Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has built an EV-battery colossus in the scrublands of Nevada. He spent the day giving me the first look at everything @redwoodmat has been building. It starts with *30 acres* of old batteries headed for recycling 🧵
40 minutes ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
"Why is the Middle East so unstable?" Well, mostly because the US and Western Europe established a violent settler colonial regime there, armed to the teeth, which steals land, attacks regional progressive movements, arms reactionary extremists, and routinely bombs neighbouring countries.
1 hour ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
The US regime supports a Palestinian state. Just not until it allows the US to midwife a “state” with no military, in which Israel controls its borders, airspace, maritime territory, and political leadership... not until Palestine signs away its sovereignty and national struggle.
2 hours ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
On why Israel had to strike back: Israel’s core military strategic doctrine is founded upon achieving maximum deterrence by convincing its adversaries that they will pay a disproportionately high price if they challenge it. To achieve this deterrence, Israel focuses on 4 key pillars:
3 hours ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Part of me thought Genocide Joe Biden mass slaughtering, raping and starving Palestinian babies, children, men and women would get Mehdi to stop doing these four-yearly "WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS" routines. But no, he and scum like AOC will stop at nothing, not even genocide.
17 hours ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
A short(ish) 🧵 on reports that Netanyahu and his government are in emergency talks over credible "information" they have received that the #ICC plans to issue warrants against senior figures in the Israeli government, including Netanyahu.
19 hours ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
Did ISRAEL even commit this attack on IRAN? ❌American media reported within SECONDS that ISRAEL was responsible. ❌ISRAELI media cited American media when making initial reports on the attack. ❌ISRAELI officials have not *yet at the time of this post* taken credit for the attack.
21 hours ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Johnson admitting what the West really fears. That the defeat of Ukraine will indeed be the end of Western hegemony. Only the failure of the West was to engineer the Maidan in the first place in 2014. Maidan will be seen as the final nail in the coffin lid for US hegemony and the USD as the WRC.
1 day ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Ralph Nader wrote back in early March that the real Gaza death count is probably more like 200,000. There's no good reason to discount this. It's certainly more likely than the number just continuing to sit around thirty thousand for no reason.
Google is firing anti-genocide activists and NYC is criminalizing and dispersing the beautiful protests at Columbia University. These two events represent major PR wins for the anti-war movement in a single day. And it is sure to bring American establishments many things; Quiet isn't one of them.
'The Qatari newspaper "Al-Arabi Al-Jadid" reported today (Thursday) that the United States agreed to Israeli action in Rafah, in return for not carrying out a large-scale attack against Iran.
1 day ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
One input to Israel's dystopian "Lavender AI", which selects targets to be killed by the IDF, is "whether you're in a WhatsApp group with a suspected member of Hamas". Which means that Meta is sharing this data with the IDF, making it directly complicit. Meta sells WhatsApp as privacy messaging.
“A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid after reviewing allegations that they committed serious human rights abuses." Biden knew and still sold them weapons.
Israel's allowed to bomb an Iranian consulate, but Iran's not allowed to strike back. NATO's allowed to expand to Russia's doorstep and amass proxy forces on its border, but the last time Moscow placed a credible threat anywhere near the US, it responded so aggressively that the world almost ended.
Reuters with a very important piece of journalism: The US is reimposing partially lifted sanctions on Venezuela "because it cares so much about democracy and free elections". The same US propping up fascist dictatorships in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE...
Sandra Ifrah only admitted she lied because the 67 DNA claim was found to be from a far right conspiracy about refugees. If she said 53 or 81 DNA she wouldn't have admitted it, and Jeffrey Gettlman and Lucy Manning would have their NYT and BBC headlines.(shades of those 40 beheaded incubator babies)
Iran is definitely Israel's mightiest military threat, but the truth of that matter is Israel doesn't have a viable way to deal with Hizbullah militarily. Hizbullah can escalate from 0-100 in two minutes... thousands of rockets, missiles, and drones will make their way to Israel within minutes.
2 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
What empire does is make you so arrogant that you think you can say anything and squash anyone that opposes you. It becomes a game to see what you can say that's so outrageous but so authoritative that you can get away with it. And so, the British are the most hypocritical country in modern times.
