Today is #YomHashoah —Holocaust Remembrance Day. My grandfather Simon Ryger escaped Auschwitz during a death march in 1945. May his memory and the memory of the 6 million other Jews never be forgotten.

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Wreaths were laid in memory of the Six Million this morning in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem

Israel’s @haaretz newspaper condemns Netanyahu government’s moves to shut down Al-Jazeera. Netanyahu’s assault on press freedom is profoundly dangerous and Israeli journalists know it’s unlikely to stop with ⁦Al Jazeera World⁩

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Randi Weingarten on GOP “antisemitism” hearings: “Call out antisemitism everywhere — yes. Start with your own party, including Marjorie Taylor Greene. And the most Jewish thing I know to do on this Yom HaShoah is to call out the McCarthy-like hypocrisy.”
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#PressFreedom is essential for developing a sound critical sense and for learning to distinguish truth from falsehood. It helps us work for justice, peace, and respect for Creation while shunning ideologies. #WPFD

Double the Jayapals, double the good trouble. 😉 👯‍♀️

For the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

Let that sink in.

Wealth tax. Now.

An accurate, timely and needed thread from Rachel Hale.

A few thoughts of my own🧵

Rural Democrats are organizing much more energetically this year than national pundits recognize. This is the crowd at tonight’s Jefferson County Wisconsin Dem Party dinner. Trump won big here in 2016 and won more narrowly in 2020. Could Biden win it in 2024? These Ds say “Yes!”

The 70 House Dems who opposed the measure included Illinois Rep Jan Schakowsky, who said the new legislation “does absolutely nothing to counter antisemitism and is another Republican attempt to pit the Jewish community and Democrats against each other.”
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Antisemitism, as Albert Einstein warned almost 90 years ago, is 'an omnipresent enemy.' It must be confronted with seriousness and moral clarity, not with dim-witted assaults on the First Amendment like Speaker Mike Johnson’s Antisemitism Awareness Act.
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.Francesca Hong 홍윤정 on yesterday's antisemitic chalking at the Dane County Farmer's Market⬇️

Antisemitism, as Albert Einstein warned almost 90 years ago, is 'an omnipresent enemy.' It must be confronted with seriousness and moral clarity, not with dim-witted assaults on the First Amendment like Speaker Mike Johnson’s Antisemitism Awareness Act.
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With Speaker Johnson blaming overseas forces and George Soros for poisoning the minds of young Americans, we speak with John Nichols about his article at The Nation, “The House Antisemitism Bill Is an Amalgam of ‘Pointless Gestures and Posturing.’” on.soundcloud.com/EYDwMn87CdQZke…

Cutting just 10% of the Pentagon budget could provide nearly 230 million households with solar electricity per year.

Donald Trump is a sad wreck of a man who would be of no consequence in US politics, were it not for the fact that Republicans defer to him — even on fundamental constitutional questions. Ultimately, congressional Rs are far more dangerous than Trump.

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🚨Tel Aviv now

Thousands are streaming in to call for ceasefire deal, hostage exchange, and calling on the government to quit.

A crucial evening as deal is on the table.

The movement for peace and justice for the people of Gaza has spread to college campuses nationwide. Here is the iconic “Class of 1895” rock on Lawrence University’s great lawn in Appleton, WI—painted with the colors of the Palestinian flag and with the message “Free Palestine.”