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The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.

These Democrats voted to strip millions of Americans off their healthcare.

Jacky Rosen (NV)

Jeanne Shaheen (NH)

John Fetterman (PA)

Dick Durbin (IL)

Maggie Hassan (NH)

Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)

Angus King (ME)

Tim Kaine (VA)

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

🔴 Breaking: Israeli Army Launches Criminal Investigation Into Whistleblowers Who Exposed Detainee Rape at Sde Teiman The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained – being raped for roughly 15 minutes by a unit of Israeli reservists, all caught on surveillance cameras. The investigation focuses not on the perpetrators, but on whether officials in the Military Advocate General’s office helped leak the video to Channel 12. Israel’s chief military prosecutor, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has taken leave amid the scandal. Earlier, prosecutors indicted five reservists at Sde Teiman for “severe abuse” that left a detainee with broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a torn rectum. Efforts to hold them accountable sparked riots outside Israeli bases – dubbed Israel’s “right-to-rape” rallies – as civilians defended the soldiers accused of raping Palestinians.

🔴 Breaking: Israeli Army Launches Criminal Investigation Into Whistleblowers Who Exposed Detainee Rape at Sde Teiman

The Israeli army has opened a criminal probe into the leak of footage from the Sde Teiman detention camp showing a Palestinian detainee – blindfolded, handcuffed, and restrained...

How the arrest of the military's top lawyer over a leaked abuse video has rocked Israel “Perhaps this is why they are shooting the messenger right now because it holds a mirror to Israeli society,” said Tal Steiner, of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel.

Former Military Advocate General, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was detained after she said in her resignation letter that she had approved the leak of a video in order “to counter the false propaganda directed against the military law enforcement authorities.”

Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has been detained by Israeli police for her role in leaking a video of alleged abuse against Palestinian prisoners. Cenk Uygur and Jordan Uhl discuss on The Young… HORRIFIC Abuse Of Palestinian Detainee Rattles Israel

Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has been detained by Israeli police for her role in leaking a video of alleged abuse against Palestinian prisoners.

Last Saturday we were pepper sprayed & my car was towed, but w many others, spent today at Broadview ICE. It was cold& rained. I gave others whistle kits & trail mix, others gave me gloves & a rain poncho. We shared rapid response info/tips& made connections to help this city more. Never giving up 💚

We are finally getting away from woke science and embracing a health care system based on spells and omens

can we stop pretending The Free Press was "an outlet" and remember that it was a substack? please and thank you. she's done a great job of creating the illusion that she is a journalist who was running a newsroom, but she's an opinion writer with a newsletter, no need to repeat the lies folks.

I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.

With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.

Been a while since I did a charity stream on Twitch, but I'm feeling the urge again. Tomorrow (Sunday) 11 am to 2 pm Eastern I'll be playing "The Long Dark" -- an old game but a new fave, to benefit NY Common Pantry. Join me for giveaways and (probably) horrible death! tilt.fyi/YVoFdn7Efo

Opinion Editorial Board The Texas gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. August 20, 2025

Opinion Editorial Board Wes Moore embarrasses Maryland with his gerrymandering ploy The Democratic leader of the state Senate deserves praise for resisting pressure from the governor. Today at 6:45 a.m. EST

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.

Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

I don't think people realize how much a trillion dollars is.

Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right?

If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS.

No one should have that much.

Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.

Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.

Does this sound familiar?

Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."

Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.

The BBC visits an IDF outpost on the eastern edge of Gaza City:

“The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees…there's almost nothing left to orient you here or identify the neighbourhoods.”

my name is ozymandias, king of kings. ask your doctor if looking upon my works is right for you.

So, all the Corporate Democrats who said Dems can only win by by "running to the center," or "siding with Israel on Gaza" or "not being distracted by the Trans issue," should shut up & have the humility to listen.

Zohran is what happens when you run FOR justice rather than just against Trump.

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German prisoners at Camp Butner in North Carolina watching in shame and disgust a film on the atrocities the Nazis committed.

In 1945, German prisoners of war at Camp Butner in NC were shown films of the atrocities the Nazis committed.

Many reacted in shame and disgust.

1000 of them burned their uniforms afterwards.

There will come a time when Republicans will have to face the atrocities they are sanctioning here.

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, sex assaults in several states, FBI says
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police

Our Correspondent is Finally Allowed into Gaza : State of the World from NPR After constant requests during two years of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli military finally brings our correspondent into the territory to see the devastation in post-war northern G...

Seeing the Devastation from Israel-Hamas war in Gaza: Our Correspondent is Finally Allowed into Gaza

State of the World from NPR

www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

Yes. More like this. More fight. Polarize everything.

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

“I’ve seen condiments you people wouldn’t believe”

From TwitchCon 2025, we brought science to the convention floor with a live DNA extraction!

Using simple household materials, everyone pulls visible strands of DNA from strawberries while learning about the instructions for life.

#twitch #science #sciants #stem #scicomm

youtu.be/Op-XZm2gS2U

Israel continues to demolish Palestinian homes in #Gaza. Their plan is for Palestinians to have no place to go back to. This is at the core of their ethnic cleansing plan and has not stopped.

#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

Yeah, about that Freedom of Speech. We need a little more bravery from Teen Vogue right now. You think you can fire your politics staff and we’ll all just forget about it?

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

I am so upset.

Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

"The documents she obtained showed the university "had negotiated directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market," she told the BBC."