“You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think”

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently banned two Democratic U.S. congresswomen, Ilhan Omar (left) and Rashida Tlaib (right), from visiting the country and the Palestinian territories this weekend, after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly urged “Bibi” to deny visa to the two progressive congresswomen — in fact the only two Muslim women in Congress — for their (supposed) pro-Palestinian tendencies. Israel’s decision to block visit was condemned almost unanimously by U.S. Congress as unjust and inopportune. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA.

Conversations with Kennedy

Amnesty International, a U.K.-based human rights organisation, unfurled a “Resist Trump” banner on Vauxhall Bridge to welcome 45th U.S. President Donald Trump’s arrival to London, United Kingdom. Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.

In Search of Equality

Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar (pictured above) was vehemently and speciously attacked by U.S. President Donald Trump last Saturday on the basis of her wearing a hijab and her faith, thus fueling the hate campaign against her systematically perpetrated by the most reactionary Republicans, who didn’t feel ashamed to mendaciously claim she denied 9/11 attackers were terrorists. However, the high level of bi-partisan support she received, even if not unanimous, should encourage her to carry on with unchanged and, if possible, even stronger passion and courage her noble cause. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images.

#BD559C

Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played “a lightning round game” during a House Oversight Committee hearing on February 6, to emphasize the “fundamentally broken” system of ethical accountability.

60 Minutes in the Life of an Urban Dancer

In her interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes last Sunday, Democratic Socialist star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez succeeded in making President Donald Trump quite angry by calling him a racist. “The President certainly didn’t invent racism. But he’s certainly given a voice to it and expanded it and created a platform for those things”, Ocasio-Cortez told the host Anderson Cooper. “Do you believe President Trump is a racist?”, Cooper asked. “Yeah, no question”, she replied. In response, the White House promptly told 60 Minutes that “Ocasio-Cortez’s sheer ignorance on the matter can’t cover the fact that President Trump supported and passed historic criminal justice reform” and “has repeatedly condemned racism and bigotry in all forms”.

A low-key hour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Photo: CBS.

Euthyphro

A woman lands on “Jump Trump”, an inflatable installation at the International Image Festival Getxophoto in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain where people jump from a trampoline onto a giant mat with U.S. President Donald Trump’s face. Photo: AFP/Ander Gillenea.

Edna, did you notice that Melania was wearing a dress of almost the same colour as yours?

U.S. President Donald Trump proudly holds the soccer ball given to him as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on occasion of their rendez-vous at Monday’s summit in Helsinki, Finland. Who scored the goal? Photo: Sputnik/Reuters.

Jeremy, it feels like Theresa is worrying at what Donald might say to Vladimir Vladimirovich. Does she think he will advise him to sue the United States?

• Dan Sabbagh, Theresa May: Donald Trump told me to sue the EU, The Guardian, July 15, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump holding a joint news conference with United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Theresa May at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, South East England, last Friday. Photo: Jack Taylor/Reuters.

Flop shot

Marchers stream through Edinburgh and group chants “no racist USA” in Ayrshire. [Read more].

• Libby Brooks, Thousands protest across Scotland as Trump plays golf, The Guardian, July 14, 2018

A paragliding Greenpeace protester broke through the no-fly zone surrounding Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland on Friday evening, and, apparently in view of the President, trailing a banner saying: “Trump: well below par #resist”.

An American Werewolf in London

U.S. President Donald Trump with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Photo: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP.

The Deluge

A deluge myth flooded today the White House, with thousands and thousands people marching and rallying all over the United States in a global mass protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Photos: Reuters/la Repubblica.

The Red Thread

Hundreds of thousands are gathering across all 50 U.S. states (and also elsewhere) against family separations carried out by the Trump administration.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new star of the Democratic Socialists of America, marching during the Bronx’s pride parade on Wednesday. Photo: David Delgado/Reuters.

Protesters at a demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images.

A rally against the detention of migrant children staged in front of the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, Canada. Photo: Lorenda Reddekopp.

Actress Susan Sarandon (centre) was one of the roughly 575 people arrested during a Capitol Hill protest of Trump administration’s immigration policies and family separations at the southern border on Thursday. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.

Jump Over the Moon

Sunland Park, New Mexico: A child climbs up the Mexican side of the Mexico–United States border fence. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Oasis and Mirages

Residents of the desert hamlet of Tornillo, near the Mexican border, express outrage at the child detention camp in their backyard. [Read more].

• Rory Carroll, Texas town denounces “twisted and shameful” camp for migrant children, The Guardian, June 22, 2018

Shoes and toys left at a Tornillo point of entry to the U.S., in Texas. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.

Flashback

The First Lady of the United States Melania Trump made a surprise visit to the U.S.–Mexico border a day after U.S. President retreated on his “zero tolerance” immigration policy signing an executive order to end the separation of migrant children from their parents. The First Lady took part in briefings and attended a tour of a “nonprofit social services center for children who have entered the United States illegally and a customs and border patrol processing center”, according to a statement from her office. Earlier in the day, while boarding a plane to Texas, the First Lady appeared to be wearing a $39 khaki green Zara jacket provocatively reading “I really don’t care. Do u?”, which she then removed during the visit. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images.

Reconstructing Sociology

NGOs say bringing parents and children back together is an enormous puzzle with no clear system from the administration. [Read more].

• Olivia Solon, Fate of 2,300 separated children still unclear despite Trump’s executive order, The Guardian, June 21, 2018

The Trump administration has backtracked on its policy but offered no immediate plan for reuniting families. Photo: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images.

Jeux Sans Frontières

New York, United States: People protest against the Trump administration practice of separating immigrant families. Photo: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Original Autographed Ticket Memorabilia

Vice Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong enjoying a visit at Marina Bay Sands SkyPark in Singapore just on the eve of the historic summit between her brother and U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo: Mark Cheong/The Straits Times

The Guest Book

The agreement signed by Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. United States committed themselves to cancel any joint military exercises with South Korea in exchange for North Korea’s denuclearisation. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.