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"Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians: IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians: IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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“We estimated 64,260 deaths … due to traumatic injury during the study period, suggesting the Palestinian MoH under-reported mortality by 41%,” a U.K. study found. “Our findings show an exceptionally high mortality rate in the Gaza Strip during the period studied.
Mississippians Honor Palestinian Victims of Gaza War
In Jackson, Mississippi, residents declared that “this is a genocide” as they honored over 67,000 Palestinians who have died in Israel’s Gaza War.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“We estimated 64,260 deaths … due to traumatic injury during the study period, suggesting the Palestinian MoH under-reported mortality by 41%,” a U.K. study found. “Our findings show an exceptionally high mortality rate in the Gaza Strip during the period studied.
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European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
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What does our health care system look like? What does our social safety net look like?
It looks like Marcus. At 61, he spends most nights riding the Chicago Red Line or looking for a park bench or bus stop, trying to find sleep. He recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
It looks like Marcus. At 61, he spends most nights riding the Chicago Red Line or looking for a park bench or bus stop, trying to find sleep. He recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
Cancer killed his parents. He’s facing the same disease alone — and unhoused.
Marcus Ford, like other Black men around the country, lives with a higher risk of dying from cancer due to factors out of his control. But Medicaid cuts may take away his treatment.
19thnews.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What does our health care system look like? What does our social safety net look like?
It looks like Marcus. At 61, he spends most nights riding the Chicago Red Line or looking for a park bench or bus stop, trying to find sleep. He recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
It looks like Marcus. At 61, he spends most nights riding the Chicago Red Line or looking for a park bench or bus stop, trying to find sleep. He recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
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The thing is, when incidents like this are investigated it almost always turns out that Israel was guilty and lying about it, and almost never turns out that Palestinians were lying about their abuse, and then it never seems to affect the next round of media coverage of competing claims.
SCOOP: A classified U.S. report finds a backlog of "hundreds" of possible Israeli human rights violations in Gaza that will take "years" to review, raising doubts about future accountability.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The thing is, when incidents like this are investigated it almost always turns out that Israel was guilty and lying about it, and almost never turns out that Palestinians were lying about their abuse, and then it never seems to affect the next round of media coverage of competing claims.
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NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
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Criminal: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 104 overnight, including 35 children, and wound over 200 as VP JD Vance claims the ceasefire is holding!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 104 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile
Netanyahu ordered strikes on Tuesday evening after firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Criminal: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 104 overnight, including 35 children, and wound over 200 as VP JD Vance claims the ceasefire is holding!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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what the hell are you talking about man, biden's entire presidency was about the middle class. it was the entire political theory behind deliverism and the economy
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
what the hell are you talking about man, biden's entire presidency was about the middle class. it was the entire political theory behind deliverism and the economy
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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Walking your dog, school pick up, grocery shopping. ICE agents are hitting everyday Chicagoans with tear gas with increasing frequency. The press & vigilant residents are capturing these unwarranted attacks so the world can see Trump's abuse of power. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Walking your dog, school pick up, grocery shopping. ICE agents are hitting everyday Chicagoans with tear gas with increasing frequency. The press & vigilant residents are capturing these unwarranted attacks so the world can see Trump's abuse of power. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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This is appalling and if Xbox doesn’t do something about it then they’re on the line for this marketing too
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is appalling and if Xbox doesn’t do something about it then they’re on the line for this marketing too
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Some truly incredible stuff. You don't see eyes like this very often. Melissa is a force
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some truly incredible stuff. You don't see eyes like this very often. Melissa is a force
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If you think Republicans losing their shit about Canada airing an ad with Reagan’s own words is crazy, let me remind you about the time that they lost their shit over NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day.
October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you think Republicans losing their shit about Canada airing an ad with Reagan’s own words is crazy, let me remind you about the time that they lost their shit over NPR tweeting the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day.
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Publishers Weekly has named my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR a Best Book of the Year, 😃🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖🦿🐬.
Full list here: best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
Full list here: best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Publishers Weekly has named my novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR a Best Book of the Year, 😃🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖🦿🐬.
Full list here: best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
Full list here: best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
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“What is becoming clear is an ever-sharper partition of Gaza, with most of the surviving 2.1 million population crammed into half the territory, amid the ruins left by two years of Israeli bombardment.”
