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Two prominent Israeli human rights organizations released reports Monday that concluded their government’s actions in the Gaza Strip amounted to genocide

No Democrat should support military assistance for a government that is starving an entire population. This should not be a close call or some agonizing debate.

YouTube video by Pod Save the World Ben Rhodes Reacts to Trump's "Shady Bunch" Post of Him & Obama

Responding to Trump's absurd attacks to distract from Epstein: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az5S...

YouTube video by Pod Save the World Leaked Report Reveals TRUMP IS LYING About Major Decision

Extra Pod Save the World on latest Iran intel, Syria strikes, Bibi politics, and how some Dems are behind the curve on a lot of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQck...

Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death

Always good to see the Democratic Party committed to learning absolutely nothing that could be uncomfortable. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...

Writers Guild Demands Investigation Into Stephen Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Bribery at Paramount The WGA has issued a statement calling for a bribery investigation following CBS' cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.'

"“Paramount’s decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage, and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.” variety.com/2025/tv/news...

With each capitulation, Republicans in Congress and the courts encourage Trump to seize more power. Why would anyone count on Trump to stop asserting more and more power before constitutional democracy is unrecognizable?

Norristown immigrant community, allies shaken after ICE raid at supermarket Residents shared their concerns about the latest in a slew of arrests in Norristown and surrounding areas.

“It’s sad to see that they left for work, not as criminals but as workers, and now they’re not arriving home,” said Cristina, a Norristown resident from Puebla, Mexico. “They’re hunting us like animals. We’re not criminals. Our crime is to be here as immigrants. But we’re not bad, we just work.”

Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

"“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the two Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

Donald Trump is the manifestation of the corrupt establishment in this country, which his own supporters are now waking up to.

If your take is "I oppose Trump's fascism but support him lawlessly bombing this other country" maybe pause and give that a think.

Democrats have to oppose the US getting dragged into war with Iran. It's the right thing to do substantively, politically, but above all morally.

Ask the Democrats who supported the war in Iraq for political reasons in 2003 how that turned out.

War is wrong. It is terrible. It kills innocent people and begets more hate. It should only be a last resort, and that is clearly not the case here.

People want Democrats to stand for something. If they want cynical wars based on bogus intelligence and bluster, they can go support Republicans.

I find the silence of some Democratic leaders really depressing. Have we learned nothing from the last 25 years? Are we that afraid of being called weak by the same people who have been wrong about pretty much everything? Do you really trust Netanyahu?

What this war represents is a world with no rules, no laws, where might makes right and people who control violence can do whatever they want. It's the same mentality that has troops in the streets of Los Angeles.

But EVEN if that doesn't happen, what on earth does the Democratic Party stand for if it doesn't oppose a preemptive war, with no legal basis, that is killing civilians in multiple countries.

Iran could respond against US troops, against Israel, or later through terrorist attacks. They could also take their nuclear program underground. It may take years, but just bc the negative consequences don't happen tomorrow doesn't mean they won't.

Neither Netanyahu or Trump can tell us what the endgame is here. Israel is pursuing strikes that suggest regime change and Trump is threatening to murder the Supreme Leader. What happens after regime change? Look at Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

This war did not need to happen. It was a preemptive war launched by Netanyahu to destroy US diplomacy and without any change in the threat posed by Iran.

Democrats have to oppose the US getting dragged into war with Iran. It's the right thing to do substantively, politically, but above all morally.

YouTube video by Pod Save the World Jacinda Ardern on Trump, The LA Protests, Gaza, & New Zealand Politics

Hard to think of a guest more ideal for PSTW than @jacindaardern.bsky.social - check out the full interview (and her book A Different Kind of Power): www.youtube.com/watch?v=faj1...

YouTube video by Pod Save the World Israel Strikes Iran In Stunning Escalation, Trump Gives Uncertain Reaction

New Pod Save the World on Israel's attack on Iran, what Trump is doing, and what's next: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiU...

A real war just broke out in the Middle East bc of his incompetence and recklessness and Trump is going to have a military parade for his birthday.

Actions have consequences and Trump is dealing with the consequences of tearing up the Iran Deal for no reason except his hatred of Obama.

Since Trump inauguration: Gaza escalated, Ukraine escalated, Israel-Iran escalated. Trump is a walking permission slip to every strongman to do whatever they want, and it propelling the world into ever-more violence and chaos

Israel bombing Iran in the middle of US diplomacy is an astonishing and totally unnecessary escalation and humiliating for Trump who said he was ending wars.

My thoughts on the authoritarian spiral that we are currently experiencing.

Trump is trying to normalize the US military in our streets as an extension of his personal power with ever-expanding missions. This is an existential threat to democracy.