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KellyannConway The Bowling Green Massacre: image by s r, 4 February 2017
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Someone's actually fundraising for Kellyanne Conway's imaginary 'Bowling Green Massacre'(money actually goes to the ACLU): image by Jon Riley, 3 February 2017
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@realDonaldTrump, arriving in West Palm Beach where he was met by First Lady Melania Trump. They will weekend at Mar-a-lago.: image via Stephen Crowley @stcrow, 3 February 2017
@realDonaldTrump walks toward Marine One on the White House South Lawn. He is heading to Florida for the weekend.: image via Jeff Mason @jeffmason1, 3 February 2017
Al pie de la penúltima torre fue que el poeta (que estaba como ajeno a los espectáculos que eran maravilla de todos) recitó la breve composición que hoy vinculamos indisolublemente a su nombre y que, según repiten los historiadores mas elegantes, le deparó la inmortalidad y la muerte. El texto se ha perdido; hay quien entiende que constaba de un verso; otros, de una sola palabra. Lo cierto, lo increíble, es que en el poema estaba entero y minucioso el palacio enorme, con cada ilustre porcelana y cada dibujo en cada porcelana y las penumbras y las luces de los crepúsculos y cada instante desdichado o feliz de las gloriosas dinastías de mortales, de dioses y de dragones que habitaron en el desde el interminable pasado. Todos callaron, pero el Emperador exclamó: ¡Me has arrebatado el palacio! y la espada de hierro del verdugo segó la vida del poeta.
Otros refieren de otro modo la historia. En el mundo no puede haber dos cosas iguales; bastó (nos dicen) que el poeta pronunciara el poema para que desapareciera el palacio, como abolido y fulminado por la última sílaba. Tales leyendas, claro está, no pasan de ser ficciones literarias. El poeta era esclavo del emperador y murió como tal; su composición cayó en el olvido porque merecía el olvido y sus descendientes buscan aún, y no encontrarán, la palabra del universo.
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Excellent trolling of Trump by Swedish deputy PM @IsabellaLovin and entourage: image via Erik Meyersson @emeyersson, 3 February 2017
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Excellent trolling of Trump by Swedish deputy PM @IsabellaLovin and entourage: image via Erik Meyersson @emeyersson, 3 February 2017
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"They're not behaving," POTUS said, and the pool was escorted out of the Oval at 1:20.: image via joanne @joanne_stocker, 3 February 2017
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Cleaners told me they spent 3+ hours smudging off the "kill Trump" graffiti today: image via jessica testa @jtes, 2 February 2017
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Soledad O'Brien Retweeted Joanne
But guess what? A bunch of them will attend the White House Correspondent's dinner. Trust me on this.
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BREAKING: Judge Robart enjoins all federal enforcement of key sections of #ImmigrationOrder "This TRO is granted on a nationwide basis.": tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Note: Judge James Robart, who just ordered nationwide halt to enforcement of Trump #ImmigrationOrder, was appointed by Pres. George W. Bush: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
As part of his ruling, U.S. District Judge Robart said @AGOWA underlying lawsuit has substantial chance of success #ImmigrationOrder: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Tears and hugs in court following judge's ruling in favor of @AGOWA lawsuit blocking #ImmigrationOrder: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Even @AGOWA Bob Ferguson seemed stunned at breadth of victory. "Holy cow... OK" he said to colleagues following ruling #ImmigrationOrder: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
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@AGOWA:"It's obviously an important decision" for WA and "the rule of law" -- immediately halts Trump's exec order #ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
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@AGOWA Bob Ferguson "We are a nation of laws" - expects President Trump to obey judge's ruling blocking #ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
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This is WA solicitor general Noah Purcell, who argued @AGOWA case today#ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
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Jorge Luis Borges: Parábola del palacio
Aquel día, el Emperador Amarillo mostró su palacio al poeta. Fueron dejando atrás, en largo desfile, las primeras terrazas occidentales que, como gradas de un casi inabarcable anfiteatro, declinan hacia un paraíso o jardín cuyos espejos de metal y cuyos intrincados cercos de enebro prefiguraban ya el laberinto. Alegremente se perdieron en él, al principio como si condescendieran a un juego y después no sin inquietud, porque sus rectas avenidas adolecían de una curvatura muy suave pero continua y secretamente eran círculos. Hacia la medianoche, la observación de los planetas y el oportuno sacrificio de una tortuga les permitieron desligarse de esa región que aprecia hechizada, pero no del sentimiento de estar perdido, que los acompañó hasta el fin. Antecámaras y patios y bibliotecas recorrieron después y una sala exagonal con una clepsidra, y una mañana divisaron desde una torre un hombre de piedra, que luego se les perdió para siempre. Muchos resplandecientes ríos atravesaron en canoas de sándalo, o un solo río muchas veces. Pasaba el séquito imperial y la gente se prosternaba, pero un día arribaron a una isla en que alguno no lo hizo, por no haber visto nunca al Hijo del Cielo, y el verdugo tuvo que decapitarlo. Negras cabelleras y negras danzas y com-plicadas mascaras de oro vieron con indiferencia sus ojos; lo real se confundía con lo soñado o, mejor dicho, lo real era una de las configuraciones del sueño. Parecía imposible que la tierra fuera otra cosa que jardines, aguas, arquitecturas y formas de esplendor. Cada cien pasos una torre cortaba el aire; para los ojos el color era idéntico, pero la primera de todas era amarilla y la última escarlata, tan delicadas eran las gradaciones y tan larga la serie.
