@gjohnsit

Hey @realdonaldtrump: being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not “America First.”

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) November 21, 2018

genocide

A leading international aid group said Wednesday that an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the country’s civil war in 2015.

Save the Children based its figures on mortality rates for untreated cases of severe acute malnutrition, or SAM, in young children. The United Nations says more than 1.3 million children have suffered from SAM since a Saudi-led coalition went to war with Yemen’s Houthi rebels in March 2015.

@SnappleBC
saying something like that. It was US regime-change wars, all of which she supported or engineered, that caused the refugee problem in the first place. What an asshole.

Have no fear. Hillary is on the job!

Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat from rightwing populists, Hillary Clinton has said, calling on the continent’s leaders to send out a stronger signal showing they are “not going to be able to continue to provide refuge and support”.
The Guardian - Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists

Ahhh, but then we got to that pesky bit about... you know... science...

A comprehensive new study shows that austerity, not immigration, was the main reason people voted for Brexit back in June. But the media appears to have ignored the findings, with a brief report on Indy100 being the only mainstream coverage.
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While the study found that austerity economics was the driving force behind Brexit, it also concluded that the immigration factor has been overplayed. In contrast to toning down fiscal cuts, the study found that even “drastic” changes in immigration levels would “probably” have made no difference.
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The report (page 5) also found that austerity would have an even stronger pull towards Brexit in areas where “socio-economic fundamentals” are “weak”. This means that areas with high unemployment and low incomes provided a backdrop that made Brexit more likely.
The Canary - Now we finally know the real reason for Brexit, the media silence is deafening

Wow, who ever would've thought that poor people getting poorer by the day with nothing but neoliberalistic gruel on the table might.. yanno... do something radical like #Brexit. I'm gobsmacked. I'm' sure many here are stunned as well.