cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47362341

Henry Cuellar, Donald Davis, Cleo Fields, Laura Gillen, Vicente Gonzalez, Marcy Kaptur, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Eugene Vindman

But the most extreme evasion in the autopsy is the dodging of the crucial importance of the Gaza genocide. In this way, the autopsy is in keeping with how the DNC has continued to function. As the governing body of the Democratic party, the DNC has twisted itself into untenable knots while excluding concerns about Gaza and Palestinians from any serious internal debate. Martin, like the party’s congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, has continued to pretend that the US government has not been arming Israel’s genocide.

In an autopsy of close to 50,000 words, not one of them is “Gaza”, or “Palestinians” or “Israel” or “genocide”. Yet credible accounts tell of meetings where the autopsy’s author, the Democratic consultant Paul Rivera, privately acknowledged that Harris’s stance on Gaza hurt her election chances. The executive director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding, Margaret DeReus, said in a statement on Thursday that “Ken Martin should release the information that the author of the autopsy told us clearly and unambiguously, which is that DNC officials’ review of their own data found Biden’s support for Israel to be a net-negative for Democrats in 2024.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/42850527

Related news: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/israeli-forces-intercept-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/microblogmemes/p/1088121/when-inaction-is-rebranded

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/twitterblueskymastodon/p/1087934/when-inaction-is-rebranded

When everybody else runs fast to the far-right, but you don't move, they will claim you are now radical left. The current public discourse in a nutshell.

Mastodon.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37338408

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46804008

Not OC

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/46295

Dozens of Democrats in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives helped the GOP send a key spying bill to the Senate on Wednesday, earning sharp condemnation from the diverse movement that has called for privacy reforms. The House voted 235-191 in favor of the bill released last week by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has been trying for months to get an extension of Section…

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/67988840

Note: this is a routine censure that we all felt wasn't worth putting to a user vote at this time, since it should be fairly uncontroversial to defederate from an unmoderated instance.

Censure reason

Unmoderated instance, now operated by Mazdak, the CEO of "https://ad.plus/", an AI ad-tech company. Admin is unresponsive to reports of bigotry and transphobia, and is not responding to attempts at contact by other admins.

Additional context from other instance admins

Have seen an uptick of trolls and hit-and-run accounts from this instance. Registrations are open with captcha-only.

this instance appears to have zero checks on signups, not even asking for emails, making this a welcome home for trolls and ban evaders who will even boast about it in other communities. the instance appears to be effectively unmoderated, as the admin of the instance only seems to take action when spam is posted in their local communities, despite frequently being active by posting to their own communities.

I sent a DM to the lemmy.org admin a few days ago and have not received a reply. They've been plenty active since the DM, so it's clear to me that they don't particularly care that I defederated them or about this issue

Other details

Unfortunately, the admin of lemmy.org, Mazdak, is a self-declared AI ad-tech company bro, who has reportedly been trying to sell Lemmy.org for a huge sum.

Concerningly, the admin has not been responding to reports of bigotry and other serious content violations, and they have already been defederated by blahaj.zone for this reason, and we have followed suit.

Moderation of lemmy.org has effectively ceased for many communities, and several instance admins have seen an increase in use by bad actors. E.g., just yesterday:

We will of course reconsider this situation if the admin reaches out and agrees to start actively managing reports.

Note: this is a routine censure that we all felt wasn't worth putting to a user vote at this time, since it should be fairly uncontroversial to defederate from an unmoderated instance.

Censure reason

Unmoderated instance, now operated by Mazdak, the CEO of "https://ad.plus/", an AI ad-tech company. Admin is unresponsive to reports of bigotry and transphobia, and is not responding to attempts at contact by other admins.

Additional context from other instance admins

Have seen an uptick of trolls and hit-and-run accounts from this instance. Registrations are open with captcha-only.

this instance appears to have zero checks on signups, not even asking for emails, making this a welcome home for trolls and ban evaders who will even boast about it in other communities. the instance appears to be effectively unmoderated, as the admin of the instance only seems to take action when spam is posted in their local communities, despite frequently being active by posting to their own communities.

