company's vast influence in the state to try to quash a Republican bill that would stop teachers instructing early grades on LGBTQ+ issues.*

That is a small step towards a very important goal. To throw off plutocracy and restore democracy, we must make Disney, and every other company, stop political donations everywhere in the US, permanently, and stop rich people too from donating enough to buy elections.

One of Putin's propaganda broadcasters is UK citizen

mardi 15 mars 2022 à 20:33

One of Putin's main propaganda broadcasters is a UK citizen. A politician has proposed to revoke his UK citizenship.

The UK has been exiling citizens without trial for years now (here's an example), and it an injustice even when the target is the worst of criminals. Situations like this, where a dual citizen is hated for a blatant crime, help normalize undermining human rights for everyone else.

Propaganda in support of an enormous crime should be grounds to prosecute him. It would be legitimate to charge the broadcaster in case he ever comes to the UK again, and freeze his assets now on the strength of those charges.

Species protection underfunded

mardi 15 mars 2022 à 20:18

*Conservationists Say Congress Underfunding Species Protection by Hundreds of Millions Despite Biodiversity Crisis.*

For the long term, the crucial actions to prevent the extinction of hundreds of thousands of species are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the human birth rate.

Facebook prosecuted in Russia

mardi 15 mars 2022 à 20:18

Facebook is being prosecuted in Russia because it permits Ukrainians to post bellicose statements such as "Death to the Russian invaders!" The Facebook and Instagram sites are also blocked.

I suggest referring to the invaders as "the Putin forces", rather than as "Russians". I don't think that would affect Putin's censorship decision.

Israeli law bars naturalization of Palestinian spouses

mardi 15 mars 2022 à 19:03

*New Israeli Law Bars Naturalization of Palestinian Spouses.* Some Israelis call for murdering the Israeli women that even go on a date with an Arab man.

It resembles Pakistan's custom of patriarchal murder.

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