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American. Jew. Born in the 70’s. Against authoritarian creep, against war crimes done in my name.
Posting genuine views that, in order to maintain peace in the family, I don’t share elsewhere.
Posting genuine views that, in order to maintain peace in the family, I don’t share elsewhere.
Another example of this miserable argument. “You’re not allowed to object to war crimes; that just makes the bad guys happy. Just let us finish the war crimes! That will make the bad guys sad.”
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Another example of this miserable argument. “You’re not allowed to object to war crimes; that just makes the bad guys happy. Just let us finish the war crimes! That will make the bad guys sad.”
why is this video cut so that while ziada talks about the muslim b’hood’s political manipulation, an image of rep. rashida tlaib appears (:42 mark)? to deny legitimacy to tlaib and anyone else speaking out for palestinians and against israeli war crimes. ziada may have important things to say...
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
why is this video cut so that while ziada talks about the muslim b’hood’s political manipulation, an image of rep. rashida tlaib appears (:42 mark)? to deny legitimacy to tlaib and anyone else speaking out for palestinians and against israeli war crimes. ziada may have important things to say...
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Trump’s allies in the House could contest the narrowest Democratic victories, demanding 2020-style recount after recount to engineer enough ballots to win.
The Dirty Move Republicans Could Pull to Keep the House
Election-denying Trump allies could use a rare procedural maneuver to overturn a Democratic midterm win in 2026.
www.thebulwark.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump’s allies in the House could contest the narrowest Democratic victories, demanding 2020-style recount after recount to engineer enough ballots to win.
defining/counting jews & zionists is fraught, but w around 16 million jews worldwide, you can’t know the % of “zionists” by “getting out more.” i agree w much of the post below - but antisemitism is a real and giant problem too. (article discusses % of “zionists.”) jewishcurrents.org/are-95-of-je...
September 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
defining/counting jews & zionists is fraught, but w around 16 million jews worldwide, you can’t know the % of “zionists” by “getting out more.” i agree w much of the post below - but antisemitism is a real and giant problem too. (article discusses % of “zionists.”) jewishcurrents.org/are-95-of-je...
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Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital
Israeli troops say they targeted a Hamas camera in an August strike, but a Reuters investigation found the device belonged to one of the news agency’s journalists. An Israeli official now says troops fired without required approval. The five journalists who died in the strike are among 200 killed by Israel that it has yet to fully explain.
www.reuters.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital www.reuters.com/investigatio...
This Jew (formerly of New York) agrees with Mamdani: Greenblatt and his ADL do not speak for me. Antisemitism is a real problem. It should not be made a pretext for fascism and war crimes.
(I’m responding to the post and image below.)
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It's so funny that Mamdani is supported by *exponentially* more Jews in NYC than is this genocidal, Nazi-defending piece of shit:
September 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This Jew (formerly of New York) agrees with Mamdani: Greenblatt and his ADL do not speak for me. Antisemitism is a real problem. It should not be made a pretext for fascism and war crimes.
(I’m responding to the post and image below.)
(I’m responding to the post and image below.)
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“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.
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“We have a right to know the charges against us, to know who has made the charges and to review them and defend ourselves… But none of that has happened, which is why we’re in Kafka-land… It is an enormous breach of trust.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“We have a right to know the charges against us, to know who has made the charges and to review them and defend ourselves… But none of that has happened, which is why we’re in Kafka-land… It is an enormous breach of trust.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Fascist • fǎxīsī • 法西斯
These thin-skinned fascists can’t stand to be made fun of.
这些脸皮薄的法西斯无法忍受被嘲笑。
Zhèxiē liǎnpí báo de fǎxīsī wúfǎ rěnshòu bèi cháoxiào.
These thin-skinned fascists can’t stand to be made fun of.
这些脸皮薄的法西斯无法忍受被嘲笑。
Zhèxiē liǎnpí báo de fǎxīsī wúfǎ rěnshòu bèi cháoxiào.
September 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Fascist • fǎxīsī • 法西斯
These thin-skinned fascists can’t stand to be made fun of.
这些脸皮薄的法西斯无法忍受被嘲笑。
Zhèxiē liǎnpí báo de fǎxīsī wúfǎ rěnshòu bèi cháoxiào.
These thin-skinned fascists can’t stand to be made fun of.
这些脸皮薄的法西斯无法忍受被嘲笑。
Zhèxiē liǎnpí báo de fǎxīsī wúfǎ rěnshòu bèi cháoxiào.
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"A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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'Israel Forms Well-Thought Out Alliance With Anti-Semites' has been a lot of the story of the last couple of decades.
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
'Israel Forms Well-Thought Out Alliance With Anti-Semites' has been a lot of the story of the last couple of decades.
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MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
September 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
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The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.
For an actual public servant.
Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.
For an actual public servant.
Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.
For an actual public servant.
Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.
For an actual public servant.
Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.
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Rosa Roisinblit, Who Championed the Missing in Argentina, Dies at 106
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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"Sorry, all my competent investigators were busy dragging Hispanic grandmothers out of their cars."
September 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Sorry, all my competent investigators were busy dragging Hispanic grandmothers out of their cars."
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Trump appointed a 22-year old to lead domestic anti-terrorism prevention. Seems relevant.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump appointed a 22-year old to lead domestic anti-terrorism prevention. Seems relevant.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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BREAKING: At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least two students were shot Wednesday at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said. This is a developing story that will be updated.
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING: At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
“…what is at stake is not only lives but also the very idea of Israel itself.”
“I am a Zionist. Israel has a right to repel its antagonists. I am not a pacifist and do not regret fighting. But precisely for that reason, I now understand this: To be brave today means to stop, to say, ‘No more’.”
“I am a Zionist. Israel has a right to repel its antagonists. I am not a pacifist and do not regret fighting. But precisely for that reason, I now understand this: To be brave today means to stop, to say, ‘No more’.”
Former IDF 🇮🇱 soldier: “As time passed, another harsh truth emerged: Our own state had lost its way. If we went to war on Oct. 7 to save what was dearest to us, it soon became clear to me we were fighting because our leaders were never planning to stop.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
September 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“…what is at stake is not only lives but also the very idea of Israel itself.”
“I am a Zionist. Israel has a right to repel its antagonists. I am not a pacifist and do not regret fighting. But precisely for that reason, I now understand this: To be brave today means to stop, to say, ‘No more’.”
“I am a Zionist. Israel has a right to repel its antagonists. I am not a pacifist and do not regret fighting. But precisely for that reason, I now understand this: To be brave today means to stop, to say, ‘No more’.”
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Even the Supreme Court admits IDF is starving Palestinians:
“In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet”
apnews.com/article/isra...
“In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet”
apnews.com/article/isra...
In rare ruling, Israeli Supreme Court says Israel deprives Palestinian prisoners of food
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government failed to feed Palestinian security prisoners properly and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition.
apnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Even the Supreme Court admits IDF is starving Palestinians:
“In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet”
apnews.com/article/isra...
“In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet”
apnews.com/article/isra...
Heartbreaking and infuriating. And done in my name, and ignored or supported by my family. May the victims be remembered, may those responsible be tried and punished.
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Heartbreaking and infuriating. And done in my name, and ignored or supported by my family. May the victims be remembered, may those responsible be tried and punished.
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IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
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this was back in the day where the revelation did at least cause a scandal. www.haaretz.com/2009-03-19/t...
Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques - IDF fashion 2009
Clothing Worn by Combat Soldiers Often Displays Explicit Images Accompanied by Vicious Slogans.
www.haaretz.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this was back in the day where the revelation did at least cause a scandal. www.haaretz.com/2009-03-19/t...