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Didn't anyone tell the soldiers in the IDF that if they are complicit in war crimes they can be charged?
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
There is a lot of video evidence out there.
All those selfies are going to come back to bite.
Canadians who are complicit must be held accountable.
www.timesofisrael.com/im-afraid-to...
‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe
Canada’s probe into the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t explicitly target Israelis, but its unclear scope has alarmed Jews amid rising international lawfare against soldiers
www.timesofisrael.com
If Canadians have been complicit in or perpetrated war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza on behalf of the IDF, then they should be very afraid.
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
Actions have consequences. Every last one of them needs to be prosecuted for their role in Israel's barbarism and genocidal cruelty. No exceptions. #FAFO
It's a mystery as to why there aren't daily mass protests in front of the White House demanding that Trump resign. He's a rapist, a pedophile, and a corrupt fascist white nationalist.
If Macron were all over the Epstein files, the French would have forced him out already.
If Macron were all over the Epstein files, the French would have forced him out already.
Wow. French police are raiding institutions linked to Epstein
They are treating the Epstein saga like a bunch of crimes, not just a scandal
They are treating the Epstein saga like a bunch of crimes, not just a scandal
French police raid Paris's Arab World Institute in Epstein-linked probe into Jack Lang
French police on Monday searched the Arab World Institute in Paris in connection with an investigation into its former head, France's ex-culture minister Jack Lang, and his alleged ties with t...
www.france24.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:26 AM
It's a mystery as to why there aren't daily mass protests in front of the White House demanding that Trump resign. He's a rapist, a pedophile, and a corrupt fascist white nationalist.
If Macron were all over the Epstein files, the French would have forced him out already.
If Macron were all over the Epstein files, the French would have forced him out already.
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
6 days later, the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is still getting wall-to-wall coverage across multiple networks, whereas DHS and ICE kidnapping people in broad daylight and whisking them off to concentration camps goes virtually unmentioned.
I genuinely hope they find Nancy, but this is ridiculous.
I genuinely hope they find Nancy, but this is ridiculous.
This happening in plain sight with minimal blowback or attention from the national media is sickening. DHS aren't even trying to hide it.
Meanwhile, the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, a textbook example of Missing White Woman Syndrome, receives blanket coverage across every major U.S. network.
Meanwhile, the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, a textbook example of Missing White Woman Syndrome, receives blanket coverage across every major U.S. network.
THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
6 days later, the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is still getting wall-to-wall coverage across multiple networks, whereas DHS and ICE kidnapping people in broad daylight and whisking them off to concentration camps goes virtually unmentioned.
I genuinely hope they find Nancy, but this is ridiculous.
I genuinely hope they find Nancy, but this is ridiculous.
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Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
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They are very weird people, and it will be their downfall.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
Charlie Downes (Restore Britain, campaign director): "More than anything, it is Christian faith. Ancestry and it is Christian faith"
Alex Phillips: "So if you are not a Christian, you can't be British?"
CD: "Well. You are certainly less British if you are not a believer in Christian principles".
Alex Phillips: "So if you are not a Christian, you can't be British?"
CD: "Well. You are certainly less British if you are not a believer in Christian principles".
February 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
They are very weird people, and it will be their downfall.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
Israel is a glorified client state, but the blackmail file that Mossad has on Lindsey Graham must be encyclopedic.
Weapons and military technology that the IDF tests and uses against Palestinians eventually filters back into western countries. We're already seeing it stateside with ICE and CBP.
Weapons and military technology that the IDF tests and uses against Palestinians eventually filters back into western countries. We're already seeing it stateside with ICE and CBP.
in Tel Aviv, Lindsey Graham explained why he's been visiting every two weeks:
"The wars of the future are being planned here in Israel"
"The wars of the future are being planned here in Israel"
February 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Israel is a glorified client state, but the blackmail file that Mossad has on Lindsey Graham must be encyclopedic.