The US contacted Iran, asking it to allow Israel a symbolic strike to save face, an Iranian official told the Cradle
HR 883 has passed. Pro-Israel lawmakers are laying the groundwork for designating certain speech as hate speech in anticipation of the upcoming Define to Defeat Act. This act aims to criminalize criticism of Israel by incorporating the IHRA definition of antisemitism into civil rights legislation.
After Iran's attack on Israel, the price of one-way tickets from Tel Aviv to the capitals of European countries increased more than 10 times. Tickets from Tel Aviv to London and Berlin, which previously cost 68 and 110 euros, are now on sale for 550 and 2,900 euros on the cheapest flights.
Lavender uses WhatsApp messages as input to their AI - where do they get this from? Surely Meta should not be giving group membership to a military that is bombing their users and their entire families, without oversight? Several of Meta's senior leaders have been significant supporters of Israel.
3 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
the latest deranged line Israeli regime propagandists are spreading is "Iranians want Israel and the US to bomb them! Look at these unsourced graffiti photos saying so!" You may think only deranged freaks are spouting this, but it is now the first story on the BBC's front page:
If this doesn't make you shiver to your core, seek forgiveness.
3 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Missiles used in strike against Israel: Kheybar Shekan, ultra maneuverable light warhead with MaRV in the final stage unveiled in 2022. Ghadr, heavy warhead missile without MaRV unveiled in 2015. Emad, with MaRV capability and exo-atmospheric cluster submunition decoy unveiled in 2015.
In 1943, Joseph Goebbels wrote an article titled “The War and the Jews." The arguments he makes in it justifying the Nazi genocide of the Jews are identical to the arguments the Zionists make today justifying the Zionist genocide of the Palestinians. 🧵 with some examples.
The US, GB and France, in fact, refused to confirm that the basic principles of international law are valid for and apply equally to all states. The parade of hypocrisy and 'double standards' that is unfolding in the Security Council today is so gross that even being an onlooker feels embarrassing.
4 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
The IAF is ready to strike Iran, Channel 13 reports. Netanyahu instructed the IOF to identify targets in Iran, an attack to “send a signal,” but without casualties. These can be both military and industrial facilities. Iran may be subject to a massive cyber attack, as reported by the Washington Post
Slowly lies are exposed: Senior US official told ABC News that at least 9 missiles penetrated Israeli air defenses & hit 2 air bases. 5 ballistic missiles hit Nevatim Air Base, causing damage to a C-130 transport plane, a runway, and storage facilities. 4 additional ballistic missiles hit Nevatim.
Iran attacked military bases rather than civilian populations and this account thought that made Iran look weak and Israel strong? ZioScum. Who's surprised.
Iran’s attack, the diversity of locations it targeted, and weapons it used, forced Israel to uncover the majority of anti-missile technologies the US and it have across the region. The Iranians did not use any weapons Israel didn’t know it had, it just used a lot of them.
5 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
⚡️The Iranian attack was huge and successful . Their target was the airbase that struck the embassy. It required 300+ projectiles because Israel has the most protected airspace in the world
Iran struck Nevatim air base with at least seven of its new hypersonic missiles. Nevatim is home to the F-35 fighters that attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Not a single Iranian missile was intercepted. Let that sink in. Israel is defenseless.
Losing the NYT is quite a feat by Israel.
6 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
The reason why Israel doesn't straight up attack Iran to settle their differences & instead tries to bait Iran into launching an attack so that the US will fight its battles is because--fundamentally--Israelis are cowardly wusses. Israelis are pussies and deserve to be treated as such.
The French have had enough of dodging Yemeni attacks, are taking their fancy frigate back to the safety of its home port. The captain noted they are not accustomed to "this level of weapons and violence." The Yemenis "are perfecting their technique. The more they fire, the more accurate they become"
7 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
The US cannot win a war against Iran. And I believe all parties involved know it. The only thing that remains unknown is how insane and self-destructive the US has become under Netanyahu's and AIPAC's, how shall we call it, influence.
