#SANCTIONS

[davidaugust]

If you can't spell it, you should not be allowed to sanction it.

[sayruq]

[allthegeopolitics]

The United States House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Legislators in the lower chamber of the US Congress passed the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” by an overwhelming margin, 243 to 140, on Thursday in a signal of strong support for Israel.

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[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

U.S. blockade of Cuba causes electricity system to collapse due to lack of stable fuel supply

On Sunday, Oct. 20, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel pointed directly at the blockade policy of the United States government as the fundamental cause of the national collapse of the National Electric Power System (SEN) over the past few days. It is not complicated and it is not rhetoric that Cuba’s lack of a stable supply of fuel is because of the threats of fines that the US government through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied on banks, shipping companies and any other enterprise attempting to trade with Cuba.

[dontforgetukraine]

"I would like to address the recurring question of those 'ordinary Russians' who 'shouldn’t be sanctioned'.

I hear talk of ordinary Russians’ innocence, but then I see ordinary Russians murdering ordinary Ukrainians.

I see ordinary Russian mothers saying goodbye to their ordinary Russian sons and wishing them good luck with their ordinary Russian war crimes.

I see ordinary Russians celebrating murder. I see ordinary Russian parents dressing up their ordinary Russian children in military uniforms and painting the letter Z on a cardboard tank costume.

I see ordinary Russians coming together to make a huge Z formation in the town square.

Ordinary Russia is sick. Healing will be a long and gruelling process which can only start when Russia, not just Putin, is defeated. Without a defeat in Ukraine, Russia will just keep spreading.

So about those “unfair” sanctions against “ordinary Russians”... Well, anything which slows down Russia’s total war machine will have ordinary Lithuanians’ support. Whatever victory takes. Slava Ukraini."

—Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament of Lithuania

[vyorei]

Live coverage of the 1st of February 2024 is now closed.

Here is a recap of today's major events.

It is 12am in Ireland now so I have to go to bed.

I'll be back to resume live updates in the afternoon.

For continuous updates while I'm gone, click the link below:

[affairsmastery]

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of illegitimate actions targeting the U.S. and its ally, Israel. The ICC has previously asserted jurisdiction over American and Israeli personnel, prompting strong opposition from Washington.

The U.S. has never been a state party to the Rome Statute, with past administrations refusing to ratify it. The ICC, based in The Hague, investigates genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity but faces criticism for overreach. This move further deepens tensions between the U.S. and international legal bodies.

[whatevergreen]

"Days after the settler sanctions were repealed, Axios reported that Trump would lift Biden’s hold on 2,000 pound bombs to Israel. The Biden administration had instituted the pause in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invasion of Rafah last May.

The Biden team continued sending Israel other weapons, and even reportedly pressured Democratic members of Congress to back a major arms deal, but that didn’t stop Netanyahu from claiming that the U.S. was impeding his war on Gaza."

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

How Russia continues to deliver oil directly to the EU despite sanctions | UP. Investigation

"In the third year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the sham nature of the civilised world's sanctions is becoming quite obvious. This is as obvious as the fact that if the sanctions policy of our Western partners stood on principles, Russia's economy would not have survived three years of war. Especially a war of such intensity involving so many missiles and other means worth billions of dollars. In fact, such economic levers were used to deter Russia's military aggression.

It is also clear that Russia is a petrol station country, and the lion's share of its budget is provided by money from the “black gold”. This means that it is oil that ensures Russia's ability to continue its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's military budget for 2024 was about US$112 billion and will be increased in 2025. According to Bloomberg, spending on national defence and internal security will increase by almost a third to US$142 billion.

Such a disappointing state of affairs for the civilised world is explained by the fact that despite all the restrictions and bans written on paper, millions of tonnes of Russian oil continue to flow directly to the European Union.

According to the Financial Times, in the first year of the full-scale invasion, the EU paid Russia about €140 billion for oil and gas, which is more than the EU provided to Ukraine in aid in two years. About 80 of this 140 billion is oil.

How is this possible? See our new Ukrainska Pravda investigation".

[davidaugust]

Eggs are now scarce and expensive, and he's placing tariffs and sanctions on Colombia, the largest trading partner with the US for coffee. So coffee prices will skyrocket.

Did he forget he's president of a country that started a revolution over taxes on our breakfast beverage.

He's not sharp. ☕ 🍳

[thashining]

Their (maga) willingness to be "loud and wrong" needs to be studied.

[allthegeopolitics]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting the United States and its ally Israel.  The order places financial and visa sanctions on unnamed individuals and their family members who assist in ICC investigations of US citizens or US allies.  The order comes after a visit to the White House by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza since October 2023. 

