“Killing from the sky has long offered the sort of detachment that warfare on the ground can’t match. Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in a poem, using the voice of a Nazi commandant, ‘Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.’ Nine decades have passed since aerial technology first began notably assisting warmakers. Midway through the 1930s, when Benito Mussolini sent Italy’s air force into action during the invasion of Ethiopia, hospitals were among its main targets. Soon afterward, in April 1937, the fascist militaries of Germany and Italy dropped bombs on a Spanish town with a name that quickly became a synonym for the slaughter of civilians: Guernica.” (08/28/25)
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Western leaders who say they’ll recognize a Palestinian state while feebly calling on Both Sides to reach a ceasefire deal are just cuter, more photogenic versions of Netanyahu. They’re making empty noises to appear as though they’re doing something while refusing to actually lift a finger to stop the genocide. They know Israel’s not going to make a permanent ceasefire deal because Netanyahu has explicitly stated that the slaughter won’t end until the ethnic cleansing of Gaza is complete. That’s why Tel Aviv is just ignoring the fact that Hamas agreed to a ceasefire a week and a half ago; there is absolutely nothing Hamas could agree to which would stop Israel from doing everything it needs to do to steal a Palestinian territory from the Palestinians who live there.” (08/28/25)
“As its genocidal actions in Gaza become more brazen by the day, support for Israel among Americans has reached a record low. According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 60% of voters across all parties now say they oppose the United States sending more military aid to Israel, while just 32% say they support it. The pollster said it was the greatest amount of opposition it has recorded for the US-Israel alliance since it first asked the question in November 2023. Opposition is even stronger among Democratic voters: 75% of them now oppose sending military aid to Israel, compared with just 18% who still support it. Also for the first time ever in a Quinnipiac poll, more voters, 37% (an all-time high), said they sympathized with the Palestinians compared with just 36% (an all-time low) who said they sympathized with the Israelis.” (08/28/25)
“Why is Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in the United States? He was out, he was gone, and now he’s back. Why? Incompetent leadership at the Justice Department, that’s why. And it is unforgivable. Kilmar, the illegal [sic] alien from El Salvador – who may or may not be a gang member, may or may not have beaten his then girlfriend, now wife, and may or may not have helped traffic human beings for whatever purpose – needs to be the hell out of here as soon as possible. I don’t care where he goes, I care that he goes.” [editor’s note: You first, Hunter – TLK] (08/28/25)
“Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighboring India. The floods displaced nearly 250,000 people and officials said more than 1 million people were affected, with crops and businesses destroyed and many unable to leave their homes. At least 15 people were killed a day earlier in Gujranwala district and nearby villages, according to police. Forecasters said more rain was expected Friday, after a two-day pause, and could continue into next week. Marriyum Aurangzeb, senior minister of Punjab province, said floods hit 1,432 villages located along the Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers, affecting about 1.2 million people and displacing 248,000 others.” (08/28/25)
“With the midterms more than a year away, US President Donald Trump and his enablers have launched a new war on voting rights. Its immediate target is November 2026; its ultimate goal is the institutionalization of one-party control of the federal government. This political ‘final solution’ is the last step in MAGA’s quest to extinguish liberal democracy in America. The war is being fought along legal and political fronts that stretch across the marble halls of the Supreme Court, Trump’s executive orders, Steve Bannon’s seedy podcast, the transformation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into a latter-day Praetorian Guard, and threats to invoke the Insurrection Act. When it comes to voting rights, no single institution has been more destructive than the nation’s top judicial body under the hypocritical leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts.” [editor’s note: And this would be different from repeated (now proven) efforts by Dems to fix elections forever, exactly how? – SAT] (08/28/25)
“Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears rebuked a plan announced Wednesday by her 2025 gubernatorial opponent Abigail Spanberger to rescind an executive order that gives law enforcement and jailers authority to work with ICE in particular circumstances. ‘Well, we know she won’t be able to do that because she’s not going to win,’ Earle-Sears quipped in a Wednesday interview. ‘The people of Virginia are going to vote for me because [Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order is] common sense and is keeping them safe. They have been safe since we’ve been in office,’ she said. Earle-Sears said she and Youngkin have overseen a one-third drop in statewide crime, and she dismissed Spanberger’s remarks — first made in a Virginia Mercury interview — as ‘dangerous ideas’ that are ‘all theory; no practical usage.'” (08/28/25)
“The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, as amended, provides that ‘Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or an Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.’ No one has ever been prosecuted under the act, and it has rarely been the subject of comment by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Brennan Center for Justice, a non-partisan, but decidedly liberal law and policy center, noted that the law has ‘ignominious origins’ in the collapse of Reconstruction.” (08/28/25)
“An internet site which showed photos of thousands of Italian women without their consent and attracted obscene and explicit comments was forced to shut down on Thursday after a backlash. The site, which featured prominent women, including Premier Giorgia Meloni and European Parliament member Alessandra Moretti, also included posts which idealized violence against women. The online forum, which took its name from slang for female genitalia, has been around for at least two decades but it only drew national attention after Moretti formally lodged a complaint with police after finding her photo displayed without her permission. It displayed unauthorized photos and videos of hundreds of public figures, along with unsuspecting actresses, influencers and ordinary women.” [editor’s note: Your ability to block photons doesn’t mean I should have to get your “authorization” to memorialize said blockage (or to comment on it) – TLK] (08/28/25)
“A startling new study warns that two of America’s most common over-the-counter painkillers, ibuprofen (Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol), may have an unexpected role in one of the world’s most urgent public health crises. The everyday painkillers were found to fuel the superbugs that contribute to antibiotic resistance. Researchers at the University of South Australia conducted lab tests with E. coli and ciprofloxacin, a common antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections. They found that ibuprofen and paracetamol (the generic name for Tylenol in Australia) not only drive antibiotic resistance when used individually, but amplify it when used together.” (08/28/25)
