RJ Newton
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The New York Times is running glowing human interest profiles of Israelis being released from Hamas captivity while ignoring Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons or hostages whose condition is unknown, like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-ny-times-doub…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-ny-times-doub…
The NY Times double-standard: Israelis are humanized while Palestinians, like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, are ignored
The New York Times is running glowing human interest profiles of Israelis being released from Hamas captivity while ignoring Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons or hostages whose...
mondoweiss.net
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The New York Times is running glowing human interest profiles of Israelis being released from Hamas captivity while ignoring Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons or hostages whose condition is unknown, like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-ny-times-doub…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-ny-times-doub…
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Gaza faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity, with over 60,000 Palestinian children under the age of five suffering from acute malnutrition, according to Human Rights Watch.
🔴 LIVE updates: https://aje.io/au8jpi
🔴 LIVE updates: https://aje.io/au8jpi
January 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Gaza faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity, with over 60,000 Palestinian children under the age of five suffering from acute malnutrition, according to Human Rights Watch.
🔴 LIVE updates: https://aje.io/au8jpi
🔴 LIVE updates: https://aje.io/au8jpi
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Trump was working remotely just last week
January 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump was working remotely just last week
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Charlie Kirk attacks Selena Gomez for posting a tearful video and having compassion for migrant children
January 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Charlie Kirk attacks Selena Gomez for posting a tearful video and having compassion for migrant children
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we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
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We have 3 main jobs:
-spend as little money as you can at mega corporations.
-make Trump and his Nazi followers' lives as miserable as possible.
-help the innocent people they are targeting.
-spend as little money as you can at mega corporations.
-make Trump and his Nazi followers' lives as miserable as possible.
-help the innocent people they are targeting.
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We have 3 main jobs:
-spend as little money as you can at mega corporations.
-make Trump and his Nazi followers' lives as miserable as possible.
-help the innocent people they are targeting.
-spend as little money as you can at mega corporations.
-make Trump and his Nazi followers' lives as miserable as possible.
-help the innocent people they are targeting.
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Get ready for the most corrupt administration since Warren Harding.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Get ready for the most corrupt administration since Warren Harding.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Harvard wants to forget slavery.
It would also probably prefer if you forgot that Harvard invented napalm, which burnt more civilians to death than the atom bomb killed during WW2, plus another 200k women, children, and elderly people in N. Vietnam and Cambodia.
It would also probably prefer if you forgot that Harvard invented napalm, which burnt more civilians to death than the atom bomb killed during WW2, plus another 200k women, children, and elderly people in N. Vietnam and Cambodia.
"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
January 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Harvard wants to forget slavery.
It would also probably prefer if you forgot that Harvard invented napalm, which burnt more civilians to death than the atom bomb killed during WW2, plus another 200k women, children, and elderly people in N. Vietnam and Cambodia.
It would also probably prefer if you forgot that Harvard invented napalm, which burnt more civilians to death than the atom bomb killed during WW2, plus another 200k women, children, and elderly people in N. Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Look, we tried to warn people. At this point, the only way out is through. Trump will precipitate a collapse and only then can we rebuild towards a better future. Our goal is to minimize the number of people we lose along the way. Build community, help others. Resilience is all we have.
January 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Look, we tried to warn people. At this point, the only way out is through. Trump will precipitate a collapse and only then can we rebuild towards a better future. Our goal is to minimize the number of people we lose along the way. Build community, help others. Resilience is all we have.
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their view is that high status jobs ought to belong to white men, who exist at the top of a natural hierarchy
This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Far-right pundit rails against women in law enforcement: ‘It’s an absurdity!’
‘If we’re being honest, female cops are absurd. It’s an absurdity. I’m sorry. It’s just ridiculous. It’s cartoonish,’ Matt Walsh ranted on his podcast this week
www.independent.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
their view is that high status jobs ought to belong to white men, who exist at the top of a natural hierarchy
Travis in Atlanta earlier in the week. I really enjoyed it.
January 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Travis in Atlanta earlier in the week. I really enjoyed it.
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Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
You guys need to see this and take it in…
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
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Israeli women were treated with dignity during their captivity. In contrast, a UN report highlights the mistreatment of Palestinian women in Israeli jails, and how they are “subjected to sexual assault, stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers”, and threatened with sexual violence.
January 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Israeli women were treated with dignity during their captivity. In contrast, a UN report highlights the mistreatment of Palestinian women in Israeli jails, and how they are “subjected to sexual assault, stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers”, and threatened with sexual violence.
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Israelis get universal healthcare while Americans fund their country's existence.
Now "conservative" Vern Buchanan wants to invest MORE money into Israeli healthcare and tech:
Now "conservative" Vern Buchanan wants to invest MORE money into Israeli healthcare and tech:
January 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Israelis get universal healthcare while Americans fund their country's existence.
Now "conservative" Vern Buchanan wants to invest MORE money into Israeli healthcare and tech:
Now "conservative" Vern Buchanan wants to invest MORE money into Israeli healthcare and tech:
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BREAKING: Two Palestinians killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Gaza aje.io/ryr857
January 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BREAKING: Two Palestinians killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Gaza aje.io/ryr857
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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Palestinians were given a “ceasefire” in Gaza, in exchange for troop invasion of the West Bank.
But please, forge ahead with your headlines of “peace” in the region.
But please, forge ahead with your headlines of “peace” in the region.
January 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Palestinians were given a “ceasefire” in Gaza, in exchange for troop invasion of the West Bank.
But please, forge ahead with your headlines of “peace” in the region.
But please, forge ahead with your headlines of “peace” in the region.
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Gazans return home, to nothing: "Where roads, shops and gardens once stood, people found only sand, twisted metal and shredded concrete... people had not realised the places they knew could become so unrecognisable." www.ft.com/content/ab6c...
Gazans return home . . . to nothing
Following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, many Palestinians find only sand, twisted metal and shredded concrete where they used to live
www.ft.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Gazans return home, to nothing: "Where roads, shops and gardens once stood, people found only sand, twisted metal and shredded concrete... people had not realised the places they knew could become so unrecognisable." www.ft.com/content/ab6c...
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Israeli forces surround Palestinian hospital and refugee camp in West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli forces surround Palestinian hospital and refugee camp in West Bank
Israel defence minister calls Jenin siege ‘shift in … security strategy’, as Palestinian Red Crescent says ambulances cannot reach dead and wounded
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Israeli forces surround Palestinian hospital and refugee camp in West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Rescuers in Gaza have already recovered hundreds of bodies from under the rubble in Gaza in less than a week since the ceasefire began, Gaza officials reported on Wednesday, with thousands more Palestinians’ bodies still trapped under the rubble.
Rescuers Have Recovered 200 Bodies From Rubble in Gaza, With 10,000 More Buried
Officials estimate that 2,840 people’s bodies were evaporated entirely by Israeli attacks.
truthout.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Rescuers in Gaza have already recovered hundreds of bodies from under the rubble in Gaza in less than a week since the ceasefire began, Gaza officials reported on Wednesday, with thousands more Palestinians’ bodies still trapped under the rubble.
Got out to do something fun for a change 🙏😊
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Got out to do something fun for a change 🙏😊