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“He’s a war hero, because we work together. He’s a war hero,” Mr. Trump said of the Israeli leader. “I guess I am too,” he added.

Pin the Genocide Medal on them both.

UK Law Could Label Sally Rooney a ‘Terrorist’ for Donating To Palestine Action “I too support Palestine Action. If this makes me a “supporter of terror” under UK law, so be it.”

So be it.

Do you have a son in the IDF? You might be the parents of a war criminal | Opinion ***

Really powerful piece from Haaretz today.

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

This is a very powerful piece written by a genocide scholar who formerly served in the IDF.

Quiet, West Bank pogrom in progress | Editorial ***

You know things are bad when Haaretz calls out Israeli settlers and their government enablers for committing a pogrom in the West Bank.

He owns trendy Israeli eateries. Now he's a rep for a controversial Gaza food program Shahar Segal — known for restaurants around the world that include Manhattan's Michelin-starred Shmoné — is a spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Boycott.

'Made in the USA' reference disappears from Trump phone listing Trump Mobile maintains the gold smartphone will be made in the US, despite the changed wording on its website.

Make Outsourcing Great Again.

Yes to transfer: 82% of Jewish Israelis back expelling Gazans ***

It isn't just the Israeli government that wants ethnic cleansing and genocide.

The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security

How security in old age that we paid for all our working lives was and is being stolen from me and from you.

Opinion | Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency

Fascism has arrived in the US (in case you had not noticed).

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.

The U.S. Congress responds by threatening to criminalize criticism of Israel.

Video: ‘Dear Girl, Get Out!’: A Young Palestinian Escapes an Israeli Strike Video of a child escaping a burning building after an Israeli airstrike garnered widespread attention online. We found her in a hospital in Gaza and pieced together what had happened.

How many more children must be targeted before the genocide is stopped?
Watch the video my fellow Americans. This is what our tax dollars pay for.

Doctor describes 'total carnage' as 27 reported killed by Israeli fire at Gaza aid centre - live updates For a third day running, Palestinians have been killed while collecting aid - the IDF confirms it fired shots and is investigating.

No worries. The IDF is investigating.
I doubt they will reach the obvious conclusion that they are conducting a genocide on the Palestinian people.
Saoirse don Phalaistín!

10 Workouts You Can Take on Vacation

Keep it moving on the road.

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English 'Children ask why they survived': Doctor's Gaza testimony shocks UN Security Council

Incontrovertible and devastating.

SpaceX's Starship explodes for third time in a row, Musk promises more frequent launches SpaceX's Starship system exploded on Tuesday in a test flight, the third consecutive setback for the rocket company.

So, this is the incompetent Muskhole to whom we have given the fabled NASA program.
The press repeats his garbage. The rocket didn't break apart of blow up, it "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly." Can't make this shit up.

BBC returns to Gaza baby left hungry by Israeli blockade Malnourished five-month-old baby Siwar is now out of hospital in Gaza - but as we found, she and her family are struggling.

Israel held its biggest food festival in Tel Aviv last week.

A.I.-Generated Reading List in Chicago Sun-Times Recommends Nonexistent Books

I found this article right next to one proclaiming the value of AI predictions for severe weather. Ha ha. Not so funny.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/b...

Trump, Pressed on Qatari Jet, Says Only ‘Stupid’ People Reject Gifts

Borrowing logic from Troy . . .

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV : Code Switch We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set off killed eleven pe...

Policing in the US. 40 years ago today, Philadelphia bombed a residential neighborhood, killing 11.

Opinion | Palm Sunday Was a Protest, Not a Procession (Gift Article) Jesus’ procession was a parody of imperial power — a deliberate mockery of Roman spectacle and a prophetic enactment of a kingdom not built on violence but on justice.

Worth a read.

Gaza is a graveyard of the Muslim world’s conscience Gaza’s blood stains not only the hands of Israel, the U.S., and the West — but also those of 2 billion Muslims who remain silent witnesses.

The silence is deafening.

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲

Trump tariffs live updates: 'Only the weak will fail,' Trump says as markets fall Trump said, "Only the weak will fail," as the markets saw major losses on Friday.

Scumbag.

Russia not on Trump's tariff list US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.

Russia, Cuba, Belarus and North Korea not on the tariff list. Hmm. What could account for this?

This is a Triad of Ireland, an ancient form of poetry, consisting of a general topic followed by three attributes or components.

Three things that constitute a king:
-the binding of contracts
-the feeding of the folk
-the health of the land

Today's tyrants fail on each count.

Mass shooting at juvenile party leaves 2 dead, 4 injured in Tacoma One male juvenile has been arrested in connection with the shooting, the sheriff's department said Saturday morning.

We are such a sick society. The Sheriff is quoted as saying that "this is a reminder of how dangerous parties can be when they get out of hand."
Parties are the danger. Not guns. Not even guns in the hands of kids. Parties.
abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shoo...

Opinion | Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥 (Gift Article) Help yourself. The door is open.

One might even think he was in league with enemies of the US.

Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show The best-known member of Elon Musk's DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang, according to digital records.

When you are stealing everything in plain sight, it is important to have experienced criminals providing support.