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The office of LA City Attorney Hydee Feldstein-Soto has charged dozens of activists for their role in blocking the 110 Freeway last December in a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The LA city attorney is prosecuting protesters demonstrating for Palestine.
lapublicpress.org/2024/12/la-c...
LA City Attorney charges 30 Gaza protestors who blocked 110 Freeway
Is the city selectively charging protestors who advocated for a Gaza ceasefire?
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December 18, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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The Final Pitch
October 16, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Help out Hanaa please
August 23, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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As Students Return to School, a Proposed Law Targets Campus Protests
The ACLU is ringing the alarm bell over S.B. 1287, which the group alleges will chill school speech on Israel.
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August 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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August 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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the Vances are Amy Chua proteges. that makes a lot of sense slate.com/news-and-pol...
The One Thing You Need to Know to Understand Usha Vance
Usha Vance isn’t a mystery.
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August 1, 2024 at 7:38 PM
don't read the comments

www.thecut.com/article/arab...
What Are Arab American Women Supposed to Do This November?
They feel betrayed by their political leaders on Gaza — and face blowback for expressing it.
www.thecut.com
July 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Interesting contrast with all the handwringing www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comm...
July 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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hey you, yes you. enjoy some good news
July 11, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I know people call out Mehdi Hasan for using Substack, but he truly does do excellent interviews with people, especially on Gaza.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Fr...
“It’s appropriate to invoke ‘Never Again’”: Jewish-American Soldier Quits and Blasts Biden Admin
The latest resignation from the Biden administration came into effect just this Monday for Major Harrison Mann. Formerly an official at the Defense Intellige...
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July 1, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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June 28, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Mayor Karen Bass included an InfoWars host and known Islamophobe in her closed-door press conference alongside Jewish leaders in Los Angeles.

Mayor Bass made alarming false claims of "antisemitism" and asked the City Attorney to draft a law banning masks at protests. www.cair.com/press_releas...
CAIR-LA Condemns LA Mayor Bass’ Biased Response to Violence at Synagogue Real Estate Event, Inclusion of Known Islamophobe in Press Conference -
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned statements made by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during a recent press conference addressing l...
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June 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution
How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution
With lagoons once choked by rubbish, pressure from the appalled community led the government to ban certain single-use products
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June 20, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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Exclusive: Evidence of potentially life-threatening situations at a One Medical call center is raising fresh concern that Amazon’s frugal approach to health care may be imperiling patient safety.
Leaked documents reveal patient safety issues at Amazon’s One Medical
After One Medical began using a call center staffed by contractors with minimal training, patients with urgent symptoms failed to receive immediate help.
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June 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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COUNTER PUNCH _counterpunch_ 三 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 247 dismantling Hamas as the goal of the war. He didn't promise anything regarding the demand to return the hostages. He merely said a military operation in Gaza was needed to serve as leverage for the hostages' release. "We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the government rejected the offer."
June 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Pitchfork features 16 albums from around the world – including our BDS Mixtape Vol. 2 (!) – in solidarity with Palestine
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Cease-Fire Now: 16 Benefit Compilations for Palestine
Artists and labels around the world are protesting the war in Gaza by calling for action and donations, from Spain to Palestine to Jordan; from the New York DIY scene to the Italian avant-garde.
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June 6, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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They are speed running this one
ared fthe ore e ven he er Israel's style of public relations SIR - A quick guide to Israel's PR methods: 1. We haven't heard reports of deaths, will check into it; 2. The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb; 3. OK we killed them, but they were terrorists; 4. OK they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields; 5. OK there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose; 6. OK we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are! 7. Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of anti-semite? Test this against the next interview you hear or watch. Adam Johannes, Secretary, Cardiff Stop the War Coalition Rec ligh SIR - lights frack Th beer past ene out fue un ] ilk en sir th th C
May 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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May 22, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Just to be clear:

1. If you attended a UC school, please contact the board of regents. They're meeting NOW, so it's the perfect time.

regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/contact/

2. If you're a UCI grad? Raise hell w/ the alumni office + email Gillman.

3. If you live in Irvine? Call City Hall.
Contacting the Regents | Board of Regents
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May 15, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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Another resignation from the Biden Admin, this time a uniformed officer, U.S. Army Major Harrison Mann. Read is letter here: he’s from defense intelligence agency.
UNCLASSIFIED Team, I want to thank you all for welcoming me with a warmth and collegiality that made me feel Like I had always been part of this team. I was proud to earn the trust of this exceptional group of officers, who I regard as my superiors in intellect and expertise; whose leadership. dynamism, and integrity have always impressed me. I think your trust in me, and the respect I have for you, entitles you to an explanation for my relatively abrupt departure from this office. Many of you have asked why I took the unusual steps of not only curtailing my career before retirement but leaving this assignment earlier than required and without a job lined up. I hope you accept my apology for not having the courage to answer you honestly before now. I have great admiration for the work this center does to help policymakers make the best-informed decisions possible. I have looked on in awe as some of you literally spoke truth to power. But this office does not only inform policy. It faci UNCLASSIFIED I told myself my individual contribution was minimal, and that if I didn't do my job, someone else would, so why cause a stir for nothing? I told myself I don't make policy and it's not my place to question it. Above all I was afraid. Afraid of violating our professional norms. Afraid of disappointing officers I respect. Afraid you would feel betrayed. I'm sure some of you will feel that way reading this. These are not indefensible reasons. Each of us signed up to serve knowing we might have to support policies we weren't fully convinced of. Our defense institutions couldn't function otherwise. However, at some point it became difficult to defend the outcomes of this particular policy. At some point-whatever the justification-you're either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you're not. I know that i did, in my small way, wittingly advance that policy. And I want to clarify that as the descendent of European Jews, I was raised in a particula
May 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM