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rebelmuso.bsky.social @rebelmuso.bsky.social · 17h

A brilliant book highly recommended!

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 18h

AIPAC must be in crisis mode now…
uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump... Expect some manufactured outrages to follow

Donald Trump and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday

Meeting will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh and include ‘leaders from more than 20 countries’ says Egyptian presidency

uk.news.yahoo.com

Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 18h

"Edmonton Public Schools [assembled] a list of 226 books to remove from shelves and classrooms, including well-known works such as The Handmaid's Tale, The Color Purple, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings…"

Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 18h

Actually it's more about freedom of expression gnerally. "'I tried to do educational things for the community to help them understand how public libraries work, how we have materials in our library for the entire community'…she said." 1/2 www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 18h

ICE in action… again

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 21h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 18h

As I say, I think Israel has miscalculated. The horror will no longer be possible to hide.
www.palestinechronicle.com/full-scale-g...
"Israel dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip and bombed one area more than 150 times - despite claiming it was a “safe humanitarian zone.”

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 18h

Happy to recommend this new book… after all, one of the interviews undertaken by Richard includes my own thoughts on 'paradigms' - or, let me put it another way, on how to see the world in new ways.

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 20h

… ie. who counts the vote is what matters

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 20h

🧵 Thread: "We don't need the votes!" MANY times Trump said he did not need votes in 2024 to win the election. And 'vote counters' are what mattered (with lowest polls in history)

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 20h

Mmm… not rocket science at DoJ. Trump told Fox News that Mangione “shot someone in the back as clear as you’re looking at me”. DoJ Public Affairs head Chad Gilmartin tweeted President is “absolutely right” - ignoring judge’s explicit order that DoJ employees refrain from public comment on the case.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/mZts17M

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, worth recalling of 'Grapes of Wrath', so much now an approved read" . At the time "Politicians called Steinbeck a liar. Churches banned Grapes of Wrath from shelves."

Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · 21h

#TimeBinding #SharedFacts

www.linkedin.com/posts/makeda...

#JohnSteinbeck #GrapesOfWrath #GreatBooks

John Steinbeck once did something few writers would ever dare. He hid in a migrant camp under a fake name — just to see if America would treat him like one of its own. It didn’t. It was 1936, the… | M...

John Steinbeck once did something few writers would ever dare. He hid in a migrant camp under a fake name — just to see if America would treat him like one of its own. It didn’t. It was 1936, the hear...

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 20h

The central strategy of Israel has been to claim that neither Palestine nor Palestinians exist. Media like this know what they are doing…

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 20h

“Normalisation in an abnormal time of prolonged genocide is complicity,” said Ashish Prashar. “As long as they step on our football pitches or appear at Eurovision, we are saying we are OK with occupation, we are OK with apartheid and we are OK with genocide.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/israel-global-boycott“Normalisation

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 2d

"To claim that Palestine Action is a terrorist organisation is plainly absurd. This proscription is a politically motivated action in support of a genocide poisoning Scottish civil society. Entirely peaceful protesters are being arrested and charged as terrorists” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Former British diplomat challenges Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Craig Murray argues proscription order contravenes rights to freedom of speech under European convention of human rights

www.theguardian.com

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 3d

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

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Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 3d

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 2d

Also this series… "Puppet Regime"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4O...

Putin hears he will lose all of Ukraine | PUPPET REGIME

YouTube video by GZERO Media

www.youtube.com

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 2d

"After October 7, Netanyahu saw a golden opportunity to bury the cause of Palestinian statehood [as well as] expand Israel’s military footprint in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and even Qatar. Although this flew in the face of stated U.S. policy goals, Israel faced no real resistance …until now."

Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 2d

“To appease his right flank and ensure his own political survival, Netanyahu might be tempted to resume the war on Hamas once the hostages are freed and obstruct meaningful humanitarian aid once again,” write @joosthiltermann.bsky.social and @natashahall.bsky.social.

The Gaza Deal Is Not Too Big to Fail

How Israel’s military dominance could undermine America’s quest for regional peace.

www.foreignaffairs.com

Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, but at the moment they're like rabbits watching the fox eat them one by one!

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milo @miloprcohen.bsky.social · 3d

Many of the adult animated cartoons in America are left leaning too, like South Park or American Dad. There was an attempt at a right wing one, which was a monumental failure, so it’s not just talk shows

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 2d

Noting www.palestinechronicle.com/will-gaza-su... here's why this poison pill should be swallowed…
www.philosophical-investigations.org/2025/10/bad-...

It’s all about the difference between tactics and strategy. @pscupdates.bsky.social @palestinechronicle.bsky.social

Bad as it is, Trump's deal is a good deal. Here's why

By Martin Cohen W hat should be made of the new plan for Gaza? As the London Times noted of it: “There is no timeline for the exit of Israe...

www.philosophical-investigations.org

Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 2d

It’s all about the difference between tactics and strategy. Yes, it seems to involve Israel and the US annexing Gaza. That’s tactically. But strategically – it is a disaster for Isreal’s longterm aim of wiping Palestine off the face of the earth. www.philosophical-investigations.org/2025/10/bad-...

Bad as it is, Trump's deal is a good deal. Here's why

By Martin Cohen W hat should be made of the new plan for Gaza? As the London Times noted of it: “There is no timeline for the exit of Israe...

www.philosophical-investigations.org

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 3d

Why do political jokes tend to be from the left? But a planned right-wing "Talk Show", ready to replace Colbert, was "snooze-inducing". It serves, however, "as a reminder that the right wing is waging a well-funded war on the media". www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o... @miloprcohen.bsky.social

A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter

Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshow

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 3d

The thing to realise about the very obvious and ENORMOUS sums the far-right in America are making (in plain view) is that they will NEVER allow another political party back in. To do so would be to risk losing all they have stolen.

CREW @citizensforethics.org · 4d

Jared Kushner's participation in foreign policy negotiations raises serious ethical red flags.

His firm has billions in investments from Middle Eastern countries, but as an outside adviser he's not subject to government ethics laws or agreements.

Witkoff and Kushner Set to Join Gaza Talks Soon, Official Says

www.nytimes.com

Martin Cohen @docmartincohen.bsky.social · 3d

Can't quite believe how America embraced this Nazi politics so quickly… but then the veneer of civilisation is very thin everywhere