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CA girl with a little dog named Beau. Feminist (not the fun kind).

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
...and members of the policy community that will make it sound like they were doing their jobs well. They were not. We as citizens did not handle our responsibilities well. 25 yrs later, one of the great legacies of 9/11 is our mishandling of it. Perhaps we can do better in the next quarter century.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 04/09/2026
This is literally one of the main reasons why working people across America took to the streets to say #NoKings! They hoard wealth & try to grab power & then use tactics like this to intimidate us when we fight back. We’ll keep wielding OUR beautiful multiracial WORKER POWER & take back what’s ours.
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Martin O'Malley @martinomalley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There is no cap on taxable income when it comes to the Medicare tax. So why should we have one for Social Security that allows billionaires to avoid paying their fair share?
A graphic with a photo of Martin O'Malley. The text says, "There is no cap on taxable income when it comes to the Medicare tax. So why should we have one for Social Security that allows billionaires to avoid paying their fair share?"
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wall Street has been demanding lower capital requirements since the moment it broke the economy in the financial crisis. Now the banks are going to get them, just as financial risk is swelling. Not good! Eleanor Davis-Diver has the story. prospect.org/2026/08/24/w...
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The Best Protection Against Financial Crises Is Being Destroyed - The American Prospect
When Wall Street blew up the economy, they were forced to cut back on risky borrowing. Now those restraints are being ripped away.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 19/08/2026
🟢 “We Zionists are above the law.” Senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Drop Site that Israel’s deadly strike on the Gaza City police headquarters, which killed nine people, sent “one clear message”: “We Zionists are above the law; we are allowed to act with impunity wherever and whenever we...
🟢 “We Zionists are above the law.”

Senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Drop Site that Israel’s deadly strike on the Gaza City police headquarters, which killed nine people, sent “one clear message”:

“We Zionists are above the law; we are allowed to act with impunity wherever and whenever we choose, as long as we do not pay the price for the crimes we commit.”

Naim added that those who believe they will not face punishment are emboldened to commit further abuses.

“This brazen message, delivered through fire, is not directed at us, but at the Board of Peace and its leadership,” he said.

“This equation is unsustainable and offers no path toward calm or stability.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In every country at almost every time, the most dangerous enemy of regular people is the elites running their country. It's amazing how easily everyone's persuaded that their enemy is people across the world who'll never do anything to them.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
History as malicious racist buffoonery: an example.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If Joe Biden had decided that Hunter Biden was his "Special Envoy for Peace" & started sending him around the world to negotiate anything & everything instead of the Secretary of State or other official US diplomats, it would have been a nonstop NYT scandal & he'd have been impeached within a week.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When scientists say climate change means average temperatures will rise by 2 or 3 degrees, they don't mean that what was once a 20C summer's day becomes 22C. Weather will yo-yo ever more wildly: one week will bring cold and storms, the next a blistering drought. That's the harsh future.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Watch this video about our campaign ➡️ filia.org.uk/no-more-strip-clubs #NoMoreStripClubs 📢🔥
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Wall Street says that a company that loses billions is worth trillions, because it is run by a guy who lies all the time about everything (Elon Musk) cepr.net/publications...
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Wall Street Says That a Company That Loses Billions is Worth Trillions
A venture that loses billions of dollars and is run entirely by a person who routinely says crazy things doesn’t sound like a trillion-dollar company, but Wall Street seems to think otherwise.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The most moral army in the world? Nope. 'The feeling is that the IDF has become like an army of Vikings – they let soldiers plunder and loot so they'll be happy and keep fighting,' one soldier says. Violent lawlessness has been institutionalized. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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'It was okay to be crazy': IDF soldiers discuss moral decay in Lebanon
'The Feeling Is That the IDF Has Become Like an Army of Vikings – They Let Soldiers Loot So They'll Be Happy and Keep Fighting,' One Soldier Says. Five Told Haaretz About the Horrors and Disillusionme...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
John Roberts has spent more than four decades trying to destroy the Voting Rights Act and the Callais decision and its disastrous aftermath shows how nakedly political and partisan the Roberts Court has always been www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Trump is boasting about a new gold statue of himself in Florida while gas and grocery prices are skyrocketing. What more do you need to realize that this president doesn't care about working people. He only cares about his own ego.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tesla reported owing $0 in federal income taxes for all but ONE of the past 20 years. In that period, Tesla made $264 billion in revenue. But thanks to some shady loopholes , Musk likely saved hundreds of millions on taxes. Our tax system is built for corporations & the wealthy.
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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 28/04/2026
On the Money: We Don’t Need No Stinking Billionaires open.substack.com/pub/themoney...
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On the Money: We Don’t Need No Stinking Billionaires
The argument that we would not enjoy the fruits of capitalism without them is absurd
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Eric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Today’s a great day to get to know more about Xavier Becerra, the most qualified Democrat currently running for California Governor. www.xavierbecerra2026.com
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Xavier Becerra - Build, Protect, and Lead California
We have to fight to make it possible for all of us to have the California Dream, and that’s why I’m running for Governor.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
CA Dems You don’t need to elect the billionaire guy! We have an excellent candidate in Rep Xavier Becerra Please RP this to Cali folks!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
My Presidents' Day opinion is that we should replace it with Union Day on April 9, where the POTUS, VP, Cabinet, 535 members of Congress, 9 SCOTUS Justices, & 50 governors assembled at Appomattox to remember who actually won the war & why we fought it & that we should finally finish Reconstruction.
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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Higher education in California was a public right for 100 years before Ronald Reagan turned it into a private financial burden. As Governor, I will restore the California Promise to ensure every resident can attend a UC or CSU tuition-free.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Compare the NYT coverage of the cabinet meeting with that in a half dozen European newspapers. I did. NYT has sane washed delusional to stark raving mad conduct and sycophantic behavior of the cabinet officers. The UK, he said, failed to give him Ireland when he asked for it.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 24/03/2026
This article only sort of mentions the far worse problem than being bad for astronomy. These satellites re-entering are already damaging our ozone layer. And how the fuck does one asshole in one country get to decide any of this that affects the entire planet. musk can fuck off into the sun.
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Satellite Mega Constellations Could Jeopardize Ozone-Hole Recovery
Pollution from skyrocketing numbers of satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere could threaten our planet’s protective ozone layer
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 16/03/2026
💢 CONFIRMED: A drone attack has sparked a fire at the Shah conventional oil field in Abu Dhabi on Monday, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office. ➤ The Shah field lies about 130–140 miles south of Abu Dhabi & has a production capacity of about 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The UAE has a...

