Los ojos de la diplomacia internacional estaban puestos esta semana en Colombia, en donde se celebró la primera cumbre del Grupo de La Haya, un bloque de ocho países, todos del llamado Sur Global, que acordaron medidas diplomáticas y económicas para presionar a Israel para que acepte un alto el fuego y acabe con la guerra en Gaza. Pese a que las delegaciones de una treintena de países, incluidos México y España, estuvieron presentes, la invitada que se robó toda la atención fue Francesca Albanese, la relatora especial de la ONU para los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados. La abogada italiana, que no teme calificar lo que ocurre en Palestina como un “apartheid”, fue sancionada la semana pasada por Estados Unidos, que la acusa de “apoyar el terrorismo” y de promulgar un “antisemitismo descarado”.
... full articleYou know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you.
In 2005, on his satire “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness,” meaning a statement that was not actually true but represented a reality that the speaker wished to inhabit.
In 2015, Colbert replaced David Letterman on CBS’s “Late Show,” which under him became one of the biggest and most prolific launchers of satirically guided missiles during the Trump era. In 2024, President Trump — who has repeatedly bemoaned his late-night coverage — said CBS “should terminate his contract.”
... full articleTrump’s tirades against the press have become so commonplace that we risk not even noticing them anymore. But the regularity of Trump’s abuse only adds to the urgency to call them out. The dangers of growing numb to Trump’s attacks on the media cannot be overstated–what starts as a verbal insult can easily turn into something far more serious if left unchecked. RSF is deeply concerned that violent rhetoric can easily lead to violent actions.
President Donald Trump is threatening to sue The Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, over a bombshell report detailing a cryptic birthday message he sent to disgraced financier and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago.
Trump lashed out at the conservative publication on Thursday, describing its reporting as “fake” and claiming that the letter to Epstein wasn’t his.
... full articleI’ve known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy, He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.
Inside a federal immigration courtroom in New York City last month, a judge took an exceedingly unusual step: declining to state the name of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney pressing to deport asylum seekers.
“We’re not really doing names publicly,” said Judge ShaSha Xu — after stating her own name and those of the immigrants and their lawyers. It was the first of two separate instances The Intercept identified in which judges chose to withhold the identities of the attorneys representing the Trump administration’s deportation regime.
... full articleNobody has better respect for intelligence than Donald Trump.