Fears Gaza ‘temporary’ ceasefire line could become permanent new border
Yellow markers installed by IDF entrench divide that cuts strip in two, as hopes of moving to next phase of truce fade
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“What is becoming clear is an ever-sharper partition of Gaza, with most of the surviving 2.1 million population crammed into half the territory, amid the ruins left by two years of Israeli bombardment.”
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A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
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The violent persecution of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank is the worst it's been since 1967. This is a state orchestrated campaign of terror.
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com/olive-harves...
@mekomit.bsky.social
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
www.972mag.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The violent persecution of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank is the worst it's been since 1967. This is a state orchestrated campaign of terror.
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Trump's characterization of how bad it would be if he lost the SCOTUS IEEPA case is massively overstated, Maurice Obstfeld says.
"The rhetoric & hyperbole have no basis in fact. Large swaths of the economy & all consumers would benefit if tariffs were lowered."
"The rhetoric & hyperbole have no basis in fact. Large swaths of the economy & all consumers would benefit if tariffs were lowered."
Trump's dramatic rhetoric on tariffs ramps up pressure on Supreme Court
The president has frequently spoken about the potentially drastic consequences if the Supreme Court strikes down his sweeping tariffs, a view contested by his opponents.
www.nbcnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trump's characterization of how bad it would be if he lost the SCOTUS IEEPA case is massively overstated, Maurice Obstfeld says.
"The rhetoric & hyperbole have no basis in fact. Large swaths of the economy & all consumers would benefit if tariffs were lowered."
"The rhetoric & hyperbole have no basis in fact. Large swaths of the economy & all consumers would benefit if tariffs were lowered."
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It's frustrating sometimes to see a bunch of people at this site complaining that the Democrats don't do anything, aren't fighting hard enough.
Jamie Raskin is my representative, and I'm so proud of the incredible work he does. He's the exact opposite of this regime, and is doing all he can
Jamie Raskin is my representative, and I'm so proud of the incredible work he does. He's the exact opposite of this regime, and is doing all he can
"If you tell this president, ‘DOJ, you just own all that and can control and direct it,’ surprise—he’s going to use it for corrupt ends."
If you want to grasp Trump's $230 million heist and role of SCOTUS and Raskin's oversight, listen to @leahlitman.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
If you want to grasp Trump's $230 million heist and role of SCOTUS and Raskin's oversight, listen to @leahlitman.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Reveals MAGA’s Dark New Aim
As Rep. Raskin’s broadside against Trump’s $230 million shakedown of DOJ hits home, a legal expert demystifies why this scheme is so appallingly corrupt—and what it says about MAGA’s ugliest designs.
newrepublic.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's frustrating sometimes to see a bunch of people at this site complaining that the Democrats don't do anything, aren't fighting hard enough.
Jamie Raskin is my representative, and I'm so proud of the incredible work he does. He's the exact opposite of this regime, and is doing all he can
Jamie Raskin is my representative, and I'm so proud of the incredible work he does. He's the exact opposite of this regime, and is doing all he can
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⛔️ BBC: Israel Marking Control Line Far Deeper Into Gaza Than Agreed, Then Opens Fire and Kills Civilians Beyond It
New satellite images and IDF footage analyzed by BBC Verify show Israeli forces have placed “Yellow Line” boundary markers hundreds of meters deeper inside Gaza than agreed in the...
New satellite images and IDF footage analyzed by BBC Verify show Israeli forces have placed “Yellow Line” boundary markers hundreds of meters deeper inside Gaza than agreed in the...
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
⛔️ BBC: Israel Marking Control Line Far Deeper Into Gaza Than Agreed, Then Opens Fire and Kills Civilians Beyond It
New satellite images and IDF footage analyzed by BBC Verify show Israeli forces have placed “Yellow Line” boundary markers hundreds of meters deeper inside Gaza than agreed in the...
New satellite images and IDF footage analyzed by BBC Verify show Israeli forces have placed “Yellow Line” boundary markers hundreds of meters deeper inside Gaza than agreed in the...
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The Leahy law is being killed off. "The US State Department has removed an online portal for reporting alleged human rights violations by foreign military units supplied with American weapons." www.bbc.com/news/article...
US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces
The Human Rights Reporting Gateway acted as a formal "tip line" to the US government.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Leahy law is being killed off. "The US State Department has removed an online portal for reporting alleged human rights violations by foreign military units supplied with American weapons." www.bbc.com/news/article...