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"Not content to rewrite American history to better serve white people, the
Trump administration is now rewriting world history on the fly by recasting
terminal human rights violators as “not all that bad, actually” and adding
stuff to other human rights reports just because some MAGA people had some bad
experiences in a few select foreign countries.
The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international
human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government
repression and abuse that the United States under President Trump deems
worthy of criticism.
The agency said the “streamlined” human rights reports adhere more closely
to what’s required to be in them by law. But critics say the reduced content
lets authoritarians off the hook.
The critics are right. If you have any doubts about the criticism, go ahead and
read a few of the reports generated by Marco Rubio/Donald Trump’s State
Department and compare them to literally any of those published before Trump’s
second term began."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
