Lynette Kennedy 🇦🇺🍉🇺🇦

During a press conference this week in Gary, Indiana, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem brazenly claimed no US citizens have been detained or arrested by ICE, and labeled any reporting to the contrary is “simply not true”. But Noem is ignoring the facts.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

In a loose, rosy-cheeked speech, Graham affirmed that he’s in the “Hitler sucks wing of the Republican Party,” a denomination that apparently needs to be spelled out these days. In the same speech, Graham brushed off Fuentes’s interview while praising the Trump administration for “killing all the right people.”

Cool how even senior GOP politicians now openly admit that the Republicans have a “Hitler sucks” wing and also another one that is not that

EU approves 1.8 billion euros for Ukraine under long-term funding plan The Council of the EU approved on Nov. 4 the fifth tranche of the Ukraine Facility funding in the amount of 1.8 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

⚡️ EU approves 1.8 billion euros for Ukraine under long-term funding plan.

The Council of the EU approved on Nov. 4 the fifth tranche of the Ukraine Facility funding in the amount of 1.8 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

The vista of the new | Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

Fascinating discussion on #TheDismissal, and historical what-ifs.

When Governor-General John Kerr dismissed Whitlam, Whitlam went back to The Lodge for lunch, and the Senate passed supply.

Paul Keating says he would have had Kerr arrested. #DemocracySausage #auspol
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Watch the emotional reunion of female Palestinian prisoner Shahd Hassan and her family, as she was released from an Israeli jail after eight months in detention.

Something only a dictator would threaten to do, and most probably implement too

Israel strikes southern Lebanon, killing two and wounding seven The attacks in two towns come a day after Israel threatened to escalate its assault on alleged Hezbollah targets.

The attacks in two towns come a day after Israel threatened to escalate its assault on alleged Hezbollah targets.

Israel releases five Palestinian prisoners as killings continue in Gaza Gaza’s Health Ministry says it also received the remains of 45 Palestinians from Israel through the Red Cross.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says it also received the remains of 45 Palestinians from Israel through the Red Cross.

Unrwa reports 75,000 displaced in ruined Gaza shelters as ceasefire violations mount <article data-history-node-id="431047" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-overcrowded-damaged-shelters-amid-widespread-destruction" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-overcrowded-damaged-shelters-amid-widespread-destruction" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unrwa reports 75,000 displaced in ruined Gaza shelters as ceasefire violations mount</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Unrwa on Tuesday said that around 75,000 displaced people are sheltering in more than 100 agency buildings in Gaza, most of which are damaged and overcrowded.</p> <p>The comments come as the UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson confirmed that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on the enclave, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.</p> <p>Citing satellite data, the UN said that entire neighbourhoods across Gaza have been reduced to rubble, leaving families displaced and essential infrastructure obliterated.</p> <p>A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached on 10 October. Israel has committed 194 violations of the agreement,&nbsp;the director of the government media office in Gaza said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Israeli warplanes bomb Khan Younis, tanks intensify shelling Gaza neighbourhoods <article data-history-node-id="431045" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-bomb-khan-younis-tanks-intensify-shelling-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-bomb-khan-younis-tanks-intensify-shelling-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli warplanes bomb Khan Younis, tanks intensify shelling Gaza neighbourhoods</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli warplanes on Tuesday bombed Khan Younis as its tanks targeted Gaza,&nbsp;Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel reported. The report said that Israeli forces opened fire on citizens' homes east of Gaza City.</p> <p>The forces detonated explosives at several residential buildings, east of Gaza City, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;Israeli forces also shelled areas north-east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza with artillery.&nbsp;<br> <br> The Palestinian Information Centre said that "Israeli occupation artillery is shelling the eastern areas of the Shuja'iyya and Tuffah neighbourhoods, east of Gaza City."<br> <br> Al-Aqsa TV reported that "the occupation's artillery and military vehicles have continued their heavy bombardment of the eastern neighbourhoods of Gaza City since midnight."</p> <p>The channel added that Israeli artillery shelling targeted areas of Juhr al-Dik,&nbsp;coinciding with heavy gunfire from army vehicles east of al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.&nbsp;Similar reports of heavy shelling came from the eastern areas of the Mughraqa region in the central Gaza Strip.<br> <br> The Palestinian news agency Safa reported that Israeli aircraft attacked areas east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Axios: Draft UN plan gives US and partners authority over Gaza <article data-history-node-id="431042" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/axios-draft-un-plan-gives-us-and-partners-authority-over-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/axios-draft-un-plan-gives-us-and-partners-authority-over-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Axios: Draft UN plan gives US and partners authority over Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Trump administration is pushing a draft UN Security Council resolution that would establish an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which allows the US and partner countries to govern&nbsp;Gaza for up to two years, news organisation Axios reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The ISF would be granted a broad mandate, effectively taking over security and governance in Gaza, according to a copy of the draft resolution obtained by Axios.&nbsp;</p> <p>The draft also says the ISF will perform “additional tasks as may be necessary in support of the Gaza agreement,” and that it will be established and operate “in close consultation and cooperation with Egypt and Israel.”</p> <p>The force’s mandate will also include disarming Hamas, and demilitarising&nbsp;the Gaza Strip.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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In Israel, raping Palestinian prisoners is justified. Leaking the footage is betrayal The leak of a video exposing horrific abuse at Sde Teiman has shaken the country more than the crime itself

