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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 4h

“This shift suggests not indifference but a redefinition of participation. Morocco’s Gen Z is constructing a civic identity outside formal channels, one that values immediacy, visibility, and collective experience over institutional mediation.”

The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 5h

An initial outpouring of national solidarity with Gen Z protests has turned to public anxiety, revealing Morocco's deep-rooted fear of instability:

’We felt invisible’: Why Gen Z protests are shaking Morocco

An initial outpouring of national solidarity with Gen Z protests has turned to public anxiety, revealing Morocco’s deep-rooted fear of instability

www.newarab.com

⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 4h

how much state violence are we willing to accept? serious question

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 19h

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7h

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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Jireh Deng @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social · 13h

My friend and Jewish American reporter Emily Wilder was detained by the Israeli military last night while sailing with the Gaza flotilla reporting for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. Please help our friend get home safely and call her US reps. bit.ly/ReleaseEm

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Puns N' Roses @gthanku.bsky.social · 7h

5/3/21: AP hires Emily Wilder.

5/15/21: Israel bombs AP's offices in Gaza.

5/22/21: Emily Wilder posts this stmt about AP firing her bc she became the target of a harassment campaign painting her as antisemite etc for essentially daring to criticize Israel in college & see Palestinians as people.

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 6h

I used to be able to keep these DAILY MEMOs to under 3 minutes, the last couple videos have been impossible to. ICE is escalating in Los Angeles, just look at the article version with every incident highlighted. This is only what we could confirm, only what we know of. @lataco.bsky.social

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 12h

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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It's Reem 🇵🇸🍉 @reeeeeeem.bsky.social · 23h

Sakher’s account was shut down — the only place where he spoke to the world about his pain and his suffering.

That account was his only voice, his way to survive and keep going.

Today, Sakher lost his last connection to the world.💔

Complement with comments, don't skip‼️
 gofund.me/f116bf44

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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 18h

less than lethals are definitely not meant to be shot at people’s heads and eyes, which is how police and national guard very often use them.

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 18h

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 21h

barney is antifa

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 22h

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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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 21h

and yet dem politicians give them seemingly unlimited amounts of our money

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.

I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

DAILY MEMO: ICE Agent Claims To Be A Florencia Gang Member While Trying To Detain a Minor 🧵2 parts

If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming an member of L.A. TACO, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this vital information.

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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 1d

except make it stick

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

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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cair-sfba @cair-sfba.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom signed AB 715—classroom censorship shielding Israel and importing Trump-style gag rules into K-12.

From MDAC/MYDAC, to repeated Capitol hearings, 1,000s of emails, & 100s of calls, you showed up.

Facing retaliation? Report to CAIR-SFBA: bit.ly/cairsfbareport

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

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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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 1d

ice should only eat gruel. that’s it.

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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 1d

six surgeons general say stop rfk jr

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 1d

incredibly normal paywalled wapo story here while we live in some times

Opinion
Six surgeons general: It's our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We're doing that again today.
Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT |
62 6 min|
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during his Senate confirmation hearings in the District on Jan. 29. (Demetrius
Freeman/The Washington Post)
By Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and
David Satcher

The writers are all former U.S. surgeons general.

As former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican and Democratic president since George H.W. Bush, we have collectively spent decades in service as the Nation's Doctor. We took two sacred oaths in our lifetimes: first, as physicians who swore to care for our patients and, second, as public servants who committed to protecting the health of all Americans.
Today, in keeping with those oaths, we are compelled to speak with one voice to say that the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation. Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy's policies and positions pose to the nation's health cannot be ignored.

⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 1d

today @governor.ca.gov signed AB 715, a censorship bill that will punish educators for calling israel’s 2 years of genocide what it is…a genocide. he did this despite opposition by @aclu.org and education unions like @cfaunited.bsky.social to pander to the israel lobby bc he’s for sale.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Two years after Hamas' attack on Israel, California mourns the lives lost on Oct. 7th and in the days since.

Peace and healing will come only with the safe return of all hostages — and with real action from leaders to deliver the justice that everyone in the region deserves.

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 1d

On one hand, he signed what is essentially a censorship bill based on a definition of antisemitism that its own lead author has spoken against and refuses to protect vulnerable trans folk with the other.
(And let’s not forget this cruelty to the unhoused). Future of the Democratic Party y’all.

⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 12d

the ADL is pushing a federal bill and state bills all over the country to prevent educators from teaching FACTS that make israel look bad. the bills try to bury the fact they equate criticism of israel with antisemitism. in ca, AB 715 is on @governor.ca.gov newsom’s desk truthout.org/articles/ca-...

CA Educators Urge Newsom to Veto What They Call “Classroom Censorship Bill”

Teachers’ unions and civil rights groups say the legislation could stifle criticisms of Israel.

truthout.org

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⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 1d

unions really need to withhold support of people like @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @asmrickzbur.bsky.social @asmmikefong.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social and the rest of the israel lobby shills who threaten the livelihoods of educators for a buck.

⚡️ 지영 ⚡️ @jiyoung213.bsky.social · 1d

he signed it

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