💢 CONFIRMED: A drone attack has sparked a fire at the Shah conventional oil field in Abu Dhabi on Monday, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office.

➤ The Shah field lies about 130–140 miles south of Abu Dhabi and has a production capacity of about 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The UAE has a total crude oil production capacity of south 5 million barrels per day.

➤ Authorities said no casualties or injuries were reported, and specialized emergency teams were deployed to contain the blaze.

➤ The strike marks the second attack hitting UAE energy infrastructure the same day, after a separate drone-related fire at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone.
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It's important to understand the rules, which are that ultra-violence is always evil and forbidden UNLESS you are wearing the right costume. Then go to fucking town.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
First, Kristi Noem threw a temper tantrum over her blankie being left on a plane. Now, Pete Hegseth is kicking photographers out because their pictures aren’t flattering enough. Photographers are there to document the news, not stroke the egos of politicians. Get over yourself.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 05/03/2026
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Millions of viewers tonight will observe a man increasingly disconnected from reality ramble on in a disordered fashion about how great he is. Then they'll see news coverage that makes it sound like this is normal. presswatchers.org/2026/02/trum...
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Trump's State of the Union is the ideal time for journalists to stop the normalizing | Press Watch
Millions will watch Trump lying and bloviating. Why not validate what they see, rather than treat it like it was something normal?
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Nick Wagner @nwagner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Talk is cheap. Anyone who thinks a speech by a pathological liar can “reset” a year of blatantly criminal and unconstitutional conduct is delusional.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
There are no legal strictures or administrative tweaks to reform people who relish in undertaking evil. DHS goons seized this baby with bronchitis and abandoned him and family with nothing at border. www.instagram.com/reels/DU4Lvm...
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Lidia Terrazas | BREAKING NEWS: Baby Juan Nicolás was deported. | Instagram
649 likes, 111 comments - lidiaterrazasnews on February 17, 2026: "BREAKING NEWS: Baby Juan Nicolás was deported.".
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
While the Israeli bobsleigh team was racing on the Olympics, this Swiss commentator kept reminding viewers of the war crimes the pilot has openly supported.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
More child abuse at the Dilley Concentration Camp south of San Antonio.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/02/2026
🚨 BREAKING | The whereabouts & health status of Palestinian resident of Paterson, NJ, Leqaa Kordia remain unconfirmed as of Sun. evening, her family & legal team say, following her emergency hospitalization on Fri. Kordia on Feb. 6 reportedly suffered a medical emergency—identified by a formerly...
🚨 BREAKING | The whereabouts and health status of Palestinian resident of Paterson, New Jersey, Leqaa Kordia remain unconfirmed as of Sunday evening, her family and legal team say, following her emergency hospitalization on Friday. 

