Shulamit Lahat
Freelance Writer/ Journalist; Political Analyst; International Conflict Resolution; Peace Activist
Einstein: "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world
- "When Trump launched his trade war on the world, he issued a warning: Don't retaliate and you'll be rewarded. China ignored the warning. It was rewarded anyway. There is a lesson here for everybody Trump threatens, whether countries or businesses or universities" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- "U.S. and China agreed to slash tariffs for 90 days After talks they were able to de-escalate the trade war between the 2 countries. The US will lower tariffs on Chinese goods to 30%, from 145%, while China will reduce those on US goods from 125% to 10%" www.thetimes.com/us/american-... Continued 👇
- Ecuador - Tracing Alexander von Humboldt's expedition of 1802 through Ecuador’s Avenue of the Volcanoes and on to the Cloud Forest, regions that helped to establish his "unity of nature" theory. He was a key influence on Charles Darwin and his modern thinking of evolutionary biology."
- Something for Math aficionados "What 7 fiendishly hard puzzles tell us about the nature of mathematics. The Navier-Stokes equations describe turbulent fluid flows." (see picture below) www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
- Yet there is such a thing as the Emolument Clause, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution which explicitly forbids acceptance of uch lavish gifts, worth millions of dollars - from a foreign government - a govt. that isn't even a Democracy - UNLESS acceptance was approved by Congress
- " 'My Films Are a Love Letter to the Israel That I Believe In, the Israel I Want to See'. The streaming platform Izzy showcases the 10 films by Israeli film-maker Dani Menkin through mid-June." Continued below 👇 www.haaretz.com/life/2025-05...
- "The Abyss Is Deep, but the People's Peace Summit in Jerusalem proved Israel Has a Peace Camp. Over 5,000 Israelis and Palestinians came together demanding an end to the bloodshed and did not shy away from mentioning the vast Palestinian death toll of the Gaza war." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- "Trump to accept luxury jet from Qatar to use as Air Force One" Accepting such a lavish gift worth millions of dollars from a foreign govt. may be a violation of the Emolument Clause in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution - UNLESS he gets prior permission from Congress. www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/p...
- A compelling and urgent wake-up call. "Unless Trump’s power is checked, and soon, things will get much worse very quickly. When people lose their freedoms, it can take a generation or more to claw them back—and that’s if you’re lucky.:
- “Do not assume that your voice does not matter. It does. You also choose truth by what you read, how you choose to spend your time. If people no longer care about reality, authoritarians learn that they can do whatever they want.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Stargazers' alert! "Full Flower Moon 2025 blooms on May 12, and reaches peak illumination at 12:56 p.m. EDT - (17:56 GMT). Stargazers in New York will see their first glimpse of the Flower Moon on the night of May 12, when its fully lit disk creeps above the southeastern horizon at 8:30 p.m. EDT."
- "Margot Friedländer, one of the oldest Holocaust survivors moved back to Germany in 2010. On May 9, 2025, Friedländer died at the age of 103. 'it simply wasn't human. I try my best to be human, because I think there is something good in everyone. And that is how the bad fades away' p.dw.com/p/4RTAW
- "The White House has backed off Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to “Victory Day for World War I." Yet another backtracking maneuver by Trump; cancelling one of his impetuous, foolhardy "declarations" www.military.com/daily-news/2...
- President Obama puts it in a nutshell...
- The Resistance moves on - in ever-increasing force.
- “The demonstrations against Trump have not stopped. And they are every single day.” We’re taking to the streets on June 14 to deny Trump’s fascist birthday wish. There are already events planned in all 50 states for No Kings Day — please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
- "The announcement of a proposed 30-day ceasefirethe was made by leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine iafter a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with Trump" Do NOT trust either Trump or Putin to abide by this proposal www.reuters.com/world/europe... Continued 👇
- "European leaders in Kyiv call on Russia to accept 30-day unconditional ceasefire French President Macron said Sat. that Russia would face 'massive' coordinated European and US sanctions if it broke the proposed 30-day ceasefire" Putin's objectives supersede sanctions www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/ar...
- Stephen Miller views himself as another Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda-minister; with unobstructed access to his "Führer", and thus with more power than most of the other flunkies in Trump's orbit. He - and all the rest of the Project 2025 cabal - will have a rude awakening...as did Goebbels
- Finally the judiciary is joining the Resistance - with all the legal means at their disposal. Not surprising, the one who got the ball rolling was a California Judge. "Judge Susan Illston pauses much of Trump administration's massive downsizing of federal agencies." www.newsday.com/news/nation/...
