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Republicans are lying about the peaceful No Kings Day protests because they’re desperate — the GOP is losing the shutdown fight while Americans reject Trump’s authoritarian takeover in huge numbers.

“These are the threats of a regime that is not secure in their power.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social

I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

THIS IS THE COOLEST WAR ZONE EVER‼️
Portland’s strategy …maybe if we act weird enough they’ll leave‼️

We Are Genocide Survivors. But Our War Is Far From Over. We in Gaza will remember the martyrs—those who died teaching, reporting, healing, mothering, surviving. We will carry their memory like fire in our hearts. And we will begin again.

"Thousands are still buried beneath the rubble. We don’t even know all their names. These aren’t just numbers. These are entire families erased, students who will never return to school, newborns who never made it past their first cry." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

"It named 9 liberal groups...that it said helped finance or plan protests where the violent incidents occurred... Soros' Open Society Foundations; ActBlue...; Indivisible...

"Ezra Levin...for Indivisible said the group has never organized or called for violence."

‪"If we can find out how not to get depressed, it's an extraordinary time because it means that we have been preparing all our lives for this moment." — Holly Near 🎶

ELDERS' STATEMENT 10.10.2025 US deal must stop Gaza genocide, end occupation and build a just two-state solution

ELDERS' STATEMENT 10.10.2025 ISRAEL/PALESTINE “Making further progress will be a test of leaders’ resolve and commitment. Now is not the time to relax pressure on either Israel or Hamas, particularly for the US, European and Arab states with leverage via various political, cultural and economic relationships.” READ IN FULL VIA THEELDERS.ORG

ELDERS’ STATEMENT | US deal must stop Gaza genocide, end occupation and build a just two-state solution

The ceasefire is a welcome step - but it must be built upon. The Elders set out what’s needed next to achieve a just and lasting peace ⬇️

theelders.org/news/us-deal...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

A state of denial Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal, but Israelis refuse to see it. This has historical parallels—and roots in Israel’s foundation

Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal, but Israelis refuse to see it. This has historical parallels—and roots in Israel’s foundation
By Omer Bartov
October 8, 2025
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

"you now have an entire generation...that has been politicized, if not actually radicalized, by Gaza. They cannot unsee the things that they have seen over the last two years."

A different future here is not only possible, it’s crucial — our lives depend on it. And we won’t stop fighting until we achieve it.

‪"If we can find out how not to get depressed, it's an extraordinary time because it means that we have been preparing all our lives for this moment." — Holly Near 🎶

ברוך הטוב והמטיב

May this truly be beginning of a real ceasefire, and the beginning of permanent peace and *true justice* for everyone in the land.

May the memories of all those annihilated in the genocide, all those slaughtered, be for a revolution.

Two years in, some ask if the war in Gaza is changing Judaism Rabbis and pundits are warning that the war is shaking the beliefs and practices of engaged Jews.

jweekly.com/2025/10/06/t...

“But who do we become when we harden our hearts?”

“There is nothing more destructive of religion than hypocrisy and for us to defend what is happening on the West Bank & in Gaza religiously is simply hypocritical, &...will be a burden for the future history of Judaism.”

YouTube video by Zeteo EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla Activist David Adler LIVE Hours After Being Released From Israeli Prison

EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla Activist David Adler LIVE Hours After Being Released From Israeli Prison

Adler is a Jewish American. "The activists, including Greta Thunberg and David Adler were severely mistreated..."

Q&A by Prem Thakker, Oct. 7, on Zeteo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW13...

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

YouTube video by Zeteo EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla Activist David Adler LIVE Hours After Being Released From Israeli Prison

EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla Activist David Adler LIVE Hours After Being Released From Israeli Prison

Adler is a Jewish American. "The activists, including Greta Thunberg and David Adler were severely mistreated..."

Q&A by Prem Thakker, Oct. 7, on Zeteo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW13...

Good for Van Jones for apologizing. Most public figures who dehumanize Palestinians never do. I hope he'll also rethink his claim that it's antisemitic to protest Israel if you don’t spend equal time on Sudan. Morally, it's entirely appropriate to give more attention to a genocide we arm and fund.

I appreciate Heather Cox Richardson's ability to sort out the craziness that's been happening in the U.S. For example, she says Vought is a Christian Nationalist who wants to bring the US back to the early 20th c, while Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.

Still listening. (42 minutes long) ⏬

Or maybe she said Miller is a white *supremacist.* Richardson is a historian.

I appreciate Heather Cox Richardson's ability to sort out the craziness that's been happening in the U.S. For example, she says Vought is a Christian Nationalist who wants to bring the US back to the early 20th c, while Stephen Miller is a white nationalist.

Still listening. (42 minutes long) ⏬

Graphic with Senator Warren asking: Is it consistent with the First Amendment for DOD to revoke a reporter’s press credentials for publishing a story that’s critical of President Trump? DoD official responds: Yes... If the basis was that the person published information that was not otherwise approved for release by the Department. Senator Warren Responds: Whoa.

Trump’s nominee to be the Army’s lawyer is confused about the First Amendment.

Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.

If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.

@joyannreid.bsky.social spills tea and has words for Van Jones, Bari Weiss, Megyn Kelly, and JD Vance.

She says we're witnessing the Israelization of the United States

Ooooh, this one was 🔥

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-israel...

Gift link: wapo.st/3VTALll 🎁 🔗

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Under the Canopy of a Shaken World.
This Sukkot, the world feels fragile. Hope feels harder to hold. But Sukkot has always been a festival of fragility. We sit in open huts, under a sky we cannot control, to remember: our security has never come from walls, but from one another.

“When you look at the sky in Gaza, you can't differentiate. Is this a cloud or is this smoke? The whole time you're listening to the sounds of drones, quadcopters, airstrikes and bombs,” says award-winning journalist Plestia Alaqad.

The Harvest moon shining through some clouds this morning

Today is Tues, Oct 7

Two years ago today, my people were massacred. Two years ago today, Israel launched a genocide. I'm not sure I know how to be hopeful or helpful today.

The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage enough to build it. May all their memories be a revolution.