Donald Trump has unleashed his own Gestapo in the form of masked ICE agents to terrorize American cities. As income inequality is widening around the world, the GOP just advanced a bill that steals from the majority to pay for billionaire tax cuts. Speaking of billionaires, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, platforms Nazis on Twitter who have mainstreamed white supremacist, anti-semitic conspiracies. Oh, he also did a double Sieg Heil.
Speaking of Israel, the country is continuing its horrific genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza with its leaders openly endorsing occupation and ethnica cleansing. Three days ago, a Haaretz report revealed the IDF has been commanded to shoot at starving, unarmed Palestinian civilians who were waiting for food aid that was being distributed at sites run by the Israeli-and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
But none of these stories have dominated the weekend news, especially over at the BBC.
What could be more important?
Non-stop coverage and condemnation of a punk rock band Bob Vylan that chanted “Free Palestine” and “Death to the IDF” at a concert in Glastonbury. Now, the Trump Administration has stripped the band of its visa, and UTA has dropped them as clients. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is threatening to withhold aid and weapons to Israel, not for their occupation or war crimes against Palestinians, but due to the ongoing corruption cases against war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. You see, Trump really cares about defeating anti-semitism, which is why he’s punished Harvard and detained students like Mahmoud Khalil, without due process or criminal charges. However, he has no problem dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler.
Republicans aren’t asked nonstop to condemn these actions or the hateful words of their King and Daddy, Donald Trump. Corporate media can’t be bothered with follow-ups. Meanwhile, Zohran Mamdani is asked to condemn chants and statements he’s never said as the Islamophobic smear campaign against him is ramped up by AIPAC, Republicans, and the Democratic establishment.
The double standards are utterly vile and transparent. The masks are off. The oligarchy and its powerful donors are out in full force to crush any dissent against billionaires and Israel’s genocide, even if that means smearing Ms. Rachel. Regardless of your opinion of Bob Vylan’s chants (I for one would not use them), Francesca and I ask, “Who cares? And why is this more important than all the news stories I’ve just listed?” How is Bob Vylan, a band that no one has heard of, more worthy of coverage than the genocidal actions and words of the Israeli government that are being streamed daily to our phones? Why are Democrats doubling down on these bad-faith talking points and taking out their own candidate for Mayor?
It all goes back to the corrupting influence of corporate money and the oligarchy.
Francesica Fiorentini and I break it down. Give us a watch and tell me if your thoughts.
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