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He's finished.
"Teves – once the second highest leader of the House – has repeatedly insisted he is innocent, denying he had a hand in Degamo’s assassination, or that he is a leader of a terrorist organization." #Philippines #Politics #DegamoKilling
In historic first, House expels congressman #ArnieTeves
https://www.rappler.com/nation/house-representatives-expels-arnolfo-arnie-teves-jr/
Inflation is falling. Prices are not. Inflation is falling because the Tory-generated shocks of last summer are now being annualised. That means they have been baked into the economy for a year now. The government will try to claim some sort of "credit" for the headline number being lower. It's just yet another reason we need to be shot of them.
Because this is important...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-14-2023
‘Vice has repeatedly blocked news stories that could offend the Saudi government, leaving its reporters unsure if they are still able to report freely on the kingdom’s human rights abuses... The media company recently signed a lucrative partnership deal with the MBC Group, a media company controlled by the Saudi government’. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/15/vice-blocked-news-stories-that-could-offend-saudi-arabia-insiders-say #law #politics #freedom #humanrights #saudiarabia
For an introduction on the #Marcos dictatorship and dynasty, watch #Kingmaker ⤵️
How an expected Georgia Trump indictment would differ from the federal Jan. 6 case.
The Hill reports: "Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has signaled charges in her years-long investigation are imminent, setting the stage for the former president’s fourth indictment this year."
Australia is preparing for a historic referendum on whether to recognize Aboriginal people and their 56,000-year-old culture in the constitution. Why, then, are many voters skeptical of the move? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/asia-pacific/2023/08/09/politics/australia-indigenous-referendum-support-waning/?utm_content=buffer09f1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #asiapacific #politics #australia #indigenouspeople #anthonyalbanese #aboriginalaustralians #race #discrimination #humanrights
It is AH-SI-AAAN.
Also nearly spat out my coffee when he said that the countries in the region had "the same culture and values". (Yet he mentioned they were diverse too, weird.)
Dude we are so culturally and ideologically dissimilar that Western think tanks predicted we would be at war a few years after the end of the Vietnam War.
That's why you shouldn't get your info from YouTube 😂
A prison guard said she was forced to work while she experienced labor pains. Now, Texas is fighting her lawsuit by saying her fetus didn't have the "right to life." | Via The Texas Tribune
This week I've been mainly reading, no. 81.
Despite being ten years old, Fred Ritchin's Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary & the Citizen (2013) remains remarkably timely on the problems around #photojournalism, its reception, use & misuse. Grounded in a wide range of examples Ritchen explores how #socialmedia has transformed the #politics of #photography while setting out examples of various strategies to enhance the positive political influence of visual imagery.
The Texas Attorney General's office was once a quiet state agency that collected child support and defended the state in lawsuits. In the 90s, it became an incubator for the conservative legal movement. | Via The Texas Tribune
With #DonaldTrump back in the picture, revisiting this #book of essays I was a part of (from McSweeneys) which began its life as a #petition to impeach #Trump:
22 powerful pieces from artists & activists: Lev Grossman, Rick Moody, Matthew Zapruder, Terrance Hayes & yours truly ✌🏼
@bookstodon #books #bookstodon #artist #activism #elections #politics #usa #news #fascism #boost
This week I've been mainly reading, no. 80.
Very different from Babel, Rebecca F.Kuang's new book Yellowface (2023) looks at the #publishing industry, #identity #politics & #plagiarism. The (unreliable?) narrator concocts a tale of self-justification for stealing her dead friend's book & making it her own. Exploring the role of #socialmedia, Kuang lands most of her critique pretty well & she assembles the quasi-thriller, social fable & rumination on friendship into a readable tale
@bookstodon
Libraries in almost every major city in #Texas, and many smaller ones, hosted 'Brave Books' events this weekend, which promoted this extremist publisher's storybooks under the guise of freedom of speech. The events were supported by Citizens Defending Freedom, aka 'Moms for Liberty in Suits' which is simultaneously seeking to ban 100s of books in #FortWorth.
More important reporting on #extremism from @stevanzetti at @TexasObserver: https://www.texasobserver.org/brave-books-texas-library-free-speech/
#news #activism #LGBTQIA+ #homophobia #transphobia #books @bookstodon #censorship #libraries #Fascism #politics #USpol #children