Aquel día, el Emperador Amarillo mostró su palacio al poeta. Fueron dejando atrás, en largo desfile, las primeras terrazas occidentales que, como gradas de un casi inabarcable anfiteatro, declinan hacia un paraíso o jardín cuyos espejos de metal y cuyos intrincados cercos de enebro prefiguraban ya el laberinto. Alegremente se perdieron en él, al principio como si condescendieran a un juego y después no sin inquietud, porque sus rectas avenidas adolecían de una curvatura muy suave pero continua y secretamente eran círculos. Hacia la medianoche, la observación de los planetas y el oportuno sacrificio de una tortuga les permitieron desligarse de esa región que aprecia hechizada, pero no del sentimiento de estar perdido, que los acompañó hasta el fin. Antecámaras y patios y bibliotecas recorrieron después y una sala exagonal con una clepsidra, y una mañana divisaron desde una torre un hombre de piedra, que luego se les perdió para siempre. Muchos resplandecientes ríos atravesaron en canoas de sándalo, o un solo río muchas veces. Pasaba el séquito imperial y la gente se prosternaba, pero un día arribaron a una isla en que alguno no lo hizo, por no haber visto nunca al Hijo del Cielo, y el verdugo tuvo que decapitarlo. Negras cabelleras y negras danzas y com-plicadas mascaras de oro vieron con indiferencia sus ojos; lo real se confundía con lo soñado o, mejor dicho, lo real era una de las configuraciones del sueño. Parecía imposible que la tierra fuera otra cosa que jardines, aguas, arquitecturas y formas de esplendor. Cada cien pasos una torre cortaba el aire; para los ojos el color era idéntico, pero la primera de todas era amarilla y la última escarlata, tan delicadas eran las gradaciones y tan larga la serie.
Al pie de la penúltima torre fue que el poeta (que estaba como ajeno a los espectáculos que eran maravilla de todos) recitó la breve composición que hoy vinculamos indisolublemente a su nombre y que, según repiten los historiadores mas elegantes, le deparó la inmortalidad y la muerte. El texto se ha perdido; hay quien entiende que constaba de un verso; otros, de una sola palabra. Lo cierto, lo increíble, es que en el poema estaba entero y minucioso el palacio enorme, con cada ilustre porcelana y cada dibujo en cada porcelana y las penumbras y las luces de los crepúsculos y cada instante desdichado o feliz de las gloriosas dinastías de mortales, de dioses y de dragones que habitaron en el desde el interminable pasado. Todos callaron, pero el Emperador exclamó: ¡Me has arrebatado el palacio! y la espada de hierro del verdugo segó la vida del poeta.
Otros refieren de otro modo la historia. En el mundo no puede haber dos cosas iguales; bastó (nos dicen) que el poeta pronunciara el poema para que desapareciera el palacio, como abolido y fulminado por la última sílaba. Tales leyendas, claro está, no pasan de ser ficciones literarias. El poeta era esclavo del emperador y murió como tal; su composición cayó en el olvido porque merecía el olvido y sus descendientes buscan aún, y no encontrarán, la palabra del universo.