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[ms-boogie-man]

Yesterday, Joe Biden signed off on economic sanctions against the state of Texas disallowing that republic from exporting LNG (liquid natural gas)

The first act in a state of war is always sanctions

I know what you are thinking,

Angie, the Biden admin only put a temporary pause on the pending approvals of LNG exports

The Biden admin's move is designed to act as a sanction against Texas… make no mistake

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The export of LNG from Texas would likely be bound for countries in the EU; Germany, for example. Guess where Germany will get their LNG from… Russia Why would Biden do such of a thingy? Think Hunter… think Burisma Holdings

The Constitution of the United States of America was put in place to protect us from people like Joe Biden, Barrack Hussein Obama, George H W Bush, Paul Ryan, James Comey, and the Clintons; just to name a few

Angie/Maddie🦇❥✝︎🇺🇸

[eretzyisrael]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:

It is sickening that, despite the American people’s rejection of the Biden-Harris administration’s policies on November 5th, the lame duck Biden-Harris administration has continued to betray and make absurd demands on Israel.

In recent days, after the election, the Biden-Harris administration again outrageously threatened an anti-Israel arms embargo if Israel did not meet its demands that Israel do more and more to move aid into Gaza by tomorrow (November 13) – despite the fact that much of the aid is stolen by Hamas, who sells it for hundreds of millions of dollars to pay and recruit terrorists to murder Jews. The Biden-Harris administration’s absurd threats and demands are also despite the fact that aid to Gaza has increased in recent weeks, and despite the fact that between October 2023 and November 6, 2024, Israel facilitated 1,115,128 tons of aid into Gaza, on 56,402 trucks and 9,979 pallets – including food (including fruits and vegetables, ready-to-eat food parcels, meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, eggs, flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil, etc.); shelter equipment; water; medical supplies; fuel; and infrastructure equipment. (See also “ZOA Condemns Biden Administration’s Dangerous Threat to Stop Arms to Israel – Could Cause Massacre of Jews,” Nov. 4, 2024; and “ZOA Condemns Biden Pressuring Israel Not to Attack Iran’s Oil and Nuclear Facilities, and Threatening an Arms Embargo Against Israel,” Oct. 16, 2024.)

The administration is reportedly already holding up needed bulldozers that Israel already paid for.

As ZOA previously pointed out, the last time the U.S. had an arms embargo against Israel, when Israel was being attacked by seven Arab nations in 1948, over six thousand Jews ended up being murdered. Israel is again fighting an existential war on seven fronts against enemies seeking to destroy it.

Some people thought it was merely a pre-election ploy when the Biden-Harris administration ramped up its dangerous arms embargo actions and threats in May, and again in mid-October, and just prior to the election. But the fact that the administration is still pursuing the same anti-Israel threats now says volumes about this administration’s dangerous actual ideology, and raises alarm bells as to what else the administration might do to harm Israel during its lame duck period in power.

Additionally, on election day – the Biden-Harris administration quietly waived needed sanctions on the Palestinian Authority – despite acknowledging that the PA continues its heinous “pay-to-slay” payments to terrorists to murder Jews.

And during a press briefing a few hours before the election, the Biden-Harris State Department condemned alleged “extremist settlers” (Jews); bragged about imposing sanctions on 14 Jews (including brave Jewish soldiers combatting Hamas in Gaza) and 13 Jewish groups (including a group protesting sending aid into Hamas’ hands and coffers); and threatened that the Biden administration “will continue to use all the tools at its disposal” to hold [Jews] accountable “for violence in the West Bank and around the region.” The State Department spokesman also revealed that the Biden-Harris lame duck administration will try to undermine the Knesset law outlawing Hamas-filled UNRWA from operating in Israel; and accused Israel of not getting enough aid to Gaza (meaning to Hamas), etc. The State Department briefing failed to mention Palestinian Arab terrorists’ hundreds of attacks on Jews in Judea/Samaria, Jerusalem, etc.

Why is the Biden-Harris administration still not sanctioning the actual terrorists? Why is it waiving sanctions on the PA – which pays terrorists? Why is the administration instead threatening Israel and sanctioning Israeli Jews? And why is this continuing now that the Biden-Harris administration no longer has a mandate from the American people? Disgraceful and frightening!

[vyorei]

Ohhhh shutupshutupshutup we have so many of the fuckers on film attacking, mobbing, and killing Palestinians, with statements from Apartheid officials encouraging the chaos.

[affairsmastery]

The US and China continue their tit-for-tat trade battle as 10% tariffs hit Chinese imports. In response, China has filed a WTO complaint and is set to impose a 15% tax on US coal, LNG, and cars starting Monday.

Meanwhile, signs suggest China is open to talks. Donald Trump, doubling down, signed an executive order for a sovereign wealth fund and hinted at using tariff revenue to acquire TikTok. China fired back, adding American firms like Calvin Klein to its "unreliable entities" list, while launching an antitrust probe into Google.