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Sunday, June 16th, 2024

    Time Event
    11:06a
    Phoenix Police Dept as thugs

    *Phoenix [thugs] have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Department says.*

    11:06a
    Labour touts economic growth

    *A braver Labour would call an end to the focus on growth.*

    Starmer has made up his mind to seek the votes of former Tories. The only way to make Labour pay attention to this issue is to elect Greens or Lib Dems, or the independents such as Corbyn who agree with this.

    11:06a
    Person's pay vs their true value

    Robert Reich: *Don't be fooled by the myth that people are paid what they're "worth" — that the rich deserve their ever-increasing incomes and wealth because they're worth far more to the economy now than years ago […]*

    *The distribution of income and wealth increasingly depends on who has the power to set the rules of the game.*

    It is a context of clout, not a contest of productivity.

    11:06a
    Putin demands territory for peace

    Putin announced that he won't make peace with Ukraine unless it gives him more territory along with what he has captured.

    This indicates a combination of thinking he can win the war, and some amount of bluster (present in everything he says).

    The only sensible response is to teach him he must expect to lose.

    11:06a
    Supreme Court on abortion pills

    *The [US Supreme Court] unanimously rejected the mifepristone case on technical grounds. Their ruling is not the victory it may seem.*

    11:06a
    Libertarian Party manifesto, US

    *The Libertarian [sic] Party's controversial plan is to "stop Biden" and extract promises from [the insurrectionist] along the way.*

    This plan demonstrates a total lack of value for civil liberties, which the insurrectionist has announced his intention to crush. But this plan makes the party cynical as well, which previously it was not.

    It is also utterly foolish to think that a promise from the insurrectionist (who is also the bullshitter) will be kept. Once democracy is crushed, if you're not a billionaire he won't hesitate to break his promise to you.

    I have contended for years that that party, and its political stance, did not merit the name "libertarian", because its supporters valued reduction of their taxes, and termination of programs to help the poor and disadvantaged, more highly than they valued liberty. So I called them "antisocialist".

    Some of the party's supporters may still be antisocialists, but the party itself deserves for a harsher name than that.

    11:06a
    Illicit Israeli influence campaign, US

    *Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War.* It was paid for by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel’s military.

    11:06a
    Urgent: The Voting Rights Act

    US citizens: call on judges to uphold the Voting Rights Act.

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