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John O'Farrell

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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Incredibly powerful! Thank you @marcelias.bsky.social
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I will not give into the lies. I will not bow down to the tyrant. @jimacosta.bsky.social
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A day that will live in infamy.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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The Contrarian | Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen | Substack
Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
The Biden administration wants to send another $8B of arms including heavy bombs. What enemy is there left to fight? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/w...
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Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire
The Israeli military said it struck more than 100 targets across the enclave over the weekend. Israeli and Hamas officials have been holding indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 03/01/2025
Throughout 2024, Human Rights Watch covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel, Gaza, and Sudan, to victory for same-sex marriage in Thailand, here are some of the most-read stories on our site in 2024 ⤵️
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Top Human Rights News from 2024
These were among the most-read stories on our site in 2024.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A group of protestors in the Israeli town of Pardes Hanna protest the starvation of Gazans by holding empty pots. They have received threats and intimidation but have continued protesting.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 01/01/2025
Welcome to 2025! If your new years resolution is to learn a new skill why don't you have a look at some of our guides on open source research? www.bellingcat.com/category/res... Want help? We have a community of people eager to learn alongside you and collaborate. discord.com/invite/belli...
Reads: start your year off by learning a new skill! Learn how to track a ship, spot land changes in satellite imagery or identify when and where a photo or video was taken... www.bellingcat.com/category/resources
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Where is our humanity? “Children in Gaza are cold, sick and traumatized,” said Rosalia Bollen, a @UNICEF spokesperson who recently visited Gaza. “Many still wear summer clothes. With cooking gas gone, many are searching through rubble for scraps of plastic to burn.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/w...
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5 Babies Die From the Cold in Gaza as Temperatures Drop
A boy less than three weeks old was among the latest to succumb to winter weather, the Gazan health ministry said. Displaced families have little more than tents and tarps to protect them.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Hear hear. The death penalty has no place in a civilized nation.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 29/12/2024
This year, we filed two legal challenges to stop Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline reroute, which would encircle the Bad River Band's Reservation in northern Wisconsin. We're fighting to protect Indigenous lands, ecosystems, and Lake Superior from this risky pipeline.
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The Great Lakes Are Under Threat
The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Now, Anishinaabe tribes are in court fighting the company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil ...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Still the best two sentences on climate action.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Truly a great man. A greater contrast to the incoming could not be imagined.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget Pls do the same.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
The Arizona senator’s campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 19/12/2024
NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths. A calculated policy. An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Syrians who revealed 50,000 images of death warn of more horror to come. “So, in terms of dead and murdered, literally it is in the hundreds of thousands.” Bell True www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Syrian who revealed 50,000 images of death warns of more horror to come
Photographer codenamed Caesar who captured more than 53,000 pictures documenting the horrors of the Assad regime tells Bel Trew how he risked his life to show the world what was happening – and his fe...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/12/2024
While desperately working to make sure the talks fail.   Grabbing a harmless momentary appearance of reasonableness makes a good mask for their continuing work of destruction.  insideclimatenews.org/news/1412202...
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Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord - Inside Climate News
In short: reputation and profits.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The Washington Post visits a General Intelligence Directorate facility in Aleppo, finding copious surveillance records alongside evidence of torture and abuse. @leloveluck.bsky.social @salwangeorges.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
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Files from Aleppo intelligence facility show extent of Assad repression
Branch 322 was one of hundreds of facilities that detained and interrogated civilians and military officers, and recruited locals to monitor their neighbors.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Ex-FBI informant agrees to plead guilty to lying about Bidens’ Ukraine ties
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
#RezaKhandan has worked heroically in Iran to advance women's rights, along with his equally heroic wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh. Reza was arrested this morning by Iran's security forces. Reza and Nasrin exemplify courage, determination and the best of Iran; I hope the world will speak up for them.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The videos show soldiers blowing up or setting fire to buildings — and often celebrating the destruction — occupying destroyed buildings, mocking Palestinians and calling for the Israeli resettlement of Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Revenge, fire and destruction: A year of Israeli soldiers’ videos from Gaza
The Post verified more than 120 photos and videos of the war in Gaza - providing an uncensored view of one of the most deadly and destructive wars in this century.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Endless slaughter of innocents. Israeli attacks kill at least 30 people and wound 50 Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11/12/2024
If Trump fulfills his promise to expand the federal death penalty, courts likely won’t do enough to protect the rights of those at the system’s mercy. President Biden has the power to stop potentially unjust executions — he should grant clemency to the 40 people on death row, starting now.
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Four Things to Know About the Federal Death Penalty
The cases of those on death row highlight deep concerns about racial disparities, the fairness of the process, and the inhumanity of the punishment.
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Can't wait!
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"Given the challenges we face as a society, the interconnectedness of our modern world has the potential to stop being a liability and instead become a great advantage."
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Proud to support @bellingcat.com
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The greenwashing of a major human rights abuser continues, courtesy of FIFA. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/w...
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With Quick Vote and Little Fanfare, Saudi Arabia on Track to Get the 2034 World Cup
Critics have objected to the bidding process, and human rights groups have raised concerns about workplace safety for the migrants who will build the stadiums needed to host the event.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 09/12/2024
VICTORY! The EPA has officially banned TCE, a toxic, cancer-causing chemical. Thanks to our clients’ relentless advocacy, vulnerable communities are now better protected. A major win for public health, environmental justice, and the power of people! ejus.tc/3VuZ2ym
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EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals used in everyday products
Michal Freedhoff, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said the bans will protect workers, consumers and residents from the chemical’s harms.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 10/12/2024
Trump has nominated cabinet members who have downplayed, denied, and even worsened our climate crisis. They include vocal advocates of fossil fuels who are responsible for spreading dangerous misinformation. Let's get into it ⬇️
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Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say
Loyalists selected for important roles have offered staunch support to fossil fuels and downplayed climate crisis
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"Previous generations defeated Hitler. Americans like you laid their bodies down for civil rights. They walked across beaches into machine gun nests. They crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridges into truncheons and horse hooves. So screw the fearfulness - and fear itself."
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Michael Waldman @mawaldman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Reform is an idea whose time has come. Widely supported across the political soectrum. Fox poll showed 79% support. (@brennancenter supports a statutory approach.) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court term-limits amendment proposed by Sens. Manchin, Welch
The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This is great!
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John O'Farrell @jofarrell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
1863: Government of the people, by the people, for the people. 2025: Government of the people, by the billionaires, for themselves.
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