John Oliver discusses the recent deportations by the Trump administration, the conditions in the facility people are being sent to abroad, and why even Henry Winkler could be in danger of being expelled from the U.S. Yeah, even national treasure Henry Winkler.
Month: May 2025
Mayor arrested ice building detention center with no permit says the can do it because the are ICE
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/us/new-jersey-mayor-arrested-at-ice-detention-center?cid=ios_app
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Just that easy
Support for the LGBTQ+ in the tRump hate era.
THE GUARDIAN: Woman says Boston hotel guard told her to leave bathroom because she ‘was a man ’
Woman says Boston hotel guard told her to leave bathroom because she ‘was a man’
Same-sex couple says they were appalled after being confronted and wrongfully accused in women’s restroom
Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/AOLFi1RHVQQqgh8A8aThzOw
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THE GUARDIAN: Ukraine war briefing: Hegseth’s sudden arms halt ‘cost US up to $2.2m’ – report
Ukraine war briefing: Hegseth’s sudden arms halt ‘cost US up to $2.2m’ – report
Missile attack against Kyiv after deadly strike on Sumy; Zelenskyy seeks ramp-up of drone interceptor development. What we know on day 1,169
Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/A2OKenOxtR3aBvTsSPT8o8Q
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NBC NEWS: Trump administration has shut down CDC’s infection control committee
Trump administration has shut down CDC’s infection control committee
Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.
Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AZqmDpyOZRqGujpjPYBQkZg
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Clay Jones, & Open Windows
A funny thing happened on the way to the airport… by Ann Telnaes
Wow. I won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrative Reporting and Commentating. Read on Substack
Thank you so much for all your comments and notes of congratulations!
I feel like I am late to my own party but I’m traveling overseas to to do presentations about Press Freedom and the time zones are really messing with me. Once I head again to the airport for the next leg of my trip, I’ll post some thoughts and photos for paid subscribers. And yes, I was in my lyft heading to the airport when I got the Pulitzer news.
Meanwhile, here’s what my lovely Norwegian hosts had waiting when I checked into my room.
*** and some more great news! Due to you all, my Substack Open Windows has reached 100,000 subscribers!!
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New Pope by Clay Jones
America needs a president, not a troll Read on Substack
The news that we had a new Pope hit just as I was wrapping up this cartoon, so I quickly finished and posted it on social media before the name was announced, even before I sent it to my clients. I don’t know what I was thinking, that the cartoon would have an extra ten minutes of shelf life? As Trump said about the Constitution, I don’t know. Is this cartoon still relevant?
Trump posted an AI-created image of him as Pope. He’s really big about fake photos right now. I think Trump was trying to troll Democrats, but what he ended up doing was insulting Catholics. Catholics can take a joke, but they also know an insult when they see one.
Instead of doing presidential things like lowering egg prices, ending either of the two wars he promised would be over by now, or negotiating tariffs and legislation, Trump was trolling. Later, he denied it.
He said he didn’t know how the AI image ended up being tweeted from his or the White House’s official Twitter accounts. What happened? Did he lose control of his presidency (sic), Twitter account, and bladder all on the same day? Of course not. He lost control of his bladder years ago.
Trump also claimed that the AI image didn’t upset Catholics, but it did, with one priest calling him a “clown.” (snip-MORE)
Muhammad Ali Refuses, and More in Peace & Justice History for 5/9
| May 9, 1967 In April, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali had refused induction into the U.S. Army based on his religious convictions.He claimed, “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.” On this day, following his indictment by 24 hours, he was stripped of his title and his license to fight by the World Boxing Association. In June, a court found him guilty of draft evasion, fined him $10,000, and sentenced him to five years in prison. He remained free, pending numerous appeals, but was still barred from fighting for three years.  Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction Remembering Muhammad Ali’s act of defiance |
| May 9, 1969 The New York Times revealed the United States had been secretly bombing Cambodia—officially a noncombatant, neutral country—during the Vietnam War. |
| May 9, 1970 Five days after the Kent State killings [see May 4, 1970], 100,000 marched in Washington, D.C. against the Vietnam War. On the same day, about 600 Canadian protesters defaced the Peace Arch at the U.S.-Canadian border in Blaine, Washington. |
| May 9, 1979 At least 18 demonstrators were killed and many wounded after police opened fire on anti-government protesters outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.  CBS reporter: “The police continued to fire as bodies piled up on the cathedral steps” More (including graphic video) on the cathedral bloodbath |
| May 9, 1996 In San Salvador six soldiers were arrested in the slaying of Catholic church workers from the U.S. |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorymay.htm#may9
US Complicity In Israel’s Gaza Starvation Is Policy, Not Accident
Trigger warnings for starving and abused kids / people. Sadly this is what the US government is supporting and keeping other world leaders from stopping. This was because Biden was an old person who remembered being part of Israels founding and thought they were so important that it excused everything they did. tRump doesn’t care about the human cost, he wants the value of the land or as much of the share he can get. This is sickening. Personal note. I was so lacking nutrition in my childhood that my childhood doctors were concerned enough to tell my adopting mother if I did not get more food I would never see five feet in height. I ended up in a child ICU rushed to the hospital by my grandfather and I had clinical death. Hugs
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