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Author, editor & freelancer: philosophy and social science = applying philosophy to everyday life. Best known book "101 Philosophy Problems" Bylines at Guardian, Independent, TES and Times Higher. Definitely also @ForDummies http:www.martincohenauthor.com
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Guess who? "No political construct in modern history has amassed a toxic combination of messianic ethnic supremacism; supreme disregard for human life (everyone else is “amalek”); supreme disregard for international law; and unlimited access to lethal firepower." strategic-culture.su/news/2025/06...

Another little Trump breaking basic laws while the Republicans cheer him on www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Yes, Trump's Brownshirts is exactly what they are, and American has let itself fall into the hands of a tyrant.

Bernie Sanders says the president “must not take illegal military action against Iran.” “The US Constitution is very clear. There is no ambiguity. It is Congress that determines whether we go to war, not the President” Good luck with that! Trump loves his wargames www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Seems @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social is the only place to get any real analysis: "Netanyahu’s attacks may bring short-term tactical gains for Israel in delaying Iran’s nuclear ambitions and thwarting talks with the US but they promise a longterm strategic disaster" www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

The graft and thieving accelerates. Americans have lost their country to a handful of corrupt oligarchs.

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Trump will be dead long before he can use this money. It's completely irrational, the acts of a mentally unhinged Thesociopath. But how to explain all those in the Republican Party who are enabling him - and his crimes? Evidently, the grift and madness normalises and spreads like cancer.

"The shootings were politically motivated. The police found a list of other targets, including Gov. Tim Walz, House Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sen… The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, is a “strong” Trump supporter. It fits a pattern of right-wing political violence which has been a signature of the Trump era."

Iran is home to the second largest Jewish community in the Middle East. Many of them live in Tehran. But that's not causing even a pause in Netanyahu and Trump's plan to bomb Iran's cities. Because these murderous sociopaths are the worst enemy of the Jewish people. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

"Just three days before the attack, the Trump administration sent Israel 300 Hellfire missiles. These US missiles were used to kill Iranian officials." To be precise, while the US was ostensibly "negotiating" with Iranian officials, it was preparing to kill them popularresistance.org/israels-war-...

Not that there will be a fair election again, but IF there were, then all these people should be prosecuted and jailed.

MAGA patriot charged with murder uk.news.yahoo.com/suspect-shoo... Assuming he is convicted, will a Presidential pardon soon follow? The Capitol rioters killed too, yet they were all gleefully let out by Trump. And as with the Capitol, Trump laid the groundwork with his accusations and rhetoric.

"This is Israel’s current definition of “security”. “Security” means that Israel can kill whoever it wants for as long as it wants and wherever and whenever it wants without paying any sort of price for its actions." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

On the day an American democratic politician and his wife are shot dead by Trump's followers, the point made here is made all too real. The values the US betrayed in Palestine are the values lost at home too. 1/2

This guy is so intelligent. I wish he would run for office #USDemocracy

The UN Humanitarian Chief's job involves seeing the worst horrors and cruelties people can invent. Out of all the places he has been, he says, it is Gaza that was - is - the most horrible. The smell of death haunts him youtube.com/shorts/OoHHS...

On the day Israel bombs Iran AGAIN, this looks all too likely. "Settler activists have openly talked about an Israel stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates. Advisers dream of “reconquering Sinai”, “dismembering Egypt” and precipitating the “dissolution of Jordan” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Alas… the Democratic Party will never rescue the US from Trumpism, writes @donaldearlcollins.bsky.social "It won’t. It can’t. The party is an unreliable and ideologically compromised actor in the struggle for democracy and justice." AKA hypocrites and grandstanders www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Via @thecradlemedia.bsky.social thecradle.co/articles-id/...

Probably the least secure voting system in the world. And it suits certain people that way.

"It said the US had not been involved and warned against any retaliation targeting US interests." Curious how the US arms and funds Israel, provides the bombs and planes, provides vital intelligence AND uses the attacks to back up its demands but then writes to Iran to say "nothing to do with us"!

Trump showcases the crude tactics of dictators everywhere (riot police, suppression of free speech, redirection of public funds to cronies…) while Vance follows with crazy memes + photoshop skills www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza... It's hard to know which one is more sinister @miloprcohen.bsky.social

It won't be until the first senator is shot dead that America wakes up to the reality of the monsters it has unleashed.

Eyes are, indeed, on Gaza, although many in Israel and the US still seem oblivious and unashamed. Books like The Eyes of Gaza are drops, tear drops indeed, in an ever-expanding ocean of Palestinian sorrow but surely contribute to our understanding www.philosophical-investigations.org/2025/05/the-...

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants. -- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #1

Curious source for this, but it's absolutely right: "Battlestar Galactica: 'The police and the military have always been separate for a reason. One serves and protects the people, the other fights enemies of the state. When the military does both, the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

Very revealing selection of quotes from US Presidents on the subject of immigration… from 9'45" here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=baR4... ( But generally, seems like Jimmy Kimmel is really struggling to see a funny side to what is now happening…) @miloprcohen.bsky.social

Israel kidnapping peaceful volunteers in international waters in order to hide the images of what they have done to Gaza, is sickening. Have we even ever seen this much evil and shameless crime in the last 50-60 years? I think it's definitely up there.

"The Madleen did not make it to Gaza’s shores. Yet its crew exposed an obscenity that has repulsed western citizens, who will one day force their governments to cease their complicity – which is why, in the end, Israel will lose." I hope so. But 80 years on, that day still seems ever further off.

A starting pont would be for the "Democrat" to say that *if* they ever get back into power, then they prosecute and punish every member of ICE, the MAGA brown shirts.

No European reactors come in on time or on budget. EVERYONE knows this. This one is going to cost at least 4x as much as the price now, and won't be built until 2060. Ignoring all the downstream risks and problems. This is indeed pure Edstone folly. www.martincohenauthor.com/2019/04/argu...

Disgraceful , but predictable pro-nuclear shilling by @theguardian.com just. FACT: no European reactor gets buit on time or at cost. Invariably, costs triple, times drag on decades, Jillian Ambrose. Pushing a fake environment agenda. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...