Excellent trolling of Trump by Swedish deputy PM @IsabellaLovin and entourage: image via Erik Meyersson @emeyersson, 3 February 2017
Parable of the Palace
That day, the Yellow Emperor showed the poet his palace. They left behind, in long succession, the first terraces on the west which descend, like the steps of an almost measureless amphitheater, to a paradise or garden whose metal mirrors and intricate juniper hedges already prefigured the labyrinth. They lost themselves in it, gaily at first, as if condescending to play a game, but afterwards not without misgiving, for its straight avenues were subject to a curvature, ever so slight, but continuous (and secretly those avenues were circles). Toward midnight observation of the planets and the opportune sacrifice of a turtle permitted them to extricate themselves from that seemingly bewitched region, but not from the sense of being lost, for this accompanied them to the end. Foyers and patios and libraries they traversed then, and a hexagonal room with a clepsydra, and one morning from a tower they descried a stone man, whom they then lost sight of forever. Many shining rivers did they cross in sandalwood canoes, or a single river many times. The imperial retinue would pass and people would prostrate themselves. But one day they put in on an island where someone did not do it, because he had never seen the Son of Heaven, and the executioner had to decapitate him. Black heads of hair and black dances and complicated golden masks did their eyes indifferently behold; the real and the dreamed became one, or rather reality was one of dream’s configurations. It seemed impossible that earth were anything but gardens, pools, architectures, and splendrous forms. Every hundred paces a tower cleft the air; to the eye their color was identical, yet the first of all was yellow, and the last, scarlet, so delicate were the gradations and so long the series.
It was at the foot of the next-to-the-last tower that the poet -- who was as if untouched by the wonders that amazed the rest -- recited the brief composition we find today indissolubly linked to his name and which, as the more elegant historians have it, gave him immortality and death. The text has been lost. There are some who contend it consisted of a single line; others say it had but a single word. The truth, the incredible truth, is that in the poem stood the enormous palace, entire and minutely detailed, with every illustrious porcelain and every sketch on every porcelain and the shadows and the light of the twilights and every unhappy or joyous moment of the glorious dynasties of mortals, gods, and dragons who had dwelled in it from the interminable past. All fell silent, but the Emperor exclaimed, “You have robbed me of my palace!” And the executioner’s iron sword cut the poet down.
Others tell the story differently. There cannot be any two things alike in the world; the poet, they say, had only to utter his poem to make the palace disappear, as if abolished and blown to bits by the final syllable. Such legends, of course, amount to no more than literary fiction. The poet was a slave of the Emperor and as such he died. His composition sank into oblivion because it deserved oblivion and his descendants still seek, nor will they find, the word that contains the universe.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) from El hacedor, 1980; English version by Mildred Boyer
Excellent trolling of Trump by Swedish deputy PM @IsabellaLovin and entourage: image via Erik Meyersson @emeyersson, 3 February 2017
Parable of the Palace
On that day, the Yellow Emperor showed off his palace to the poet. Behind them, in a long descent, they had just left the first western terraces, which -- like the tiers of an almost unimaginable amphitheatre - slope down to a paradise, or garden, whose metal mirrors and interwoven juniper hedges gave a hint of the labyrinth. Lightheartedly, the two men lost themselves in it -- at first as if they were entering into a game but later with a touch of unease, for the straight avenues of the maze suffered a slight but continous curve and secretly were circles. At about midnight, observation of the planets and the timely sacrifice of a tortoise allowed them to extricate themselves from that whole sector, which seemed enchanted, but not from the feeling of being lost, which stayed with them to the end. After that, they passed through antechambers and courtyards and libraries and a hexagonal hall with a water clock, and one morning they saw from a tower a stone man that was later lost to them for ever. In sandalwood boats, they crossed a number of glinting rivers or a single river many times over. As the imperial retinue went by, people prostrated themselves, but one day the procession reached an island where someone failed to bow down, since he had never before laid eyes on the Son of Heaven, and the executioner was obliged to behead him. Indifferently, their eyes passed over black tresses and black dances and bizarre golden masks; reality merged with dream or, rather, reality became one of the forms of dream. It seemed impossible that the earth could be anything but gardens, watercourses, architectural structures, and resplendent shapes. Every hundred paces a tower soared into the air; to the eye, each was the same colour, but so long was the series and so subtle were the hues that the first of them was yellow and the last scarlet.
