Report: "Mahmoud Khalil sues Heritage Foundation, Stephen Miller, etc."

"This lawsuit is about far more than what was done to me. It is about a coordinated, ongoing plot to punish, silence, & intimidate everyone who dares to dissent & speak out for Palestinian liberation. We will hold them accountable."

~Mahmoud Khalil

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260714-pro-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil-sues-heritage-foundation-stephen-miller-others/

#USPol #EUPol #palestine #AntiGenocideProtests #news #MahmoudKhalil #GazaGenocide #Autocracy #Democracy .

Tom Boland, lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork @UCC is joining the panel to discuss confronting extremism and reclaiming democracy on Friday evening 24th July 2026 at 7:30 pm at the Maldron Hotel, Shandon. All are welcome.

https://motherjonescork.com/2026/07/13/this-land-is-our-land-confronting-extremism-and-reclaiming-democracy/

#mastodaoine #StopTheFarRight #cork #irishpol #antiracist #AntiFascist #ucc #TomBoland #democracy #sociology #StandUpToFascism #StandUpToRacism

Google DeepMind’s Hassabis wants a "private agency" to bypass state laws, claiming Govts are too slow. This is a direct attack on democracy. In reality, Big Tech wants to escape legal oversight to centralize power and continue fueling surveillance and military AI in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. His attempt to avoid regulation is his own condemnation. The market of hypocrisy is collapsing. #AI #Democracy #2k115

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A close-up portrait of a bald man wearing glasses (Demis Hassabis) looking to the side against a dark background. The top-right corner features the pink text "2K115", while the bottom of the image displays a subtitle in white: "Crime Corporation wants immunity from the laws."

"After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline." #Democracy https://werd.io/climate-gov-was-destroyed-open-data-saved-it/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116909666295511851

today’s #altTxt #yaddayadda because this will make living in #nyc 100% better:

❝ MAGA is apparently now boycotting going to NYC because they hate the mayor. They say they will never go there again. I mean is this guy fucking amazing or what? That place is going to be a fucking paradise now.❞

FUCK YEAH! i get to live in the great #antifa republic of #Mamdanistan

#ZohranMamdani #socialism #democracy

Draken BlackKnight boosted

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Time to head to the Big Apple!

'Pink Flamingo' protesters in Tirana demand resignation of PM Edi Rama | DW News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZRLAri70Y #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Day 37 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania

“Ju erdhi fundi!” Protesta e 37 radhazi, shqiptarët nuk heqin dorë: Rama, jepe dorëheqjen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbB5J7-H2k #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

Day 38 of anti-corruption protest in Tirana, Albania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC9FOr2p6W4

#Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

MEPs visit Albanian region linked to luxury development project connected to Trump's son-in-law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDTu_TfeQVs #Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #EU

Machine translation: The majority blocked the arrest of the former deputy prime minister / The strong message of the Dutch MEP in the European Parliament

"Mazhoranca pengoi arrestimin e ish-zv.kryeministres/Mesazhi i fortë i eurodeputetes holandeze në PE"

One of the MEPs in the above-linked video makes a report. Audio in English, Subtitles in Albanian. Auto-captions/translation by machine available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0adWqLihw

#Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Environment #EU

Machine translation: "Artists protest: We don't want a singer accused of antisemitism in Tirana. "

Artistët protestojnë: Nuk duam në Tiranë një këngëtar të akuzuar për antisemitizëm

Artists protested in front of the Ministry of Culture because the Albanian gov't contribute millions of euros of taxpayer money to hosting a Kanye West concert.

News report on protest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVya0uVBlzE

Spring 2026 article on Ministry of Culture contribution to hosting Kanye: https://balkaninsight.com/2026/04/30/albanian-pm-announces-kanye-west-concert-despite-antisemitism-concerns/bi/

#Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Environment

A quotation from Twain

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the onlooking world consent to it is a finer.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/39269/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #connecticutyankee #buyin #agreement #authority #consent #consentofthegoverned #democracy #popularopinion #popularity #power #support

RE: https://loops.video/v/gMKfZjMBDu

@EUCommission I’m absolutely furious about #chatcontrol

EU failed it’s promises about #democracy, #privacy and putting people first.

You didn’t listen. Instead you put corrupt authoritarian and industry lobbyists before the ideals you promised you’d stand behind.

My only consolidation is that it will fail spectacularly, it will do so quickly, it will become a privacy and hacking disaster, and a lot of activists will get to tell you: ”We told you so!”