Weapons and military technology that the IDF tests and uses against Palestinians eventually filters back into western countries. We're already seeing it stateside with ICE and CBP.
Weapons and military technology that the IDF tests and uses against Palestinians eventually filters back into western countries. We're already seeing it stateside with ICE and CBP.
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"Nothing prevents us, therefore, from lining our criticism with a criticism of politics, from taking sides in politics, i.e., from entering into real struggles and identifying ourselves with them. This does not mean that we shall confront the world with new doctrinaire principles and proclaim..."
February 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"Nothing prevents us, therefore, from lining our criticism with a criticism of politics, from taking sides in politics, i.e., from entering into real struggles and identifying ourselves with them. This does not mean that we shall confront the world with new doctrinaire principles and proclaim..."
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Two people I know recently went through extended hospitalizations and procedures in Ontario, and it has been jarring to remember neither of them or their families will receive large bills in the mail or be charged for follow-up appointments and procedures
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Two people I know recently went through extended hospitalizations and procedures in Ontario, and it has been jarring to remember neither of them or their families will receive large bills in the mail or be charged for follow-up appointments and procedures
And it's all kicking off. Lamine Yamal was upended with a vile tackle. Joel Roca shown a red card-- he knew exactly what he was doing, as did Axel Witsel.
Girona wins. The ref adding an additional 3 minutes to 7 minutes injury time is laughable. Mad finish.
Girona wins. The ref adding an additional 3 minutes to 7 minutes injury time is laughable. Mad finish.
February 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
And it's all kicking off. Lamine Yamal was upended with a vile tackle. Joel Roca shown a red card-- he knew exactly what he was doing, as did Axel Witsel.
Girona wins. The ref adding an additional 3 minutes to 7 minutes injury time is laughable. Mad finish.
Girona wins. The ref adding an additional 3 minutes to 7 minutes injury time is laughable. Mad finish.
Fermin Lopez finds Lewandowski at the death, but it won't count. Robert was offside.
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Fermin Lopez finds Lewandowski at the death, but it won't count. Robert was offside.
Man City loanee Claudio Echeverri with a nifty bit of work in the build-up to win that ball and find Roca, who laid it off for Fran Beltran. 2-1 Girona.
The refs are checking for a foul or offside, but it looked clean. Embarrassing defending from Barca. The rifts in their back line are everywhere.
The refs are checking for a foul or offside, but it looked clean. Embarrassing defending from Barca. The rifts in their back line are everywhere.
February 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Man City loanee Claudio Echeverri with a nifty bit of work in the build-up to win that ball and find Roca, who laid it off for Fran Beltran. 2-1 Girona.
The refs are checking for a foul or offside, but it looked clean. Embarrassing defending from Barca. The rifts in their back line are everywhere.
The refs are checking for a foul or offside, but it looked clean. Embarrassing defending from Barca. The rifts in their back line are everywhere.
Another brilliant save by Joan Garcia, poking that Joel Roca chance away with the tip of his boot, but Barcelona are leaking at the back.
It'll be a miracle if Barca manage to escape with points at the rate that they're leaking chances.
It'll be a miracle if Barca manage to escape with points at the rate that they're leaking chances.
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Another brilliant save by Joan Garcia, poking that Joel Roca chance away with the tip of his boot, but Barcelona are leaking at the back.
It'll be a miracle if Barca manage to escape with points at the rate that they're leaking chances.
It'll be a miracle if Barca manage to escape with points at the rate that they're leaking chances.
Obscene sequence. How haven't Girona scored there? More wasted chances in the box after consecutive saves from Joan Garcia.
February 16, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Obscene sequence. How haven't Girona scored there? More wasted chances in the box after consecutive saves from Joan Garcia.
What a response for Girona. Thomas Lemar claws it right back for 1-1. The Barca players might have been waiting for the offside flag to go up, but it never came.
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
What a response for Girona. Thomas Lemar claws it right back for 1-1. The Barca players might have been waiting for the offside flag to go up, but it never came.
