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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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A short history of the UN’s complicity in Israel’s mass rape propaganda since October 7
Why the UN Secretary-General’s recent decision to blacklist Hamas, and not Israel, as perpetrators of sexual violence flies in the face of the UN’s own evidence.
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Story of bas Monde @troublingtome.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
As Israel continues its campaign to erase Gaza City by systematically bombing residential buildings, schools, homes and tent encampments, we speak with Dr. Mohammed Saqr, the director of nursing at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza. www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/mo...
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“Shame on Humanity”: Gaza Doctor Pleads with World to Stop Israel’s Genocide
As Israel continues its campaign to erase Gaza City by systematically bombing residential buildings, schools, homes and tent encampments, we speak with Dr. Mohammed Saqr, the director of nursing at Na...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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Three More Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza as Israeli Forces Kill 75 in a Day
In Gaza, three more Palestinians have starved to death over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths from Israel’s siege to 303, including 117 children. Since Monday, Isra...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11/07/2025
President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that he has a mandate from the American people to stem immigration, but a new Gallup Poll reveals attitudes have shifted since he took office.
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'Absolute bloodbath for Trump': Experts flag 'stunning numbers' in new poll
President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that he has a mandate from the American people to stem immigration, but a new Gallup Poll reveals attitudes have shifted since he took office.Gallup posted Friday, "When asked if immigration is generally a good thing or bad thing for the country, a reco...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Trump administration will continue a program that allows certain employers to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage, effectively ending efforts to bring their wages in line with those of nondisabled workers.
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
A 6-year-old with leukemia missed his doctor’s appointment after ICE arrested his mom, sister & him at immigration court. They've now spent nearly a month detained, as his mother watches his health worsen in the Dilley facility, per a lawsuit. Appalling! #MeltICE
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/07/2025
Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
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Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
Defence minister orders IDF to ready ‘emigration plan’ for all Palestinians in Gaza in what legal expert calls blueprint for a crime against humanity Israel’s defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme which legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity. Israel Katz said he has ordered Israel’s military to prepare for establishing a camp, which he called a “humanitarian city”, on the ruins of the city of Rafah, Haaretz newspaper reported. Continue reading...
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International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Please sign and share widely! "We call upon the Govt of #Canada to work with international partners, including the UN, to urgently deploy peacekeeping forces to Gaza for the protection of civilians & to support the delivery of humanitarian aid." www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #cdnpoli
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 01/07/2025
Trump and DeSantis donors reportedly helped build out “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida’s new tent-based detention camp for immigrants in the Everglades.
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Republican Donors Cash In on 'Alligator Alcatraz' Immigrant Camp
Contractors who reportedly worked on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp have been big donors to Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 01/07/2025
More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists is fighting back.
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The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge
Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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55 reactions · 646 shares | “ALL EYES ON GAZA. Not tomorrow. NOW. It never stopped. It’s only getting worse. A people is being slaughtered, starved, silenced beneath the rubble while the world looks a...
“ALL EYES ON GAZA. Not tomorrow. NOW. It never stopped. It’s only getting worse. A people is being slaughtered, starved, silenced beneath the rubble while the world looks away. Every moment of...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/05/2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.
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RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Say no to the golden handcuffs. This is a multibillion scam that will force Canada further into the military "protection" of the authoritarian regime in Washington. It is about making us a vassal state. We need to put the protection of our interests as top priority for military investments.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Pierre Poilievre lost his seat and yet he refuses to leave the 19 room mansion that comes with a chef and groundskeepers - all paid for by the taxpayer. It is for the leader of the opposition "who is in Parliament." A grifter is going to grift. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ZH...
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Pierre Poilievre's 19 Room Mansion - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Otawa edition)
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
THE piece you need to read on the mega -security risk a Qatar-grifted Air Force One would represent, by @vermontgmg.bsky.social bit.ly/4jSrt3y
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Corruption and a Security Catastrophe in Plane Sight
Of course a foreign government would love to give the US president a plane....
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Made in Canada @madeinca.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Why Buying Canadian Matters In A Tough Economy? Inflation’s real. Budgets are tight. But even small Canadian purchases keep jobs alive, help neighbours thrive, and protect our economy from foreign shocks. Little shifts = long-term resilience. 🇨🇦 #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
ICYMI at @americasvoice.bsky.social: “We are the farmworkers, the construction workers, the custodians, the restaurant workers, & the factory workers … we are the backbone of this country,” said one farmworker. “W/out our work, many industries would be left empty.” #MayDay #InternationalWorkersDay
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May Day Round-Up: ‘As Immigrants, We Are the Backbone of This Country’
“We are the farmworkers, the construction workers, the custodians, the restaurant workers, and the factory workers," an Oregon farmworker said. "Without our work, many industries would be left empty."
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Fascism is on the move. Trump boasts of "liberation" by trying to destroy the global economy. Today Canada and the Netherlands ponder what true liberation means. We need to remember the huge cost paid to free people from gangster regimes. Here is my latest: charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-true-lib...
