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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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abdohassan.bsky.social @abdohassan.bsky.social · 1h

Noam Chomsky says that Israel’s horrific destruction of Gaza represents the “final stage” of European colonialism.
The American scholar links it to the European empires that once “eliminated indigenous peoples” across the world. 🌍

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 59m

Today in an interview with NBC News, Vance said that Trump was considering all of his options for deploying the National Guard to major cities, including invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807, which grants the president emergency powers to deploy troops on U.S. soil.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 55m

Q: "Have [the Qataris] changed their behavior from 2017 when you accused them of funding terrorism?"

Trump: "I don't know. In 2017, I didn't really know them very well."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 1d

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Anita @anitaanother.bsky.social · 5h

It could be you or your family members next! #abolishice

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 6h

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Breaking | Israeli-backed gangs execute Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi in Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City. 💔💔💔

*I just watched him celebrating the ceasefire in the streets with his friends. He was so happy. Now this. 💔💔💔

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Berlin police brutally attack pro-Palestine protesters in a demonstration that took place today in solidarity with Gaza.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Clashes continue between Israeli-backed gangs and internal security forces in Gaza City.

During the genocide, Israel armed and supported multiple collaborator groups across Gaza to create chaos, loot aid, and kidnap or assassinate resistance members.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Israeli drones over the Nabatieh district in south Lebanon threaten Lebanese citizens with the war returning, while they broadcast inciting messages.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

is no longer just wounded; it is poisoned. What unfolded here is not only a humanitarian disaster, but an environmental genocide.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

In Gaza, farmland once green with olives and strawberries now lies in ashes. The air reeks of burning plastic and toxic dust, the soil glows with unexploded metal, and the sea is slick with sewage.

After two years of relentless Israeli bombardment, Gaza

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

The repeated screams deeply disturbed her, suggesting prolonged abuse.

Detained activists, including herself, refused food and water for about 36 hours due to mistrust, and she described the overall experience as deeply traumatic.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

A Malaysian doctor, Maziah binti Mohamad, who was aboard a Sumud Flotilla ship bound for Gaza, revealed that she heard sounds of torture while being detained by Israeli forces.

She believes the cries came from Palestinian detainees held in the same facility.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Hundreds gather in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing Israel’s latest war on the Gaza Strip.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Ben Jamal, director of the UK's largest pro-Palestine movement, affirms there will be no peace in the Middle East until the Palestinian people can restore their legitimate rights.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

The National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the United States, has sent its roughly three million members an email that contains a map of historic Palestine, with no mention of Israel, New York Post reports.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 5h

Leaked US files expose secret Israeli–Arab military pact targeting Iran during Gaza genocide: Report

Qatar's security cooperation with Israel failed to protect it from an Israeli strike on Doha to assassinate Hamas leaders in September

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 6h

GAZA STRIP (RNN) — Resistance security forces arrested 17 wanted individuals of a zionist-backed militia, including a deputy gang leader, in the northern Gaza Strip.

In Tal Al-Zaatar, members of Yasser Abu Shabab's gang detained medical staff in Awda Hospital, while clashing with security forces.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 6h

and life sentences, and 1,700 prisoners from the Gaza Strip captured during the war, in exchange for Hamas releasing all Israeli prisoners, both alive and dead.

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 6h

prisoners who were to be released, as well as prisoners who were to be deported to the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

The raids included homes in Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarm and Qalqilya.

Israel agreed to release 250 Palestinian prisoners serving long sentences

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 6h

The Israeli army has raided the homes of several Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank whose names were included in the list of prisoners to be released in an exchange deal following the Gaza ceasefire.

The raids on Sunday morning targeted the homes of several

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 6h

UN required to address the humanitarian crisis in the strip.

The increase in aid comes as Hamas announced it would release its remaining captives on Monday, as Trump and other world leaders prepare to meet in Egypt for a major peace summit.

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