This is what the U.S. calls a āproportionateā response to the downing of an Apache helicopter: destroying reservoirs that leave 20,000 people without water.
āStaying below the threshold of escalationā yields not deescalation, let alone peace, but atrocities like this.
Wow. A Columbus Dispatch editor is having a "fireside chat" with an executive from autonomous weapons manufacturer Anduril.
Would an editor do the same for a data center developer? An ExxonMobil exec? A "fireside chat" for FDR-esque wisdom from a weapons salesman?
www.acg.org/columbus/eve...
The grand jury transcripts from the āBroadview Sixā case were released this week, making it clear that they were not buying what the prosecution was selling.
Itās āa crock of shit,ā one juror said.
And for more on how Anduril is handling their PR when Americans aren't feeling so great about tech billionaires and endless war, check out this great article from @hurwitz.bsky.social @motherjones.com about an Anduril exec on Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop podcast!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Dozens of women continue the relay of the labor and hunger strike saying, 'We are mothers, daughters, sisters. We are people and we demand justice.'"
A big deal: a federal court has BLOCKED Alabama from using nitrogen gas to execute. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
My colleague Lauren Gill has done essential work witnessing what nitrogen gas does, and writing about this torturous method of execution in Alabama specifically. Revisit:
āHe asked about one detained woman who has been hospitalized for several weeks. āThey arenāt telling her family where she is, which hospital sheās in. Theyāre saying itās a security problem,ā Kim said. Guards told the family to file a FOIA request to find out where she is, he said.ā
The Broadview Six case is āa crock of shit,ā one juror said.
NEW: Women inside Delaney Hall have issued new demands over repression, violence, and forced transfer against hunger and labor strikers.
They carry on earlier demands while calling for investigation: "Women report that they have made multiple complaints of sexual abuse against a female officer."
Today, the MacArthur Justice Center & ACLU filed a FOIA lawsuit against DHS, ICE, CBP, and USCIS demanding the disclosure of policies and documents relating to practices of targeting and physically retaliating against people who film federal agents on the streets in public.
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Civilians around the world continued to experience severe harm from the use of explosive weapons in 2025, as widespread bombing and shelling extended a three-year pattern of elevated harm.
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Jasmine Razeghi
Explosive Weapons Monitor
In a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the MacArthur Justice Center, the ACLU, and the ACLU of Northern California are demanding that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),...
Each ICE operation generates roughly $196,000 in monthly losses for nearby businesses and communities. (That's 11x the government's administrative cost of a deportation.)
Why?
ICE activity decreases foot traffic in those public areas.
