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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 16h

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 23h

Here’s video of the incident

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 9h

“…the president of the U.S. wants to turn that heavily funded, extramilitary military into a force to be unleashed against the American people, to do war crimes against us. Who authorized and appropriated that funding? Was it Congress? (Spoiler alert: It was.)”

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 11h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 1d

The DFAT reports contain allegations of prison guards kicking and slapping the detainees, using "sleep deprivation" techniques, and confiscating medication. Others said they were not physically abused but "humiliated", with one claiming he was told to "dance like a monkey".

Australians released from Israeli detention after alleged beatings

Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1d

cornell alums sign and share and fight and then some docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Alumni in Support of Cornell’s Independence, Democracy, and Academic Freedom

Please add your name below if you agree to be a signatory of the following message to be delivered to the Cornell Board of Trustees: Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Ongoing attacks on A...

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 6d

The Israeli military kidnapped a prominent Palestinian doctor in Gaza. Months later, Israel has now kidnapped his daughter, a nurse, while she was working in a medical facility in Gaza.
Israel is systematically kidnapping Palestinian healthcare workers.

Israeli forces kidnap Gaza nurse two months after abducting her doctor father

Tasneem al-Hams was working in the so-called 'safe zone' of al-Mawasi when Israeli forces captured

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 6d

“Israel’s military attacks on and around hospitals in Gaza City are leaving sick and injured civilians with nowhere to turn to for lifesaving care, as escalating attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are leading to countless casualties.”

“More Dangerous by the Hour”: A Report From Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

The Israeli army has repeatedly attacked hospitals and health care facilities during its military offensive on Gaza City.

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 6d

According to UNESCO, Israel has damaged over 100 sites of historic, cultural, and religious importance in Gaza City alone.

As Israel commits genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, it is also destroying Gaza’s rich centuries-old history.

The destruction of Gaza City is a crime against history

Centuries-old mosques, churches, and ancient artifacts all face obliteration as the Israeli military systematically flattens what remains of the city.

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 6d

“This campaign is a group of workers of conscience going up against a giant multinational corporation, & we’ve been able to move the needle. Because we often underestimate our own power, one of our greatest obstacles is the limit of our own imaginations.”

How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military

A grassroots campaign successfully pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide.

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 2d

Since a preliminary agreement to the Trump-Netanyahu plan was reached on Friday, Israel has killed over 100 people with 131 air and artillery strikes.

Israel is ramping up its violence in Gaza. World governments must take real action now.

Israel kills 100 since Trump urged it to 'stop bombing' as negotiators discuss deal

Air strikes continue to pound Gaza, killing more than 100 people in over two days, including many children

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 2d

This week marks 2 years since the start of Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza, where it has taken the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Read our fact-sheet for a quick summary of what you need to know about Israel’s ongoing genocide.

Fact Sheet: Two Years of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

A fact sheet summarizing evidence that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza under the UN Genocide Convention, including deliberate mass killings, starvation, destruction of essential infrastr...

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 2d

“Despite two years of carnage in Gaza, & everything the world has learned about Israel’s true intentions, [...] global powers are lining up behind a proposal that does little to ensure Palestinians gain any say over their future.” - @dianabuttu.bsky.social

A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu

For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 1d

As Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, it has escalated its brutal violence in the Palestinian West Bank, launching nearly 7,500 raids since the start of 2025.

Israel’s campaign of military and settler violence in the West Bank is ethnic cleansing.

What’s happened in the West Bank since October 2023?

Amid the genocide in Gaza, conditions have also been desperate for the region’s largest population of Palestinians

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Israel has killed or injured more than 10% of Gaza’s population over the past 24 months. Read more about the war, by the numbers ⤵️ aje.io/r00cl2

Two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: By the numbers

Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza's population over the past 24 months.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Nearly 300 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 7, including 10 from Al Jazeera, according to the Shireen Abu Akleh Observatory.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

More than 10,800 Palestinians are currently held in Israeli prisons under what rights groups describe as grave and inhumane conditions. A significant number are held without charge or trial.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

The destruction across Gaza is near total. Entire neighbourhoods have been wiped out, leaving millions of Palestinians forcibly displaced and without shelter.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

When the Israeli- and US-backed GHF took over aid on May 27 outside the UN, over 2,600 Palestinians were killed and 19,000 injured by fire from Israeli soldiers and GHF security while collecting food.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Israel is responsible for forced hunger in Gaza through months of blocked aid and a deadly distribution system where people are shot almost daily while trying to collect food.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

At least 1,722 health and aid workers have been killed in Israeli air attacks on hospitals and continued bombardment of Gaza.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Two years of Israel's deadly air and ground assault have killed at least 67,000 Palestinians.

The true number is unknown and is likely much higher because the official death toll does not include those who perished under rubble or are missing.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

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Two years have passed since Israel launched its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Here’s the scale of devastation by the numbers ⤵️

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 1d

Doing this is a form of complying in advance.

You're already spreading fascist narratives about who resists & how + actions taken by the fascists.

Stop.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Advocate for the tactics you believe are powerful and effective—we probably agree about those. But stop preemptively scapegoating the same people that Trump scapegoats for his fascist violence. Only this administration is to blame for its violence. It was already planned.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

It's as if they want to prove the antifascists correct about them:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

David Adler says Sumud Flotilla activists were 'kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded' and sent to prison camp.

US activist from Gaza flotilla alleges ‘psychological torture’ by Israel

David Adler says Sumud Flotilla activists were 'kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded' and sent to prison camp.

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 1d

Deeply examine your definitions/understandings of "violence" & who you allow to enact violence VS who you vilify for resistance.

Because striking back at systems isn't violence, it's resistance/defense.

DEFEND ONE ANOTHER.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they'll use whatever they can. They'll also say a nonviolent protest was violent. They'll also beat you and arrest you and then say you hit them first (as police traditionally have at protests). I'm not saying some actions won't be used against people, I'm saying that narrative happens anyway.

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