Wow, it’s done! New “Black Lives Matter” Mural painted in
#WashingtonDC
on road to White House (16th St.)
They started at 3:00 am & just finished. Mayor Bowser approved it:
Wow. This quote from Jacinda Ardern’s resignation: ‘Hope I leave New Zealanders with a belief that you can be kind but strong, empathetic but decisive, optimistic but focused...that you can be your own kind of leader, one who knows when it’s time to go’..
Protestors in
#Nigeria
discovered today a warehouse of Covid19 food aid in Lagos that was meant for people but is locked by Gov.
Worsening economic conditions, bad governance are main reasons behind
#EndSars
movement:
Protestors have now toppled Christopher Columbus statue outside Minnesota State Capitol.
Organizers were from American Indian Movement & footage from moments ago:
No tourists in
#Japan
? No problem. Deer herd moved into Nara Park, fully enjoying its Cherry blossoms 🌸.
An estimated 1000 🦌 in the park this year. Breathtaking:
Unreal:
-Nadia Murad: “They [ISIS] Killed my mom, my six brothers”
-Donald Trump: “Where are they now?”
-Murad: “They Killed them..they are in the mass graves in Sinjar”
[Trump nods...]
Wow. Huge rally in Paris
#France
today paying homage to
#GeorgeFloyd
& Adama Traore who died in French police custody in 2016.
Rally itself defied a police ban:
Horrifying footage from S.
#Pakistan
today of entire building washed away by floods. Over 935 people killed, more than 33 million affected, worst natural disaster for country in decades:
Price of protesting in
#Iran
: Nika Shakarami, 17 years old, joined the
#MahsaAmini
protests on Sep. 20, on Sep 30 her body was delivered dead to her parents from Kharizak jail…then authorities stole body to block the funeral. What she was fighting for:
Don’t know her name, but this Woman in
#Sudan
is leading rallies, standing on car roofs, and pleading for change against autocratic Bashir.
Here she is singing “Thawra” (Revolution). Remember this voice:
BREAKING:
#Iran
will no longer abide by ANY limits of its 2015 nuclear deal per State TV. (AP)
Comes 3 days after killing of Qassem Suleimani, escalating tension with US
Today, a 22-yr-old woman died in
#Iran
after being beaten on head by the regime’s “morality police” for not “properly” wearing her Hijab. Her name was Masha Amini.
Her crime was showing some hair. Let that sink in…
Belgium now third country to see removal of statues of historically prejudiced figures, due to
#BlackLivesMattters
protests.
150 yr old statue of Colonial King Leopold II removed by authorities in Antwerp. He oppressed/enslaved people in Congo in 19th c:
Unreal.
#Nigeria
Gov bans Twitter indefinitely after its President Buhari’s tweet gets deleted.
A nation of 200 million loses access to social platform because one man is offended:
Elderly woman in Iran takes off headscarf, joins the youth protests, chanting “death to Khamenei”. One of few in streets who knew how life was in Iran before the Islamic revolution 1979:
BREAKING : EVER GIVEN ship has been UNSTUCK & Moving into
#Suez
Canal after 6 Days!!
Egyptian crew managed to float it moments ago. It’s 5:42 am there:
Venezuela’s Maduro goes from being on US wanted list in 2020 ( $15 million reward for his capture), to shaking hands with John Kerry in 2022. Video from Egypt today at
#COP27
:
Also
#WashingtonDC
Protests, residents & churches have been leaving water and/or making food for protestors.
Some scenes of that from around the city today
Some good
#COVID
ー19 news today:
• No new cases in Wuhan for 5 days
• Italy deaths rate ↘️ in last 2 days
• Global # of Recoveries >100,000
• Merkel tested Negative
• No new deaths in 150 Countries
• Moderna may provide limited vaccine access by Fall
• > curfews & testing
Infuriating: One day after competing without headscarf at Asian Climbing Competition,
#Iran
’s Elnaz Rekabi has gone missing, phone confiscated,
@IranWireEnglish
reports that she is being flown to Evin prison. Cruel doesn’t even begin to describe it:
Chilling footage from Maryland, US where hundreds are lined up to get a free bag of food or $30 voucher from store.
Lines wrapping around parking lot and building itself, show extent of desperation:
Some GOOD
#COVID19
news today:
• ~ 140,000 Global Recoveries
• 101-year-old man in Italy recovers
• FDA approves rapid 15-min tests
• Cuomo: increase slowing in NY
• China easing restrictions
• More Plasma research + donors
• Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson recover, back in US
Angela Merkel: “You cannot fight the pandemic with lies and disinformation...the limits of Populism are being laid bare.”
From her speech to the EU today:
BREAKING: US Delegation in
#Nigeria
held meetings in Abuja & condemned to VP “use of Excessive force by Military forces who fired on Unarmed [
#EndSars
] demonstrators in Lagos”, urged accountability.