#FeckIsraHell #EndZionism

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That's one way to keep a lid on reports of abuse and rape.

This should be the nail in the coffin for this now openly murderous regime.

Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated 30 years ago this week. The far right hatred of Oslo had got beyond hysterical, with Netanyahu had enthusiastically fanning the flames. Bibi's objective has always been to undermine any chance of a two-state solution. I agree, he's an unforgivable piece of shit.

This is your regular reminder that Bibi Netanyahu is an unforgivable piece of shit.

How racing makes its deadliest moments disappear For years, the racing industry has been quietly removing falls and deaths from its replays. Now, industry insiders are speaking out.

What happens when the race that stops the nation also stops you from seeing the horses that don’t finish?
#NuptotheCup

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How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed Seeking to get the classified documents case to a jury before the 2024 election, the special counsel made a fateful decision that some in his office saw as a misstep.

Among the nuggets in this @carolleonnig.bsky.social @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social report on the Trump classified docs investigation: Biden's DOJ blocked Jack Smith from seeking Cannon's removal.

Another illustration that Trump's cries of "weaponization" were BS. It's his DOJ that's breaking all norms.

"It's the classic way that military coups happen. They say, 'these revolutionaries are about to take over the government, so *we* had to take over the government!'"

@gtconway.bsky.social joins @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social in the latest episode of Sarah Longwell Explains It All:

CBS’s interview with Donald Trump was an abdication | Press Watch The elephant in the room is that he lies all the time

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Trump’s Raids Terrorize Catholics — Pope Leo’s Top Cardinal Calls It an ‘Assault on Millions’ Seminarians are leaving the country, priests worry they could be next, and Pope Leo XIV insists the Church must stand with its most vulnerable faithful.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, a Pope Leo ally who serves as archbishop of Washington, doesn’t mince words about what’s happening.

“We are witnessing a full-scale governmental assault designed to produce fear among millions.

“It's an instrument of terror.”

Wow. That seals the deal. Cuomo should concede.

#Thugs

Honestly, I don't think Trump's incomprehension of political asylum has anything to do with his serious personality-disorder-related psychiatric afflictions and his seeming dementia, which both raise 25th Amendment questions. I do, however, think it reflects his utter stupidity ….

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley during question time in the house of representatives in Parliament House, Canberra this afternoon

The LNP front bench not exactly paying Ley much attention. Cracker of a shot by @mikepbowers.bsky.social #PointLive

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Grijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand.

There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, “Swear her in.” They wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise.

Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system you’re protecting really is.