The largest city in the Western Hemisphere, São Paulo, was plunged into darkness in the middle of the day due at least in part to the raging fires burning the Amazon under Bolsonaro. He's a threat to the whole planet. washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/…
“Wildfires in the Amazon are not natural events, but are instead caused by a combination of droughts and human activities. Both anthropogenic climate change and regional deforestation are linked to increases in the intensity and frequency of droughts over Amazonia"
The draft report on this epidemic from CAP likely reads: "Wildfires in the Amazon are not natural events, but are instead caused by a combination of droughts and human activities and @SusanSarandon."
CNN: Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, research center says. "Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change." edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/ame…
Sometimes it's hard to convey to people how simultaneously deranged, malicious & dangerous Bolsonaro is. The US isn't Brazil & he's not Trump. While scientists warn of his deforestation as a cause, Bolsonaro claims NGOs are starting the fires on purpose: theguardian.com/world/2019/aug…
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Last night @elonmusk vowed to honor the endless, repressive and due-process-free censorship orders from Brazil's Judge Alexandre de Moraes.
The Judge has banned various journalists and members of Congress, among others, from social media.
This would be a huge deal for Brazil:
Rumble last year also announced that it would refuse to comply. The platform was expending huge resources to constantly take down videos and ban users upon the endless, lawless orders of a single job.
Amazingly, Rumble is no longer available to anyone in Brazil, getting this:
In January of last year, we obtained one of the secret orders Judge Moraes issues to platforms. This one banned Senators, Congress members and journalists, and mandated secrecy.
No due process. We reported it here. Hard to overstate how extreme it is:
UK Court hands Assange a partial victory in the Biden DOJ's attempt to extradite him.
US must provide explicit assurances that Assange 1) can raise a 1st Am defense, 2) will have the same rights as US citizens and 3) will never face the death penalty.
Biden WH doesn't want the sideshow of a trial; daily protests; discovery into CIA; Assange on the stand; Biden as the first-ever president to imprison a publisher.
They want to kill Assange through conviction-free imprisonment.
How dare the US President weigh in on a war he has caused American citizens to finance, arm and support!
Look at the mentality of these Israel fanatics: the duty of American citizens is not only to finance Israel's military and wars, but also never question what Israel does: