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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Bernie Sanders: "The Netanyahu government’s current military approach is immoral, it is in violation of international law, and the United States must end our complicity in those actions." www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...

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NEWS: Sanders Urges President Biden to Withdraw Support for $10.1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel ...

Sanders lays out the devastation in Gaza, now equivalent to that of Dresden after two years of bombing during World War II, and emphasizes it is being carried out with bombs produced and provided by t...

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Peter Dombrowski @peterdombrowski.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

The legal system is not going to save us from Trump 2.0. Cases started too late, the system is incapable of dealing with billionaires, and the judiciary is riddled with Trump appointees and judges sympathetic to the MAGA cause. The only choice is to turn out and vote. Despair.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

It's more than this. It's not just that voters don't want restrictive abortion & reproductive laws--it's that they care about this issue so intensely that it's not only shifting *how* people vote--which political scientists will tell you is HARD--but also driving them *to* vote, upping mobilization

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/10/2023

Africa has the fastest-growing, youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African — a development that will transform many African countries, experts say, and reshape their relationship with the world.

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The World Is Becoming More African

Africa has the fastest growing, youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Only 29% of Israelis support the ground invasion that's happening right now because just about everyone understands it's the worst thing to do if you want the hostages back safely.

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Israeli poll finds 49% support holding off on Gaza ground offensive

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

As a historian, I cannot help pointing out that, once upon a time, in 2008 to be precise, it was possible for Vanity Fair to publish a lengthy exposé on US government involvement in the horrible mess that brought Hamas to power in Gaza. archive.vanityfair.com/article/2008...

Vanity Fair has obtained confidential documents, since corroborated by sources in the U.S. and Palestine, which lay bare a covert initiative, approved by Bush and implemented by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams, to provoke a Palestinian civil war. The plan was for forces led by Dahlan, and armed with new weapons supplied at America’s behest, to give Fatah the muscle it needed to remove the democratically elected Hamas-led government from power. (The State Department declined to comment.)

But the secret plan backfired, resulting in a further setback for American foreign policy under Bush. Instead of driving its enemies out of power, the U.S.-backed Fatah fighters inadvertently provoked Hamas to seize total control of Gaza.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/10/2023

Republicans have delayed more than $1 billion in funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, better known as PEPFAR, the latest complication facing a lifesaving HIV program that has been ensnared in a broader political fight around abortion.

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Republicans delay more than $1 billion in HIV program funding

The funding delays are the latest complication facing PEPFAR, a life-saving program that has been ensnared in a broader political fight around abortion.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/10/2023

The newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson has questioned climate science, opposed clean energy and received more campaign contributions last year from oil and gas companies than from any other industry. Here's what to know about his climate record.

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New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns

Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Trump: "If you don't like our religion...then we don't want you here." This is precisely what the 2nd KKK of the 1920s (that helped push the draconian 1924 Immigration restriction bill) said about Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

The fact that Biden’s brother wrote Joe Biden a $200K check as a loan repayment does reveal one very telling thing. The Biden family pays back its debts. The Trumps file Chapter 11.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Terrorism and war impact the innocent most greatly. Children do not have power, so we must exercise it with restraint when we know it will harm them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

And it looks like the reason for that coup was that McCarthy had initiated an inquiry into the charges of sexual misconduct and financial wrongdoing by Rep. Matt Gates (R-FL) www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...

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Gaetz’s Ouster of McCarthy Draws Attention to His Ethics Issues

Representative Matt Gaetz is facing a House Committee inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and misuse of funds. Representative Kevin McCarthy has argued Mr. Gaetz’s move against his speaker...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Liz Cheney is absolutely correct in this: “Jim Jordan was involved in Trump's conspiracy to steal the election and seize power; he urged that Pence refuse to count lawful electoral votes.

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Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

“being a jew for a free palestine is not easy. it’s also never been more necessary to stand in solidarity.” important read by @edgeofsports.bsky.social

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The War on Gaza Must Not Be Waged in Our Name

Being a Jew for a free Palestine is not easy. It’s also never been more necessary to stand in solidarity.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

It is heartbreaking to see so much of the legacy Jewish establishments in America think their job is to support this war in the name of unity. This will be a collective stain on our communal conscience for years to come. No amount of unity is worth this.

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

The thing about “they voted for Hamas” is the last time there was an election in Gaza, the median resident was a year old.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/10/2023

Classified CIA intelligence reports issued in the days ahead of a major Hamas attack on Israel warned about a potential escalation in violence but did not predict the complex attack that Hamas gunmen launched against Israel days later, U.S. officials said.

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C.I.A. Reports Contained General Warnings of Potential Gaza Flare-up

Reports issued days before the Hamas attack did not foresee such a deadly strike, but did say rocket attacks were possible.

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