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Major law firms are scaling back their free work for advocacy groups fighting the government in the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks. Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable reut.rs/4fjAIZ1

I lost my niece and nephew in Gaza. Until the world calls this a genocide, we have no hope of peace | Ahmed Najar I was at a conference about Palestine shortly before he was killed. None of the Israelis I spoke to were willing to publicly name these horrors, says financial and political analyst Ahmed Najar

I lost my niece and nephew in Gaza. Until the world calls this a genocide, we have no hope of peace | Ahmed Najar

Jeremy Corbyn hints at launch of new party as leftwing alternative to Labour Former Labour leader confirms talks under way among Independent Alliance group of MPs * UK politics live – latest updates Jeremy Corbyn has hinted he could launch a political party alongside other leftwing independent MPs in an attempt to offer “an alternative” to Labour, before the next general election. Speaking on ITV’s Peston programme, the former Labour leader confirmed discussions were under way among the Independent Alliance group of MPs that he co-founded last year. Continue reading...

Jeremy Corbyn hints at launch of new party as leftwing alternative to Labour

More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties

There is an even bigger threat at the BBC
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Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has called for sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel and for global corporations to be held accountable for “profiting from genocide” in Gaza. A report by Francesca Albanese to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday points to the deep involvement of companies from around the world in supporting Israel during its 21-month onslaught in Gaza. Continue reading...

Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.

You rock ! I'm there.

🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.

What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.

If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.

Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Israeli weapons manufacturer IMI Systems.

A cargo flight will haul 14 tons of nitrocellulose from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.

Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’ Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege Gaza has been pushed to new depths of despair, civilians, medics and humanitarian workers say, by the unprecedented seven-week-long Israeli military blockade that has cut off all aid to the strip. The siege has left the Palestinian territory facing conditions unmatched in severity since the beginning of the war as residents grapple with sweeping new evacuation orders, the renewed bombing of civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, and the exhaustion of food, fuel for generators and medical supplies. Continue reading...

Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’

The dismantling of title 1

The shame and horror we should all feel at what the Trump administration has done to this family. Bring this man home to his kids.

I spoke to another person this week—also a US-born citizen—who showed me the DHS email she received informing her that she had to leave the country. Incompetent, evil or both?

More of this.

Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.

She rocks.

Wow. First the came for …

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars' Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

the feminine urge to

Ouch.

This is the tweet of 2025. We will return to it again and again.

The Irony is deafening. So sad for this long esteemed organization caught in the crossfire like so many in Gaza and Israel.

Yosemite National Park workers hang 'distress flag' amid protest over DOGE cuts, SF Chronicle reports

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war

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