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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 4h
“He’s a zero,” the Fox News host said.
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Jessica Tarlov Has Masterful Counter To Co-Host's Defense Of RFK Jr.
“He’s a zero,” the Fox News host said.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h
Earlier today, @zeteo.com revealed that Israel has kidnapped an American teenager and has kept him in detention for three months, with no charges. And then hours later, only one Republican voted to even somewhat hold Israel accountable for acts like this.
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dmoschberger.bsky.social @dmoschberger.bsky.social · 10h
Sama Safi, a 20-year-old Palestinian-American will be entering for fourth month in jail without any charges this Friday. Israel is not a nation of laws when it comes to Palestinians, who have never been considered as residents of the “holy land” since Balfour.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h
BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.
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First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager
Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.
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IMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 4h
The American people want Israel to be held accountable.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Don't be fooled. This bill won’t force Big Tech companies to do anything. It's a political stunt to cover Republicans who have been the biggest data center cheerleaders. We need a bill with real teeth to hold these companies accountable.
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RESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 29/09/2026
He was already handcuffed when ICE agents picked him up and slammed his head against the van door. Minutes earlier, six agents had piled on top of him after dragging him from the vehicle during a traffic stop.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Meidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Truth: one of Obama’s worst associations.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026
"With each falling leaf, you feel a strange desire building in the area beneath your left pectoral. You think lady-people sometimes call this area the 'heart.' You long for flavor infused with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and — could it be — allspice?" buff.ly/Jt8xHF9
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Pumpkin Spice: Now For Men
“You’re a man. You’re into man stuff, like weed wackers, sports that cause brain damage, and getting hired by your dad’s golf friends. But it’s autumn. And s...
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers wrote a House Intelligence Committee report which had false information in it about Iranian nuclear power *in 2006*. He was condemned by the IAEA twice. He is now the Republican nominee. Brett McGurk, Biden's top MENA aide, fought against reviving the JCPOA and supports the current war.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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RileyTChiweeieT14381 @rileytchiweenie2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@wassermanschultz.house.gov @ritchietorres.bsky.social @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social @repschneider.bsky.social are a few who indicated the war in Gaza🇵🇸would end if the Israeli🇮🇱hostages were released #WhatCeaseFire yet they remain silent re: Israel’s continued GENOCIDE in GAZA … @us.theguardian.com
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RileyTChiweeieT14381 @rileytchiweenie2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1 of 2 Mohammed Ibrahim, 17, a U.S. Palestinian🇺🇸🇵🇸citizen who was released from Israeli🇮🇱military prison after 10 mos. of detainment, came to the UNGA this wk. Everything stated here is true. Those on social media worked harder than world leaders to help get him released all b/c $ is more important.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/09/2026
The key here is that on everything that matters, Trump and Republicans in Congress are fully aligned. prospect.org?p=145293
Capitol dome overlaid White House
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hacks star Hannah Einbinder after arrest at anti-Netanyahu protest: ‘Genocide is the headline’ She slammed "the devastating genocidal war Israel is waging...the settler attacks to the crimes that happen every single day but garner almost no press coverage.” www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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Hacks star Hannah Einbinder speaks out after arrest at Netanyahu protest
Actor was among more than 100 protesters detained by New York police during sit-in outside UN headquarters
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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@courtneybonneau.bsky.social 24 Sept 🔴 Summary of Israeli attacks on Lebanon so far today: There are several low-flying armed Israeli drones flying over various parts of the country. Sound is from my balcony, map is from redalert.com.lb/en/
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dr alex concorde @doctoralex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another Ancient Lebanese City brutally destroyed by relentless Israeli bombardment, screaming children & constant funerals. Just imagine even one city in Israel was attacked & demolished like this. Just one. The outcry, the self-pity, the victimhood. There is no way to excuse or absolve this Israel
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Inside an Ancient Lebanese City Engulfed by War
The Lebanese city of Tyre, one of the oldest metropolises in the world, has been left scarred.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The mask is off. Corrupt Collins has got to go.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That's way too pricey. I'd rather do without.
