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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4h

Once again, The Onion nails it

Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 6h

I spoke with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social of Background Briefing about the agreement to, hopefully, end the genocide in #Gaza.

Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 6h

We are joined by @mjplitnick.bsky.social to discuss the first phase of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas underway with a Palestinian prisoner release and the release of 20 Israeli hostages scheduled for Monday when Trump will apparently present for their return. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

The Peace Deal Underway With Trump In Israel on Monday to Greet the Hostages

Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 8h

In the video linked below, I broke down why Trump's 20 Point Plan is just a way to further institute subjugation of the #Palestinians of #Gaza.
But it does have the potential to end the genocide. It is what Biden could have done, but refused to, and what Harris also said she would refuse to do.

Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

Under the problematic Trump plan (which is reviewed at: youtu.be/PJAF74Mtd0I), Hamas is releasing ~20 living hostages and, once located, ~28 remains of hostages who were killed in captivity.
Israel is releasing ~250 prisoners and ~1700 hostages they kidnapped and the world ignored all this time.

Smoke and Mirrors: Trump's "20-Point Peace Plan" Unmasked

YouTube video by Cutting Through with Mitchell Plitnick

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

Drop Site News: "Video shows Palestinian children jumping with joy as a parent chants “Hudna! Hudna! Hudna!” — an Arabic word meaning a long-term truce or ceasefire."

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

Under the problematic Trump plan (which is reviewed at: youtu.be/PJAF74Mtd0I), Hamas is releasing ~20 living hostages and, once located, ~28 remains of hostages who were killed in captivity.
Israel is releasing ~250 prisoners and ~1700 hostages they kidnapped and the world ignored all this time.

Smoke and Mirrors: Trump's "20-Point Peace Plan" Unmasked

YouTube video by Cutting Through with Mitchell Plitnick

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

What must it be like to live in an alternate reality like these guys?

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

The #Gaza genocide in horrific numbers.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

These Horrific Numbers Show the Scale of Israel's Genocide in Gaza Two Years On

The figures speak for themselves.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently the hostage exchange and a slight #Israeli redeployment will mow occur
People are being freed and the killing will slow for a while, so it's very good news. I don't expect much more from a deal so bad for #Palestinians. But I hope

GAZA DEAL REACHED: TRUMP

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GAZA DEAL REACHED: TRUMP

The announcement comes two years after Oct. 7, with 67,000 Palestinians killed.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 1d

#Israel’s barbarity doesn't have to kill you to destroy your life.

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Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon

Pulled from the rubble in Gaza and southern Lebanon, two boys are rebuilding their lives together.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

The latest flotilla has been pirated by #Israel.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

Can someone please explain to the frickin Attorney General of Texas that "undercover" and "infiltration" are generally things you don't announce to the world?
Luckily, these people really are that stupid. Also fortunate that there are no such things as "leftist terror cells."

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

On the grim second anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, the horror of genocide continues unabated and made a better future much harder to envision.

Two Years of Genocide: Remembering October 7

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Two Years of Genocide: Remembering October 7

YouTube video by Cutting Through with Mitchell Plitnick

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

From Issa Amro: After the army raided my house, it’s now the settlers’ turn. Israeli settlers are throwing stones at my home and have tried to break in. There is no protection at all. I called the Israeli police , they can’t come was the answer..."

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

@vanjones68.bsky.social offered a half-hearted and insincere apology for his dehumanization of #Palestinians, but stood by his insane conspiracy theory about #Iran and #Qatar fabricating elements of the #Gaza genocide

Van Jones’ Multi-Layered Racism
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Van Jones’ Multi-Layered Racism

Jones offered a half-hearted and insincere apology for his dehumanization of Palestinians, but stood by his insane conspiracy theory about Iran and Qatar fabricating elements of the Gaza genocide

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

Bad Bunny is an American citizen and a Catholic.

So why do all these right wingers hate Americans and Christians?

Asking for a friend....

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 2d

A fascinating and important piece from an Italian news source.

The Israeli government is buying Google ads to discredit the Flotilla and Greta Thunberg: Fanpage.it investigates.

www.fanpage.it/innovazione/...

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is giving the rest of the world every reason to build a united front against the US. Indeed, he is making it mandatory.
Remember when the MAGAts were claiming that he was the anti-war candidate? Democrats may be quite trigger happy themselves, but they don't act quite this crazy.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 3d

If you thought you couldn't trust the mainstream media before, well, it's just a whole new, fictional world now. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News under Free Press-Paramount deal

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. This is positively Trumpian. And this is from the Labour Home Secretary.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4d

#Israel has not stopped its bombing and slaughter of #Palestinian children and other civilians.
On top of this being a continuing genocide, it is also making it almost impossible for Hamas to gather the remaining hostages, living or dead. Israel seems to determined to increase the latter total.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 4d

A months-old baby and 17 others were killed, and 40 injured, in a massacre in Gaza City today.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 4d

A months-old baby and 17 others were killed, and 40 injured, in a massacre in Gaza City today.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4d

No mention of who is killing, bombing, shooting, and starving these babies, using American tax dollars and political cover by people just like Van Jones to do it.
And no apology for his laughable accusation that the genocide has been staged by Iran and Qatar.
Van is supremely ignorant and racist.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4d

#Israel officially denies mistreating #GretaThunberg and other #GlobalSumudFlotilla activists. But Itamar Ben Gvir is more open to anyone who is familiar with the treatment Israel gives detained #Palestinians.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's stupidity on display. After all this time, he still doesn't get that the genocide was the point for Netanyahu, not the hostages. This is a huge defeat for him.

Trump said to tell PM in tense phone call: 'You're always so f*ing negative. This is a win.'

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Trump said to tell PM in tense phone call after Hamas responded to Gaza deal: ‘You’re always so f*ing negative. This is a win.’

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 4d

Aside from the bankruptcy of US policy toward Cuba, the hypocrisy of this coming from a country that has been a full partner in genocide for two years is incredible.

Exclusive: Citing Cuban fighters in Ukraine, US urges allies to shun Havana at UN - www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Exclusive: Citing Cuban fighters in Ukraine, US urges allies to shun Havana at UN

President Donald Trump's administration is mobilizing U.S. diplomats to lobby against a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, in part by sharing details of Cuba’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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