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Heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail is expected across Palestine, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department.
‘Year starts with despair' in Gaza as Israel's ban on aid groups kicks in
Heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail is expected across Palestine, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department.
www.aljazeera.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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The Trump administration is seeking to overhaul the country’s immigrant detention system in a plan that includes renovating industrial warehouses to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees at a time, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
wapo.st
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
Gaza patients facing death as Israel continues to block medical supplies
More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
www.aljazeera.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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For an excellent study of medicalizing euphemisms please see Golfo Alexopolous’s history of the Gulag, entitled "Illness and Inhumanity."
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Trump administration reversed a Biden-era ban on antipersonnel land mines except on the Korean Peninsula.

The memo, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, says the reversal would give the U.S. military a “force multiplier” against enemies.
Hegseth reverses land mine policy to allow use of controversial weapon
The Trump administration will reverse a Biden-era policy that prohibits the use of antipersonnel land mines, according to a Dec. 2 document reviewed by The Post.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to deport people to countries where they have no connections. Last month, U.S. lawyers filed almost 5,000 motions to dismiss asylum cases and force applicants to seek protection elsewhere.
Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries
In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere.
nyti.ms
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Planning to visit the US? Take it from this American citizen – don’t | Eleanor Limprecht
Planning to visit the US? Take it from this American citizen – don’t | Eleanor Limprecht
I love many things about the land of my birth but Donald Trump’s America has become an unwelcoming country of deep divisions and waning trust
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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ProPublica found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.

Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
propub.li
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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“Without swift action to get services back on track, UNAIDS has predicted there will be 3.3 million more new HIV infections by 2030 than expected.” 💔😡

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Disobeying illegal orders cannot be sedition. The Uniform Code of Military Justice, article 92, requires service members to follow LAWFUL orders. If an order is illegal, they have a duty to DISOBEY. Obeying an illegal order can result in criminal liability.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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CDC Website has been hacked!
Just kidding (sadly 😩)

Call Senator Bill Cassidy (202- 224-5824) and tell him to DO something! As the man (and MD!) who was the deciding vote in confirming the 🧠 🪱 that is destroying public health, he is also culpable!
C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Thou shalt not call your political opponents “violent” when YOU are the one openly threatening to execute your political opponents.
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
The home secretary’s idea makes her sound so much like a cartoon villain that I initially assumed it couldn’t be true, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Grabbing the wedding ring off a man’s finger or stealing a woman’s jewellery will not pay for immigration accommodation.

Are we really going to let the UK government, the Labour Party, enshrine theft into law? Is that who we are?

If you want refugees to pay for things, give them the right to work.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Despite this apparent victory for the paramilitary group, the besieged city of el-Fasher's status has not changed.
Battle for Sudan’s el-Fasher intensifies as RSF claims seizing army HQ
Despite this apparent victory for the paramilitary group, the besieged city of el-Fasher's status has not changed.
bit.ly
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?
UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?
The move to shut the agency comes as aid budgets are being slashed, leading to fears that global progress on HIV may be reversed
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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#Haiti: No one should fear being shot while walking to school, shopping for groceries, or seeking care in a hospital.

In Port-au-Prince, violence is escalating. Armed clashes are sending more civilians to our hospitals with devastating injuries.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/haiti-health...
October 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.
October 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A drug that provides near-perfect protection against HIV with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the epidemic.
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began.
nyti.ms
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This displaced and starving Palestinian woman sheltering at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital says she hasn’t eaten in five days, as Israel continues its suffocating blockade on Gaza.
July 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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They’ve fallen in love, bought houses, raised kids and have been working legally in the U.S. since 1999.

Now, more than 50,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans stand to abruptly lose their legal status as the Trump administration seeks to end their protections.
Here legally since 1999, thousands of immigrants have 60 days to leave
In September, the Department of Homeland Security will end temporary protections for more than 50,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans who have lived legally in the U.S. for decades.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Cristosal has relied on U.S. funding to document detainee abuse, investigate corruption and advocate for critics targeted by the Salvadoran government. Trump cut their funding; now the rights organization is fleeing the country

@teoarmus.bsky.social reports

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Its U.S. funding cut, rights group flees Bukele’s El Salvador
Cristosal, wary of newly restrictive laws and the arrest of one of its staffers, follows dozens of journalists, lawyers and rights advocates into exile.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries will not accept them.
US deports immigrants to African country of Eswatini amid rights concerns
The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries will not accept them.
bit.ly
July 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM