the "experts" are:
—two guys from something called the Network Contagion Research Institute which only punches left and is funded by an Israeli surveillance entrepreneur
—a grad student who disagrees with the premise of the article
—a guy from CSIS, which has zero expertise in domestic policy

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— CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman.com) 12 June 2025 at 14:41

US Media is quickly becoming state ran propaganda, Lol.

Anything on the violent cops escalating things, NBC?

Instead, the secretary harked back to a remark he told Sen. Chris Coons (D-Conn.) was commonly made by US service members on the ground in Afghanistan during his time in the service. Hegseth said his fellow Army National Guardsmen would often joke that the ISAF acronym on their shoulder patches — which stood for International Security Assistance Force — really stood for, “I saw Americans fighting.”

“Ultimately it was a lotta flags. Lotta flags. [But it] was not a lot of on-the-ground capability,” Hegseth continued in disparaging the NATO troops. “You’re not a real coalition, you’re not a real alliance, unless you have real defense capability, and real armies that can bring those to bear.”

Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds losing their lives | The Independent

What Trump's admin thinks of its allies.

Spot the difference between these two daft cunts.

I hope America fights the next war it starts on its own.

^This is what a lot of (specifically Christian) people seem to not understand. It’s incredible how if you simply market a nation as being “Israel,” all the sudden it becomes totally free of ridicule and opposition. This is a perfect example of using the LORD’s name is vain.

Protests spread across US despite Trump threats

Protests over hardline immigration tactics ignited across the United States after days of demonstrations in Los Angeles, as California prepared Thursday for a legal showdown over President Donald Trump's deployment of the military. More than 1,000 people massed Wednesday in America's second biggest city, for a sixth day of protests, with the crowd peaceful as they marched through the streets.

"No Kings": 1,800+ Rallies Planned as Trump Threatens "Very Heavy Force" on Army Parade Protesters

A nationwide "No Kings" movement plans to hold over 1,800 anti-Trump rallies across the United States on June 14, the same day as President Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., as he celebrates his 79th birthday.

Organizers are protesting President Trump's mass deportations, militarized crackdown against protesters, defiance of court orders, and attacks on civil rights. "We're going to show him on June 14 that real power lies in the people," says Leah Greenberg⁠, co-founder and co-executive director of ⁠Indivisible.

Tanks and other armored vehicles are being transported to Washington, D.C., for the parade, which Marine Corps veteran JoJo Sweatt calls an "egregious overspend." President Trump threatened heavy force would be used on anyone who protests at the parade in D.C.

Trump in panic mode as Netanyahu ‘decides’ to attack even without US support?

The US decision to partially evacuate its embassy in Baghdad and ask the dependents of military personnel to leave Middle East has increased speculations for an imminent Israeli attack on Iran. Rifat Jawaid explains how Benjamin Netanyahu benefits from more chaos in the region.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-embassy-iraq-preparing-ordered-evacuation-due-heightened-security-risks-2025-06-11/

I shared this response with my bro and he had some words to say:

I agree that white western privilege is real and white westerners aim to preserve their position of privilege. 

Regarding Israel-Palestine, I agree that white supremacy does to some extent underpin the Zionist project and the ideology of Zionism. However, the fundamental issue is settler-colonialism, not whiteness - for example, Mizrahi Jews and Ethiopian Jews might be treated badly in Israeli society, but they’re still fundamentally engaged in and advancing a colonial project of ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinians. Mizrahi Jews are some of the furthest right people in Israel, e.g. Ben-Gvir is Mizrahi. I don’t know the breakdown of Mizrahi vs Ashkenazi Jews settling the WB/East Jerusalem, but I know that Mizrahi broadly support the colonization and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank just as much as Ashkenazi do. This is largely a result of the historical discrimination you mentioned - Mizrahi were pressured by the Ashkenazi to drop their Arab identity and take on a purely Jewish identity, and they have over time overcompensated and become some of the most anti-Arab racist and Jewish supremacist members of Israeli society. 

Tl;dr - white supremacy certainly underpins Zionism and the Israeli colonial project to a large extent, with its origins as a British Empire-backed colonial outpost in the Middle East and continuation as an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” for the American Empire, but the fundamental issue isn’t necessarily whiteness, but rather settler-colonialism regardless of racial/ethnic background of those carrying out the settler-colonialism, be they Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, or Ethiopian. 

Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)

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— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 12 June 2025 at 19:09

A staff member for Sen. Padilla shared this photo with @samsteindc.bsky.social:

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— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 12 June 2025 at 19:38

California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed.

"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."

Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.

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— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 12 June 2025 at 19:34

Senator of California forced to the ground and handcuffed for trying to ask the Nazis a question, in relation to his own damn state.

DHS is arguing members of the Secret Service don't know who a U.S. Senator is, that he didn't identify himself (he does in the tape), lunged towards the Noem (not evident on the tape), and somehow all this necessitated him being hauled away, thrown to the ground and cuffed. x.com/DHSgov/statu...

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— City Nolan (@ndhapple.bsky.social) 12 June 2025 at 20:12

Literally: "I'm Senator Alex Padilla" and it's on video tape -- bsky.app/profile/just...

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— City Nolan (@ndhapple.bsky.social) 12 June 2025 at 20:15

And nobody will do anything except for some posts on social media. This will happen more and more until it will be too late to stop it but at least I don't see Americans stopping USA's transformation.