the Guardian
Man who threw sandwich at US federal agent found not guilty of assault
Former justice department employee’s lawyers argued it was a ‘harmless gesture’ during an act of protest
 A protester prosecuted for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent was found not guilty. Clearly the jury considered the charge absurd.
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‘They’re not wolves – they’re sheep’: the psychiatrist who spent decades meeting and studying lone-actor mass killers
Paul E Mullen has had a front-row seat to the men behind some of the worst public massacres. He says it’s possible to ‘disrupt the script’ fo...
 A psychiatrist who has talked with many mass shooters says that they are following a "cultural script", a sort of social trail that was made by the publicity about so many past mass shooters. He responds to this by denying them the sort of publicity that they expect to get if they commit a massacre. It is in the same spirit that I refuse to respond to the mass killer
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The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America | Katrina vanden Heuvel
US leaders have long shown some responsibility to help poor people meet basic nutritional needs. That era appears over
 *The food stamp fight signals an era of unprecedented cruelty in America.* The right-wing ideology ways that state help for poor people - either to survive, or to be more productive - is their idea of the greatest evil. (They also oppose regulations that protect people from other private citizens, such as gun control or even gun safety.) It is the ideology of the sadistic state, which when implemented
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the Guardian
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peacef...
 The UK government imprisoned protester Marcus Decker for over a year for dropping a banner from a bridge. Now it plans to deport him "automatically" because of that prison sentence. It is a curious contradiction that the government prohibits him from leaving the UK even as it arranges to deport him. Is there any logic in this? If the government had sane
the Guardian
Counter-terror police investigate claim UK university halted research after Chinese pressure
Sheffield Hallam University ordered professor to cease human rights study into Uyghurs forced labour in China
 *Sheffield Hallam University ordered professor to cease human rights study into Uyghurs forced labour in China.* The UK government is investigating that order as an alleged crime by the university.
Glossary
the Guardian
The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs | Sidney Blumenthal
The president is lashing out before the supreme court’s impending decision on his absurd policy
 The bully hopes to pressure the Supreme Court to support his autocratic tariff policies by sitting in the court room when it hears the case.
civicshout.com
Defend Mail-in Voting Before the 2026 Midterms
Donald Trump has announced that he intends to “lead a movement” to abolish mail-in voting and replace voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm...
 US citizens: call on Congress to defend Mail-in voting before the 2026 mid-term elections. Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121 If you phone or sign, please spread the word!
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/apple-removes-ice-tracking-apps-after-pressure-by-trump-administration-2025-10-03
Glossary
 Big Tech companies are bowing to the persecutor by shutting off public communication about where deportation thugs are attacking.
the Guardian
As criticism grows, is UAE ready to walk away from Sudan’s RSF militia?
After mass killings in El Fasher and four years on from a coup, UAE now admits its Sudan policy has gone wrong
 *After mass killings in El Fasher and four years on from a coup, UAE now admits its Sudan policy [of war and massacre] has gone wrong.*