At the foot of the second last tower the poet, who seemed detached from all these spectacles -- marvels to everyone else -- recited the short work that today we link inseparably with his name and that, according to the most elegant historians, bestowed immortality and death on him. The text is lost. Some believe that it consisted of a single line of verse; others, of a single word. What is certain, what is incredible, is that in the poem was the whole enormous palace down to the last detail, with each illustrious porcelain piece and each drawing on each piece and the shadows and lights of every dawn and dusk and each moment, whether happy or unhappy, of the glorious dynasties of mortals, gods, and dragons that had dwelt in the place from time immemorial. Everyone fell silent, but the Emperor cried, 'You have taken my palace from me!', and the executioner's iron sword cut short the poet's life.
Others tell the story in a different way. In this world there cannot be two identical things; it was enough, we are told, for the poet merely to utter the poem for the palace to disappear, as if struck and razed to the ground by the last syllable. Clearly, such legends are no more than literary fiction. The poet was the emperor's slave and died as such; his composition fell into oblivion because it deserved oblivion, and his descendents are still searching for -- but will never find -- the word for the universe.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), 1956, from El hacedor, 1960; English version by Norman Thomas di Giovanni
@realDonaldTrump boards Air Force One en route his "winter White House," Mar-a-lago, in Palm Beach.: image via Stephen Crowley @stcrow, 3 February 2017
"They're not behaving," POTUS said, and the pool was escorted out of the Oval at 1:20.: image via joanne @joanne_stocker, 3 February 2017
Cleaners told me they spent 3+ hours smudging off the "kill Trump" graffiti today: image via jessica testa @jtes, 2 February 2017
Soledad O'Brien Retweeted Joanne
Soledad O'Brien added,
image via Soledad O'Brien @soledadobrien, 3 February 2017
WHCA statement about this year's dinner on April 29.: image via Jeff Mason @jeffmason1, 2 February 2017
Long line of lawyers, media, others waiting for Seattle federal court hearing on @AGOWA lawsuit against @POTUS #ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
BREAKING: Judge Robart enjoins all federal enforcement of key sections of #ImmigrationOrder "This TRO is granted on a nationwide basis.": tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Note: Judge James Robart, who just ordered nationwide halt to enforcement of Trump #ImmigrationOrder, was appointed by Pres. George W. Bush: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
As part of his ruling, U.S. District Judge Robart said @AGOWA underlying lawsuit has substantial chance of success #ImmigrationOrder: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Tears and hugs in court following judge's ruling in favor of @AGOWA lawsuit blocking #ImmigrationOrder: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Even @AGOWA Bob Ferguson seemed stunned at breadth of victory. "Holy cow... OK" he said to colleagues following ruling #ImmigrationOrder: tweet via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
@AGOWA:"It's obviously an important decision" for WA and "the rule of law" -- immediately halts Trump's exec order #ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
@AGOWA Bob Ferguson "We are a nation of laws" - expects President Trump to obey judge's ruling blocking #ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
This is WA solicitor general Noah Purcell, who argued @AGOWA case today#ImmigrationOrder: image via Jim Brunner @Jim_Brunner, 3 February 2017
Today's gem was Iran Revolution "Koods" Force
Joanne Retweeted Asieh Namdar
Joanne added,
Many different views on #Iran but only ONE correct way to say it @PressSec here I go again: E-RON, not EYE-RAN. #exhausted
tweet via joanne @joanne_stocker, 3 February 2017
Kellyanne Conway made up a fake terrorist attack to justify Trump’s 'Muslim ban': image via CNBC International @CNBC1, 3 February 2017
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KellyannConway The Bowling Green Massacre: image by s r, 4 February 2017
Someone's actually fundraising for Kellyanne Conway's imaginary 'Bowling Green Massacre'(money actually goes to the ACLU): image by Jon Riley, 3 February 2017
[Untitled] @RepJackKimble @AliceDreger: image via Toby Veach @tobyveach, 3 February 2017
One still shudders to think how bad the Bowling Green massacre would've been if not for the heroic intervention of Fred Douglass.
