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Another day in the land of the free! NYPD violently attacks and arrests students at Columbia University. Meanwhile, a new look at the latest budget with more than $1 trillion to the miltary and significantly less to, well, everything else.  US boots vis a vis private contractors will likely soon be on the ground in Gaza to help administer Israel's ethnic cleansing and apartheid. PLUS overcrowding ICE concentration camps, remarkable Greenland dumbshittery & more!    leecamp.net eleanorgoldfield.substack.com 

Oh the land of the freeeeeeeeee! Prosecuting thought crimes because hey, why not? Breaking down and contextualizing our times not to minimize the seriousness but to understand where we are, how we got here, and how we get out. It's a scary time to get loud, but it's also an important time to get loud. Self-censorship and obeying in advance will not stem the tide of fascism.  PLUS a look at the empirical absurdity of property, unpacking liberal zionism, AND MORE!    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

So Trump is an idiot. That's not news. But what is news is how remarkably quickly the economy is tanking thanks to his "tariffs for 'Murica" plan. And here at the bottom, you and I will feel the greatest weight of this crash while the world looks on, watching the US just beat the shit out of iteslf for no apparent reason.  PLUS some words from Richard Wolff on Econ 101 and thes times, the Panama Canal purchase on hold, and more!  

2024 was the deadliest year on record in a lot of ways, but not least of all for migrants. A new report by the UN shows highlights violent anti-immigration policies as a global terror, and one that'll only become more deadly thanks to compounding factors like climate chaos and "war." Speaking of deadly, Israel has targeted and murdered more journalists in a continued rampage not only against all Palestinians but against the truth of their genocide.  In other Israel-related news, a shadowy geoengineering company wants to spray shit in our skies to supposedly combat climate change. I'm sure we all feel good in their hands.  PLUS Florida wants kids to take over for deported migrants, CNN admits the only two factors that drive our system are fear and greed...   leecamp.com artkillingapathy.com

The genocide that didn't really end has begun again. Israel may also be planning a ground invasion.  Meanwhile, here at home, the cruelty of ICE lays bare the terrorism and foundational white supremacy of the United States. To be clear, Trump's presidency is terrifying and it is also not a new boil on the sick body politic - he's a continuation, a leveling up of a grotesque system that made someone like him possible.  And what level of fascism is it to target intellectuals who dare think outside the confines of your political decrees? PLUS trauma is in your DNA, Tesla's crash means more than meets the eye

Dems aren't the opposition, but they want you to think they are, and more importantly they want you to know their "opposition" is the only kind that's acceptable.  Meanwhile, DOGE's claims of "saving money" are b.s. And even if they did manage to save some money, you and I aren't seeing it.  The ports of the world are being bought up, mostly by one asset management firm. To quote the great movie Network, there are no countries, only corporations.  It doesn't seem like there's much Israel could do to piss off Uncle Sam. But what if it started to cut ties to the military industrial complex? Would the US love them without their addiciton to our weapons? PLUS our power isn't in consumerism, It's in our labor, and the ability to withhold it. AND MORE!    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is off to a helluva start, firing everybody from park rangers to nuclear scientists. Is this bad? Yup. Is it as bad as liberal America would have you believe? Nope.  Speaking of not what liberal America would have you think, DEI wasn't the white (or non-white) knight in shining armor we were supposed to take it for.  Something that IS as awesome as it seems is how folks are outsmarting ICE by knowing their rights.  PLUS latest updates from the West Bank, Gaza, and Lee's new show!   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

US empire has decided not to push for NATO membership for Ukraine, thereby back peddling the proxy war against Russia.  Meanwhile, Trump n friends are sending 5,000 troops to the border bc the Gestapo (CBP/ICE) need support in their human rights violations. And private prisons stand to make even more bank as detentions of migrants and refugees are expected to skyrocket.  Violence in the West Bank is at levels not seen since the last Intifada in 2000. And there are some striking similarities between the horrific imprisonment of Palestinians and the prison industrial complex here in the land of the free.  PLUS death by orgasm?   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

This final season of America is a doozy! But at least we have humor.  Some of the most amazing utterances were made in Congress the other day during the RFK, Jr. hearings.  Meanwhile, the Laken Riley Act has passed which is yet another reveal of the deep anti-immigrant bipartisan policy of the US. Recent ICE raids include the arrest of Inidgenous peoples, which at first blush might seem ironic but it's really just all part of the same horrific system that violently attacks Indigenous and non-white peoples across all borders.    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

The numbers are an undercount, but at least 40,000 children in Gaza are now orphans.  Meanwhile, Biden handed Trump a helluva network of immigrant oppression. Here's what you should know to keep yourself and your community safe.  United Health overcharged cancer patients by thousands of dollars - because you know, that's the right thing to do.  PLUS hell freezes over in New Orleans, and AI issues in the new world order.    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com  

So the LA fires continue to rage so it seems like a good time to talk about what's fueling them - and we don't mean just climate chaos but the actual fuel on the ground. It might not be what you think it is. (Hint: it's not shrubs) Meanwhile, up to 30% of the firefighting force is in fact...slave labor.  In news from over there, what's the deal with this ceasefire? What can we expect, what do we know, and what should we prepare for? PLUS the land of the free brings you journalists being forcibly removed from press briefings for asking questions the state doesn't like.    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com  