It's just a fact that the Trump admin was vastly less warlike than the Biden admin has been. This doesn't mean Trump wouldn't have been doing more or less the same evil things. But it does mean the entire mainstream liberal narrative about Trump and Biden has been complete bullshit this entire time.
They send you to jail for "mis-gendering" somebody in Canada, but you can literally support Waffen SS in your restaurant, and nothing happens ! 🤷♂️ (Canada just loves it's UkroNazis!)
3 months later the "Prosperity Guardian" coalition is suing for peace and offering an extraordinary array of concessions... Ansarallah, undeterred, say they will "continue operations as long as Israeli aggression against Gaza persists".
Israel must be isolated diplomatically, politically, economically and militarily from its many sources of outside support around the world. Palestine’s supporters must regard what is happening as an ongoing emergency and exert unrelenting pressure on offending governments. Keep resisting.
7 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
Samsung Next, the innovation arm of the Korean technology giant, Samsung, is shutting down its Tel Aviv operations. Slowly, the last Apartheid state is beginning to feel the sanctions' squeeze that ended the original Apartheid state.
8 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
⚡️Hezbollah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah: The enemy considered our downing of the Hermes 900 plane to be a crossing of a red line, and we say to him: Who said that we do not cross red lines?! The downing of the "Hermes" is a major blow, because the drone is the pride of the Israeli industry.
Former British ambassador to Israel Tom Phillips comes to the conclusion that so far, "Hamas has won". He explains that Hamas "flipped the script of a militarily invincible Israel and exposed the fragility of its international support, prompting hard questions about its long-term sustainability".
The Israeli regime and its propaganda apparatus is now pushing social media platforms to ban and censor anyone exposing and debunking the "mass rape" hoax. This is the only thing they have left now with all their hoax lies having crumbled: Direct censorship.
9 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
The UK has actively assisted Israel in imposing a famine on Gaza. But it is now sending 20,000 "Dignity Kits" to Gaza's 1.2 million women and girls that include a bottle of shampoo for hair care and a whistle for their protection – as they starve to death.
9 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
All the wrong lessons are being learned: more isolation, more exceptionalism, more violence, more false supremacy. Once the diplomatic and economic repercussions of this genocide will start to set in, this will only get worse.
The best answer to “do you condemn Hamas” was given 13 years ago
The destruction of Gaza appears to be a moment in history where humanity is collectively mulling over whether it wants to keep buying into the lies and propaganda and tacitly consenting to the psychopathic murderousness of the powerful, or let the light of truth shine in.
10 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
War - Bob Marley (lyrics derived from a speech made by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I before the United Nations General Assembly on 4 October 1963)
10 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (youtube.com)
McDonalds is bowing to BDS pressure by getting rid of its genocide-feeding Israeli franchisee. But this won’t stop the boycott because it’s doing it exactly the wrong way. Let’s intensify the #BoycottMcDonalds campaign until it entirely terminates its Israeli business.
Nicaragua hired a German lawyer to argue Germany's complicity in the Gaza Genocide at the ICJ. Western media is ignoring the fact. Germany is aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza. Their arms supplies to Israel have increased more than ten fold (from €30M to €330M) since October 2023.
Israeli soldiers post videos of themselves looting stuff from Palestinian homes, and the public finds that extremely funny. It has surfaced now that the soldiers also looted the belongings of the kibbutz Zio residents evacuated after Oct. 7, and suddenly it's not funny.
Israeli newspaper: Israel defeated and isolated. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronot wrote in its report that the Israeli regime was defeated in the war against the Gaza Strip and is in severe isolation.
“I have never been as ashamed of Israel as I am at this moment. To me, it seems as if Hitler has won. He has turned us Jews into a vicious, genocidal, nationalist nation.” “I call upon all Jews to fight, beg, scream for a ceasefire.” —Miriam Margolyes
The USA is Khamas! The families of the POWs are Khamas!!!
11 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Dear world: If you care for the safety of the Jewish people, please stop advocating for criticizing the State of Israel to be deemed as 'antisemitism.' You are achieving the very opposite of fighting hate and restoring peace.
Ignore the "blame it all on Netanyahu" and other delusions, this Israeli, and others in the comments, understand just how fvcked they are. Hit translate, or read my comment in the discussion.
