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riversedge's JournalICYMI: Mar 13, 2025 9:31 AM CT U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
A reminder. I had forgotten already!
Updated: Mar 13, 2025 9:31 AM CT
U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
Solcyré Burga
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a research tool that publicizes the status of freedoms and threats to civil liberties worldwide.
The move comes amid President Donald Trump’s “assault on democratic norms and global cooperation,” said CIVICUS—a global alliance and network of civil society groups, including Amnesty International, that advocates for greater citizen action in areas where civil liberties are limited—in a press release. The organization also cited the Administration’s cut of more than 90% of its foreign aid contracts and its crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—which Trump called “illegal and immoral discrimination programs”—through executive action.
“The Trump Administration seems hellbent on dismantling the system of checks and balances which are the pillars of a democratic society,” said Mandeep Tiwana, Interim Co-Secretary General of CIVICUS, in a press release. “Restrictive Executive Orders, unjustifiable institutional cutbacks, and intimidation tactics through threatening pronouncements by senior officials in the Administration are creating an atmosphere to chill democratic dissent, a cherished American ideal.”
CIVICUS outlines the state of civil rights through five categories—open, narrowed, obstructed, repressed, and closed. “Open” is the highest ranking, meaning all people are able to practice liberties such as free speech, and the lowest is “closed.” Per CIVICUS, instances that result in a “decline in open civic space” include “repressive legislation that curtails free speech and dialogue, obstacles to civil society activities and operations and crackdowns on civil disobedience and peaceful demonstrations.”
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whow. all the Markets are in RED!!...
what or why??
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Pete Hegseth has taken Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou off library shelves, but left two copies of Adolf Hitler
whow. seems Hegseth has nothing better to do!!
Rep. Mikie Sherrill @RepSherrill
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Pete Hegseth has taken Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou off of the library shelves, but left two copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf in the library.
Just consider that for a minute: midshipmen can now read the antisemitic manifesto of one of history’s most evil men but god forbid they read the autobiography of a Black woman recounting her lived experience.
https://x.com/RepSherrill/status/1917262586757931184
BREAKING: At his Michigan rally, Trump proudly showed this footage of men being shoved into a foreign torture prison;
At the end Trump is grinning while the MAGA fans are cheering.
Brian Krassenstein
@krassenstein
BREAKING: At his Michigan rally, Trump proudly showed this footage of men being shoved into a foreign torture prison; no lawyers, no charges, no due process, while the crowd bellowed “USA! USA!”
This isn’t patriotism. It’s a grotesque spectacle that will stain America’s conscience long after the chants fade.
https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1917347222548799501
https://x.com/Ringham7/status/1917375361278435550
Poll: " just 39% approve of how Trump is handling the economy-his worst score ever, including during his first term...."
I am fearful for what our economy has in store for us.
More give Trump an F than any other grade for first 100 days, poll finds
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5379596/trump-100-days-polling-grade-approval-rating
April 29, 20255:00 AM ET
Twice as many people said President Trump deserves a grade of F rather than an A for how he's handled his first 100 days in office, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
Forty-five percent said Trump deserves the failing mark, compared to 23% who would pass him with flying colors. It's understandable that partisans would have strongly polarized views of the president, but it's also notable that half of independents said he deserves an F, and only a slim majority of Republicans would give him an A.
The poll of 1,439 adults, conducted from April 21-23, finds Trump's political standing in decline since he was sworn in for a second term. It's driven by views of how he's handling the economy and tariffs, but a slim majority now also disapproves of how he's handling immigration, which had been a relative strength.
Trump's overall approval rating is down to 42%, including just 36% among independents. For context, when looking at Gallup's numbers back to Harry Truman, this would be the second-worst approval rating for any president at the 100-day mark in those 80 years. The lowest? First-term Trump by a point.
His economic numbers are even worse — just 39% approve of how Trump is handling the economy, his worst score ever, including during his first term......................
https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/1917464833663905830
Memo claims Elon Musk to avoid $2.37B in legal liabilities through DOGE influence OMG!!!
Memo claims Elon Musk to avoid $2.37B in legal liabilities through DOGE influence
OMG!!! We, the consumers pay high #Trumptarrifs, but @elonmusk gets off from paying his bills!!
https://cnb.cx/3EIejqj
Russia launches drone barrage into Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
Source: abc news
Ukraine's air force said it tracked 149 Russian drones.
By David Brennan April 27, 2025, 5:48 AM
4:18
Trump, Zelenskyy met privately ahead of pope's funeralPresident Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met privately in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday before attending the funeral for Pope Francis.
LONDON -- Ukraine reported 149 Russian drones launched into the country overnight into the early hours of Sunday, the barrage coming hours after President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Pope Francis' funeral in Vatican City.
Ukraine's air force said in a Telegram post that 57 of the drones were shot down and 67 were lost in flight. Six regions of the country -- Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Donetsk, Sumy and Cherkasy -- recorded damage from drone attacks, the air force said.
The air force said in another post to Telegram that over the previous week, Russia attacked Ukraine with 48 missiles of various types and 442 attack drones...............
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-launches-drone-barrage-ukraine-after-trump-zelenskyy/story?id=121210002
This is how Ukrainians receive their fallen heroes -- on their knees. ..............
This is how Ukrainians receive their fallen heroes — on their knees.
No disrespect to other countries, but I cannot imagine something like this happening in the U.S. or Europe.
https://x.com/rshereme/status/1916549151564739038
Trump vows to bring Columbus Day back 'from the ashes,' bashes Dems for destroying explorer's 'reputation'
Source: nypost.com
By Ryan King Published April 27, 2025, 2:05 p.m. ET
President Trump vowed to bring back Columbus Day “from the ashes” in a fiery social media post where he railed against backlash to the controversial European explorer whom the holiday honors.
“I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much.“They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but ‘WOKE,’ or even worse, nothing at all! Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback.
“I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!”
Read more: https://nypost.com/2025/04/27/us-news/trump-announces-columbus-day-is-back-from-the-ashes/
https://x.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1916558508234883136
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