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Virgil Hawkins @crymsondawn.bsky.social · 16m

This is why my most sincerest held conspiracy is that she wasn't the primary writer for the phenomenally written All Too Well

Virgil Hawkins @crymsondawn.bsky.social · 35m

The apology that is owed to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib needs to be massive.

As much as Christian extremism drives much of the Zionism in the US, the money plays such a crucial part in why these idiots are willing to lick Israeli boots

Virgil Hawkins @crymsondawn.bsky.social · 1h

It's also insanity that we're expected to believe that fleeing somehow makes the Nakba okay.

Even if this lie that Palestinians willingly left at the behest of Arabs was true, is any other group who flees war viewed negatively that
A) They fled for their lives
B) Their allies came to their aid

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1h

There is something appropriate about him recommending a man who is ostensibly very patriotic and loves America more than anyplace else but then also made the same patriotic song for Canada because he could make additional money if he said he loved Canada and that Canada is the best

Other notable versions
Canadian version
In 1989, Greenwood released a Canadian version of this song called "God Bless You, Canada".

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3h

if your perspective is being challenged by the rantings and ravings of bari weiss then you might just be fucking stupid i’m sorry you had to find out this way

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 3h

There are too many rich white people who've had no challenges in life working in media...is a thought I had when one of them was saying recently they appreciate how Bari Weiss challenges their perspective. Babe, most folks don't need that, it doesn't make you open-minded and intellectually curious.

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Virgil Hawkins @crymsondawn.bsky.social · 1h

Of course he does, Israeli enabling like this is a requirement for the job with Goldberg as the EIC

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 12h

The same day that Frum submitted his pitch to the Atlantic to profile the Israeli ambassador, Frum also was forced to publicly apologize to the New York Times and Reuters for falsely accusing a Palestinian photographer of faking a series of photographs of bereaved Palestinians in Gaza.

7/30/2014

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tranna karenina @einegeniesserin.bsky.social · 10h

one day you guys may learn to stop swooning over neocons bc they said mean things about trump

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 7h

Frum was helping Israeli officials write speeches “during an Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip that killed over 2,200 Palestinians, including over 551 children, and wounded over 11,000.”

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Your Friend Michael @michaelpg.bsky.social · 5h

EIC and former IDF prison guard Jeffrey Goldberg couldn't be reached for comment

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Hyperbolic Pair of Pants @corinnethespin.bsky.social · 2h

*sigh* It's always the ones you most suspect

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 1h

*clears throat* david frum is the stephen miller of bill kristols

but I guess I kinda understand why one of the worst men in America might wanna go to bat for terrible people

David Frum boosting grotesquely racist nutjob Thomas Wictor's lies about Gazans faking their suffering

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1h

I read somewhere recently that what the rich really want is slavery and it's hard not to read this article through that lens

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1h

“Stripped for Parts”: Secretive Hedge Fund Accused of Plundering U.S. Newspapers

“Stripped for Parts”: Film Explores How Hedge Fund Plundered U.S. Newspapers

The new documentary Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink looks at how hedge funds have gutted newsrooms across the country. The hedge fund strategy of “distressed asset investing” invo...

www.democracynow.org

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 4h

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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Virgil Hawkins @crymsondawn.bsky.social · 2h

Up there with that insane "God hates Jews" take from the dildo pushing rabbi

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

Your Bubbe and Zayde are now Hamas

Blame the grandparents: Why young Jews align with antisemites - opinion
Parents and grandparents denied their offspring the necessary tools that would make being a proud Jew a priority in their lives.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2h

A survey by the Hebrew University’s Chord Center found that 87% of ruling coalition supporters believe there are “no innocents” in Gaza. On international media coverage, 69% of respondents said CNN and the BBC are biased in favor of Palestinians, with 50% perceiving Fox News, the bastion of the...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2h

After human rights attorney Noura Erakat testified at the UN Security Council on the legal arguments for why Israel’s war in Gaza constitutes genocide, U.S. envoy Dorothy Shea responded by labeling it “false” and “antisemitic.” Erakat told Drop Site that while Palestinians have long described...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 17h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 4h

🇨🇴🇲🇽🇨🇱 #WATCH | Solidarity marches were held in Colombia, Mexico, and Chile to mark the second anniversary of the Israeli genocide in Gaza

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