John Sanbonmatsu

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Trump’s Sham Peace Plan There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

I concur with Chris Hedges.

"It is a sadistic game. A merry-go-round of death. This ceasefire, like those of the past, is a commercial break....Once Israeli hostages are released, the genocide will continue."

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

"'We are the storm,' he thundered at Charlie Kirk’s funeral, in a speech...compared to one the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels gave at a 1932 campaign rally. 'Our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion.'"

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Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late

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#AI

Great American Anti-Fascists I always scoffed at “First They Came,” the often quoted, 1946 poem by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller. There are several versions of it, but the best-known starts “First they came for the ...

A good primer on what anti-fascism is not only a respectable tradition, but vital to maintaining democracy.

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Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire

Note that the ceasefire deal (not a genuine truce or peace) will not allow adequate food into Gaza, only a paltry amount. Hundreds of thousands of starved people will still face malnutrition.

ohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/middleeast/aid-groups-gaza-cease-fire.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Oddly, this article did not mention artificial intelligence at all--although one suspects that Harvard students must be using it to do their assignments.

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Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

MUST READ: A chilling summary of the last week's norm-shattering events in Chicago.

The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
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Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Reach Deal on Hostage and Prisoner Exchange

My prediction: after the hostage/prisoner exchange, Israel will take a brief tactical pause before resuming its genocide. Once the hostages have been freed, Netanyahu will feel he has an even freer hand in Gaza (at least domestically).

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How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.

Essential reading--the best article I've read this year on animal exploitation.

"The assembly line, the foundation of modern capitalism, came from perfecting methods to slice up animals while...preventing them from resisting."

@currentaffairs.bsky.social
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More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

"More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal."

Anyone surprised here?

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‘No doubt there’s been a change’: shift in opinion as Americans’ support for Israel falls Fueled by dissent over the war in Gaza, the US public’s views are changing – and support for the Palestinians is rising

Glass half-full or half empty?

"...nearly six out of 10 Americans, 59%, now hold a negative view of Israel, while 39% believe it is 'going too far' in its war in Gaza."

39%??

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Thousands of Miles From the U.S., Charlie Kirk Becomes a Political Tool

It used to be Che who was iconic in Latin America. Now it's becoming Charlie Kirk.

"The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration."

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

"Trump’s rhetoric in his speeches to the military has been awful.. But his actions are worse. In deploying troops to American cities, he has set up a confrontation in which military commanders may soon have to choose between obeying the president and obeying the law."

From @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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I am so worried about this. These ICE agents are armed with weapons, a crap ton of anger, a boatload of hate, and the full blessing of an exquisitely violent administration. We have everything to lose.

Yes, but Mussolini was in power for 21 YEARS…
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

Meanwhile, our genocide against the other animals of the earth is barely a news blip, and 99% of people I speak with on the subject have no clue what I'm talking about.

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

File state charges. This is a crime.

John Sanbonmatsu and The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves. Podcast Episode · The Healthification Podcast · 05/10/2025 · 1 sec

My conversation with Kate Galli on the Healthification Podcast just out. Thanks for sharing the link...!

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The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people and reduced entire cities to rubble

Over 67,000 dead, with "many more dead uncounted in the rubble that now covers much of Gaza. Those killed by untreated illnesses, poor nutrition, suicide or other causes linked to the conflict are more numerous still. Thousands of people have simply disappeared."
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Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

More knee-bending at the New York Times.

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