Note that Nigerian Gov hasn’t even admitted killings. US Statement moments ago:
Burning of
#Iran
Supreme Leader Khamenei’s statue in his own hometown of Mashhad as protestors chant “death death to Khamenei.” Protests in Day 7 with anger directed at top of regime:
Largest socially distant Protest happening tonight in Tel Aviv, Israel amid
#Coronavirus
.
~ 2000 in Rabin square standing 6 ft. apart, to protest Netanyahu’s latest undemocratic declarations/corruption:
New Zealand: Hamilton City removed today statue of British colonial officer it’s named after.
John Hamilton was accused of killing indigenous Maori people in 1860s:
Horrible news: Al-Jazeera senior journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh
@ShireenNasri
shot dead by Israeli forces while covering a raid in Jenin (West Bank) today. Veteran reporter, covered conflict for >15 years
BREAKING: Video of hostage situation in
#Lebanon
at a major bank in downtown Beirut. An armed man is holding bank staff until they release his deposits, he says are $210,000:
JUST IN: Two missiles reportedly hit Przewodow
#Poland
located on border with
#Ukraine
. Comes as Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles today. Local radio reports 2 fatalities. Poland is a NATO member
JUST IN:
#Russia
's ultra nationalist writer & journalist Egor Prosvirnin found dead in Moscow, Russian media reporting.
"Prosvirnin fell out of the window of a house on Tverskoy Boulevard." He was 35.
BREAKING: Prompt Statement by
#Biden
Administration on
#Russia
Protests, condemning harsh tactics, crackdown and detentions.
“US will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies and partners in defense of human rights – whether in Russia or wherever they come under threat.”
Not all heroes wear capes: Rescuer in
#Pakistan
saves a cat’s life, as country struggles with apocalyptic floods. One third of Pakistan now underwater, > 1,300 killed, entire areas wiped out, millions displaced:
UPDATE:
• 3 White House officials Resign
• More could resign including NSA O'Brian
• Increasing Chatter about 25th Amendment
• Congress session underway to certify Biden's win
• Very few objections so far
• Curfew in DC; Capitol secure
• Trump locked out of twitter
Wow. VOA Dir. Robert Reilly is FIRED by Biden admin and escorted by Guards. He reprimanded reporter
@pwidakuswara
last week for asking Qs to Pompeo, removed her from assignment.
He's at least
#5
official to be fired in last 24hrs. AP:
From women of
#Syria
to those in
#Iran
, thousands march in Kurdish northeast (Rojava) in solidarity with
#MahsaAmini
& protests across Iran. Chanting “freedom to all women of world”:
JUST IN: 2 National Guard members removed from the mission for Biden’s Inauguration for having "ties to fringe right group militias."
No plot against Biden was found. Group not identified. (AP)
Love her or hate her, Jacinda Ardern charted a unique legacy on world arena. She put New Zealand on map when it came to fighting climate change, when Muslims in NZ were attacked, and during Covid.
Knowing when to go is becoming a scarce political quality even in democracies…
UPDATE:
#Israel
in last few hrs
• Defense Min. Gallant fired
• Consul General in NY resigns
• Protests across Israel,> 500,000
• Roads blocked; Clashes w Police
• Universities cancel classes
• Netanyahu meeting head of Intel
• May pause Judicial Overhaul
• Knesset awaits
For anyone who thought the
#IranProtests
will be over in days, this is today, week 3, from Ferdowsi university, city of Mashahd, NE Iran. Women in middle, headscarf off, men cheering them from back as they chant for change:
BREAKING: Rocket Attack on US Embassy in
#Iraq
• Katyusha 🚀 hit Emb. in Baghdad
• 3 rockets inside Embassy (AFP)
• One hit Emb. dining hall (
@GebeilyM
)
• No deaths, but injuries unclear (BBC)
• Iraq Gov, PM condemn
• First Direct hit at embassy, others missed
Major protests across
#Iran
today despite the crackdown, the killings, the arrests, the threats. This is Tehran at Amirkabir University, chants against regime. Protests now in week 4:
Yelena Osipova, 76 years old, survived WWII & Siege or Leningrad, is taken by 8
#Russia
Police officers in St Petersburg tonight for Protesting war in
#Ukraine
…
It’s also a sweet payback for Erdogan who in 2020 was humiliated by Putin as he made him wait 2 minutes in a power game play in Russia.
2022 in Iran, many tables have turned
Keep in mind:
•US has NO Ambassadors in either Saudi Arabia or Turkey
•We, journalists, no longer get Readouts of Trump 📞 calls
•NSC is not releasing Bolton calls either
•Jared calls were never released
•State has not released all Pompeo’s calls/readouts of mtgs on Saudi
Video of light moment at NATO summit where Netherlands PM Rutte insists that
#Ukraine
’s Zelensky gets the one cup of coffee at meeting. “You are fighting a war, it’s your ☕️”
‼️l Hacking of
#Iran
official TV news broadcast tonight with image of Supreme leader Khamenei on fire, photos of
#MahsaAmini
& other women killed in protests, & slogan of uprising at bottom “Women, Life, Freedom”:
Wow. Exchange between Gen. Milley & Sen Cotton on why he hasn’t resigned re
#Afghanistan
“President doesn't have to agree w advice just because we're Generals..This country doesn't want Generals to figure out which orders we're going to follow or not..”