Fred Douglass Lives! Retweeted Alec MacGillis
Fred Douglass Lives! added,
I did what I could.
image via Fred Douglass Lives! @FDouglassLives, 3 February 2017
Easy ways to honor the #BowlingGreenMassacre 1. Thank a water delivery man 2. Wear Yellow on May 6th 3. Reach out to people with 6 toes: image via Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble, 3 February 2017
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Please don't politicize this. Feel free to use this picture in your profile. Never Forget the #BowlingGreenMassacre: image via Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble, 3 February 2017
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Please RT this photo as a reminder of those we lost in the Bowling Green Massacre. #NeverForget: image via Fox Base Alpha @jeffthelad, 3 February 2017
if more mentally ill people had access to guns, the #Bowling Green Massacre would have been averted.: tweet via Steve Wood @CTMQ, 3 February 2017
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When you spot the perpetrators of the #Bowling Green Massacre: image via jason @JasonKirkSBN, 3 February 2017
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Easy ways to honor the #BowlingGreenMassacre 1. Thank a water delivery man 2. Wear Yellow on May 6th 3. Reach out to people with 6 toes: image via Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble, 3 February 2017
Please don't politicize this. Feel free to use this picture in your profile. Never Forget the #BowlingGreenMassacre: image via Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble, 3 February 2017
Please RT this photo as a reminder of those we lost in the Bowling Green Massacre. #NeverForget: image via Fox Base Alpha @jeffthelad, 3 February 2017
if more mentally ill people had access to guns, the #Bowling Green Massacre would have been averted.: tweet via Steve Wood @CTMQ, 3 February 2017
When you spot the perpetrators of the #Bowling Green Massacre: image via jason @JasonKirkSBN, 3 February 2017
Only ABC had the courage to cover the Bowling Green Massacre: image via Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble, 3 February 2017
Saddened and sickened by Frederick Douglass' silence surrounding the Bowling Green Massacre.: tweet via Natasha Rothwell @natasharothwell, 3 February 2017
Wow. New cover of Der Spiegel, Germany's top newsweekly.
Alec MacGillis Retweeted Alec MacGillis
Alec MacGillis added,
That is, the top newsweekly in the largest country in Europe, a staunch US ally with 4th-largest economy in the world. Circulation: 840,000.
image via Alec MacGillis@AlecMacGillis, 3 February 2017
BREAKING: It's an absolute nightmare in the #Med right now the @Aquarius is fully over capacity after 5 rescues and has 3 left to do.: tweet via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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Migrants and refugees wait to be helped by members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, as they crowd aboard a rubber boat sailing out of control in the Mediterranean Sea about 21 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. European Union leaders are poised to take a big step on Friday in closing off the illegal migration routes from Libya across the central Mediterranean, where thousands have died trying to reach the EU, the EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
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An Afghan refugee prays in an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
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Izzy Berdan, of Boston, center, wears an American flags as he chants slogans with other demonstrators during a rally against President Donald Trump's order that restricts travel to the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Boston. Trump signed an executive order Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 that bans legal U.S. residents and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. for 90 days and puts an indefinite hold on a program resettling Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Steven Senne): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
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Reem Alrubaye, of Fremont, Calif., places flowers on the floor as she waits for her mother Mason Jadoaa to return from a visit to Baghdad, Iraq, at San Francisco International Airport, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in San Francisco. President Donald Trump's executive order bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
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A plane takes off as demonstrators hold signs and chant at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
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A protester holds up a cutout sign during a protest of President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
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This is madness. #EU politicians are doing lip service at the#MaltaSummit and NGOs are alone rescuing 1000s in the #Mediterranean: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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With their 'Malta Declaration' the @EUCouncil shows how utterly delusional they are about the situation for #migrants and #refugees in #Libya: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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Donald Tusk@eucopresidentMain goal for #MaltaSummitis to stem flow of irregular migrants to Europe through Libya. A goal within our reach.MSF Sea Retweeted Donald Tusk
MSF Sea added,
There is currently a breakdown of law and order in #Libya. That will not be fixed with some training and some cash.
