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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1h

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1h

Gaza has around 20,000 unexploded Israeli bombs amid up to 70 million tonnes of rubble, posing a massive threat to Palestinians, as removal is blocked by Israel’s ban on heavy equipment, according to the Government Media Office.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m73gl0

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 10h

#fuckIsrael

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 10h

In #Gaza, children are out of school for a third year in a row.

For nearly 660,000 girls and boys, returning to learning is not only about education, it’s about starting to heal from deep trauma.

As the largest humanitarian organisation in Gaza, UNRWA stands ready to support them.

#UNRWAworks

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 10h

#DMV this is happening at emboldened #GeorgeMasonUniversity
#GMU #academicfreedom
#BOV

GMU-AAUP @aaupmason.bsky.social · 1d

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 19h

The Zionists just released the corpses of 45 Palestinians
- No names were provided, just numbers
- All were cuffed
- Some were blindfolded
- Some were executed by gunshot
- Others were run over by tanks

Tweet from Quds News:

The Palestinian ministry of Health reported earlier today that 45 Palestinian bodies have been released by Israel.
All had their hands and legs cuffed. Some were blindfolded. Some had gunshot wounds, while others have been run over by tanks.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 19h

17 Senate Dems including #vadems @kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social cooperated with this regime, quietly voting Thurs pm to approve an almost $1 trillion budget for an unaudited Pentagon, including anti trans and anti DEI language & no exclusion against using military against civilians wth

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 19h

An orange headed lizard, alert.
An orange headed elderly man, not a bit alert.

An orange-headed lizard stares into the camera, bright eyed and alert. An elderly orange-faced male human in poorly fitting, baggy navy suit, white shirt and red tie, stares ahead from under heavy eyelids, in a sullen expression. His mouth curls downward. His thin white hair is combed over his head in a careful swoop.

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 20h

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”

Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza

“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”

interc.pt

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 20h

SHAME on you & @markwarner.bsky.social & 15 Senate Dems who Thurs night approved $1 TRILLION budget for a still-never-audited Pentagon. Authorization included anti trans & anti DEI riders & 0 pressure to remove military use against civilians. You could have fought for #MedicareforAll, we see thru u

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

"The task ahead is to invent new forms of shared meaning, reciprocal responsibility to care for one another, and collective commitments to protecting a universal right to individual difference--& freedom from economic and material oppression."

Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics

While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.

newrepublic.com

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, AND 17 Senate Dems (not you) quietly cooperated (!) w the regime and approved an almost $1 trillion never-yet-audited Pentagon budget w anti trans & anti DEI language & NO exclusion re using military against civilians. So fuck these Dems, too! @markwarner.bsky.social #vadems @kaine.senate.gov

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of them voted with the GOP to give nearly $1 trillion to the Pentagon.

www.commondreams.org

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

SHAME on you and Warner & 15 Senate Dems who Thurs night approved $1 TRILLION budget for the still-never-audited Pentagon. Authorization included anti trans & anti DEI riders & 0 pressure to remove military use against civilians. SHAME @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov #vadems

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of ...

www.commondreams.org

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 1d

On Monday, the Israeli military released 250 Palestinian political prisoners, along with over 1,700 Palestinians who had been held hostage by the Israeli military in detention without charge.

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Time to also heap SHAME on the all but 17 Senate Dems who Thurs night approved $1 trillion budget for the still-never-audited Pentagon. Authorization included anti trans & anti DEI riders & 0 pressure to remove military use against civilians. SHAME @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov #vadems

While Ripping Trump Authoritarianism, Over Half of Senate Dems Help GOP Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill | Common Dreams

Senate Democrats are blasting Trump's increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of ...

www.commondreams.org

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Dr. Stacey Patton @drstaceypatton.bsky.social · 1d

Do y’all really believe a “peace deal” between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu is about peace? It’s gentrification with bombs and two crooked developers, Trump and Netanyahu, flipping Gaza like real estate and selling empire as progress.

open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

Why I Don’t Trust a Trump–Netanyahu ‘Peace Deal’ — and Why War Will Return

What’s being sold as peace is the latest product of empire brokered by two racist developers who treat faith like branding and war like business.

open.substack.com

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist Anne Applebaum is on record being down with the targeting & killing of Palestinian journalists.

Anne Applebaum Advocated Killing Palestinian Journalists

Columbia University's Pulitzer board member advocated Israel kill journalists for making Israelis look bad. Does this “threaten the safety” of students?

israelpalestinenews.org

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Only because we can't declare No Genocide.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8d

ICE currently has a budget that's larger than every single country's entire military, with the exceptions of China and the US.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was the director of the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza when it was attacked by Israel.

Advocates Call for Israel to Release Palestinian Doctor Abu Safiya

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was seized by the Israeli military in December 2024 after it raided Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza.

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 3d

As a longtime Yale professor, you know well the reason student protests were cracked down against so hard was because so many universities adopted the problematic IHRA definition of antisemitism, a use disavowed by the author himself.

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CUIMC Stands Up @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️ Last week, a group of Columbia professors — most of them Jewish — took a stand. Risking reprisal, they publicly rejected the university’s recent incorporation of a controversial definition of antisemitism. Their statements, excerpted here, can be read in full at cu-standsup.org/events/free-....

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 3d

@markwarner.bsky.social crazy, nuts, psycho, or insane: "that's insane!" may not seem like a harmful statement, but if you consider someone w a mental health condition hearing this, it's easy to realize it is. Instead, pls use outrageous, bananas, bizarre, intense, extreme, overwhelming, or wild.

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