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Israel is preventing the WHO from sending incubators into Gaza.

Think about how savage, how barbaric, how evil, you have to be to defend that and defend the government doing that.

I’m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvard’s antisemitism report? | Harvard is conflating Jewish identity with political loyalty to Israel. That’s a dangerous mistake

It sends a chilling message to students and faculty: if you are a Jew who questions Zionism, you are suspect. If you engage in solidarity w/Palestinians, you do not belong. If your scholarship complicates the tidy moral narrative of a beleaguered Israel, you are not just unwelcome—you are dangerous.

Just sayin'

Two pieces of news you may have/I definitely missed today:

- The Senate invoked cloture on Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano. Party line vote. Per CSPAN, final vote set for Tuesday.

Not great.

Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin' 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.

‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,’ a federal judge told Border Patrol attorneys at a hearing challenging recent immigration sweeps.

Journalist Roshchyna's body missing organs after Russian captivity, investigation says During the examination in Ukraine, it turned out that journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna's brain, eyes, and part of the trachea had been removed, the investigation said.

Journalist Roshchyna's body missing organs after Russian captivity, investigation says

Red Flag Alert: Axis of Genocide - U.S.A., Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Israel, Russia & the Era of “Acceptable Genocide” | Lemkin Institute

Red Flag Alert: Axis of Genocide - U.S.A., Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Israel, Russia & the Era of “Acceptable Genocide”

How did Pope Francis treat trans people? He gave us presence, warmth, love Pope Francis' legacy with LGBTQ people mirrors the example of Jesus: Francis was not afraid to be present with us, reaching out his hand and holding eye contact with us as fellow members of the body o...

How did Pope Francis treat trans people? He gave us presence, warmth, love.

www.ncronline.org/opinion/how-...

Live updates: Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order A judge has found cause to hold President Donald Trump's administration in criminal contempt for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

Nobel Winner Joseph Stiglitz Denounces Columbia’s Apparent Capitulation to Trump Professor Joseph Stiglitz criticized Columbia’s capitulation to Trump in an interview on academic freedom and deportations of students.

NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST Joseph Stiglitz, one of Columbia University’s most renowned professors, denounced the institution where he has taught for more than two decades over its recent capitulations to the Trump administration.

Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.

Trump officials are talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.

April 5 Rallies Send Clear Message: Abolish Billionaires & Save Our Democracy But there's another deeper message that Americans must recognize if we truly hope to stop billionaires and fascists

April 5 Nationwide Rallies Send Clear Message: Abolish Billionaires & Save Our Democracy

But there's another deeper message that Americans must recognize if we truly hope to stop billionaires and fascists, and very few people are even talking about it www.qasimrashid.com/p/april-5-ra...

Take next weekend off and get ready for an even bigger event:

New candidates:

Run. Against. Oligarchy.

Run on restoring and expanding public goods and services and paying for it by taxing wealth extracting billionaires like Elon and his buddies.

Run on getting them out of government and ending their reliance on taxpayer money.

Vilify the billionaires.

> @wutangforchildren.bsky.social

Yesterday, in Asheville, NC.
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📷: Jason Keefer

Some photos from protests around Texas.

Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances

Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics.

Israeli MP says he wants to 'cleanse' Gaza of Palestinians Likud lawmaker Amit Halevi said there was no chance of ending the attacks on the Gaza Strip

Israeli MP says he wants to 'cleanse' Gaza of Palestinians

Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' attacked by settler mob, arrested by soldiers ***

Palestinian Director of 'No Other Land' Attacked by Settler Mob, Arrested by Soldiers, Israeli Co-director Says

Europeans boycott US products to protest against Trump tariffs As US President Donald Trump escalates a trade war with the European Union – most recently by threatening a 200% tariff on wine and champagne – Europeans are taking matters into their own hands by sta...

Europeans boycott US products to protest against Trump tariffs

Republicans are slashing $23B from the PACT Act, denying vets the care they EARNED.

My sister, a USAF vet, served near a burn pit—her disability pay is for the pain it caused.

Cutting funding means thousands like her suffer without care. Veterans deserve better

Republican Cuts Hurt Veterans

Tribes and Students Sue Bureau of Indian Education Over Cuts to Staff and Services - Native American Rights Fund On Friday, March 7, 2025, three Tribal Nations (Pueblo of Isleta, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes) along with Native students (Ella Bowen, Kaiya Brown, Danielle Ledesma, Vi...

TRIBES AND STUDENTS SUE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OVER CUTS TO STAFF AND SERVICES.

Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents As Washington ramps up its pressure on Zelenskyy to step aside, his rivals are talking to Trump’s team.

Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.

EP faction proposes to sideline pro-Russian Hungary's veto power after blocked Ukraine aid - Euromaidan Press Members of the European Parliament from the Volt party are preparing to send EU leaders a nine-point plan that calls for Hungary to lose its voting rights after repeatedly obstructing joint decisions,...

Members of the European Parliament from the Volt party are preparing to send EU leaders a nine-point plan that calls for Hungary to lose its voting rights after repeatedly obstructing joint decisions, particularly regarding support for Ukraine.

Macron warns Russian aggression ‘knows no borders’ in televised address French president says Europe must prepare for a future without guaranteed US support, warning Russian threat could extend beyond Ukraine

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has warned that Russian aggression “knows no borders”, will not stop at Ukraine and is a direct threat to France and Europe which must prepare in case the US steps away from its side.

Trump Donors Try to Buy Pittsburgh Mayor’s Race Republican donors are getting involved in a clash between progressives in Pittsburgh, backing Mayor Ed Gainey’s challenger Corey O’Connor.

Major donors to trump are pouring money into the race to unseat Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, lining up behind his Democratic primary opponent, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor.

Bernie Sanders dismisses Republicans’ ‘horrific’ calls for Zelenskyy to resign Senator responds to Republicans’ pro-resignation remarks after Ukrainian president’s heated meeting with Trump

“I think that is a horrific suggestion,” Sanders told NBC’s Kristen Welker in the interview. “Zelenskyy is leading a country, trying to defend democracy against an authoritarian dictator, [Vladimir] Putin,” the Russian dictator whose forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Trump Gaza Video Reflects Shared US and Israeli Histories of Ethnic Cleansing The video’s disturbing futuristic vision of Gaza is an AI version of “The White Man’s Burden.”…

Trump Gaza Video Reflects Shared US and Israeli Histories of Ethnic Cleansing

Trump’s Plan for Gaza Would Make Colonial Plunder Great Again | Common Dreams In an interview, economist James K. Boyce discusses the relationship between war and economics, and how Trump’s talk of taking over Gaza and turning it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” is similar...

In an interview, economist James K. Boyce discusses the relationship between war and economics, and how Trump’s talk of taking over Gaza and turning it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” is similar to the U.S. dispossession of Native Americans.