image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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Those rescued tell us that in Libya people starve in detention, get beaten on the street and are forced to work for free as modern day slaves: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius is now rescuing three boats at once. There are already 700 men, women and children on board.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius is now rescuing three boats at once. There are already 700 men, women and children on board.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius is now rescuing three boats at once. There are already 700 men, women and children on board.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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I just spoke to $MSF Project Coordinator on board the rescue vessel Aquarius, Ed Taylor. He told me "It's an absolute nightmare right now": image via Gem Gillie @GemLouGillie, 3 February 2018
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UPDATE: After a huge 36 hours the #Aquarius is headed for #Italy with 785 rescued #people on board. It's squishy but all is well.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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Patients tell us that in Libya migrants are starving/harassed/abused. The last thing they need is the EU and Italy to join the predator's list.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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Let's be clear, the #MaltaSummit was not about saving lives. The #EU is ready to sacrifice vulnerable #people to stop them reaching Europe.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
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BREAKING: In the early hours of this morning the @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius team rescued 132 #people including 51 women from this boat.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
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BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius has rescued 100 #people from this boat including 41 kids and teenagers.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
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UPDATE: Those on board tell us there are other boats needing help so the crew is searching hard and fast.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
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BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius has just rescued 120 #people travelling on a rubber boat including a stack of tiny kids.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
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The #EU wants to make it harder to flee #Libya. That's great for smugglers who'll up their prices in return for getting #people over walls.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
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BREAKING: It's an absolute nightmare in the #Med right now the @Aquarius is fully over capacity after 5 rescues and has 3 left to do.: tweet via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
Migrants and refugees wait to be helped by members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, as they crowd aboard a rubber boat sailing out of control in the Mediterranean Sea about 21 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. European Union leaders are poised to take a big step on Friday in closing off the illegal migration routes from Libya across the central Mediterranean, where thousands have died trying to reach the EU, the EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
An Afghan refugee prays in an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
Izzy Berdan, of Boston, center, wears an American flags as he chants slogans with other demonstrators during a rally against President Donald Trump's order that restricts travel to the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Boston. Trump signed an executive order Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 that bans legal U.S. residents and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. for 90 days and puts an indefinite hold on a program resettling Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Steven Senne): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
Reem Alrubaye, of Fremont, Calif., places flowers on the floor as she waits for her mother Mason Jadoaa to return from a visit to Baghdad, Iraq, at San Francisco International Airport, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in San Francisco. President Donald Trump's executive order bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
A plane takes off as demonstrators hold signs and chant at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
A protester holds up a cutout sign during a protest of President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine): image via AP Images @AP_Images, 3 February 2017
Adrift
This is madness. #EU politicians are doing lip service at the
With their 'Malta Declaration' the @EUCouncil shows how utterly delusional they are about the situation for #migrants and #refugees in #Libya: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
Donald Tusk@eucopresident
MSF Sea added,
There is currently a breakdown of law and order in #Libya. That will not be fixed with some training and some cash.
image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
Those rescued tell us that in Libya people starve in detention, get beaten on the street and are forced to work for free as modern day slaves: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
"Libya is not a safe place. Blocking people there makes a mockery of the so-called EU values of human dignity and rule of law" @Arjan_Hehenkamp: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius is now rescuing three boats at once. There are already 700 men, women and children on board.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius is now rescuing three boats at once. There are already 700 men, women and children on board.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius is now rescuing three boats at once. There are already 700 men, women and children on board.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
I just spoke to $MSF Project Coordinator on board the rescue vessel Aquarius, Ed Taylor. He told me "It's an absolute nightmare right now": image via Gem Gillie @GemLouGillie, 3 February 2018
UPDATE: After a huge 36 hours the #Aquarius is headed for #Italy with 785 rescued #people on board. It's squishy but all is well.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
Patients tell us that in Libya migrants are starving/harassed/abused. The last thing they need is the EU and Italy to join the predator's list.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
Let's be clear, the #MaltaSummit was not about saving lives. The #EU is ready to sacrifice vulnerable #people to stop them reaching Europe.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 3 February 2017
BREAKING: In the early hours of this morning the @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius team rescued 132 #people including 51 women from this boat.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius has rescued 100 #people from this boat including 41 kids and teenagers.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
UPDATE: Those on board tell us there are other boats needing help so the crew is searching hard and fast.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
BREAKING: The @MSF @SOSMedFrance #Aquarius has just rescued 120 #people travelling on a rubber boat including a stack of tiny kids.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
The #EU wants to make it harder to flee #Libya. That's great for smugglers who'll up their prices in return for getting #people over walls.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
There is nothing lifesaving about turning boats back to #Libya. The #EU's proposed “line of protection” is simply a wall with another name.: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
Hypothetically, blocking people in #Libya would prevent them from drowning. In reality, it would condemn them to a slow death #MaltaSummit: image via MSF Sea @MSF_Sea, 2 February 2017
@realDonaldTrump, arriving in West Palm Beach where he was met by First Lady Melania Trump. They will weekend at Mar-a-lago.: image via Stephen Crowley @stcrow, 3 February 2017