Here’s the thing, you can be
Against Hamas
Against killing of Palestinians
Against killing of Israelis
Against anti-Semitism
Against Islamophobia
Against hostage taking
Against arbitrary detentions
Against occupation
Against displacement
Against rockets &bombardment
ALL at once
CHINA: Protests getting out of hand at Foxconn iPhone plant in Zhengzhou tonight where workers are rebelling against Covid harsh restrictions and work environment
Despicable. This woman in Texas can’t control her racism and hate of Indian people, harasses four women on street because of their accent and then physically assaults them…Shame:
Video of elderly Lebanese woman at her home playing the piano while surrounded by broken glass and rubble, captures the spirit or
#Beirut
.
This city doesn’t give up and keeps rising from the ashes:
The 10 Republicans Supporting Gun Deal in Senate
Cornyn
Tillis
Blunt
Burr
Cassidy
Collins
Graham
Portman
Romney
Toomey
Makes it immune to filibuster (60)
Incredible:
#Nigeria
-ns in Washington DC area took
#EndSARS
Protest to the Residence of Nigerian Ambassador in Potomac, MD.
In response to shooting at protestors in Lagos tonight. Happening now, 9:15 pm in DC:
ABC’s Reporter Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott
to
#Russia
’s Putin: “The list of your political opponents who are dead, imprisoned, or jailed is long…what are you so afraid of?”
Putin doesn’t answer directly, mentions BLM:
BREAKING: US Intelligence official confirms to AP that “Russian missiles crossed into NATO member
#Poland
, killing two people.”
This is quickly escalating. Poland’s PM is holding emergency meeting.
If you ever wondered what world leaders chat about in private, well here at NATO they’re gossiping about
#Trump
.
Leaked Video shows Canada’s Trudeau (with a 🍺), France’s Macron, UK’s Johnson making fun of Trump’s long pressers and his staff reactions:
- March 3 , Boris Johnson “I shook hands with everybody you'll be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands."
- March 27: Boris Johnson tests Positive for
#COVID19
Wow. Iranians flock to airport in Tehran to cheer athlete Elnaz Rekabi who participated in Seoul competition without the headscarf. She is believed to be in this van but we don’t know where she’s being taken:
Wow. Israeli protestors beat Netanyahu to New York, project on UN building “Don’t Believe Crime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”. This is gonna be some week. Video:
Video of Haim Saban thanking Jared Kushner for instructing
#Flynn
to call Kislyak on Dec 22nd & undermine Obama efforts on Israel at UNSC then. 1 of 2 calls that got Flynn in trouble with Mueller. Saban: “nothing illegal”.
@BrookingsInst
#saban17
45 Seconds of Defiance: An Iranian woman blocks the street, headscarf off, arms uncovered, combs her hair for the world (and the regime) to see. All are crimes in today’s
#Iran
, as protests enter day 38
Footage coming from
#Nigeria
is heartbreaking:
#EndSars
Protestors here singing the National Anthem as shooting begins.
You can hear the man’s voice break up at end. We don’t know exact death toll yet. 10:30 pm there:
Middle East is imploding, in one day
- Attack on US ship by Yemen Houthis
- US intercepting 2nd attack in Red Sea
- Israel strikes in Gaza
- Stabbing & car ramming near Tel Aviv
- IRGC attack in Iraq
- IRGC attack in Syria
Even for Middle East, this is beyond usual instability
Reuters: Soldiers Opened Fire at
#EndSARS
Protestors in Lagos
#Nigeria
tonight.
"More than 20 soldiers arrived at the toll gate in Lekki and opened fire," one witness said. At least 2 people shot.
Protestors out in St Petersburg
#Russia
for second night to say no to war in
#Ukraine
. Protests in Putin’s hometown continue despite mass arrests yesterday, & a ban:
Wow. Fearless women of
#Belarus
march in thousands and break through chain of Riot Police in Minsk.
Powerful imagery today of the women’s march. They’re holding roses & “fight like a girl” banners:
Suspected Bomb packages in US sent to thus far:
1-Hillary and Bill Clinton
2-Barack Obama
3-George Soros
4-CNN building in NY (addressed to CIA’s fmr Dir. Brennan)
5-Office of Debbie Schultz in FL
6-Building housing Kamala Harris office in San Diego
Sick
Video of female students outside
#Afghanistan
’s Badakhshan University (Northeast) getting whipped by a Taliban officer while protesting today for their right for higher education. Happening in 2022…:
BREAKING:
#Denmark
will NOT recognize any
#Taliban
Government its Foreign minister Jeppe Kofod tells Danish broadcaster. (AP)
First country to take such position. Denmark was also first in EU to offer residency to those it worked with in Afghanistan.