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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 46m

Read this just for the incredible statement from the NY Times about why having staff writers help wage a pro-Israel "information war" is not a problem for them: Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”

Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 23h

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 3d

Two Years of Genocide, Captured on Social Media by Israeli Soldiers Themselves
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Ever See Our Shocking Film on Online Extremism in Israel?

On the eve of the second anniversary of the Oct 7. attack, here's another opportunity to watch our acclaimed short film ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’, featuring rare interviews with those Israeli troops.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3d

The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 3d

This is what #Trump is calling #Israel stopping their attacks.

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 3d

Hamas Responds to Trump
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Hamas Responds to Trump

The Palestinian movement appears to have, for the moment, successfully thrown the ball back into the US-Israeli court.

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 4d

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National Poll: Supermajority of Democrats Support Same Sanctions Against Israel That Brought Down Apartheid in South Africa — IMEU Policy Project

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d

Union says more than two million took to the streets Friday, with massive turnout expected tomorrow for Rome protests.

Pressure mounts on Meloni’s gov’t as Gaza protests paralyse Italy

Union says more than two million took to the streets Friday, with massive turnout expected tomorrow for Rome protests.

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Mitchell Plitnick @mjplitnick.bsky.social · 6d

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7d

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 8d

I had no idea of just how insane Tony Blair's alliance with MAGA billionaire Larry Ellison is. Like $350 million insane. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 8d

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
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The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 9d

Today.

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 10d

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NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement

Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17d

A woman with a speech bubble says “OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”. A man opens a calendar to see ed Zitron, the smiling man

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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 17d

Is the world going to let them get away with this?

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17d

🔗 Read:

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 18d

I've been reading a lot of St. Paul this past month for some reason (a real genius, btw) and for some other reason was prompted today to recall Nietzsche's rather intense appreciation of him.

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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 19d

Read this powerful piece by my mentee Nadera Mushtha who is in Gaza City wearenotnumbers.org/we-counted-t...

We counted the days of war, until they started counting us - We Are Not Numbers

Now they have decided to occupy all of Gaza. And the world does what? The world is still silent.

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 22d

RIP the great filmmaker and teacher Jill Godmilow, one of the all-time originals. vimeo.com/jillgodmilow

The Films of Jill Godmilow

Jill Godmilow, a working independent film and video-maker and Emerita Professor in the Dept. of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25d

As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington.

The result is a patchwork approach that leaves many areas uncovered.

(Published May)

“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States

As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchwork app...

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James Schamus @jamesschamus.bsky.social · 25d

Advocacy for mass murder is a now staple mainstream American political position, uttered with impunity and with the knowledge there will be no real accountability for the monstrous depravity it is knowingly encouraging and unleashing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 25d

Past 2 days:
—Kirk killed; media falsely says suspect motivated by "trans ideology"
—Antisemitic white supremacist shoots up Colorado school
—13-year-old found w/ 23 guns & notes idolizing mass shooters
—HBCUs, NYU get racist campus threats
—Navy cadet shot after hitting cop he thought was a shooter

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