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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 9d

Human rights advocates and healthcare workers are still calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been detained under harsh conditions by Israel for nearly a year.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 9d

At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.

Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers

Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 9d

Isn't that something? Seems like he's not the hero for the left that everyone thinks he is, (I never thought it myself. He throws disabled, homeless, and mentally ill folks under the bus a lot). #transrights #leftist

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 10d

They want disabled and sick people dead. EUGENICS

Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 17d

Now that Trump is using Abbott to deploy troops from Texas to attack civilians in Chicago, we can call this what it is. It is a civil war. One state invading another state. It may not look like the one from the 1800s, but it's a conflict all the same. An illegal one. #Chicago #Pritzker Must stand up

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17d

8 million people in Sudan are facing emergency levels of hunger, part of a strategy of deliberate starvation.

Man-Made Famine & Malnutrition in Sudan, Exacerbated by U.S. Aid Cuts

Starvation is now being used as a weapon of war in numerous conflicts across the globe — including Sudan, which continues to endure a yearslong famine. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric doctor who jus...

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 17d

Barbaric

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 17d

"The administration has been escalating its language, moving from discussions of left-wing “violence” to left-wing “terrorism” and now judicial “insurrection.” This type of language is a form of semantic warfare that legitimizes an authoritarian response."

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EXPLAINER: What’s Happening in Chicago

It's bad.

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 18d

#gretathunberg is being tortured and beaten/starved, along with hundreds of other peaceful activists. All they were doing was trying to feed starving babies in G A Z @

Please share!!!!!! 🙏🥺
#freepalestine #endthegenocide

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 20d

At this point, as a disabled person, I know that a majority of this country just wants me and other poor people/disabled people dead. I don't want to keep trying anymore. But I have no choice.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20d

Update: The Committee to Protect Journalists says Mario Guevara was deported from the United States early Friday.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20d

Trump Calls Gov’t Shutdown an “Unprecedented Opportunity” to Punish Political Opponents

Trump Calls Gov't Shutdown an “Unprecedented Opportunity” to Punish Political Opponents

President Trump has embraced the government shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to punish his political opponents while slashing the federal workforce and cutting off funding to whole government agencies. On Thursday, Trump said budget chief Russell Vought will have the power to decide if...

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 20d

Tell us again how they’re only arresting people who are here illegally?

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🎃 Spookin Boonana 🎃 @boominbanana.bsky.social · 20d

Yooooo! Schlocktober continues with some more SILENT HILL ƒ! Come on over and say hello and join me in celebration of my favorite month of spooky times! www.twitch.tv/boominbanana

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 20d

South Carolina lawmakers heard public testimony this week on a controversial bill that would criminalize people who get abortions, those who help them, and the doctors who provide abortion care.

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 20d

IMAGINE SENDING 20 WARSHIPS TO INTERCEPT BOATS CARRYING MILK POWDER AND BABY FORMULA FOR STARVING CHILDREN. THIS IS THE GREATEST EVIL EXISTING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!!!!

"Imagine living in a country where Jane Goodall dies, and Charlie Kirk trends. One gave her life to studying compassion. The other built a grift convincing you empathy is weakness. Meanwhile, real heroes on Flotilla are in jail for trying to feed starving kids.

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 24d

‘Traumatized’: Northern California woman sues Catholic hospital group, alleging 2 emergency abortion denials www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

California woman sues Catholic hospitals alleging emergency abortion denials

A California woman says Dignity Health twice denied emergency abortions at 17 weeks due to religious restrictions. A lawsuit was filed in S.F. Superior Court.

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24d

60s band member autobiography "We'd changed our style fifteen times, had two rhythm guitar players die of exhaustion, and recorded thirty albums. It was time to split up. Two years was a good run, and we'd made nearly £200 each"

70s band member autobiography "here are my top 10 sexual assaults"

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · 24d

I wonder how the residents of Flint feel about this.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 24d

Trump has more access to your data than any other government in history. Profiles on all of us are being built. But this is what Republicans voted for, right?

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · Sep 23

Trump knows he will lose the midterms so he is trying to create chaos and cheat his way back into power by any means necessary.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · Sep 23

DOJ threats bribes Epstein lies—this is just one week in your government and it's worse than you think swipe to see the receipts

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Sponge Barbara 💋 @spongebarbara.bsky.social · Sep 23

Funny, considering the fact that HE used to discriminate against black people and who knows who else when he owned apartments.

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