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The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip reports that bodies of 10 Palestinians were brought to hospitals during the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll since October 7, 2023 to 48,339 people.

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While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.

SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.

Screenshots from the Game Changer episode "Second Place" where Brennan Lee Mulligan is saying "we're here celebrating what I can only describe as the sickness at the core of America".

happy presidents day

Israeli army demolishes homes in Jenin, continues raids across West Bank Israeli forces demolish houses in Jenin refugee camp, local sources report, as assault continues for third week.

Israeli forces have forcibly demolished several Palestinian homes in the Jenin refugee camp as Israel continues its deadly armed raids across the occupied West Bank.

they say "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" well i don't want to be strong, i want to drink iced coffee and read books and take naps.

Trump carries out his 'flood the zone' strategy, creating a week of whiplash An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.

This has been a wild week, with way more news coming out of the new administration than anyone can follow.

And that's likely by design. Here's some of the biggest things that happened this week.

ACAB but especially ICE :)

Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.

UPDATE: Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the “Riviera of the Middle East” under U.S. ownership.

BREAKING: President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.

I know you’re going to tell me that I’m an idiot but I really am surprised that my former friends who became Musk fans aren’t waking up to reality right now.

This move to replace outlets like NPR with outlets that have no journalistic standards is exactly what it looks like: preventing Americans from getting access to the truth and propping up platforms that will never criticize Trump.

I worked on this stew for three days and it was absolutely worth it.

Authorities in Gaza have updated the death toll from Israel’s war on the enclave to 61,709, having added thousands who are missing and now presumed dead.

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Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons under the Gaza ceasefire deal have recounted the horrific conditions they endured in detention, including torture and starvation.

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The Palestinian Prisoners Club says “every time prisoners are released, we find the prisoners’ bodies reflecting the level of crimes committed against them, including torture that is unprecedented in its level after October 7”.

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BREAKING: The Rafah border crossing has opened for the first time in nearly nine months to allow sick and wounded Palestinian patients in Gaza to travel to Egypt for medical treatment aje.io/fvp5d6

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

An executive order cannot and will not stop me from protecting all of us in the LGBTQI+ community.

An executive order will never override everyone's right to basic human dignity.

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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower

I live in New York City in the year 2025.

The president is a convicted felon.
The mayor of NYC is an indicted felon.
The secretary of defense is a Fox News host.
The secretary of transportation is a Fox News host.

The very worst people in America are in charge of America.

pretty incredible to publish this official executive order days before the largest deadly air crash in nearly 20 years occurs

I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country

seeing just how much evangelical christianity is soaked into every pore of all this horseshit....... all the initatives to drive women and minorities from public life in particular..... their Obsession with hierarchy and obedience and submission -- it's everywhere, like the foulest smell

Thank you, Senator Alsobrooks, for holding RFK Jr. accountable for peddling dangerous & discriminatory conspiracy theories about vaccines that mislead parents and communities.

Promoting racism in medicine should immediately disqualify anyone from leading the Department of Health and Human Services.

Can’t say they didn’t warn us!

Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!

Kash Patel confirmation hearing: Dick Durbin asks Patel if he’s familiar with Stew Peters—a right-wing fringe conspiracy theorist. Patel: <long pause> Not off the top of my head. Durbin: You’ve made eight appearances on his podcast.

Checking in on Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing:

Israel, Hamas to exchange Gaza captives as Israelis kill 10 in West Bank Israel and Hamas due to exchange Gaza captives for Palestinian prisoners as death toll mounts in occupied West Bank.

Sixteen-year-old Palestinian Adam Majdi Ahmad Sub Laban was left to bleed out after an Israeli sniper shot him in the back of the thigh from a military watchtower in the central occupied West Bank.

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