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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 23h

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

D'Angelo - Lady ft. Spanky, Saadiq, Ali Shaheed & ?uestlove

YouTube video by twinbreed

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 21h

Whereas Harris told MSNBC that she believes whether or not Israel has committed genocide is a fair and honest question to ask, Cory Booker explicitly said to the "I've Had it" podcast that he thinks addressing the question of whether Netanyahu has committed crimes would undermine resolving conflict.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 21h

⚡️NEW: Trump defends Hamas crackdown on gangs in Gaza, likens it to cleaning up Washington, D.C.

Speaking from the White House, Trump said Hamas “did take out a couple of gangs that were very bad… and killed a number of gang members.”

“And that didn’t bother me much, to be honest with you...

Correspondent claims: "Hamas is rearming itself as a police force, shooting rivals. What's the message to Hamas?

"Because they want to stop the problems. They have been open about it. And we gave them an approval for a period of time..."

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Femi and the Foundation @femiandfoundation.bsky.social · 1d

unbelievable. way too young. we've lost a giant

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

A reminder that Hamas signed an agreement with Fatah and other factions in December 2024 on the formation of a technocratic committee to govern Gaza after the war and then Hamas insisted on this provision being put into ceasefire deals in January and March 2025—only for Israel to remove it.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

🇪🇬 New from AP:
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told The Associated Press that a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee has been selected to administer postwar Gaza, with all names vetted by Israel and approved by all Palestinian factions, including Hamas...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

⭕️154 freed Palestinians were deported to Cairo as part of the exchange deal. Leaders of the resistance factions were present to receive them.

See below ⬇️

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

🟢Journalist Islam Ahmed was freed today from Israeli custody.

He documented the siege of Kamal Adwan Hospital and the work of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyeh almost daily from October 2024 until his forcible disappearance by Israeli forces that Dec., along with hospital staff and patients...

Video below ⬇️

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 1d

Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.

Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 1d

People who say "you can't possibly read everything you cite" are saying a lot about themselves, IMO.

It doesn't have to be a heavy lift. I spend about half an hour a day processing new-to-me papers by organizing them in my reference managers & adding topical tags so I can create bibliographies.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

When they keep emailing you that the VIP tickets for a band you’ve never heard of are going fast

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Among the most hideous & ubiquitous historical fables taught in this country are about the “discovery” of America and the “settling” of North America by pioneers. But there’s even more.

This Indigenous People’s Day,decide to learn.Ned Blackhawk & @rebeccanagle.bsky.social’s works are extraordinary.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

One rule would strip aid from families where a member is in the U.S. illegally.

Families could keep their assistance if the ineligible member moves out. But HUD expects many families to give up assistance out of “fear of the family being separated.”

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 2d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 1d

interesting way to characterize the view “everyone in the world deserves access to healthcare” but go off

Abughazaleh garnered national attention earlier this year for questioning why it's controversial that illegal immigrants should have access to taxpayer-funded healthcare.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Israel and Hamas have a ceasefire deal. But college protesters say activism won't stop

Hostage and prisoner exchanges took place between Israel and Hamas and there appeared to be an end to a two-year war. But campuses are still reeling with the aftermath of two years of pro-Palestinian protests, including sweeping antisemitism investigations under President Trump.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

🟢 Hamas hailed the release of Palestinian prisoners as a “bright national milestone” in the struggle against Israeli occupation, calling it proof of unity and steadfastness among Palestinians. In a statement Monday, the group said the “flood of free people” marked a historic victory achieved...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

When Biden violated US law to give Israel a thirty day deadline to comply with a series of steps in October 2024 I was assured by many people on here that he was finally going to impose consequences. Anyway Israel didn't comply with a single step and Blinken claimed they were in compliance anyway.

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 2d

fact it didn’t fucking work. It didn’t work electorally, it didnt work geopolitically, it didn’t work for tens of thousands of dead palestinians

how did joe biden spend the lame duck? great question, calling on world leaders to continue supporting israel after the likud coalition helped elect trump

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 3d

Fort Worth, Texas.

#WeAreEverywhere

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