the Guardian
US sees surge in violence against journalists under Trump, report says
The US press have suffered about as many assaults this year as in the previous three years combined
Glossary
 Violence against news reporters increased greatly this year. In many cases they were attacked while covering actions of the deportation thugs. Many of the attacks were committed by thugs.
the Guardian
How hope is fading: the mobs bringing violence back to the streets of Bangladesh
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s overthrow has faded
 Violent mobs have rampaged across Bangladesh, and destroyed by fire the offices of two important newspapers. The article does not say what cause or side the mobs support, but they may be Islamist extremists.
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the Guardian
Retribution fears as Australian Muslims see surge in Islamophobic hate since Bondi terror attack
Security stepped up at mosques amid spate of targeted abuse as leaders mourn Bondi victims and say community will not ‘claim victimhood’
 After the antisemitic killings in Australia follows a wave of antimuslimist threats. These two forms of hatred are aimed at different religions, but they are basically similar in form: stirring up hatred of an "other" to make people panic and start to fertilize fascist movements with more hared. Let's be mature enough not to bite that
The Intercept
International Pressure Was Building to Hold Israel Accountable. What Happened?
After Trump’s plan for Gaza went into effect, governments seemed eager to return to the status quo.
 The adoption of the "peace plan" for Gaza has not brought peace or a cease fire, nor ended the siege of Gaza, but governments around the world have made it as an excuse to remove all pressure on Israel and Netanyahu to cease their crimes.
the Guardian
Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio face deportations home, where abuses persist
A growing group has found community around Cincinnati. Trump’s ICE crackdown threatens to send them back to Mauritania, rife with human rights pr...
 Migrants from Mauritania in the US fear being deported back there to live under a form of apartheid system with slavery.
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the Guardian
My family has never believed in Father Christmas – I don
I would never want them to feel that they had been naughty if I couldn’t afford their gifts one year, says writer and music producer Matt Taylor
 A father writes that he told his children the truth about Christmas presents, rather than the usual Santa Claus lie, so they won't feel judged if some year he can't afford to get them any presents. I think that is a good reason. But I still feel that telling the usual lie is wrong as well. And when parents bully me into speaking to their children as if Santa Claus existed, it puts me in a painful
the Guardian
Trump team’s contentious climate report ‘makes a mockery of science’, experts say
Over 85 top climate specialists lambasted administration’s review, calling it a ‘shoddy mess’ that downplays risks
 *Over 85 top climate specialists* refuted the magats' official denial of the developing climate crisis, *calling it a "shoddy mess" that downplays risks,* and *a mockery of science.* It has *pervasive problems with misrepresentation and selective citation of the scientific literature, cherry-picking of data, and faulty or absent statistics.*
the Guardian
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
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 Video has been leaked showing the trial of Xu Qinxian, a Chinese general who refused to send troops into Beijing in 1989 to crush the students' massive Tien An Men protest for freedom and democracy.
the Guardian
The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal | Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer
The decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of Trump’s pen
Glossary
 *The [Supreme Court] decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of [the bully's] pen.*