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🗳️Zeeshan Hafeez is a progressive running for Congress in TX's 33rd District, “an entirely winnable seat,” he told Breaking Points. The race is defined by unusually low turnout. “Only about 22,000 people voted in the Democratic primary” in 2024, he said.

Hafeez is running against 2 establishment...
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Parastou Forouhar, an Iranian artist & human rights activist based in Germany, spoke to BBC about Iran’s protests, the state’s security response, & what she sees as failures by actors inside & outside the country. She is the daughter of Dariush Forouhar, a prominent opposition figure, & Parvaneh...
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
⭕️ A 3-month-old baby has died from hypothermia in central Gaza, a direct result of Israel’s blockade and deliberate restriction of aid.

🎥 Video by Belal Abu Amer
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
🔴 In the past 48 hrs, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 11 killed & 7 injured arriving at hospitals.

▪️Since the ceasefire on Oct. 11, 2025:
- Total killed 477
- Total injured 1,301
- Total previously killed bodies recovered 713

This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza...
January 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
⚡️Drop Site Daily | January 22, 2026

Trump officially launches "Board of Peace"; Rafah crossing said to reopen next week; ICE memo authorizes home entries without judge’s warrant

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Trump officially launches "Board of Peace"; Rafah crossing said to reopen next week; ICE memo authorizes home entries without judge’s warrant
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January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
🚨Jared Kushner presented a “master plan” for redeveloping Gaza into a high-tech metropolis during a speech at the Board of Peace charter signing ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the World Econ Forum.

Watch his full remarks here. We break down some key points in the thread below 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
⭕️ Ali Shaath, head of the newly formed Palestinian technocratic committee, says the Rafah border crossing will open next week in both directions.

He made the announcement virtually at the Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos. The crossing has been closed since March 18, despite an agreement...
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
🟢 Speaking at the official signing of his Gaza “Board of Peace,” Trump marveled that he didn’t dislike a single leader on stage, calling every member “a friend of mine” and saying, “I actually like this entire group.”

The moment landed awkwardly as most European states declined to join the board..
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
🔴The Trump admin. is actively pushing for regime change in Cuba by the end of 2026, using its recent ouster of Venezuela’s Maduro as a playbook, the Wall Street Journal reports.

U.S. officials see Cuba’s economy as fragile after losing Venezuelan oil support and are quietly identifying possible...
January 22, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🔴 Lebanon | Jan. 21, 2026

Israeli warplanes struck four crossings on the Syria–Lebanon border, claiming they were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, as separate Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon killed at least two people and wounded nearly 20, according to Lebanese officials and Al Jazeera...
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
💢 New 2026 State Dep't & Pentagon bills allocate $4.02B in add'l U.S. aid to Israel, Stephen Semler reports.

His analysis shows:

▪️ Israel’s GDP per capita is higher than 80% of US congressional districts (355 of 435), yet Congress is expanding military aid. Israel remains the largest cumulative...
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
💢NEW: Israeli forces have begun digging a deep trench along the so-called “Yellow Line” in Gaza to block Palestinian movement, according to i24NEWS. The outlet said at least 1.5 km has been excavated in southern Gaza, w/ add'l digging in the north & artificial berms built to reinforce the barrier...
January 22, 2026 at 5:06 PM
🔴 Gaza | Jan. 22, 2026

Early Thu., Israeli forces began reportedly carrying out large-scale demolition operations inside Israeli-occupied areas east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

Additional incidents:

- The demolitions were accompanied by gunfire from Israeli attack helicopters, Palestine...
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The US Treasury Dept's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Jan. 21, 2026 imposed sanctions targeting six Gaza-based orgs and the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad, accusing them of covertly supporting the military wing of Hamas rather than providing genuine humanitarian medical...
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
⭕️ 5 Palestinians injured as Israel escalates Hebron raids for 3rd day

Israeli forces injured at least 5 Palestinians on Wed. after violently assaulting civilians in the Jabal Johar area, as a sweeping military campaign in Hebron entered its third consecutive day, the Palestine Information Center...
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Dr. Foad Izadi of Tehran University told Drop Site that Iran's previous restraint in military responses was a decision by now-killed military officials to avoid a major war with the US. He states that the new military leadership has decided on a "much more serious manner" of response, aiming for...
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Uni. of Tehran prof. Dr. Foad Izadi describes Jan. 8th as "Iran's 9/11," a night of widespread violence where armed individuals shot at police & ordinary citizens. He asserts that Western media distorted the narrative, framing it as peaceful demonstrations met w/ police brutality, when in reality...
January 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
1 of the 3 journalists killed in the Israeli airstrike on a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle in central Gaza early Wed. was Abed Shaat, a veteran freelance cameraman who worked closely with CBS News for years & regularly filed footage from Gaza, CBS News said on Wed.

➤ Shaat, 30, has recently...
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 AM
🟢 2 Dem. senators are demanding answers over how a sanctioned brother of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was able to visit Washington in Oct. 2025, but a former US official says the controversy misses the real issue: a Sudan policy Congress does not understand or oversee, Asharq Al-Awsat reports...
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“The U.S. wants to repeat the Libya experience, disintegrate Iran, take out the oil-rich southern part, and then the rest of the country would fall apart. This is the ultimate plan they have,” Dr. Foad Izadi, prof. of American studies & intl. relations at Uni. of Tehran tells Jeremy Scahill in an...
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Breaking Points provides their weekly update on the ongoing brutal war in Sudan, drawing on reporting from Drop Site News.

@ryangrim.bsky.social | Emily Jashinsky

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India JOINS UAE In Fight With Saudis, Pakistan
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January 22, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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The IHRA definition says it is antisemitic to treat Israel differently than other countries. No double standards.

When Mamdani points out Israeli bonds are the ONLY foreign bonds NYC buys, he is called antisemitic by a major political figure in NYC. So which is it: no double standards or does...
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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Learning that the @dropsitenews.com account is suppressed in significant part because of its frequent, accurate coverage of Sudan is so dark

People should not be coddled, we shouldn’t assume people can’t handle the truth of what’s happening
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 AM
💢 New: Intelligence assessments point to expanded UAE backing for Sudan’s RSF, amid Saudi red lines on SAF support, journalist reports

📌 Journalist Eiad Husham reports that intelligence assessments from several countries, including one member of the Quad, indicate “UAE support for Sudan’s Rapid...
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 AM
🇫🇷🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪 🇸🇮 Five nations – France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Slovenia – have confirmed they will not join Donald Trump’s Board of Peace at this time, Al Jazeera and BBC report.

👉 What else do we know:

▪️Invitations were sent over the weekend to more than 50 world leaders, according to U.S...
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 AM