Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court by not turning around deportation flights, judge says (Reuters)

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Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court by not turning around deportation flights, judge says

Judge James Boasberg had ordered the flights to be returned.

^{Katherine Faulders (ABC News)}

Inside the Mind of an ICE Agent (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark)

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Inside the Mind of an ICE Agent

Is this what she signed up for?

^{Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)}

On a Dammed River, Amazon Villagers Fight to Restore the Flow.

Indigenous communities that rely on the natural flow of the Xingu River have long fought the Belo Monte dam in Brazil. With the dam now up for relicensing, they are urging the government to allow more water to flow, which would help revive the river and their way of life. #ClimateChange

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On a Dammed River, Amazon Villagers Fight to Restore the Flow

^{Yale e360}

Students at Columbia University’s Middle Eastern studies department were suffering from whiplash. Over two days in March, they went from being reassured by Middle Eastern studies faculty that the university was supporting their embattled department to, just a day later, being hit with news that Columbia had cut a deal with the Trump administration.

The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department was at the center of the storm.

theintercept.com/2025/04/16/co…

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#Gaza #Palestine

Inside Columbia’s Betrayal of Its Middle Eastern Studies Department

Behind the scenes at Columbia’s embattled Middle Eastern studies department, where chaos reigns amid Trump administration attacks.

^{Meghnad Bose (The Intercept)}

Game: Ara: History Untold - Eras Soundtrack (Multichannel) (Windows) (gamerip) (2024)

Song: MX 11 Information Indus 4

#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic

Here's a small window into what's actually going on for our situation... 😩

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NOAA Probationers Endure Insults Piled Atop Injuries

Callous, Careless Mistakes Plague Those Rehired and Refired

^{PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)}

#effect : in general: that which is produced by an agent or cause

- French: effet

- German: der Effekt

- Italian: efetto

- Portuguese: efeito

- Spanish: efecto

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Yesterday, from @josephinelee: “Abbott’s kind of getting flanked for taking a position that the #Democrats don’t like for one reason, and then the conservatives don’t like for a completely different reason. He’s stuck right there in the middle with a limited base who want to put that program in.” texasobserver.org/abbott-vouch…

#Republicans #TXlege #politics #USpol #Texas #news #education #schools #vouchers #GregAbbott #

Opposition to Abbott’s Vouchers Plan Includes Conservatives

The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are opposed.

^{Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)}

WATCH LIVE: Fed Chair Powell delivers remarks as tariff battle with China continues
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-fed-chair-powell-delivers-remarks-as-tariff-battle-with-china-continues?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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WATCH LIVE: Fed Chair Powell delivers remarks as tariff battle with China continues

Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 1.4% in March, after rising 0.2% in February, according to the Commerce Department.

^{PBS News}

The Israeli occupation continues to carry out deadly attacks against civilians in the Gaza Strip, targeting residential buildings, makeshift shelters, and hospitals amid a crippling blockade. The ongoing strikes are resulting in a rising daily toll of fatalities and injuries.

According to the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, 25 people were confirmed killed and 89 others injured over the past 24 hours.

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#Gaza #Palestine

Gaza faces total humanitarian collapse amid escalating Israeli attacks

The Gaza Strip has entered a phase of total humanitarian collapse, with severe food shortages, failing hospitals, and inoperative bakeries and water facilities.

^{Al Mayadeen English (Gaza faces total humanitarian collapse amid escalating Israeli attacks)}

An arrest warrant is being urgently sought in Britain for Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who secretly met British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Tuesday.

Lammy's meeting with a representative of a government accused of widescale human rights abuses has drawn heavy criticism from opposition MPs and politicians in Britain.

They allege that Saar has aided and abetted torture and grave breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza.

middleeasteye.net/news/arrest-…

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#Gaza #Palestine

Arrest warrant sought for Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on visit to UK

^{Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)}

🎬
#Boreal

Film spagnolo, tra dramma familiare e sci-fi, dalle atmosfere affascinanti e misteriose.
Purtroppo a lungo andare i punti forti si trasformano in confusione e in una fumosità fine a se stessa.

📝Voto: 5/10
"Boreal" di Pelayo Muñiz, 82 minuti, 2024.

- Ana e Pablo dopo la morte del figlio si sono trasferiti in campagna. Guille e Bea, i loro amici più cari, vanno a trovarli.
La gioia di ritrovarsi assieme si trasforma in shock quando… -

#cinema #film #Movies #16aprile #cineMastodon #cineItalia

Mercredi 23 avril : projection-débat autour du film « Nous sommes des champs de bataille »
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"Contre Attaque et le comité Nantais des Soulèvements de la Terre organisent une soirée de projection du documentaire de Mathieu Rigouste.
L’article Mercredi 23 avril : projection-débat autour du film « Nous sommes des champs de bataille » est apparu en premier sur Contre

Projection-débat du film "Nous sommes des champs de bataille"

^{B (Contre Attaque)}