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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10d

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED:

I just unlocked a new level of rage.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

'I want his name to be known': Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out

Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

www.npr.org

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Oh no, Iran has an economy and is engaging in trade! What will they do next!?

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · Aug 6

JUST IN: IRANIAN sleeper cell EXPOSED

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 6

Sixteen media groups, including Al Jazeera and CPJ, are calling for an end to Israel’s “forced starvation” and targeting of journalists in Gaza, saying they’re being starved deliberately.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u3ht4q

Israeli blockade on fuel endangering 100 premature babies in Gaza, UN warns

Five more Palestinians starve to death in Gaza, raising the total number of hunger-related deaths to 193.

aje.io

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Oh no, Iran has an economy and is engaging in trade! What will they do next!?

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Cuomo:
"I am the only candidate that can stand up to Trump!"

Also Cuomo:
"Please Mr. President, protect us from this socialist! 🙏🙏🙏"

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

$And in a previously undisclosed call in recent weeks, Mr. Trump spoke about the race directly with Mr. Cuomo, an old associate and foil, according to three people briefed on the call, who were not authorized to discuss it. The possibility that Mr. Trump would somehow involve himself in New York politics could inject a new element of unpredictability into an already fractious contest. It remains far from certain how or if Mr. Trump will ultimately make his presence felt. And in recent weeks, some Republicans close to the administration have indicated that the president might simply sit it out. But donors and allies of Mr. Adams and Mr. Cuomo have pined for weeks for the president to intervene, arguing that Mr. Trump, a lifelong New Yorker with strong views about how the city should be run, could play a role in consolidating the fractured anti-Mamdani vote behind a single opponent. This group strongly opposes Mr. Mamdani, a democratic socialist who outflanked Mr. Cuomo in the primary with a message about freezing rents and raising taxes on the rich.$

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Sunjeev Bery @sunjeevbery.bsky.social · Jul 31

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum says that “genocide prevention” is a key part of its mission.

But they are silent on Israel's #genocide in #Gaza.

Museum executives have received 60K emails urging @ushmm.bsky.social to end its silence.

Click here to send yours:

actionnetwork.org/letters/ushm...

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jul 26

There's an updated report!

www.rand.org/pubs/comment...

China Is Burning All Its Bridges with Israel

Over the last three decades, China and Israel developed close economic, technological, security, and diplomatic ties. Beijing's surprising response to Hamas' attacks and to Israel's reprisal campaign ...

www.rand.org

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jul 23

New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The health toll of economic sanctions

Financing for global health is the main topic of discussion in 2025, especially since the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville earlier this month. This issue contain...

www.thelancet.com

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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · Jul 19

In the past month NYT has published 32 articles that mention Mamdani and “globalize the intifada", 13 that mention Israel's fake "aid" agency that's killed 800+, 5 on Israel's starvation campaign and two that mention, in passing, child amputees in Gaza. I argue this is makes no sense and is depraved

Child Amputees, Aid Massacres, Mass Starvation—the Israeli War Crimes NYT Covers Less than Mamdani and 'Globalize the Intifada'

Theoretical, third order, speculative violence must be condemned while actual, real world mass violence, that actually exists in reality, is seen as normal and unworthy of sustained coverage.

www.columnblog.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Jul 10

You know that post btw a car’s windshield and side window? It’s called an A-pillar – and it’s becoming a problem.

A-pillars are expanding, enlarging driver blind zones and concealing pedestrians at crosswalks.

Blame car bloat, as well as ill-conceived federal rules.

Me, in Bloomberg 🧵

Why Did Cars Get So Hard to See Out Of?

If it seems like forward visibility has gotten worse, you’re right: Since the 1990s, cars and trucks have grown bigger A-pillars that can create dangerous blind spots.

www.bloomberg.com

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jul 9

What if having an advantage...was actually a disadvantage???

China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths
Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years.

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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · Jul 4

“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jul 1

Is the New York Times seriously trying to frame this rent hike as Mamdani's fault, when it's ultimately a decision made by the current mayor?

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jun 28

This is exactly how a strongman government aspires to function—instead of rules, everything is a favor to be requested from the boss.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid

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www.haaretz.com

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jun 25

"Anti-semitism" now occupies the same place in American politics that "anti-American" did in the aftermath of 9/11: a thought-terminating attack that doesn't require any factual basis.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...

Opinion | The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism

www.nytimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 25

he's right and he's right to say it

screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jun 24

People used to laugh at the Chinese car industry. Not many people laugh at it anymore. www.techspot.com/news/108414-...

China's first gaming GPU, the Lisuan G100, performs like a 13-year-old Nvidia GTX 660 Ti

The listing also appears to reveal shockingly anemic specifications, including just 32 Compute Units, 256 MB of VRAM, and a 300 MHz GPU clock. Overall, the card...

www.techspot.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jun 24

The US attack on Iran was unprovoked and illegal, done in cooperation with a regime that is currently perpetrating a genocide, whose leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court. That is the world we are in.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Jun 22

So... what are the Dems going to do now that Trump says we have bombed Iran?

How Democratic Party Leaders Quietly Support Trump's March to War With Iran

Some Democrats are fighting to stop Trump's Iran war, but leaders like Chuck Schumer are quietly acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jun 22

These criminal attacks on Iran and the Iranian people cannot be justified under any circumstance.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · Jun 21

The New York mayoral election discourse is trying to make my brain believe Denver’s free 16th street bus is actually a Hitler plot

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · Jun 20

Leading economists argue that Zohran Mamdani's mayoral platform is a bold yet practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most urgent challenges—above all, the cost of living.

Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform is a practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most pressing problems.

www.thenation.com

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Kevin Cashman @cashman.bsky.social · Jun 19

"[GDP by purchasing power parity] shows Iran’s GDP rose 61.8 percent over this 12-year period. That would come to a 4.1 percent annual rate..."

Iran's economy is relatively strong, particularly given the sustained pressure and illegal sanctions imposed on it!

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · Jun 19

New York Times lies in a very big way about Iran's economy. It is not collapsing, contrary to what the paper tells you substack.com/home/post/p-...

New York Times Lies About Iran Bigly

The NYT gave us an analysis piece on Iran by Roger Cohen, a longtime reported who covered Iran for the paper more than a decade ago.

substack.com

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