Kordia on February 6 reportedly suffered a medical emergency—identified by a formerly detained individual as a fall resulting in a head injury and seizure—at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas.

Her legal team contacted 16 hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but none confirmed she was a patient. While ICE officials confirmed to her attorneys on Saturday morning that she was hospitalized, they did not disclose the facility's name or her current condition. 

Kordia has been in ICE custody for nearly a year, since March 13, 2025, when she was detained during a routine immigration check-in. Advocates and legal filings strongly suggest she was targeted by the Trump administration for her pro-Palestinian activism, specifically her participation in the 2024 Columbia University protests.

Despite an immigration judge twice ordering her release on bond, ICE has utilized "automatic stays" to keep her detained.
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We can’t find Leqaa Kordia in any hospital. This is abduction upon abduction. 

Please help us get the word out and pray for her. She truly is a light being kept in dark dungeons. 

http://Bit.ly/freeleqaa
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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi  atomwaffen group
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Monsters. Irredeemable. Unreformable. There is no technical or administrative fix for this, this is not a matter of training. This isn’t about policy at all. As a matter of democratic self-defense, ICE must not be tolerated.
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Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The Sunday Times has obtained a new report from doctors on the ground, which says at least 16,500 protesters have died and 330,000 have been injured, most of them in two days of utter slaughter in the most brutal crackdown by the clerical regime in its 47-year existence.
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Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 16/01/2026
⭕️ The Israeli army has ordered the evacuation of a densely populated residential area in the heart of Deir al-Balah, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering. Al Araby reports that residents on the ground began evacuating immediately around 1AM, amid fears of an imminent...

⭕️ BREAKING: The Israeli army has ordered the evacuation of a densely populated residential area in the heart of Deir al-Balah, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering.

Al Araby reports that residents on the ground began evacuating immediately around 1 a.m., amid fears of an imminent attack on a home in the area.

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It is happening now ..

Hundreds of people, including children, women, and the elderly .. are wandering aimlessly along the roadside in the peak of the cold and dropping temperatures .. 
after evacuating their homes in the vicinity of the Abu Samra roundabout in Deir al-Balah due to the occupation's intention to bomb a house in the area ..

Ongoing and harsh suffering..

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Islam bader
@islambader_1988
يجري الان ..

مئات الأشخاص بينهم أطفال ونساء وعجائز .. يهيمون على وجوههم على قارعة الطريق في عز البرد وانخفاض درجة الحرارة .. 
بعد أن أخلو منازلهم في محيط دوار أبو سمرة بدير البلح بسبب نية الاحتلال قصف منزل في المنطقة ..

معاناة مستمرة وقاسية..
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Worth every second
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11/01/2026
The boy says his infant brother kept shivering from the cold. He was shivering all night until he died this morning. He said he’s always cold too. It is because the U.S. and Israel are blocking shelter aid for 1.3 million displaced Palestinians, stockpiled in UN trucks just a few hundred meters...
The boy says his infant brother kept shivering from the cold. He was shivering all night until he died this morning. 

He said he’s always cold too.

It is because the United States and Israel are blocking shelter aid for 1.3 million displaced Palestinians, stockpiled in UN trucks just a few hundred meters from Gaza’s border. 

All the aid is there. It is not allowed in. And Palestinian children keep freezing to death.

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Translating Falasteen (Palestine)
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🚨A one-week-old infant, Mahmoud Al-Aqra, died in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza after succumbing to extreme cold as freezing temperatures swept the Strip over the past hours. His death comes amid a total Israeli occupation block on shelter and a severe lack of heating, as families shelter in tents that offer no protection from winter weather. Humanitarian organizations warn that more deaths are likely as cold fronts continue and no urgent measures are taken to protect displaced families and children living in makeshift shelters.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Where is the essential context: that these are the words of a dictator? Not in the story. There's no NYT editorial. For shame.
NYT bahnner headline: "Trump Asserts His Global Power Has One Limit: Himself"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Trump has shredded the Constitution. He's taken an axe to checks and balances. He's using the presidency to line his own pockets and the pockets of those around him. He says he is constrained only by his “own morality.” When we say "No Kings," this is why.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A credulous media will be the death of the Republic
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 08/01/2026
An Israeli settler attack in Nablus in the occupied West Bank caught on CCTV cameras: Video: Mosab Abu Toha via X (@MosabAbuToha)
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