And there it is. It took the better part of an hour, but Barcelona finally find a goal. Kounde picked out Cubarsi in the box, who headed it into the far corner. 1-0.
February 16, 2026 at 9:19 PM
And there it is. It took the better part of an hour, but Barcelona finally find a goal. Kounde picked out Cubarsi in the box, who headed it into the far corner. 1-0.
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The thing about weaponised interdependence is that other people, including your allies, might try and escape it, even if you don’t actually weaponise it.
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The thing about weaponised interdependence is that other people, including your allies, might try and escape it, even if you don’t actually weaponise it.
Dani Olmo made a meal of that and bought himself a penalty. There was slight contact on the tip of his boot, and he went down in a heap.
Lamine Yamal picked him out in the box. And then rings the penalty it off the base of the post. Another missed chance for Barca. Girona catch a break.
Lamine Yamal picked him out in the box. And then rings the penalty it off the base of the post. Another missed chance for Barca. Girona catch a break.
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Dani Olmo made a meal of that and bought himself a penalty. There was slight contact on the tip of his boot, and he went down in a heap.
Lamine Yamal picked him out in the box. And then rings the penalty it off the base of the post. Another missed chance for Barca. Girona catch a break.
Lamine Yamal picked him out in the box. And then rings the penalty it off the base of the post. Another missed chance for Barca. Girona catch a break.
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There are whole newsrooms dedicated to minimizing what they’re doing in the name of “balance”
US judge tells National Park Service to reinstall Philadelphia slavery exhibit reut.rs/4kAr5rm
US judge tells National Park Service to reinstall Philadelphia slavery exhibit
A U.S. judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic site, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation after the city sued the federal government over its removal.
reut.rs
February 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
There are whole newsrooms dedicated to minimizing what they’re doing in the name of “balance”
The story of the season for Girona is wasted chances. Minus a clinical striker up front, they've let so many points slip through their fingers. Barcelona have had chances too, but they're fortunate it's still 0-0. #LaLiga
February 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The story of the season for Girona is wasted chances. Minus a clinical striker up front, they've let so many points slip through their fingers. Barcelona have had chances too, but they're fortunate it's still 0-0. #LaLiga
Huge save by Paulo Gazzaniga, narrowing the angle so that Lamine Yamal couldn't sneak it past him and pick out a corner. Barca really ought to have scored there.
February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Huge save by Paulo Gazzaniga, narrowing the angle so that Lamine Yamal couldn't sneak it past him and pick out a corner. Barca really ought to have scored there.
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Dare I say I have never written an over-under capsule that has aged better than what I wrote for the Phoenix Suns Over 30.5
February 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Dare I say I have never written an over-under capsule that has aged better than what I wrote for the Phoenix Suns Over 30.5
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LeBron definitely didn't finish that Malcolm X autobiography.
My open letter to LeBron James after he said at the weekend that he had heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.
An Open Letter to LeBron James on Israel, Gaza, and ‘Nothing But Great Things’
The NBA star’s recent praise for Israel, as the genocide continues, was as bewildering as it was shameful. What happened to his support for social justice?
zeteo.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
LeBron definitely didn't finish that Malcolm X autobiography.
Hungary is much poorer than it should be, but Viktor Orban and the loyal oligarchs propping him up are much richer than they should be.
And that's all that matters to fascist dictators and authoritarians-- lording their money and power over everyone else. Small wonder Trump idolizes him.
And that's all that matters to fascist dictators and authoritarians-- lording their money and power over everyone else. Small wonder Trump idolizes him.
Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Hungary is much poorer than it should be, but Viktor Orban and the loyal oligarchs propping him up are much richer than they should be.
And that's all that matters to fascist dictators and authoritarians-- lording their money and power over everyone else. Small wonder Trump idolizes him.
And that's all that matters to fascist dictators and authoritarians-- lording their money and power over everyone else. Small wonder Trump idolizes him.