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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Aug 19

As far as I can tell, the ADL’s position on Zohran Mamdani really is that he needs to meet with “mainstream Jews,” not just leftist Jews, but that any Jew who agrees to meet with Mamdani is proving that they are not a mainstream Jew. Catch-22.

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · Aug 18

It never gets old when it comes out in "print." Did you know that typical Americans now hold more equity in their financial portfolios than 20 years ago, and they slowly decrease equity share as they near retirement? We have all the numbers for estimation!
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Household Portfolios and Retirement Saving over the Life Cycle

Using account-level data on millions of U.S. middle-class investors over 2006 to 2018, we characterize the share of investable wealth that they hold in the stock market over their working lives. Rela...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 10

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Jews being arrested by the same SRO @nypd.bsky.social unit that Andrew Cuomo has promised to increase the funding to, yet proclaims he is the candidate for Jewish safety

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Katie Unger @kungernyc.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thousands of NY Jews demand an end to genocide, an end to mass starvation, and end to occupation.
Never Again.
#JewsSayNoMore
@jfrejnyc.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thirty-one Israeli signatories call for sanctions against their own country until it ends its starvation campaign in Gaza: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The starvation of Gaza is shameful. Crippling sanctions on Israel are needed | Letters

Letter: Thirty-one Israeli signatories express their shame, rage and agony over the plight of Palestinians and call for action from the international community

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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · Jul 29

Last night, a minyan of T'ruah rabbis wearing tallitot and holding sacks of flour and rice blocked 2nd Avenue in New York City, in front of the Israeli consulate. We held signs that said "Food --> Gaza" and posters with images of starving Gazan children. 🧵

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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · Jul 29

This piece is very moving, and reflects how I am feeling about the Israel/Gaza calamity.

Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz

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Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.

Column on the Responsibility of Israelis to Speak Up Against Mass Starvation in Gaza

I generally restrict my comments here to economic issues, but some things are hard to ignore.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Feb 17

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · Apr 1

The timestamp on Booker's skeet for his still-ongoing senate speech is about to click over from "23h" to "1d."

Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Mar 31

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Jul 22

Civilians cannot be targets. Never.

The images from Gaza are unbearable.

The EU reiterates its call for the free, safe and swift flow of humanitarian aid.

And for the full respect of international and humanitarian law.

Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · Jul 22

The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible.

I spoke again with Gideon Sa'ar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points.

All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges.

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 20

I hope this video makes you smile... 😊

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Andy Richter @andyrichter.co · Jul 18

Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jul 15

"I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one."

Omar Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University.

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My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served in the I.D.F. as a soldier and officer and spent most of my career researching and writing on war crimes and the Holocaust, this was a painful conclusion to reach, and one that I resisted as long as I could. But I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.

This is not just my conclusion. A growing number of experts in genocide studies and international law have concluded that Israel’s actions in Gaza can only be defined as genocide.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jun 22

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New Bomb Capable Of Creating 1,500 New Terrorists In Single Blast

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