New United Healthcare CEO promises more of the same, i.e. more deaths for a bigger bottom line. Meanwhile, another murderer Daniel Penny walks free.  Lee & Eleanor discuss some disturbing points brought up by his defense as to why he shouldn't be (and ultimately wasn't) blamed for the death of Jordan Neely.  In related news, don't call the cops 99.9% of the time we're told we should. Here's who to call instead of the police. PLUS a greenlight for more military spending than ever and more!   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com 

We're back! The long silence was due to Lee's trip to Tibet (something you can hear about in his comedy special live on zoom December 14th!) and you know, that holiday celebrating US genocide during another US-backed genocide. On brand.  So, in this episode:  Sec. Blinken doesn't think enough Ukrainian kids are dying in the US proxy war with Russia. Meanwhile, without the US, Israel could not fight. And that's coming from top officials in Israel.  Palestine Action activists in court for standing up against genocide.  Surveillance tech used by cops is wrong almost 90% of the time. So why are cities still using it??   *Note: this was recorded on December 6th so before we knew who had shot United Healthcare CEO. 

The BRICS summit brought a slew of multipolar plans and economic futures to the stage, and in an almost comedic soap-opera esque jealous complaint, US propaganda wasted no time in trying to undermine and denounce the summit and the nations present.  Meanwhile in the UK, Palestine Action defendants found themselves let off as easy as they could hope as a judge agreed with their defense that their actions were done in desparation for what is happening in Gaza.  Boeing machinists continue strike despite the war and aerospace giant stealing their healthcare.  Israhell has targeted the UN with white phosphorus because one war crime ain't enough.  PLUS Biden administration behind deadly listeria outbreak, and MORE!   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com 

The LA Archdiocese is paying out literally billions to the victims of assault. So, at what point do we just say, hey Catholic Church, you're not allowed to operate anymore because you know, assaulting kids? Biden's admin said the quiet part loud in an official statement that admitted US troops have been and continue to be on the ground in Israel, going far beyond complicity in genocide but rather outright assistance and guidance.  The dearth of resources in Appalachia post-Helene is directly connected to the billions sent to Israel.  PLUS as if AI weren't dystopian enough, now it's gonna be powered by nuclear reactors!   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com 

So it turns out that the US is super aware of all the war crimes perpetrated by that "only democracy in the Middle East." So much so that two major US government agencies made reports about it and handed it to Sec. of State Blinken...who then went on to lie to Congress about it.  As the fallout from Hurricane Helene begins to be reckoned with, it's becoming more and more clear that climate refugees are as American as abject poverty - and thanks to the latter, you can't just move out of the way of climate chaos. That takes money, and if not money, at the very least it takes government support, of which we have none.  It's Banned Books Week so it seems an apt time to point out that while books pedestaling the institution of slavery have pride of place on library shelves, the dictionary is being pulled pending investigation. PLUS Russia warns the US not to strike Moscow, could slavery be banned in California finally, and MORE!   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

Israel continues its onslaught on Lebanon and Gaza as the world watches. A new project called Genocide Gentry exposes the deep ties between the war machine and institutions of learning and culture. In that same vein, the entire UC system has greenlit more "less than lethal" ammo for CAMPUS police.  PLUS, a clip from Eleanor's interview with Dr. Khalil Khalidy in Gaza, and another pipeline explodes in Texas with links to Dakota Access Pipeline and myriad other ecocidal tendencies.   leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com   

Child poverty in the US has tripled in just a few years. Clearly this must be unrelated to the billions of dollars of support for Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza, or the fact that the US will now be spending a whopping $1.6bn on anti-China propaganda, because that's what people are really struggling without... Meanwhile, several large strikes are popping off, not least of all one at Boeing where more than 30,000 machinists are sick and tired of corporate profits over safety and worker benefit.    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

If you think that Congress inviting a genocidal war criminal to speak at Congress was an aberration, you need to flip through the pages of US history. It was thoroughly on-brand, as was the disdain with which lawmakers looked upon their own constituents calling for peace in the streets. And they did more than call for peace - protestors created some beautiful chaos over the course of Netanyahu's visit, not least of all through blocking streets, surrounding the war criminal's hotel, and releasing some creepy crawlies inside the hotel.  Meanwhile, the threat of a regional, if not all out world war looms larger and larger with each passing day of Israel's belligerence - how long will other countries stand aside and watch the gen0cide? At the same time, China has been trying to broker peace, not just in Palestine but in Ukraine as well.    leecamp.net artkillingapathy.com

Oh it was a helluva day for SCOTUS. The Supreme Court has effectively outlawed life, making it illegal to be unhoused and ruling that environmental regulations are bullshit. Meanwhile, Congress is doing its best to hide a genocide by simply refusing to count the dead.  Across the pond, for those seeking German citizenship, Germany demands allegiance to...Israel. PLUS Assange's plea deal details, Mask of Maersk and MORE