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“Get Up, Stand Up :: Don’t Mess With The Lioness (2)”
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“Get Up, Stand Up :: Don’t Mess With The Lioness (2)”
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Israeli PM Netanyahu has ordered a negotiating team to head to Egypt on Monday to discuss the continuation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement’s first phase, according to a statement from his office.
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Gaza struggles with water shortages as Israel’s Netanyahu meets Rubio
Hamas says Israeli attack that killed policemen in southern Gaza a ‘serious violation’ of ceasefire deal.
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February 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Israeli PM Netanyahu has ordered a negotiating team to head to Egypt on Monday to discuss the continuation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement’s first phase, according to a statement from his office.
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If you claim to be a leader but are too scared to lead, fine -- sit down and let someone else take your place. It is easy to be bold when there is no threat.
Now is a time for courage.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Now is a time for courage.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
February 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you claim to be a leader but are too scared to lead, fine -- sit down and let someone else take your place. It is easy to be bold when there is no threat.
Now is a time for courage.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Now is a time for courage.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
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A ceremony is taking place in Dublin which will see more than 5,000 people become new Irish citizens
More than 5,000 people being granted Irish citizenship
A ceremony is taking place in Dublin which will see more than 5,000 people become new Irish citizens.
www.rte.ie
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A ceremony is taking place in Dublin which will see more than 5,000 people become new Irish citizens
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"To express love in prison usually is taken as a sign that someone is weak. Or, at minimum, they are exposing weakness. That is why most people succumb to the hardness and coldness of incarceration.
But that is not the case for all of us. Some of us become soft."
But that is not the case for all of us. Some of us become soft."
I Went to Prison and Learned to Love
To love in prison usually means that someone is weak. But that isn’t the case for all of us.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"To express love in prison usually is taken as a sign that someone is weak. Or, at minimum, they are exposing weakness. That is why most people succumb to the hardness and coldness of incarceration.
But that is not the case for all of us. Some of us become soft."
But that is not the case for all of us. Some of us become soft."
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Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.
February 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.
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"The failure of the system’s rehabilitation programs are starker when considering that many of us serving long-term or life sentences are passed up for these programs almost entirely."
Why Prisons Fail to Rehabilitate People
About 600,000 people leave prison each year, but two-thirds of those folks are likely to return.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"The failure of the system’s rehabilitation programs are starker when considering that many of us serving long-term or life sentences are passed up for these programs almost entirely."
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court could decide abortion access.
It is NO ONES business with what a woman decides to do with HER body.
#StayOutOfMYuterus #MyBodyMYchoice
#WomensRights
It is NO ONES business with what a woman decides to do with HER body.
#StayOutOfMYuterus #MyBodyMYchoice
#WomensRights
February 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Wisconsin Supreme Court could decide abortion access.
It is NO ONES business with what a woman decides to do with HER body.
#StayOutOfMYuterus #MyBodyMYchoice
#WomensRights
It is NO ONES business with what a woman decides to do with HER body.
#StayOutOfMYuterus #MyBodyMYchoice
#WomensRights
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Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.
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#BlackHistoryMonth:
This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land - Capital B News - capitalbnews.org/georgia-fami... #BlackLandLoss #JustCompesation #takings #JusticeforShiloh
This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land - Capital B News - capitalbnews.org/georgia-fami... #BlackLandLoss #JustCompesation #takings #JusticeforShiloh
This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land
After a judge ruled that a railroad could take their land, landowners in Sparta, Georgia, are appealing the decision to the state’s Supreme Court.
capitalbnews.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth:
This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land - Capital B News - capitalbnews.org/georgia-fami... #BlackLandLoss #JustCompesation #takings #JusticeforShiloh
This Black Family Won’t Back Down After Court Allows Railroad to Take Their Land - Capital B News - capitalbnews.org/georgia-fami... #BlackLandLoss #JustCompesation #takings #JusticeforShiloh
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Last Thursday, UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social joined @markey.senate.gov and @actonclimateus.bsky.social to defend the EPA and federal scientists' mission. “When science is sidelined, people are harmed.”
February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Last Thursday, UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social joined @markey.senate.gov and @actonclimateus.bsky.social to defend the EPA and federal scientists' mission. “When science is sidelined, people are harmed.”
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100 %. I hope the players respond in some way.
February 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
100 %. I hope the players respond in some way.
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The #NFL removing the words "No racism" from the end zones of today's #SuperBowlLIX venue, New Orleans, because the president's attending the game, is so 1936 Berlin Olympics.
February 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The #NFL removing the words "No racism" from the end zones of today's #SuperBowlLIX venue, New Orleans, because the president's attending the game, is so 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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France allowed Israeli PM Netanyahu's plane to fly through its airspace twice, despite an ICC arrest warrant and France being legally obliged to abide by the court's decision, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad.
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February 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
France allowed Israeli PM Netanyahu's plane to fly through its airspace twice, despite an ICC arrest warrant and France being legally obliged to abide by the court's decision, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/5efttr
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is looking to live in military family housing and requested to use $137,000 in taxpayer funding for repair; including nearly $50,000 for an "emergency" paint job ” Look it up. Everyone should be upset at this!