The Swedish Fascists have taken the lesson to heart from last election. Their new posters have the typography of 1970s children's TV show openers and focus on two messages:

* Make Sweden like it used to be
* Cheap petrol / gas

Because #democracy makes an absolute demand: morons must be allowed to vote, and they must be allowed to vote for crooks.

1/2

#svpol #fascism

Why does she still think it is a good idea to run?

Because racism makes people:

1) stupid AF
2) easy to track
3) easy to target
4) easy to monetize
5) easy to weaponize

#FRPol #politics #AdTech #democracy

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/8/marine-le-pen-to-run-for-french-presidency-despite-criminal-conviction

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

It seems to me that America’s objective today should be to try to make herself the best possible mirror of democracy that she can. The people of the world can see what happens here. They watch us to see what we are going to do and how well we can do it. We are giving them the only possible picture of democracy that we can: the picture as it works in actual practice. This is the only way other peoples can see for themselves how it works; and can determine for themselves whether this thing is good in itself, whether it is better than they have, better than what other political and economic systems offer them.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Memoir (1961), The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt, Part 4, ch. 41 “Milestones”

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/28…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #America #coldwar #democracy #example #exemplar #foreignaffairs #internationalaffairs #leader #model #rolemodel

"Një prej djemve i është thyer hunda”/aktivisti:Presidenti duhet t’i shërbejë popullit, s'ka reagim!

Machine translation: "One of the boys has broken his nose" / activist: "The president must serve the people, there's no reaction!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfAQmfqJbpg

#Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

“Balla nxiti policinë”, Lubonja: Diplomacia është diplomatike, të mbështetemi te forcat tona

Machine translation: "(Taulant) Balla urged the police," Lubonja: "Diplomacy is diplomatic; we should rely on our own forces."

The man interviewed is Fatos Lubonja, an Albanian dissident (who was imprisoned under the Enver Hoxha regime), writer, and human rights activist.

Apparently the police used tear gas, water cannons, and also directly assaulted some protestors today, injuring people and also arresting some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5AwY-NKNCU

#Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania #Albanien

The report doesn't go into it, but the cops were gearing up for violence all today.

Police assaulted protestors yesterday and this morning they had massively increased police presence, moved in a water cannon, etc. All before the protestors had even really shown up.

Corruption #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

https://apnews.com/article/albania-kushner-trump-development-protest-tourism-clashes-063288405ee82156e32e6bde500d0569

Machine translation: Andi Tepelena: Rama wants to lead the country to the brink of the abyss and into civil conflict.

Andi Tepelena: Rama kërkon ta çojë vendin drejt greminës dhe në përplasje civile

One of a protest coordination group is interviewed and gives a timeline of what happened today with the cop violence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMmzLIu8UNI #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

LIVE | Qytetarët kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Ramës! Dita e 33-të e revoltës antiqeveritare

If the machine translation is correct, the woman in the striped shirt being interviewed said that the ambulances only helped wounded cops, not wounded protestors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0WPqOwcog
#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Mbyllet protesta e 33-të para Kryeministrisë! Nis marshimi, qytetarët drejt komisariatit nr.3

Machine translation: The 33rd protest in front of the Prime Ministry has ended! The march begins, with citizens heading to Police Station No. 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4zBqVNHUY0 #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Protest / Lawyer Aga: 3 Things You Should Do Immediately If The Police Stop You!

Protesta/ Avokati Aga: 3 Gjerat Qe Duhet Te Beni Menjehere Po Ju Ndaloi Policia!

The lawyer says that usually in Albania, when violence starts at a protest, it's the police who start it. And he says he was there yesterday and it was the cops again.

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pWCw29T9Rw

Albanian police use teargas to disperse anti-graft demonstrators

Interestingly, The Independent took this Reuters story, changed the headline to mention Kushner and added another person's name to the byline.

"The protests are a test for Prime Minister Edi Rama, who has been in power ​since 2013 and ​who many ⁠blame for not eradicating widespread corruption or doing enough to improve basic services like healthcare."

https://www.reuters.com/world/albanian-police-use-teargas-disperse-anti-graft-demonstrators-2026-07-02/

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania #ACAB

Machine translation: The protesters' lawyer: Here's what happened yesterday at Police Station No. 4! The chief informed me that…

Avokati i protestuesve: Ja çfarë ndodhi dje në komisariatin nr.4! Shefi më komunikoi se…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rwS1gliCg #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Machine translation: The 34th massive protest is being held today; citizens are demanding the non-negotiable resignation of Edi Rama.