Turns out the guy shouting "White power!" and "allahu akbar!" is Jewish. All of a sudden the accounts promoting this video don't want it shared anymore.
You can be sure that if the President of the United States—of all people—won't say if he supports a bill protecting the free press, which is the easiest sort of win you get in politics (and right before an election!), there is a reason. And it's a reason that should worry you.
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, Hezbollah announced the downing of an Israel Hermes 900 earlier this evening. This indicates that a new weapon within the resistance's missile air defense force was entered into service today.
11 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
IDF withdraws from Khan Younis! Remember when Israel was promising to invade Rafah during Ramadan? Ramadan ends Tuesday. The IDF needs to “recuperate”? Sounds to me like they were getting their asses kicked in Khan Younis.
Israeli doctor says detained Palestinians are undergoing ‘routine’ amputations for handcuff injuries
The 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 have informed 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 that if there is a regional war, more than 𝟰𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 fighters are ready to completely blockade the Red Sea and target US bases in Africa
12 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Opposition to slaughter in Gaza is becoming mainstream, but when political impulses go mainstream it means there's going to be a massive and concerted effort to funnel public sentiment in a direction that doesn't damage the interests of the empire. They're going to try to blame this all on Netanyahu
3rd January, Israel's spokesperson: "Israel places ZERO restrictions on water entering Gaza", calling a NYT report to that effect "so fake I don't even understand where it's coming from" - Today, Israel after the WCK debacle: "alright, alright, we'll reopen the water pipeline into Gaza"
The US will not interfere if Iran attacks Israel. Through a series of messages exchanged via 3rd parties, the US and Iran have come to an understanding. Iran assured the Americans it will not target US facilities, and in turn the U.S. says it will not get involved if Iran retaliates against Israel.
Israel apologists will just come out and say things that literally *no one on earth believes* and still expect to be taken seriously and treated with respect. (DEMAND we respect and not question them, and hurl accusations at anyone who doesn't)
The Zio regime uses AI "targeting" to not just kill assumed Hamas members (basically any male over 14), but also their families, and also their families when the assumed member is not with them, at home. By that standard every Israeli is a legitimate target to kill. Yet they keep crying about 10/7.
15 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
Is Amazon/Google powering Israel’s Lavender AI system to target and murder Palestinians in Gaza?
At some point - somehow, somewhere, our ‘leaders’ will have to pay a high price for their role in these crimes against humanity. Just as Nazis officers were doggedly pursued decades after WWII, so should every single person who played an enabling role in promulgating this human catastrophe. (video)
15 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Two things you’ll notice about every Israeli spokesperson: 1) They all have different accents. Every single one of them is from a different place and none of them are native to the land they’re illegally squatting on. 2) They’re all white. It’s just white colonizers against unarmed people.
On Monday, Israeli fighter jets bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus killing over a dozen people in an outrageous act of provocation against both Iran and Syria. It is clear that Israel is intent on instigating a direct confrontation with Iran. What’s the goal? 🧵
16 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
“We were not interested in killing Hamas operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity. The IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.”
16 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
🚨 Moments ago, the IOF officially decided to call up reserve soldiers for air defense systems "due to the security situation." For several hours, the IOF's air force and defenses have been on high alert and full readiness, fearing an Iranian response to the IOF's bombing of the Damascus consulate.
6 months of this now. Half a year. Half a year of genocide apologia. Half a year of the most outrageous lies you can possibly imagine. Half a year of seeing children's bodies ripped to pieces and starved to skeletons... of insulting our intelligence... of insulting our humanity.
Israel is investigating its killing of 7 aid workers in #Gaza (who were from the UK, Australia, Poland, and Palestine, and included a U.S.-Canadian citizen). But what do Israel's past investigations of similar killings tell us?
So the Pentagon officially confirms it was Israel that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus. The fact Israel now does this, fully acknowledged by the U.S. shows just how how rogue and unhinged these countries have become, violating centuries-old cornerstone norms of international relations.
Israel is engaged in a deliberate and systematic effort to destroy existing laws and norms around warfare. Even during wartime, embassies are off-limits. Israel just bombed an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus. Bombing hospitals is a war crime. Israel has bombed EVERY hospital in Gaza...
