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“Even More #Assaults On #Free #Speech To #Silence #Criticism Of #Israel

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

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“I have said it before and I will say it again: there is no greater threat to free speech in our society than #Israel and the western governments who support it. #Civil #rights are being stomped out throughout the western world to shut down all criticism of Israel”

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Caitlin’s Newsletter · Even More Assaults On Free Speech To Silence Criticism Of IsraelBy Caitlin Johnstone
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City ofcls say they have received NO credible reports of ANYBODY eating household animals.…A city spox, said she was not aware of #HateCrimes against #Haitian residents but that some had been victims of "#crimes of opportunity.”…

The Haitian Times reported some Haitian families in #Springfield, #Ohio, were keeping their children home from school, while other sources told the newspaper that they were subject to #bullying, #assaults & #intimidation in front of their homes amid #racist rhetoric….

Fmr #Trump #StateDept appointee #guilty in violent #Jan6 tunnel #assaults

A fmr political appointee of Trump was found guilty Thurs of joining assaults on police on Jan 6, 2021, that included one of the most prolonged attacks on officers by rioters in a tunnel at the Lower West Terrace of the US Capitol.
#convicted #felony #violence #LawEnforcement #obstruction #PoliticalViolence #insurrection #DOJ #Law #justice
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The Washington PostFormer Trump State Dept. appointee guilty in Jan. 6 tunnel assaultsBy Spencer S. Hsu

On Tuesday (6 June), the #HRC – the largest #LGBTQ+ political lobbying organisation within the US – made its statement following an “unprecedented and #dangerous spike in #antiLGBTQ+ #legislative #assaults sweeping state houses this year”.

Kelley Robinson, the group’s president, said: “LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of #emergency. The multiplying threats facing millions in our #community are not just perceived, they are real, tangible and dangerous.

LGBTQ 'state of emergency' declared by Human Rights Campaign thepinknews.com/2023/06/07/hum

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news‘State of emergency’ for every LGBTQ+ person in US declared by Human Rights CampaignBy Chantelle Billson