Mbahet sot protesta e 34-t masive, qytetarët kërkojnë dorëheqjen e panegociueshme të Edi Ramës

I'm not certain the protestors will maintain a big presence tonight. What I have heard/read is that tomorrow, July 4, is going to be a massive showing. They're calling as many people to the capital from Albania and abroad as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNG1lCTXv6o

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

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Screencap from today's live video of the protest showing the front guard of the marchers. There are Albanians of all ages in the front line. They are holding large Albanian flags and people behind them are holding blow-up Flamingo pool toys and picket signs. The news' chyron says "REVOLTE KUNDER GJITHE KLASES POLITIKE: JU ERDHI FUNDI!", which means "Rebellion against the entire political class; Your time is done!"

Machine translation: Shkodër, citizens protest in the city center, demanding the government's resignation.

Shkodër, qytetarët në protestë në qendër të qytetit, kërkohet dorëheqja e qeverisë

A smaller protest in a city in Albania's north, Shkodër. It is the 5th largest city in Albania (Albania has only ~2.8M people in the whole country.)

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Meet members of Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution' trying to torpedo Kushner-linked development

Fatma Paja, artist and protester:

"For a long time, I have used art as a means of expressing the injustices and frustrations associated with everyday civic life. In Albania, art has always been my way of communicating these messages. I believe this is extremely important because art is a unique form of expression. It transforms an idea into an image while simultaneously turning it into a powerful message that can resonate with people in a different and meaningful way."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34dSvXZBO3w #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Machine translation: The diaspora arrives in Tirana, emigrant: "Rama, resign before it's too late".

Diaspora zbarkon në Tiranë, emigranti: Rama dorëhiqu sa s’është vonë

2nd big official call for Albanians in the diaspora to come home to participate in the Flamingo Revolution. This time in reaction to police violence clearly meant to inspire fear of peaceful protest in public.

Interview with a small sample of diaspora coming in from the EU, the US, and elsewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWTymcBGt3M

Machine translation: "Over 300 Albanians have set off from London," activist: "The diaspora has always supported the protest."

“Mbi 300 shqiptarë janë nisur nga Londra”, aktivisti: Diaspora gjithmonë në mbështetje të protestës

Interview with Albanian who's been working in the UK for 13 yrs and organized protests at the Albanian Embassy there, but is here today to organize diaspora to Tirana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbl4K9pXbw

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Machine translation: 35 days of revolt! The diaspora "lands" in Tirana today, Albanians do not give up

🔴 35 ditë revoltë! Diaspora “zbarkon” sot në Tiranë, shqiptarët nuk heqin dorë

Summary and analysis of what's happened so far and what is planned today (insofar as that's public).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kvm2xL-KM

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Machine translated: Protestor alleges he was assaulted by police. The detained protester is taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Denoncoi se u dhunua nga policia Protestuesi i shoqëruar dërgohet në spital me ambulancë

Cops wanted to provoke confrontation at Thursday's protest. They did and arrested many people, separating which jails they were sent to. They also beat the protestors on site, and reportedly inside the police vans and police precincts.

There were two crises today involving ambulance calls and a man who has epilepsy was taken to the hospital. His lawyer says he was beaten.

Cops are still holding 12 people prisoner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TofI1_6OGi4 #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania #Disability

Reuters report from June 27, 2026, before the cops got violent.


'Full of good energy': Albanian activists find new hope in protest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SskH0RQrArM #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

"The court releases the protesters; two people are placed under house arrest; the others are released on their own recognizance and the charges against them are dropped."

Gjykata liron protestuesit,dy persona në arrest shtëpiak,tjerët me detyrim paraqitje e heqje akuzash

After weeks of peaceful protests with the police keeping cooler heads, this week the state escalated things. This resulted in various beatings and arrests. Some of these people have been held in jail since Thursday.

A court proceeding today ruled on whether and how they were to be held. 2 were not even protesters, BTW.

Most are being released, but aren't completely free in that they are "own their own recognizance" with required check-ins. Some few are under house arrest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pnKH5BMu-k #Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

Machine translated: The 36th massive protest is being held today; citizens are demanding the non-negotiable resignation of Edi Rama.

Mbahet sot protesta e 36-t masive, qytetarët kërkojnë dorëheqjen e panegociueshme të Edi Ramës

#Balkans #Europe #Democracy #Resistance #FlamingoRevolution #Albania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOzg6qzJj0

From genre romance living legend, Beverly Jenkins: "Kicking off Jenkins July by raising money for Romancing the Vote. Do you want to strengthen the right to vote, pick my brain, and get two signed BJ classic titles? If the answer is yes, here you go"

At US$300 starting bid, this is an absolute STEAL. Authors, get in on this!

#RomancingTheVote #USPolitics #VotingRights #Midterms #Democracy #Writing

https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/74830/auctions/200913/auction_items/7038229