Rural America Needs Dependable Broadband, Not More Handouts for Billionaires Nearly a century ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led a campaign of bold investment to electrify rural America. Until recently, we were on track

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Gaza death toll rises to 68,865 <article data-history-node-id="430965" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-68865" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-68865" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll rises to 68,865</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The death toll in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel's genocide in October 2023 has risen to 68,865, the Palestinian health ministry announced. The majority of victims are women and children.</p> <p>The ministry added on Sunday that the number of wounded had increased to 170,670.&nbsp;</p> <p>It said the bodies of seven victims arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, including three recently killed Palestinians, three recovered from under the debris, and one who succumbed to their wounds.</p> <p>Since the ceasefire took effect on 11 October, 236 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and at least 600 others wounded.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza death toll rises to 68,865 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-68865

Israeli strike kills one in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to 'eliminate' Hamas <article data-history-node-id="430968" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-kills-one-gaza-netanyahu-vows-eliminate-hamas" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-kills-one-gaza-netanyahu-vows-eliminate-hamas" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strike kills one in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to 'eliminate' Hamas </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian health authorities said.</p> <p>Al-Ahli Hospital said one man was killed in the air strike near a vegetable market in the Shujaiya suburb of Gaza City. His identity was not immediately known.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the Israeli military said on Saturday that its troops were attacked by fighters&nbsp;in Gaza.</p> <p>Hamas did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a separate statement, it listed a series of Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreed in October, which have killed more than 200 people.</p> <p>At least 236 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the ceasefire took effect, according to the Palestinian health ministry.</p> <p>Three Israeli soldiers have been killed by Palestinian fighters in the same period, according to the Israeli military.</p> <p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would respond to any attempts to harm its troops in Gaza.</p> <p>"There are still Hamas pockets in the areas under our control in Gaza, and we are systematically eliminating them," Netanyahu said.</p> <p>Hamas said the United States was not doing enough to ensure Israel abides by the ceasefire agreement.</p> <p><em>Reporting by Reuters&nbsp;</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli strike kills one in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to 'eliminate' Hamas - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-kills-one-gaza-netanyahu-vows-eliminate-hamas

Stop lowering the ages of when people can marry
14 is too young

4 states have already lowered the ages acceptable

The federal government also lowered the age for prosecutions as adults to 14

You are out of your flipping minds if you think we will be donating our children for your sick experiment

SNL Trump: "It'll be ready just in time for my third term."
Melania: "That's right, we want this to be our forever home."
Trump: "We're not leaving, we're doing something called COUP."

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

TODAY = TODAY = TODAY
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The Left Wins the Irish Presidential Election in a Landslide Catherine Connolly (born 1957) only became involved in active politics in 1999. Michael D. Higgins, the outgoing president of Ireland (2011-2025),

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YouTube video by Candace Owens Candace Owens x Norman Finkelstein

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Adults are free to do what they want to their own bodies (unless they’re women in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia or trans people in 27 states)

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Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza Middle East Eye details Israeli attacks, arrests and aid blockades since last month's truce

Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza

Barack Obama: Just a handful of mega billionaires control what we see and what we hear, and that power distorts the political process. Even though we got rid of the king, there's still a caste system in America.

Israeli soldiers steal olives after blocking Palestinian farmers <article data-history-node-id="430953" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-steal-olives-after-blocking-palestinian-farmers" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-steal-olives-after-blocking-palestinian-farmers" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli soldiers steal olives after blocking Palestinian farmers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="80" data-start="0">Israeli occupation soldiers in the West Bank prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting their olive trees, before being filmed stealing olives from the same groves.</p> <p data-end="492" data-start="253">In the town of Sinjil, near Ramallah, troops handed farmers a “closed military zone” order, claiming olive picking there required prior army coordination. Yet Civil Administration maps show the area was not subject to those restrictions.</p> <p data-end="718" data-start="494">Witnesses said the soldiers arrived after an Israeli settler, who had spent the past week patrolling Palestinian land to obstruct harvesting, appeared on site the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. His presence reportedly prompted the army to impose the closure.</p> <p data-end="936" data-start="720">Locals told Haaretz that the settler had repeatedly threatened farmers, at one point saying he would use his weapon if they did not leave.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="rtl" lang="iw">חיילי צה"ל מוסקים זיתים במטע פלסטיני, אתמול<br> (שימוש לפי סעיף 27א לחוק זכויות יוצרים) <a href="https://t.co/z8QCClAxfO">pic.twitter.com/z8QCClAxfO</a></p> — הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) <a href="https://twitter.com/haaretznewsvid/status/1984548714363425041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli soldiers steal olives after blocking Palestinian farmers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-steal-olives-after-blocking-palestinian-farmers

Barack Obama: Everybody bend your knees, yeah. You can't stand still and not have any water.
New Jersey voter: I LOVE YOU OBAMA
Obama: I love you too, I heard you, girl, just settle down, I'm here to talk to everybody not just you. I mean you look cute. But I am married. Michelle's fine too.

