"Surge" is normally reserved for military actions against a foreign power, not our own citizens.

He's also admitting that they can do things that the law does not permit the mayor to do.

Panic in Gaza City as Israel advances on centre, ‘sandwiching’ population People run for lives from air strikes and explosive-laden ‘robots’, as lifelines collapse in Gaza’s biggest urban centre.

At least 40 Palestinians were killed in Gaza City as residents described nonstop Israeli attacks, from drones and jets to explosive robots used to destroy neighbourhoods, medical sources and witnesses told Al Jazeera aje.io/mespwe

It's a bit hard to decipher. If you open the link, it's bigger and seems to be a mother holding a girl.

Sign the Petition Church at the Crossroads: Our Response to the Calls of Palestinian Christians

Please listen to the cries of Palestinian Christians.
c.org/hGG97ykRt7

Israel has killed nearly 19,000 children in Gaza war as strikes intensify Israel bombards Gaza City, where many are trapped, as ceasefire deal Hamas has accepted hangs in balance.

At least 18,885 children are among the more than 62,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since the genocidal war began nearly two years ago, according to Gaza's Government Media Office aje.io/b5zccp

BREAKING: Trump’s masked D.C. officers tase delivery man

@bethmoorelpm.bsky.social please start posting here again.
I'm off of X now but miss your content.

This Palestinian boy is comforting his younger siblings after they were injured in an Israeli attack that targeted a displacement shelter in Gaza City.

This is fascinating and encouraging, and also sad that the US prevented Iraqi farmers from using their own seeds and forced them to use outside feeds, locking them into industrial farming.

Senate approves bill to designate Tulsa's Greenwood District as a national monument The Senate has unanimously approved a bill to designate Tulsa's Greenwood District, the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, as a national monument.

Oklahoma senator, James Landlord, has got a bill passed in the Senate to declare the Tulsa Massacre site a national monument. (Still needs house approval).
koco.com/article/sena...

$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

Something good out of Oklahoma.
Tulsa Mayor sets up 105 million fund to right some of the wrongs of the race massacre.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

Memorial Day:

▪️Remember those who have fallen and the families who grieve.

▪️Remember that war isn't part of God's good creation & will one day cease.

▪️Remember our call to be peacemakers.

Here’s more.

More than anything, today is a great day for the Church to take seriously the Sermon on the Mount.

May we as followers of Jesus organize our lives around his presence and his teachings, offering a prophetic and priestly witness that confounds the world.

huh...

“Please have empathy for displaced people — whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine.” ~ Dave Chappelle #SNL 💖🇵🇸✊🏽

Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

now you have 51.