EndemicEarthling<p>Brisbane city council has pulled funding for a music awards after winner used her acceptance speech to denounce <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, while the conservative LNP Queensland state government also considers withdrawal of financial support.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250331091713/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/kellee-green-river-to-sea-composer-queensland-music-award-palestine-controversy-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025033109</span><span class="invisible">1713/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/kellee-green-river-to-sea-composer-queensland-music-award-palestine-controversy-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p>Jazz composer and pianist <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KelleeGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KelleeGreen</span></a> used her acceptance speech at the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/2025QueenslandMusicAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2025QueenslandMusicAwards</span></a> to speak of the suffering of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> civilians and to support peaceful protest against Australian government complicity in selling weapons to Israel (in contravention of obligations under international law, including a specific injunction by the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalCourtOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalCourtOfJustice</span></a>).</p><p>The claim by the council is that her speech was 'divisive'.</p><p>Treating opposition to genocide as <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> is (implicitly or explicitly) to normalise being pro-genocide as a legitimate political stance.</p><p>Normalising support for genocide is itself a crime under <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a>.</p><p>By only ever punishing anti-genocide speech, and never those who express unqualified support for a genocidal regime (or who even seek to justify its extreme violence through appeal to a 'right to defend itself'), political authorities send the clear message that we ought to be tolerant of those who support exterminative violence and intolerant of those who oppose it.</p><p>Never.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Qldpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qldpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Another fired employee said the hundreds of dismissals meant that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> agency now had only a skeleton crew to respond to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> crises.</p><p>The appointee running day-to-day operations at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteMarocco</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept official overseeing foreign aid who was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> figure at the agency & other government departments in the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. Early this month, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> announced he was taking over the aid agency as acting administrator.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassFirings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/angry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>angry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/response" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>response</span></a> to a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sermon</span></a> should <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/worry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worry</span></a> all <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bishop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bishop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MariannEdgarBudde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MariannEdgarBudde</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> reflect the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a> held by a majority of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> — a fact that Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rhetoric</span></a> seeks to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/obscure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obscure</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>'s Fred Upton backs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>' presidential campaign</p><p>West <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> & former U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Rep. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredUpton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FredUpton</span></a> is endorsing VP Kamala Harris' 2024 bid for the White House, saying his party's nominee, former President Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unhinged</span></a> & has "not changed his colors."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/24/gops-upton-backs-harris-presidential-campaign/75810489007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">detroitnews.com/story/news/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/2024/10/24/gops-upton-backs-harris-presidential-campaign/75810489007/</span></a></p>
MarkRDavid<p>Sick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have Just the Place for You.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/greenville-real-estate-conservatives.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/gree</span><span class="invisible">nville-real-estate-conservatives.html</span></a></p><p>This one is particularly personal for me, as I'm moving in July, probably to a state other than MA. Considering moving to a purplish state, where my Dem vote will have more impact. Looks like SC won't work out for me 😆 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> - liking the Canada idea, but had a traumatic move only 3 years ago, and not quite ready for that just yet...</p>
Cat West<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shoq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>shoq</span></a></span> Geez. I guess success does breed disconnection with current times. So glad I don’t watch that show. These kinds of generalizations are designed to pit us against each other in the same way Welfare Queen was designed to classify all welfare recipients as frauds, and only Black People as undeserving. BTW, She was on welfare while building her career. Was she a success story of ‘self made’? Or is she the result of society helping each other? Did she forget? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Divisive</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Wed, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> again relied on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> to push the spending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> across the finish line, after many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> refused to back it because it did not cut spending or accomplish the party’s most sweeping & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divisive</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> demands, including measures to limit access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> secured some small victories, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> to the Bureau of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alcohol</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tobacco</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firearms</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Explosives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Explosives</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>), the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> programs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p>
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