I sent a DM to the lemmy.org admin a few days ago and have not received a reply. They've been plenty active since the DM, so it's clear to me that they don't particularly care that I defederated them or about this issue

Other details

Unfortunately, the admin of lemmy.org, Mazdak, is a self-declared AI ad-tech company bro, who has reportedly been trying to sell Lemmy.org for a huge sum.

Concerningly, the admin has not been responding to reports of bigotry and other serious content violations, and they have already been defederated by blahaj.zone for this reason, and we have followed suit.

Moderation of lemmy.org has effectively ceased for many communities, and several instance admins have seen an increase in use by bad actors. E.g., just yesterday:

We will of course reconsider this situation if the admin reaches out and agrees to start actively managing reports.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/67858553

🏴‍☠️ Hoist the Black Flag: Pledge to Boycott Lemmy World!

... if Lemmy World dares to defederate from any ship in the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/, https://anarchist.nexus/, and https://quokk.au/.

Mateys, we can’t let a mega‑instance captain bully the rest of the fleet just because their ship’s bigger. If Lemmy World tries to throw the FAF overboard, we’re calling for a show of solidarity: a fediverse blockade of Lemmy World in response, until the landlubbers see reason (i.e., there is an acceptable change in their leadership and/or this policy).

This is about mutual aid, not mutiny - standing together so no single admin gets to rule the seas unchallenged. A united armada of smaller instances can absolutely blunt Lemmy World’s outsized influence (and, let’s be honest, their ego).

☠️ A word to the captains: before hoisting colours or locking in a course, we ask ye to let your crew have their say. Run a poll, open the deck for discussion, and listen to the voices aboard your vessel. These seas belong to all of us, and decisions that shape our fediverse should be made together, not from the captain’s quarters alone.

If other captains be keen to chart this course with us, drop anchor and make the pledge public in the comments. The more hands on deck, the harder it is to sink any one of us. Let us know if you are holding a vote!

dbzer0 and AN members can vote on this pledge in !div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com, and quokk.au will be holding their own vote.

🏴‍☠️ Solidarity forever, and fair winds to the Flotilla!

Note: Judging by the comments, a lot of people are obviously not reading the post and are instead assuming we are calling for defederation of lemmy.world. That is not the case, and in fact the opposite is true. LW already temporarily defederated anarchist.nexus once, and the evidence suggests Mr Kaplan is now pushing for full defederation of all the FAF instances. We are trying to build a coalition of instances that will agree to defederate from lemmy.world IF Kaplan goes ahead with the defederation. Apologies if you weren't aware of the context.

🏴‍☠️ Hoist the Black Flag: Pledge to Boycott Lemmy World!

... if Lemmy World dares to defederate from any ship in the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/, https://anarchist.nexus/, and https://quokk.au/.

Mateys, we can’t let a mega‑instance captain bully the rest of the fleet just because their ship’s bigger. If Lemmy World tries to throw the FAF overboard, we’re calling for a show of solidarity: a fediverse blockade of Lemmy World in response, until the landlubbers see reason (i.e., there is an acceptable change in their leadership and/or this policy).

This is about mutual aid, not mutiny - standing together so no single admin gets to rule the seas unchallenged. A united armada of smaller instances can absolutely blunt Lemmy World’s outsized influence (and, let’s be honest, their ego).

☠️ A word to the captains: before hoisting colours or locking in a course, we ask ye to let your crew have their say. Run a poll, open the deck for discussion, and listen to the voices aboard your vessel. These seas belong to all of us, and decisions that shape our fediverse should be made together, not from the captain’s quarters alone.

If other captains be keen to chart this course with us, drop anchor and make the pledge public in the comments. The more hands on deck, the harder it is to sink any one of us. Let us know if you are holding a vote!

dbzer0 and AN members can vote on this pledge in !div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com, and quokk.au will be holding their own vote.

🏴‍☠️ Solidarity forever, and fair winds to the Flotilla!

governance type: sense check