17 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
The Netanyahu regime now pulling off the rare feat of violating both the Geneva Conventions and the Vienna Convention—at the same time. You're living through history, folks.
🔴 ⚡ 🇮🇱 Israeli media : we will not be able to defeat Hamas unless we blow up every inch of Gaza
18 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Biden acknowledges "the pain being felt" by many of his constituents over US support for Israel's genocidal onslaught on the Gaza Strip - and vows to do everything in his power to make it infinitely worse.
Just another arrogant Zionist, full of hubris, running his loud mouth, absolutely begging Russia to solve another Nazi problem for the world.
There is no god, bringing justice to the genociders is up to us.
18 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/LeftistHumor from (twitter.com)
BREAKING: A family member of a prisoner held in Gaza says the Israeli regime is intentionally pressuring all the family members to play along and regurgitate and launder their propaganda for the UN and Western media, with threats to their relatives held in Gaza if they refuse.
19 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
On 28 March the International Court of Justice issued a new ruling (“Order”) in the case known as Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in The Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording. Chair of foreign affairs select committee Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay.
19 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (theguardian.com)
The Zionists take a long view of history, understanding that all the outrage and backlash they're facing over Gaza right now will one day be irrelevant if they can carry out their plan for the territory today. That's why it's so important to oppose this thing now.
20 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty have confirmed that the Israeli regime's forced tortured "confession" videos to push their genocidal "mass rape" atrocity propaganda hoax should not be considered as credible evidence. The Guardian's Bethan McKernan did so in two separate articles.
20 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
FBI: If you’re actively posting criticism of the Biden regime on X your account is being actively monitored by the FBI and/or DHS. When they come to your door politely tell them you are not available and you don’t answer questions. Do not open the door. Watch these videos:
"Zionists rebelled against Hashem and the Torah and established a state, and now they have a new plan to build Solomon's temple... now they say that we cannot expect G-d to send a red heifer, we will create this heifer and sacrifice it... they will say that a red heifer was born in the holy land."
21 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
Suzy Weiss, sister of genocidal Zionist Bari Weiss who killed Refaat Alareer, is now writing for her propaganda rag where she focuses on smearing pro-Palestinian students as overly privileged coddled snowflakes. Here is how Suzy reacted when she failed to get into an Ivy (blamed "blacks and browns")
21 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
Did you know US corporations own most of the Ukraine farmlands & grains and are now forcing the EU bloc to now buy it under Free Trade agreement amid opposition from European farmers?
If you still have any doubt that we live in a profoundly sick dystopia as deranged as anything that's ever been imagined in fiction, take note of the fact that the most powerful empire in history is currently trying to propagandize you into thinking an obvious genocide is just fine.
Russian Warships have officially entered the Red Sea. Possible sea confrontation with NATO. Russian Pacific Fleet entered the Red Sea and is heading towards Yemen where American and British ships have carried out strikes on Houthis.
WHY I AM RESIGNING FROM THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT by Annelle Sheline, PhD.
🚨🇬🇹#BREAKING: Jewish Child Sex-Trafficking Ring Operating Out Of Guatemala. 3 members of what is considered an 'extremist Jewish sect', 'Lev Tahor', have been found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking children.
22 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (twitter.com)
BREAKING: The chair of Israel's "Civil Commission" tasked with fabricating and spreading the "mass rape" hoax, invited to the White House and cited in the NYT and BBC as a credible source has been exposed as a pathological liar and grifter by Israeli media.
22 days ago by FreedomUltd to /s/AskALeftist from (threadreaderapp.com)
Jordan: Protests blocking traffic; men have flooded the streets in such large numbers that even the repressive military force in Jordan can’t beat them into submission; Protesters are chanting for Jordan to open its borders so they can march to Al-Aqsa. The monarchy is now holding on by a thread. 🧵
If you really really want to appreciate how much Israel cares for survives of sexual abuse and assault, then you should look no further than Malka Leifer's story... for 13 years, Israel refused to extradite Leifer to Australia, and she was allowed to lead her normal life in a West Bank settlement.