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Shanghai may have Great Firewall removed
Mr. Xi, tear down this firewall!
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UuuYMael-N2QWyQ5aDXheQOpen linkView original on lemmy.ml
Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next
To be clear, these are the guys who joined Al Nusra (which later rebranded to HTS) and allied with ISIS.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/uyghur-fighters-syria-vow-come-190132564.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.mlNYT Interviews Al Nusra founder and former ally of ISIL, who the US is supporting in Syria.
Full text version: https://txtify.it/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/middleeast/syria-rebel-leader-interview.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/middleeast/syria-rebel-leader-interview.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.mlHochul: ‘I’ll be the first to call up ICE’ to deport immigrants who break the law
Trump deported fewer people than Obama or Biden per year because many states and cities resisted.
Looks like the dems are going to cooperate with Trump this time.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2024/11/hochul-ill-be-first-call-ice-deport-immigrants-accused-crimes/401333/Open linkView original on lemmy.mlWhite House Says Democrats Who Oppose Weapons To Israel Are Aiding Hamas
We shouldn't have expected anything else from the guy who made his name by splitting with the party to oppose desegregation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-white-house-says-democrats-154737316.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.mlUS approves landmine shipment for Ukraine after refusing for years
I guess if Ukraine can't hold the territory, we can still punish Russia by blowing Ukrainian children's legs off for the next several decades.
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/20/us-approves-landmine-shipment-for-ukraine-after-refusing-for-yearsOpen linkView original on lemmy.mlFEMA camps
Back during the Bush and Obama years, I remember hearing so many right-wing conspiracies about FEMA camps.
Why didn't anyone ask "If FEMA has the ability to set up camps and transport large numbers of people, why aren't they doing that every time there's a big hurricane or wildfire?"
Maersk profits crash as western missions fail to stop Yemen's Red Sea blockade.
Looks like it's having a measurable effect.
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26346Open linkView original on lemmy.mlKamala pledges to pass border bill
The bill in question is the one Biden tried to pass, but was blocked by republicans after Trump called it a bad bill, despite containing only things the republicans want.
It would enable the president to shut down the border and gives billions to ICE, CPB, US Marshals, etc to increase detention capacity, train additional personnel, etc. It also gave billions to Israel and Ukraine.
Kamala gonna have the immigrant vote locked up.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/kamala-harris-campaign-speech-atlantaOpen linkView original on lemmy.mlDemocrats resubmit border shutdown bill
Among other changes to immigration law, the measure would make it more difficult to gain asylum in the United States and increase detentions and deportations of those crossing into the country without authorization. It would also effectively close the border altogether if the average number of migrants encountered by immigration officials exceeded a certain threshold — an average of 5,000 over the course of a week or 8,500 on any given day. The bill also would give the president power to close the border unilaterally if migrant encounters reach an average of 4,000 per day over a week.