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Following Friday’s purge of the State Department, we speak with Cynthia Schneider about the slashing of soft power while Trump adds a trillion dollars to a nuclear buildup to fight a war that cannot be won and can only be prevented by diplomacy. on.soundcloud.com/Dg2GvCLv0rUQbW…

Families survive on one poor-quality meal per day — if that. Markets are empty, prices have skyrocketed, and people are now scavenging in garbage to feed their children. Aid cannot operate in chaos. Access means more than entry — it means safe, reliable, principled delivery.

“The Pope should go to Gaza and bring aid in. He should dare the Israelis to block him. Words, no matter how heartfelt, will not save a single starving child” Pressure is growing on Pope Leo not only to speak more forcefully, but also to take action pulse.ly/qgtuzxhfhy

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Columbia will learn the hard way that you never pay the mafia once. Eventually, Trump will demand more & Columbia will pay more, because this was never about the real problem of antisemitism - it's about the state claiming power over independent institutions.

Exactly right. "Biden's team made the same mistake Witkoff is making now: trusting Netanyahu to negotiate in good faith, and believing he cares about the fate of the hostages."

My brother, Mohamed Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, the national intellectual and renowned diplomat, and his fellow prisoners of conscience only resorted to a hunger strike after all other options had been exhausted and the violations of their rights had gone beyond the limits of silence and

4. So far, financial considerations and interests seem to have prevailed over full compliance with int'l law and ethical commitments. May this be the time of real change and full compliance with int'l law and ethical principles. If not Norway, who? If not now, when?

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my

It is appalling how little coverage the shootings at the CDC received. A government agency was attacked with over 180 rounds of gunfire and David Rose, a responding police officer, was killed in the line of duty. Vaccine disinformation and hostility against science have

Tomorrow I will be a tabling a motion to force the government to release the legal advice it has received on Israel's military action in Gaza and breaches of international law. Ministers cannot turn a blind eye to this humanitarian catastrophe any longer.

Thank you Senator van Hollen for speaking up and speaking out. I wish more of your colleagues would follow your excellent example. Where is the USG pressure to stop Israel’s genocide?

National Guard issues update on its deployment in Washington DC Including… : “Guardsmen have cleaned more than 3.2 miles of roadways, collected more than 500 bags of trash, and disposed of three truckloads of plant waste”

"At least nine people, including five children, have been killed in an Israeli strike while fetching water in al-Mawasi, an area of southern Gaza which Israel has designated as a safe zone." trib.al/8zmrQJF

I have been an advocate for reform Harvard University but however one feels about the issues that have been divisive, this is a moment to be proud of the University and of President Alan Garber. Because of Harvard’s actions, the federal judiciary has taken a strong stand against

Israel has launched strikes in six countries over the past 72 hours, targeting Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Qatar, and Yemen aje.io/b94v91

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct”. status.news/p/karen-attiah…

cato.org/blog/political…. According to the Cato Institute, since 1975 right-wing motivated political violence has been five times that of left-wing motivated political violence.

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