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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 6d

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 2d

Release the 10,000 Palestinian hostages

Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 3d

IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Who treats the hostages they are releasing like this?

War Criminal Israel.

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

This.... a fricking Wicked Trickster of the worst kind

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5d

Trump can't guarantee Israel won't bomb Gaza after release of hostages.

"First thing we’re doing is getting our hostages back..... After that, we’ll see."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

NEWS: Seven hostages have just been received by the International Red Cross from Hamas in the Gaza Strip, all walking upright on their own

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

TEL AVIV — HOSTAGES SQUARE

WITKOFF: “To Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…”

CROWD: “BOOOOOO!!!!”

WITKOFF: *tries again*

CROWD: *EVEN LOUDER BOOS (as Kushner holds back laughter)*

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

First it was Los Angeles. Then, Washington, DC. Then, Memphis. Now, Portland, Oregon, is in President Donald Trump’s sights—just the latest Democratic city facing increased militarization.

But the picture that Trump paints of a “war-ravaged” city literally just doesn't exist.

The “war-ravaged” Portland only exists in Trump’s head.

My video report paints a very Portland scene of defiance—and dance.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 2d

More Americans are biting their tongues, not because they don’t care, but because they’re afraid to speak.

From DEI to the war in Gaza, people are more afraid to speak their minds now than during the Red Scare, according to a political scientist who has been conducting surveys.

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Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues

Nearly half of Americans say they feel less free to speak their minds.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

Watching all these developments unfolding from over the pond, just devastating imagining how many people, how many families, how many children, are and are going to be affected 💔 😢 😔

NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 2d

John Oliver sounded the alarm this week on how secret donations to presidential libraries provide cover for bribery. We couldn’t agree more.

It’s time to close the library loophole — and you can help.

Read this story and much more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.

John Oliver rips presidential library loophole

Plus: There shouldn’t be secret law. Pam Bondi didn’t get the memo

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

Devastating, another Palestinian life, another journalist.
Saleh was killed under the protective and possible directive wings of i zhrahell, by a gang

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

Trump says.... this that and more .... it's extremely doubted that zhrahell will adhere to the Ceasefire at all, and for the 20 steps plan will safeguard a free Palestine

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Families in Palestine and Israel await the return of their loved ones as the Israeli-Hamas truce continues to hold.

Israel, Hamas set to free captives, prisoners; Trump says Gaza war is over

Families in Palestine and Israel await the return of their loved ones as the Israeli-Hamas truce continues to hold.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Palestinians returning to northern Gaza say they have no means to rebuild amid what they describe as indescribable destruction by Israeli forces, as limited aid trickles in but remains scarce, according to officials.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/n5k3lj

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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · 2d

FREE PALESTINE!

Very well attended action yesterday in Central London. A number of groups such as the Red Rebels supported the action.

THIS IS THE TIME TO BE BRAVE. IT'S THE TIME TO BE A REBEL.

💚 Please like, follow and share on your social media channels to amplify the actions!

✊ Join us!

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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · 2d

FREE PALESTINE!

Very well attended action yesterday in Central London. A number of groups supported the action.

THIS IS THE TIME TO BE BRAVE. IT'S THE TIME TO BE A REBEL.

💚 Please like, follow and share on your social media channels to amplify the actions!

✊ Join us on the streets.

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

... a Ceasefire is the bare minimum. We want a genuinely decolonised Palestine where all Palestinian diaspora have the right to return

We want a real end to the colonisation

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

They are so wicked

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Israeli media: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya to be freed only if release quota falls short - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-media-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-be-freed-only-if-release-quota-falls

Israeli media: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya to be freed only if release quota falls short

<article data-history-node-id="430070" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-media-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-be-freed-only-if-release-quota-falls" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-media-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-be-freed-only-if-release-quota-falls" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli media: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya to be freed only if release quota falls short</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli media on Monday morning reported that the list of Palestinian prisoners approved by the government includes Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, who will be released only "if the number of those released is not completed". </p> <p>However, Israeli officials made changes to the list of Palestinian prisoners set to be released, with 1,718 Palestinian prisoners to be freed now, instead of the previously agreed-upon 1,722.</p> <p>Al Jazeera quoted Hamas as saying that Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat are off the list of prisoners to be released.</p> <p>Israeli media have also reported that "the government has approved the creation of a reserve list of five prisoners from Gaza, who will be released if changes are made."</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Hamas begins releasing Israeli captives as part of Gaza ceasefire deal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-begins-releasing-israeli-captives-part-gaza-ceasefire-deal

Hamas begins releasing Israeli captives as part of Gaza ceasefire deal

Palestinian movement set to free 20 living captives in exchange for some 2,000 prisoners held in Israeli jails

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 2d

Mera deleted the Instagram Account of Sakeh Aljafaraw the same day he was murdered 😢

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 3d

Evening recap - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/evening-recap-544

Evening recap

<article data-history-node-id="430021" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/evening-recap-544" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/evening-recap-544" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Evening recap</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Our live blog is now closed until tomorrow morning.</p> <p>Here are the day's key developments:</p> <ul> <li> <p>More than 500,000 people have returned to Gaza City after a ceasefire was declared in the enclave, Gaza's civil defence agency said.</p> </li> <li> <p>Gaza health ministry said that 17,000 patients need to travel immediately outside the Gaza Strip for medical purposes. </p> </li> <li> <p>US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said he visited Gaza “to verify Israel’s compliance with Phase I of the [Gaza ceasefire] agreement”.</p> </li> <li> <p>Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump will chair an international summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, attended by "leaders from more than 20 countries."  </p> </li> <li> <p>Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said the group is working with “various friendly countries and parties” to ensure the entry of aid and relief into Gaza.</p> </li> <li> <p>Head of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza said that an estimated 1.5 million residents of the enclave have lost their homes.</p> </li> <li> <p>United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said that it is ready to rehabilitate Gaza's health, water, and education systems. </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article>

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Bargdaffy @bargdaffy.bsky.social · 3d

Do they even understand they are describing themselves? #CorporateDuopoly #DumbLiberals
"A part of The Bourgeoisie is desirous of redressing social grievances in order to secure the continued existence of Bourgeois Society" ~Karl Marx
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Chris Hedges: How Fascism Came

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