Israel to appoint new army lawyer after Palestinian prisoner rape scandal  Suspects in the gang rape of a Palestinian detainee call for the trial to be cancelled after the advocate general admitted to leaking the video

Israel to appoint new army lawyer after Palestinian prisoner rape scandal  - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-appoint-new-army-lawyer-after-palestinian-detainee-rape-video-scandal

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Election Day is just around the corner G Elliott Morris /Strength in Numbers with a new national poll: Voters want Democrats to win in NJ, VA and in 2026, as they push back on Trump Plus: Voters trust Democrats more than Republicans ...

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Why do people buy pizza with EBT?

Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.

It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.

Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report <article data-history-node-id="430958" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><article data-scroll-anchor="true" data-testid="conversation-turn-110" data-turn="assistant" data-turn-id="request-6901b48e-cf20-832a-9f2e-41bb2cc7fcbc-38" dir="auto" tabindex="-1"> <p data-end="277" data-start="76">Israeli occupation forces are bulldozing large swathes of land east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, destroying what little remains of homes and infrastructure after months of relentless bombardment.</p> <p data-end="447" data-start="279">Al Jazeera's correspondent on the ground reported that the army is conducting extensive demolition operations in the area, flattening residential blocks and farmland.</p> </article> </div> </div> </article>

Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report

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The U.S. accounts for two-thirds of Israel’s weapons imports. But it is not alone. The report names 63 countries that are complicit in “Israel’s genocidal machinery” in Gaza.

YouTube video by platform films NAOMI WIMBORNE-IDRISSI – HOW WE GOT TO “YOUR PARTY”

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A US-China trade dispute over a little-known Dutch chipmaker could bring auto plants to a halt and send car prices higher | CNN Business A trade dispute involving a critical chip supplier to the auto industry has the potential to cause widespread shutdowns of global auto plants and could put upward pressure on prices that are already a...

A prime example of why one company shouldn’t be the major supplier of something the world needs.

Israeli military's top lawyer resigns over prison abuse video leak <article data-history-node-id="430923" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-militarys-top-lawyer-resigns-over-prison-abuse-video-leak" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-militarys-top-lawyer-resigns-over-prison-abuse-video-leak" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli military's top lawyer resigns over prison abuse video leak</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military's chief legal officer has resigned following the leak of a video that showed the alleged rape of a Palestinian detainee at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-are-atrocities-alleged-have-taken-place-sde-teiman-prison" target="_blank">Sde Teiman</a>&nbsp;detention centre.</p> <p>Advocate General Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi said on Friday&nbsp;that she was stepping down because she had approved the video's leak in August 2024.</p> <p>The surveillance video footage led to five Israeli reserve soldiers being charged. A criminal investigation into how the leak happened was launched by Israeli police earlier this week.</p> <p>Before her resignation, Defence Minister Israel Katz had said that Tomer-Yerushalmi would not be allowed to return to her post.&nbsp;</p> <p>In her resignation letter,&nbsp;Tomer-Yerushalmi wrote: “I approved the release of material to the media in an attempt to counter false propaganda against the army's law enforcement authorities.”</p> <p>She called Sde Teiman detainees - where some Hamas fighters who participated in the 7 October attack on Israel are held - “terrorists of the worst kind,” but added that this did not take away from the obligation to investigate suspected abuse.</p> <p>“To my regret, this basic understanding - that there are acts to which even the most vile of detainees must not be subjected - is no longer convincing to all,” she said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli military's top lawyer resigns over prison abuse video leak - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-militarys-top-lawyer-resigns-over-prison-abuse-video-leak

Federal agents are actively using facial recognition technology in the field to identify people and their immigration status during stops that seem to have little justification beyond the color of someone’s skin.

Trump's Redecorating Can’t Make This Up!

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Hey I’m thrilled to learn and announce that my 4-week memoir class at Loft Literary Center is booked up and sold out. Turns out this teaching thing has worked out! Stay tuned for more classes down the road.

South Park - Trump trashing the White House