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has run 2 days of stops in New Bedford, demanding papers from anyone who "looks like" an immigrant. People here legally are taken 90 min to Burlington, then released w/ no ride home. Need help? Call the LUCE hotline: 617-370-5023. Alert via @lucenewbedford (IG).
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian oligarch-funded wedding celebration means it's time to revisit Trump-Russia collusion (or better yet, complicity)
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Time to revisit Trump-Russia collusion
Or better yet, complicity.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22/09/2026
"Oh my God, all of it is for sale." When federal agents raided a defense contractor’s office, they uncovered a 50-page roadmap detailing how campaign cash was allegedly traded for tens of millions in government contracts. Then, the entire investigation was shut down. Why?
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FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way
In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C.For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump’s dismal approval r...
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today, Israeli settlers backed by the military: - tried to abduct a child - set car on fire in Hebron - stormed 2 homes - raided towns, closing roads, forced shops to shut near Jenin - abducted many Palestinians All with U.S. backing.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
PAXIS.app helps you understand the rights at stake: peacefully recording officers in public is protected, subject to reasonable restrictions. Arresting someone merely for filming could violate the First Amendment. Unreasonable force or arrest without probable cause could violate the Fourth. 3/4
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mike Rogers refuses to talk about gas, groceries, seeing a doctor, or our broken infrastructure. Mike Rogers only wants to talk about old culture wars fought by small people with smaller ideas and no solutions to our actual problems.
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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Small people with smaller ideas is such a great line
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RFK Jr. received "more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in Washington, D.C. from Gavin de Becker..." de Becker has been described as Jeff Bezo's "top security staffer" www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We’re all doing our part
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Kraft has also given money to a host of pro-Israel advocacy groups that attack critics of Israel, spread content that critics warn is Islamophobic, and have steadfastly defended Israel against mounting evidence of its ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza."
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 18/09/2026
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Doctors Without Borders say Israel just bombed one of their clearly marked vehicles 👇🏽 (Will 🇺🇸 media even mention this?)
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Cathey🌎🦋🗽☮️❤️‍🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛🇵🇷 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 ⭐️ @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revealed: Trump Quietly Making Moves to Build Data Centers on Public Land
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Revealed: Trump Quietly Making Moves to Build Data Centers on Public Land
Former GOP governor calls on voters to reject MAGA Senate candidate, Trump wants to build data centers on public land, FBI warns ICE agents of alleged catfishing scheme
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 17/09/2026
A senior executive at Microsoft believes AI systems built on the work of others will be seen as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing lawsuit.
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New docs in AI copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
A senior executive at Microsoft believes AI systems built on the work of others will be seen as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human ...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 17/09/2026
A bill is quietly moving through Congress that would broaden DHS' power to surveil anyone shopping in a strip mall or picking up groceries. Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.
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How the retail crime bill could bolster ICE
Concerns are mounting that organized retail crime-fighting legislation, which passed the U.S. House and is now before the Senate, could drag retailers into mass deportations that have little to do wit...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/09/2026
LEAKED PHOTOS Hegseth isn’t coming clean on the extent of the damage to American assets overseas. Now we’re seeing the leaked photos. Hundreds of structures damaged or destroyed. Nearly 60 aircraft damaged or lost. Up to $3.7 BILLION in equipment losses.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
QUESTION: How tf is it a “sale” of weapons to 🇮🇱 if we 🇺🇸 taxpayers are the ones paying for these bombs? 🤔 💣 It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces. A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mitch McConnell, who has voted against paid medical leave for Americans at least 23 times since joining the Senate, returned to work today after spending three months on paid medical leave from the Senate. Oh, and all his medical bills were paid by taxpayers.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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seosamh.bsky.social @seosamh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s disturbing that the media has moved on with this story.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A few days ago I had a discussion with the top executive of a corporation specializing in AI who told me not to worry and assured me that the chance of AI wiping out humanity is “no more than 10 percent.” I was astounded. Isn’t a 10 percent threat of extinction STILL too high?
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Isn’t a 10 percent threat of extinction too high?
A time for action
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