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“Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.”
The words are those of Renee Good’s wife Becca. They cut to our heart – our humanity. She was shot in the face by an ICE agent, who then muttered: “Fuckin’ bitch.” The murder of this 37-year-old mom as she tried to drive around the ICE guys who stopped her is national news, of course. Almost everyone has seen at least one of the many videos of the incident and, you might say, the national dialogue about virtually anything else has been put on hold.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables. At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that. We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide. It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students. This article will be updated as long as is necessary.
Perhaps it is too much to hope, but maybe we’ve hit an inflection point over state sponsored attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. There are signs Israeli elites are sending a message to the government that a line has been crossed, even as its policy and performance has been to abet the activity with its military and guns.
Grabbing at straws, the following have all emerged recently:
Maju Brunette was met by several dozen supporters carrying flowers, balloons, and signs as she arrived at Columbus International Airport. She thanked the crowd and told them:“I am free now, but do not forget about the 10,000 other Palestinian hostages still being held in Israel who may face execution soon.”
Dr. Maria Julia “Maju” Brunette, an Associate Professor of Global Health Equity at The Ohio State University, was one of 430 people kidnapped in international waters by Israeli forces on May 18 while aboard the Sumud Flotilla.
All hostages were taken to a large vessel—described as a “floating prison”—where they were kept in cages for two days, sleeping on the floor with their hands tied behind their backs and without a mattress, pillow, or blanket. They were later transported to Israel, where they were interrogated and tortured. Some activists reported being raped. The only food provided was bread and water.
This week, Israel’s extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from the flotilla who had been abducted and tortured in custody.
While many observers and critics describe the current confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran as a quagmire, stalemate, or even a “new Vietnam” for the United States, the crisis may be better understood through a different historical analogy: the 1956 Suez Crisis. The Suez Crisis demonstrated a fundamental shift in global power relations, revealing that the United Kingdom and France could no longer pursue independent military and foreign policies without the consent and support of the United States.
Likewise, the present conflict illustrates not only the limits of Israeli strategic autonomy, but also the broader transformation of the international system as American dominance is increasingly challenged by the rise of China and the emergence of a more multipolar world order.
The recent announcement by the Department of Justice regarding a $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is not merely a policy decision, it is a profound affront to the American taxpayer and the rule of law. We are witnessing the formalization of what can only be described as a federal "slush fund"—a mechanism designed to provide financial redress for those who claim they were victims of the legal system, a category that conveniently encompasses the very individuals who participated in the January 6th insurrection.
Trump on a tear: unpresidented corruption riles the GOP. Bossman distracts by renaming the war. Colbert is done for now, but the regime pretty much satirizes itself. The semiquincentennial celeb is an almost perfect lie; we expected nothing less. And Kars4Kids apparently benefits different kids, paying for teen trips to Israel for free indoctrination.