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Al Jazeera reported that Rashida Tlaib is leading eleven Democratic lawmakers in sending a letter to Trump, urging the State Department to ensure the “safe passage of the Freedom Flotilla” to Gaza. The letter warned that “any Israeli attack or interception would be a violation of international law.”
June 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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"It's coming back to life. We're going to make it." George Foote, lawyer for the U.S. Institute of Peace sounds a hopeful note as he describes how the group is putting the pieces back together after DOGE illegally took over and decimated their organization.
June 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
12 human-rights activists with the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition are currently sailing a small boat, the Madleen, to Gaza. They hope to create a humanitarian sea corridor through Israel’s illegal blockade. They should arrive this weekend with vital supplies.
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The Freedom Flotilla: Bravely Breaking the Siege Against Gaza - FPIF
A dozen unarmed activists are standing up against one of the world's most powerful militaries.
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Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns

I thought this idea was nixed first go around because it would destroy the roads? Hmm, maybe there is a desire to rival Kim Jong Un? Show whose … parade … was bigger? 🧐
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are they jared
Trump, asked about China’s denial of trade talks:

“Well, they had a meeting this morning.”

Reporter: “Who's they?”

Trump: “I can't tell you. It doesn't matter who ‘they’ is.”

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April 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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"One NATO official, when asked for a reaction to the plan, replied, 'Did Putin write this for him?'...”

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The White House makes an offer Ukraine had no choice but to refuse
How one-sided is Donald Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine? A Democratic senator called the Republican "the Neville Chamberlain of our time.”
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April 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The administration still intends to move ahead with the plan to build a tent detention camp at Fort Bliss, sources said.
Hmm, kinda like the Japanese-American internment camps during WWII in the U.S.? The British confinement of Boers during the 2nd Boer War? The Soviet Gulag?
ICE Awarded a $3.8 Billion Contract to Hold Immigrants on a Military Base. Days Later, It Was Canceled.
The administration still intends to move ahead with the plan to build a tent detention camp at Fort Bliss, sources said. It’s a job that promises to be highly sought after as Trump officials plan to p...
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"The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones." (Timothy Snyder, author of “Black Earth.”)
April 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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This is a pretty extraordinary thing -- not sure I've seen or heard of anything like this before.

It's tomorrow/Tuesday morning -- noon eastern, 9am pacific:

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Trump and Kukele were all smiles in their WH mtg; guessing they were on the same page in all their discussions. Good to see them clarify things publicly.
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Universities must abandon all the concerns —rankings, donors, campus amenities— that preoccupy and distract them, and focus on their core mission: the production and dissemination of knowledge. Intellectuals have adopted this strategy to fight against autocrats in other countries. It works. -Gesson
April 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A basic medicine used by 12 million hospitalized people yearly, “heparin, is dependent on China, and people will die without it.” It is one medication of many affected by U.S. tariffs on goods from China. -WaPo
April 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid — essential programs most Americans rely on that Donald Trump’s administration has absolutely no respect for.
April 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What number are we up to on alarms for fuhrer fire?
April 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM