Abby Zimet

Contributing Editor at Common Dreams

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Articles

Lethal Petty Bigots 'R Us | Common Dreams

3 days ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

As the country tumbles into fascism, we are consoled by tee vee host, sexual predator, inept alcoholic, definitely-not-gay serious person and Defense Secretary Whisky Pete Hegseth taking on the big issues of the day and hewing to his obsession with "warrior ethos" by ordering the Navy to strip the name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a U.S. Navy Ship - with a pointed, delectable twist of performative cruelty, during Pride Month yet. Whew: One less gay ship to worry about.
A Receipt For Your Humanity: Actual Waste and Abuse | Common Dreams

5 days ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

Finally. Last week, the "worst ultra-billionaire on earth," higher than any of his SpaceX rockets ever got, lurched to the end of his rampage through humane governance, leaving in his feckless, malignant wake unparalleled devastation - agencies ravaged, services gutted, a multitude of jobs and the expertise behind them lost, 300,000 people around the world, two-thirds children - 103 an hour - consigned to early death. "We’ll miss you,” said no one ever. Fuck that guy.
Enough: Have Mercy On Us | Common Dreams

1 week ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

As the slaughter in Gaza lurches on, Israel may have implausibly reached a "sadistic new phase of the genocide" when one of their relentless air strikes killed nine of ten children - ages 6 months to 12 years old - of Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Alaa al-Najjar as she worked at Nasser Hospital to save other small victims of Israel's "doctrine of devastation." As the atrocities mount, so does the global consensus. Dr. Mads Gilbert: "Horror of all horrors.
A Sea Of Sorrow: Mindless Cruelty Remains the Point | Common Dreams

2 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

Still held in a Louisiana detention center for the crime of denouncing the slaughter and starvation of Gazan children, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil told a judge Thursday his deportation would likely mean death for him and his family.
Take This Home With You: Let Freedom Ring | Common Dreams

2 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

The indefatigable Bruce Springsteen just launched his aptly bittersweet Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in England, where he preceded three songs in turn with eloquent, furious critiques of the "weird, strange and dangerous shit going on in my home, the America I love" at the hands of "an unfit president and a rogue government." Unsurprisingly, the sick, vile man-child he cited then attacked and threatened him; stirringly, The Boss just said it all again the next night, darkly reiterating, "This...
In Your Face: Gulag Barbie Toes the Loathsome Line | Common Dreams

3 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

In a dystopian appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee, robotic sycophant and Cosplay Barbie Kristi Noem - "Every day is Halloween!" - repeatedly dodged, lied and gaslighted her way through questions from enraged lawmakers about illegally disappearing migrants, defying court orders to return them, arresting mayors, deporting children with cancer, declining a basic proof of life request or even acknowledging a massive photo of fake tattoos put before her because, "The Party...
We Shall Not Be Moved Chap. 784 | Common Dreams

3 weeks ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

Three days after ICE goons arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for doing his job and exercising his First Amendment right to protest the regime's illegal disappearing of his constituents, about 50 faith leaders gathered at the same facility Monday to link their arms, block the entrance, demand information on conditions inside and declare, "This is not acceptable" - after which they too were set upon by goons.
Let Them Die Alone, and Hungry | Common Dreams

1 month ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

"Drunk on impunity," Israel has grandiosely labeled its latest genocidal move "Operation Gideon's Chariots" wherein, moving from siege to seizure, it plans the bloody conquest, ethnic cleansing, and permanent recolonization of Gaza, using the rhetoric of holy war to justify unholy mass destruction - this, even as many of the Palestinian children who've somehow survived their savage 18 months of carnage now slowly starve to death. "We are complicit," says one angry, grieving doctor.
Good Trouble: March, March, Sons Of The Ice! | Common Dreams

1 month ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

Happily, May Day saw many thousands unite: You have nothing to lose but the wreckage, shackles and stench of an odious regime. For now it persists, its ghouls ravaging systems, rights, many lives, but myriad small good things continue to seek to stop it: Court rulings block the mayhem - and now the Alien Enemies Act - rowdy "empty chair" town halls name the complicit, thugs are charged, portraits are unveiled, intersections are hacked (Elon: "Please be my friend") and penguins are resisting.
Marks of the Fascist, Tacky, Insatiable Beast | Common Dreams

1 month ago | commondreams.org | Abby Zimet

As we approach 100 days of our national apocalypse (yes it's only been that long) a sadistic, repressive, floundering regime increasingly reviled by its own people defiantly hurtles on - arresting judges, crushing dissent, abducting migrants, citizens, pregnant mothers, sick toddlers - while grotesquely cashing in on its atrocities with meme coins, pricey dinners, loyalty pins and OMFG 2028 hats.