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Truthout @truthout.org · 19h

In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.

Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.

Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.

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blueamerican.bsky.social @blueamerican.bsky.social · 3m

This is an “ I will believe when I see it situation “

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24m

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h

I’m shocked.

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gnrb64.bsky.social @gnrb64.bsky.social · 2h

The problem with such a statement is that it opens the gates to all manner of behaviour leading to social unrest & potential violence, just like what trumpism has unleashed in the US & around the world. #Poilievre is dangerous. #Cdnpoli #Cdnmedia

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Kathryn Ruud @kathrynruud.bsky.social · 12h

The hand-wringers: "Oh, what CAN we do? What CAN we do?"
Heather Cox Richardson: There are 52,000 candidates on various local ballots. PAY ATTENTION: Who is fighting for democracy? REGISTER, help those candidates in their campaigns, and most of all, VOTE!!

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s where to go vote.gov #registertovote 🗳️

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 5h

Every one of these lives mattered but to see this includes eleven children is heartbreaking. The amount of national resource required to solve this problem is so relatively small that Government should just spend it immediately (as it has before!)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.

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gnrb64.bsky.social @gnrb64.bsky.social · 2h

Is #TheNewCBC ‘uncensored’ journalism or ‘revenge’ journalism? #ReadAndShare @cbcnews.ca #Cdnpoli #Cdnmedia

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 22h

"Maybe Dhanraj didn’t do his research and thought Poilievre’s answer was reasonable. Or maybe his version of being uncensored is to actually just Lick Boot. Regardless, it’s quite the start for what is supposed to be The New CBC."

noraloreto.substack.com/p/free-from-...

Free from the shackles of censorship only to lick boot

An assessment of the new podcast Can't Be Censored and how it, and the CBC, have differently fatal problems.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 22h

"Maybe Dhanraj didn’t do his research and thought Poilievre’s answer was reasonable. Or maybe his version of being uncensored is to actually just Lick Boot. Regardless, it’s quite the start for what is supposed to be The New CBC."

noraloreto.substack.com/p/free-from-...

Free from the shackles of censorship only to lick boot

An assessment of the new podcast Can't Be Censored and how it, and the CBC, have differently fatal problems.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3h

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3h

If Donald Trump is concerned about inciting violence he should muzzle his deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Stephen Miller is the Poster Boy for the Rabid MAGA Movement

The more voters see of him, the more repulsed they’ll be

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gnrb64.bsky.social @gnrb64.bsky.social · 2h

#Trump #MAGA #Farmers #Tariffs #USpoli #EUpoli #UKpoli #Cdnpoli #Cdnecon 🧵

Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 3h

If the economy could be represented by a giant dashboard of lights, they'd all be flashing red

soybean farmers are panicking over loss of Chinese buyers, declare possible 'bloodbath'

Trump assault on wind projects hits red states hardest

businesses that depend on government contracts are already feeling the pain of the shutdown

no official jobs numbers during shutdown means Wall Street is turning to alternative measures -- and they show the situation is bad

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 3h

“Almost half of respondents (48%) favoured the European Commission-coordinated defence investments, whereas 41% preferred the decision to be made nationally.”

www.euractiv.com/news/public-...

Public support for EU defence spending past its peak, says poll | Euractiv

Overall, 52% of Europe is unconvinced that the continent is prepared, in terms of military strength, for a prolonged conflict

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3h

Number of days since Donald Trump and the GOP shut down the government so they can protect the rich and powerful pedophiles within their ranks: 8

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 3h

Up late, Trump posted a purported 1963 RFK letter justifying President Kennedy federalizing the Alabama National Guard to desegregate the University of Alabama.

Trump is trying to compare what he is doing now to confronting George Wallace and segregation.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Must-read on Trump’s lawless Chicago invasion: “The president instructed federal agents to use extralegal violence against immigrants & citizens, pitting armed soldiers from 1 state against citizens of another… rubicons can’t be uncrossed.” www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 3d

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 2d

The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday - one of the Catholic Church's strongest condemnations of Israel's war against the militant group Hamas. For @reuters.com

Top Vatican cardinal says Israel carrying out massacre in Gaza

The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday - one of the Catholic Church's strongest condemnations of Israel's war against the militant group Hamas.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

For the uninitiated: The pope being this direct and explicit to U.S. bishops about how to respond to a domestic policy happening in real time is…unusual.

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 5h

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

www.reuters.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 4h

Oregon National Guard general said that if they were deployed, his troops would be instructed to protect the protesters, not ICE.

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 3h

Beyond regulated and limited forms of struggle.
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We Must Strike to Win! - Susan Rosenthal

Effective strikes don't play by the bosses’ rules. They are not polite; they are defiant. Effective strikes say, “Our lives matter more than your rules, your laws, and your profits.” They get stronger...

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe this is naive of me but I had figured that if the fed gov straight up blew some people up it would *have to* provide an explanation to Congress, statutorily. Is “yeah we did that shit and we won’t answers questions about it” really an option under the law?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

This attracted oddly little notice, but Stephen Miller was recently asked directly if he has discussed invoking the Insurrection Act with Trump. He evaded the question.

Miller, a master manipulator of Trump, is clearly nudging him in that direction right now.

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