February 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is looking to live in military family housing and requested to use $137,000 in taxpayer funding for repair; including nearly $50,000 for an "emergency" paint job ” Look it up. Everyone should be upset at this!
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This is becoming a dangerous game—our branches of government exist for checks and balances. Judges should not be individually targeted for doing their job. Evidence is being presented to judges, and they are making their rulings accordingly.
February 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is becoming a dangerous game—our branches of government exist for checks and balances. Judges should not be individually targeted for doing their job. Evidence is being presented to judges, and they are making their rulings accordingly.
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Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who issued a ruling early Saturday morning, directing the Treasury Department to restrict access to its payment systems to ‘civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties.’
February 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who issued a ruling early Saturday morning, directing the Treasury Department to restrict access to its payment systems to ‘civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties.’
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Open message to Elon Musk:
Rumors are swirling that you’re spending $40 million on Super Bowl ads targeting USAID. If there were truly fraud, wouldn’t you not need to spend millions trying to convince people?
Rumors are swirling that you’re spending $40 million on Super Bowl ads targeting USAID. If there were truly fraud, wouldn’t you not need to spend millions trying to convince people?
February 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Open message to Elon Musk:
Rumors are swirling that you’re spending $40 million on Super Bowl ads targeting USAID. If there were truly fraud, wouldn’t you not need to spend millions trying to convince people?
Rumors are swirling that you’re spending $40 million on Super Bowl ads targeting USAID. If there were truly fraud, wouldn’t you not need to spend millions trying to convince people?
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The Israeli military has expanded its assaults in the occupied West Bank, killing an eight-month-pregnant Palestinian woman during an armed raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp.
Israel kills eight-month-pregnant woman in occupied West Bank raid
Israeli forces open fire on a family at Nur Shams camp, killing a Palestinian woman and critically injuring her husband.
aje.io
February 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Israeli military has expanded its assaults in the occupied West Bank, killing an eight-month-pregnant Palestinian woman during an armed raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp.
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The US plans to cut billions in reimbursements to medical researchers for items such as hazardous waste disposal.
Outcry as NIH Plans $4 Billion in Cuts to Reimburse Scientists
The National Institutes of Health plans to cut billions of dollars in reimbursements to medical researchers, a move scientists warn could jeopardize their work in advancing cures for diseases.
www.bloomberg.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The US plans to cut billions in reimbursements to medical researchers for items such as hazardous waste disposal.
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Good time for a reminder:
February 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Good time for a reminder:
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Hi Congress, just want to give you a quick reminder of your required reading.
Don’t worry, it’s pretty short.
You ready?
It’s Article I of the Constitution.
Don’t worry, it’s pretty short.
You ready?
It’s Article I of the Constitution.
February 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hi Congress, just want to give you a quick reminder of your required reading.
Don’t worry, it’s pretty short.
You ready?
It’s Article I of the Constitution.
Don’t worry, it’s pretty short.
You ready?
It’s Article I of the Constitution.
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#BlackHistoryMonth : I was an expert witness on a lawsuit in 1990s that stopped a uranium enrichment plant slated for two small Black communities. It was being pushed by Senator Bennett Johnston (Dem, LA). EJ has no party affiliation. earthjustice.org/feature/home... @Earthjustice @BullardCenter
Homer, Louisiana: Nuclear Nonsense
Tom Turner recounts a David-and-Goliath struggle between impoverished African-American people in rural Louisiana and a mighty international consortium of government agencies and private companies bent...
earthjustice.org
February 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth : I was an expert witness on a lawsuit in 1990s that stopped a uranium enrichment plant slated for two small Black communities. It was being pushed by Senator Bennett Johnston (Dem, LA). EJ has no party affiliation. earthjustice.org/feature/home... @Earthjustice @BullardCenter
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#BlackHistoryMonth:
These Flooded Black Alabamians Say Biden, Buttigieg #USDOT Failed Them. Now They Ask: Where Will Trump Stand? - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0902202... @BullardCenter #JustCompensation #takings #highway #BlackLandLoss #JusticeforShiloh
These Flooded Black Alabamians Say Biden, Buttigieg #USDOT Failed Them. Now They Ask: Where Will Trump Stand? - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0902202... @BullardCenter #JustCompensation #takings #highway #BlackLandLoss #JusticeforShiloh
These Flooded Black Alabamians Say Biden, Buttigieg Failed Them. Now They Ask: Where Will Trump Stand? - Inside Climate News
The expansion of a highway has left the historically Black Shiloh community repeatedly flooded with rainwater. Is there a solution in sight?
insideclimatenews.org
February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth:
These Flooded Black Alabamians Say Biden, Buttigieg #USDOT Failed Them. Now They Ask: Where Will Trump Stand? - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0902202... @BullardCenter #JustCompensation #takings #highway #BlackLandLoss #JusticeforShiloh
These Flooded Black Alabamians Say Biden, Buttigieg #USDOT Failed Them. Now They Ask: Where Will Trump Stand? - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0902202... @BullardCenter #JustCompensation #takings #highway #BlackLandLoss #JusticeforShiloh