New: The push for a Council resolution urging a ceasefire in Gaza is roiling the Wilson Building. Activists and even Council staffers are demanding action. Some CMs want to move forward, but staunch opposition from Nadeau/Mendelson has made this ugly: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/741859…

The wife of Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, has a family background with India’s Hindu nationalist paramilitary, the RSS. Last week, Vance appeared alongside RSS speakers at a nationalist conference in DC. wionews.com/world/usha-van…

“My son cried all night from hunger. His temperature rose and he started having convulsions. He passed away four days later," said the mother of 3-month-old Anwar. We spoke to 7 Palestinian families whose children have starved to death in Gaza: dci-palestine.org/_my_son_cried_…

When you listen to the enthusiastic applause, never forget that Congress knows exactly what Netanyahu is doing. They aren't uneducated. They know about the death camps. They know about the exterminated families. They know the gruesome details. They just don't care.

Gaza protesters have removed the American flags from Union Station, lit then on fire with a Netanyahu effigy and replaced them with Palestine flags.

Bombs dropped over a sunny sky as a child plays football — the powerful reference on the shirt worn by Palestine’s flag-bearer Waseem Abu Sal at the Olympics Opening Ceremony 🇵🇸

This is an American genocide, as much as it is an Israeli one.

This man got four days with his new babies. Four days to focus on something other than the horror all around him. Four days of joy, before his entire world was destroyed. Please explain to me why Asir and Aysel had to die. Where in their makeshift nursery was Hamas hiding?

The Olympics aren’t over as the Paralympics now begin. So literally during the Olympics, Israel arrested the head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee. No comment from the IOC. What in the ever living f****.

A secretive prison program once used almost exclusively to detain people with purported ties to terrorism has expanded by ~80% in 15 years. Formerly incarcerated people say the units are increasingly being used to punish dissent. Story with The Nation. theappeal.org/little-guantan…

Nearly $1 Trillion. US spending on war & militarism is now the highest it’s been at any point since World War Two. Let us invest in the life-affirming, life-sustaining resources our communities need.

Sadly, California's Prop 36 passed. It will slash MILLIONS from reentry & prevention services while growing the state's prison population by 35% over 5 years for theft & drug charges. Here's what advocates need to know 👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/10/1…

The The New York Times has decided the torture, rape and murder of Palestinian surgeon Adnan al-Bursh is not newsworthy. Its been over a week since this story broke, and the "paper of record" has refused to cover it.

Elmo wants to give a big hug to all the postal workers out there! Thank you for delivering gifts, cards, and holiday cheer to so many people! Elmo loves you. 🎁✉️❤️

Fox News's Jesse Watters criticizes Doug Emhoff for going grocery shopping with Kamala Harris: “What kind of husband goes grocery shopping with his wife?”

they are going to be shocked to hear that there are some husbands that go grocery shopping without their wives, because their wives do not cook.

Palestine AND Sudan. Dope to see.