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Columbia University president says negotiations with protesters have stalled, school will not divest from Israel
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Columbia University president says negotiations with protesters have stalled, school will not divest from Israel
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US woman arrested, accused of targeting young boys in $1.7M sextortion scheme
"The sextortion involved at least 12,600 victims—primarily boys—and led to at least 20 suicides."
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Jerry Seinfeld’s Teen Girlfriend Saga Resurfaces After Duke Walkout
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I just ask my problem bro...chill....
"The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham#:~:text=Cunningham%20is%20credited%20with%20the,than%20to%20answer%20a%20question.
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Prosecutors seek to jail Miami mom for posting news stories about cop who shot son
ACAB
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Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop
In all, the city spent $295 million to resolve lawsuits alleging more than 1,000 Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including false arrest and excessive force — in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to WTTW News’ analysis. Through the end of November, the city spent $62.3 million in 2023 to resolve police misconduct lawsuits.
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Jonathan Glazer Condemns ‘Holocaust Being Hijacked by an Occupation’ in Oscar Speech
What's truly wild is the misleading media coverage of Glazer's speach. Variety initially quoted him as saying, "Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness." That reads totally different than what he actually said: "Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people." He's refuting the hijacking of their Jewishness, not their Jewishness itself.
Then NBC News covered his remarks in an article titled "Jonathan Glazer condemns violence in Gaza and Israel in Oscars speech" and subtitled "In his remarks, the director said in part: 'Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack in Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?'" They thus give the impression that Glazer's comments were a condemnation of both sides of the conflict, not the targeted criticism of Israel's occupation that it was.
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EU looking to expand sanctions on Iran following attack on Israel
But don't sanction the country doing a genocide
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European leaders divided on ICC arrest warrant bid for Netanyahu
Just a reminder: Israel is not a democracy. It's an apartheid state in which millions of its subjects are denied the right to vote because of their ethnicity.
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Beijing half marathon organizers investigate Chinese runner's controversial win
Tangentially, have you read about the 1904 Summer Olympics Men's Marathon?:
Frederick Lorz crossed the finish line first and was hailed as the winner, but he was disqualified after it was discovered that he had hitched a ride in a car for 11 miles (17.7 km) after having supposedly dropped out of the race. The actual winner, Thomas Hicks, was near collapse and hallucinating when he crossed the finish line, a side effect of being administered brandy, raw eggs, and strychnine by his trainers. The fourth-place finisher, Andarín Carvajal, took a nap during the race after eating spoiled apples.
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‘Deluded’ Hamas made a ‘catastrophic miscalculation’, say Palestinian analysts
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Israel has an app where they post links to social media posts discussing Israel for app users to go astroturf. They take their propaganda very seriously. They have a word for propaganda targeting foreigners: "hasbara." https://mepc.org/speeches/hasbara-and-control-narrative-element-strategy
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Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities
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Would you like them to take it to the free speach zone behind the mall?
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Biden slams ICC prosecutor’s ‘outrageous’ request for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders
When does Biden get added to that list?
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Residents in wealthy California town block access to public hot springs with boulders
Eat the rich
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Israeli forces kill 20 Palestinians waiting for aid, Gaza health ministry says
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Yeah, which ones? IndieWire, The Guardian, The Columbus Dispatch, Al Jazeera, Truthout? Those are the only sites I've posted from. Be specific. And when you say middle east, do you mean all of the Middle East or just the murderous ethno-colonial government in Israel?
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Germany Is Seizing Jews’ Money Again: It’s fine, they’re pro-Palestine
Germany to Israel: "It looks like you're trying to do a genocide. Can I help you with that? I have some experience with that sort of thing."
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Israeli forces kill 20 Palestinians waiting for aid, Gaza health ministry says
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Oh yeah, I get all my news from random tweets
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Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mistake'
It was a total coincidence that it happened right after Hamas fired rockets at Tel-Aviv for the first time in months. \s
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Google Is Worth $2 Trillion Now
Tainted by the blood of Palestinian children
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‘Massacre’: Israel forces attack crowds waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 21
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I heard Biden is considering adding "pretty please with sprinkles on top" next time he talks to Netanyahu