- "Fingal's Cave is a geological formation located on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's known for its extraordinary structure of hexagonal basalt columns, which were formed from rapidly cooled volcanic lava millions of years ago"
- "U.S. conductor with a message for democracy: Leon Botstein is warning how easily evil can become legal — and he's delivering his message in Germany on the 80th anniversary of World War II's end. 'Freedom takes work', he says, 'and right now it's at stake" Right on both counts. p.dw.com/p/4u7oo
- Trump on a firing spree today - the Director of FEMA, and now the Librarian of Congress "Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.The Library of Congress serves lawmakers,federal agencies and the public; it has a collection of more than 160 million items" www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/08/t...
- Wildly irresponsible move! Trump continues his rampage "Leader Of FEMA dismissed,less than a month before the start of the hurricane season;a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities 'in their greatest times of need' and should not be eliminated" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
- "Trump Withdraws U.S. Attorney Nominee, Whose Etremism Tested Limits for G.O.P. Senators" Trump is learning that not all courts and not even all members of Congress are with him - all of the time...painful and inconvenient as that may be for him. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
- More coercion by team Trump/Musk - in order to create personal profits for both of them. .U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s - to approve Musk's Starlink." Starlink, cables show. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- "The election of Pope Leo XIV has been celebrated across Latin America, where many hailed him as the 2nd pontiff from the region, after his predecessor, Francis." Pope Leo XIV holds dual citizenship: US and Peruvian. Like Pope Francis he also worked with the poor. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
- "Trump applauds Pope Leo XIV’s election,shrugs off Robert Prevost's criticism of JD Vance,declares: 'Can’t wait to shake his hand" Trump is utterly lacking in both tact and humility; In short: he's an umitigated boor But the Pope knows how to be merciful. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
- Trump is so predictable! Retaliation towards his "antagonists" is the motivating force that propels him towards those unending persecutions of people who simply did their jobs. "Justice Dept. investigating N.Y. attorney general who has targeted Trump." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Instead of bombs this time we'll get debris from Russia's decrepit spacecraft "A Soviet spacecraft will crash land this weekend — but where? For more than half a century, a relic of the Cold War has been silently circling our planet. Now, it is finally coming home." www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
- "Trump Hails the ‘Reciprocity and Fairness’ of the U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement" The conviviality Trump extends to the British PM stands in stark contrast to the disrespect and public humiliation he heaped on President Zelensky during the Ukrainian leader's Oval Office visit. time.com/7283842/unit...
- "80 years after WWII: Is the US turning its back on Europe? Since 1945 the US has ensured security in Europe. But Donald Trump is now calling this arrangement into question." They just answered their own question: It's not the US turning its back on Europe, it's Donald Trump... p.dw.com/p/4u2Xr
- Trump certainly has been kinder to the British PM than to Zelensky.He doesn't want to miss his upcoming visit with the King,so Starmer "held more cards" than Zelensky "US removes tariffs on UK steel and aluminium, and cuts car rate to 10%,as Trump and Starmer unveil deal" www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
- "Robert Francis Prevost to be first American pope and will become Leo XIV." The new Pontiff holds dual U.S. - Peruvian citizenship. There are similarities between him and Pope Francis, because he lived and worked in poverty-stricken areas of Peru for 20 years. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
- "Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared Tennessee’s ban with the prohibition on interracial marriage, overturned by the landmark Loving v Virginia decision in 1967: 'I’m worried that we’re undermining the foundations of some of our bedrock equal protection cases'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
- Consensus reached after 3 ballots. The current conclave is the largest and most diverse in history. It features a record 133 cardinals from 70 countries, many of them not represented before. "Conclave live: white smoke signals as new pope elected in Sistine Chapel" www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
- The indomitable spirit of Ukrainians amidst havoc, death and destruction of their beloved country by a brutal autocrat is heartwarmingly and also heart-breakingly displayed here. "The Show Must Go On (Underground) in the Kharkiv Opera House" www.spiegel.de/internationa...
- Thanks for this! It's so crucially important these days to continue to seek out the AWE-some, inspirational and miraculous parts of humanity and of the universe we are a part of, to keep our souls soaring with joy and with hope... Check out video below!
