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"Last 4 Lab Monkeys Captured In South Carolina Months After Escape"

I once visited a co that raised #beagles for medical research. Most of the dogs lay in the back of the cages, unused to human contact. One, however, put its nose against the cage door and wanted to play. That's when I realized ALL lives are equal. Torturing animals to save humans is #immoral. Let humans volunteer as subjects. At least, they know it's for the greater good. I still weep for that beagle.

huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-escap

HuffPost · Last 4 Lab Monkeys Captured In South Carolina Months After EscapeBy AP

Neoliberal/fascist people in positions of public power never say - Violence isn't the answer - when they give more raises to state mercenaries to buy more weapons of state funded violence & militarized/armored vehicles & to beat up nonviolent citizens exercising their rights to public #dissent & peaceful #protests.

I'm uninterested in bootlicker responses. I will block those who choose to commit bootlicking offenses on my timeline - on sight.

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But some experts caution that #Trump has wide latitude to interpret the #law & US troops cannot disobey legal orders they consider to be morally wrong.

"There is a widespread public misperception that the military can choose not to obey #immoral orders. And that's actually not true," said Kori Schake of the *#conservative* American Enterprise Institute.

Schake warned that a 2nd Trump term could see high-level firings as he pushes ahead with controversial policies.

An #Ontario court has been hearing a #legal case against #BarrickGold for its role in the killing of over 77 at its #NorthMara #GoldMine in #Tanzania.

Cassels Chair in #MiningLaw and Finance at Western #Law, Sara Ghebremusse joined Talking #ForeignPolicy to discuss the case against Barrick, the difficulty of holding #CanadianMining companies accountable in #Canadian courts and how Ottawa promotes a controversial international #mining industry.

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#KamalaHarris really scolded #Trump, who listened to her with a stoic scowl on his face as she challenged his contention that people wanted abortion bans.

“That is #immoral… You want to talk about what people wanted? Pregnant women who want to carry to term, suffering from miscarriage, bleeding in a parking lot? A 12yr old survivor of incest forced to carry a pregnancy to term? They don’t want that!”

One of the most powerful segments in the debate!

#KamalaUnitesUS
@KamalaHarrisWin

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[#Trump]…portrays himself as a champion of the #military, but #Democrats point to his public & private remarks denigrating #ServiceMembers.

“I just haven’t seen anything this disgusting. It is completely inappropriate to do any kind of #political activity on a federal installation, & it is #immoral …to conduct any kind of #SelfServing activity on a #cemetery w/the graves of our fallen,”said Paul Eaton, a ret #Army general & adviser to #VoteVets whose father’s remains are interred at #Arlington.

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Members on both sides are upset with #Trump’s attempt to kill #borderDeal to deny President #Biden a legislative win.

Sen. Thom #Tillis said it is “#immoral” for Republicans to reject border deal to help Trump.

Sen. Mitt #Romney called effort to kill bill “#appalling.” Romney argued that there is an issue at the southern border and anyone running for president should be attempting to solve it now — instead of solving it later and taking credit for it down the road.

thehill.com/homenews/senate/44

The Hill · GOP senator: ‘Immoral’ to kill border deal to help TrumpBy Lauren Irwin

The Greatest Threat Posed by Trump

In the upside-down world of #MAGA morality, vice is virtue and virtue is vice. My colleague even coined a term, “vice signaling,” to describe how Trump’s core supporters convey their tribal allegiance. They’re often deliberately rude, transgressive or otherwise unpleasant, just to demonstrate how little they care about conventional moral norms.

nytimes.com/2024/01/12/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | The Greatest Threat Posed by TrumpBy David French
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@QasimRashid Media loves this type of headline. It triggers. There are hundreds of acts of noblesse & courage being done every day, everywhere. Stories that would lift our spirits & fill our hearts. But #FourthEstate doesn’t advocate, it feeds off hate & fear. It doesn’t frame political issues, it disinforms & misinforms. That this woman in Texas has to live through this b/c of zealotry & misogyny is beyond abhorrent. It’s #Immoral. The world is watching.

Alberta’s Morality On Display:
AB has billions in surplus funds from the oil profiteering, but won’t open education spots to train Alberta nurses because Albertans aren’t naive like foreign nurses, and take the training and work elsewhere. And the billions will be given back to petro.

Alberta is a toxic workplace for healthcare, education, environment, etc.