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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers • Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again Gaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over. The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

At least three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

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The Gaza Government Media Office has called for an independent, international investigation into Israel’s killing of 15 Palestine Red Crescent and civil defence workers after new video evidence contradicted the military's account.

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Outrage grows as new video shows blatant Israeli attack on Gaza medics Gaza media office demands investigation as video taken from slain medic’s phone shows Israel attacking ambulances.

"[The] visual evidence shatters the occupation’s fabricated ‘suspicious movement’ lies."

Hamas has demanded justice for the attack on Palestinian medics after video evidence showed ambulances being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza.

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Weeks after returning to their homes, Gaza City residents are being forced to evacuate under Israeli fire - again Israel bombed three schools-turned-shelters, intensifying attacks across Gaza City and ordering residents to evacuate. Eyewitnesses report that the Israeli army is sending booby-trapped vehicles into...

Israel bombed three schools-turned-shelters, intensifying attacks across Gaza City and ordering residents to evacuate. Eyewitnesses report that the Israeli army is sending booby-trapped vehicles into neighborhoods and detonating them remotely.

the artist from this story, Rebecca Burke, is working on a comic about her experience and the women she met in ICE custody.

her instagram is r.e.burke if you want to follow for updates

Plenty of protests: Your weekly Civics Roundup Calls to protect D.C.'s Sanctuary City status, a rally for federal workers, and a march for Palestine.

Today: A march for Palestine, a protest against the Trump-Musk takeover, and a mutual aid pop-up. Find more ways to get involved in our civics roundup!

Please WATCH, folks. Then act.

Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70 Bagayoko part of blind duo Amadou and Mariam, was among Africa’s best-selling and beloved music industry performers.

Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with Western rock and pop influences as one half of the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, has died aged 70 ⤵️

Israel “must be held accountable for its crimes, the likes of which have no parallel in modern history”, a spokesperson of the Civil Defence told Al Jazeera, referring to the killing of 15 medics by Israeli forces in Gaza.

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An Israeli drone strike has killed a Palestinian toddler in Asdaa, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Wafa news agency.

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Catastrophic.

One Million Experiments Exploring snapshots of community-based projects that expand our ideas about what keeps us safe.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “ act local, think global”?

One Million Little Experiments focuses on exploring community based projects that keep us all safe.

It’s a wonderful initiative, full of inspiration and hope for our local communities .

It’s The Good Place

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Who Was Mahmoud Khalil Before ICE Took Him Away? We spoke to the former Columbia grad student’s friends and former coworkers.

for @teenvogue.com, Columbia journalism student Anvee Bhutani spoke to people who have known the disappeared Mahmoud Khalil at different points in his life — aid workers, friends, fellow activists — who describe a deeply committed, compassionate organizer who saw education as a way to serve others.

Israeli PM Netanyahu has warned that Israel could fight a “larger and stronger front” in the occupied West Bank in addition to its “fierce war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip”.

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How to start a movement With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)

#3E #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #Protest #Activism
▶️How to Start a Movement: A 3-Minute Video
A movement's momentum is sparked not by the number of leaders, but by the first few followers who dare to join in, setting a public example.

Embracing a first follower is as crucial as leading.
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The party traitors who voted to censure Al Green: (one of them is @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social)...

BREAKING: We're suing to block the Trump administration from requiring artists who apply to the National Endowment for the Arts for funding to have to attest they won't use any funds to "promote” what the government deems to be “gender ideology."

This is a violation of the First Amendment.

Transphobic moron

I'm from Long Island and I've been trying to warn people about Suozzi my whole life and nobody ever listens. :(

Barnard College expels three students who protested for Palestine These are the first official expulsions for protests on Columbia’s campus since 1936, according to Columbia University Apartheid Divest

Barnard College expels three students who protested for Palestine in unprecedented move, Nayanika Guha reports. These are the first official expulsions for protests on Columbia’s campus since 1936, according to Columbia University Apartheid Divest.
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Analysis | Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine They increasingly support a negotiated end to the war and even territorial concessions to Russia — but not necessarily like this.

“While Americans approved of Trump’s foreign policy by two points in January (39% to 37%), they now disapprove by 13 points (50% to 37%)…”

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The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip reports that bodies of 10 Palestinians were brought to hospitals during the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll since October 7, 2023 to 48,339 people.

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The protests in Serbia are historic, the world shouldn’t ignore them Amid democratic backsliding across Europe, Serbian students have shown the way to reimagining democracy and governance.

"What has been happening in Serbia... is a historic development worth paying attention to, given that it comes against the backdrop of Europe-wide backsliding on democracy and a crisis of the political establishment."

— #AJOpinion by Saša Savanović ⤵️

Sudan’s RSF, accused of genocide, signs charter to form rival government The charter states creating a government of ‘peace and unity’ despite concerns from rights groups and global actors.

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, accused of carrying out crimes against humanity, has signed a charter with allied political and armed groups to establish a “government of peace and unity”, its signatories said.

Politicians do not belong in doctors' offices.