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A True "Liberation Day"
"Those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it."
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Made in Canada @madeinca.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Do you check the label before buying? Here’s a quick tip: 🇨🇦 “Product of Canada” means 98% of ingredients and production are local. 🇨🇦 “Made in Canada” means at least 51% of the production costs are Canadian. Choose wisely. Support truly Canadian. #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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Israeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian boy near Jenin
In 2024, Israeli forces and settlers killed at least 93 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by DCIP.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If even Switzerland is cracking down on the right to protest… where are we heading? 🙈🇨🇭 ➡️ Many governments love to lecture Trump, but behind closed doors, they are shrinking freedoms too. Stay alert — this is an ugly trend! ⚠️⚖️ 🔗 www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
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Amnesty criticises Swiss restrictions on right to demonstrate
Amnesty International (AI) is concerned about the erosion of the freedom to demonstrate in Switzerland.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🗓️ 28 April 2025 📍The Hague, Netherlands "Starvation is starvation is starvation." 💔🕊️
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starcan.bsky.social @starcan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Dropped in on dim sum today in Markham. The best part of this campaign has been meeting Canadians in their communities — and hearing how excited they are about our future. #CanadaStrong
Mark Carney shakes hands with a man at a restaurant in Markham, Ontario.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
We don't need anger. We need to build. #CanadaStrong
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Calgary Crowfoot, Pat Kelly has been your ineffectual MP for 10 years and 3 terms. Time to vote for change and a voice that works for you, instead of working for Pierre Poilievre, in the House of Commons. Vote Shahnaz Munir! Vote Liberal! Vote Mark Carney for Canada.
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Made in Canada @madeinca.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
In a world full of uncertainty, one thing is still in our control — how we choose to support each other. Buying Canadian isn’t just about where something’s made. It’s about creating a safer, more stable future right here at home. 🇨🇦 🌐 madeinca.ca #BuyCanadian #SupportLocal #MadeInCanada
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starcan.bsky.social @starcan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i... Cmon CBC this deserves more attention than having to scroll down through 10 stories. These lives matter!
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Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in Gaza City school that houses displaced families, local officials say | CBC News
An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza killed at least 23 people, while another hit a children's hospital, local health officials said.
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starcan.bsky.social @starcan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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42K views · 2.2K reactions | In an economic crisis, Canadians need support and a plan. Pierre Poilievre is offering neither. | By Liberal | Facebook
In an economic crisis, Canadians need support and a plan. Pierre Poilievre is offering neither.
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Occupy Calgary 🇨🇦 @calgaryoccupy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
~ATTENTION Calgary Skyview! #VoteLiberal WARNING: ACTIVE VOTE SPLIT!!
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ACTIVE VOTE SPLIT!!

LPC 46%
CPC 46%
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
In times of crisis, you have to prepare for the worst, and have a strong plan. I know this — I’ve spent my life managing crises. #DebatDesChefs
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NPR @npr.org · 16/04/2025
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16/04/2025
At least two protesters were tased by police officers at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall in Acworth, Georgia, on Tuesday. Several others were removed from the room for interrupting the congresswoman.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Turns Chaotic as Protesters Get Tased
Protesters interrupted a town hall held by Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday, with law enforcement tasing multiple demonstrators.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
No biggie. This man is temporarily in charge of, and Trump wants to put him permanently in charge of, one of the two United States Attorney’s offices that handle the most national-security matters. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
He’s going to be fired because he outed the fact that Musk arranged with Hegseth to get a top secret briefing at the Pentagon. Trump and his Chief of Staff didn’t even know about it. As usual, in Trump World, the person who does the right thing is the one who is punished.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/04/2025
Tariffs are taxes on consumers. His tariffs are contributing to higher prices, not lower ones.
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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"Space used to be a frontier for human exploration, a fount of innovation, and a symbol of a bright, uncertain and expansive future. Now it is a background for the Instagram selfies of the rich and narcissistic." No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes
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The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan
The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Obeying in advance, as they call it.
THERE WILL BE MORE CUTS IF WE DONT BAN BOOKS ABOUT HARRIET TUBMAN, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, AND THE ENOLA GAY!...

VIRGINIA LIBRARIES
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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starcan.bsky.social @starcan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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Je t'aime, Canada! Love, Saratoga Springs, NY
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starcan.bsky.social @starcan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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SIGN UP: Stop the Shutdown of the CBC
The CBC is Canada’s voice. Now, the Conservative Party wants to shut it down while billionaires and hedge funds tighten their grip on our media. With U.S. interests shaping what we see and hear, we mu...
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starcan.bsky.social @starcan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Rose Zacharias is trending up folks! Please, let’s upset Shipley! Met her yesterday and she’s a great candidate! Look at what Poilievre has voted against and you’ll see his actions DO NOT match what he’s saying on the campaign trail
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens. The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago. Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
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