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No Covid-19 protection in prisons

jeudi 19 mars 2020 à 01:00

US prisons do not have adequate plans to protect prisoners from Covid-19. Once one prisoner in the prison gets sick, it is likely to spread to many other prisoners (and guards).

Iran has freed 70,000 prisoners (perhaps temporarily) so they won't catch Covid-19. However, political prisoners are not being released.

Advocating minority expulsion

jeudi 19 mars 2020 à 01:00

An Israeli minister spoke advocating (via hints) a policy of driving all Arabs out of Israel.

Criticism, not hate

jeudi 19 mars 2020 à 01:00

The protest by college basketball players in Brooklyn was criticism of Israel's occupation policies, not antisemitism.

Policy of medical neglect

jeudi 19 mars 2020 à 01:00

Quite a few Palestinians die from illness in Israeli prisons. Palestinians accuse Israel of carrying out a policy of "medical neglect".

Not hiring more

jeudi 19 mars 2020 à 01:00

AT&T lobbied for the conman's tax cuts for the rich by suggesting it would hire more workers and increase wages. Instead it continues to cut jobs, and has cut back on investment in its operations.

Why try harder when you have so few competitors?