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Don't know about Korn, but William Daroff made his bones as a Republican political operative and has never been other than a piece of shit. And the Conference of Presidents has been a right-wing operation going back decades.
It's just the same old crap, aimed at a new target.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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william daroff does not take his orders from the american jewish community. he takes his orders from israel and then uses his position of authority to force conformity to israel's agenda at the expense of the american jewish community's cohesion.
February 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Mass Call: Showed up? Keep it up! What's next after No Kings Day · Showing Up for Racial Justice
While times are very intense and wild, the growing signs of mass resistance are impactful and huge. The No Kings Day protest was the largest single-day political protest ever in the U.S. Just last mon...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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#SomervilleForPalestine Dear Neighbors: On or before 11/4, please vote Yes on Question 3! somervillevotes4palestine.wordpress.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Join me in signing the #JewsDemandAction petition calling on governments around the world to do everything possible to end the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza. jewsdemandaction.org jewsdemandaction.org
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The MAGA crowd seems very triggered that yesterday’s protest was historic, their comments are everywhere. In total, 22 MAGA individuals were arrested for attempting to attack peaceful protesters. Arrests were made in OH, KY, CA, SC, NC, MI, OR, FL, VA, TX, and PA.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#NOKINGS
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?
caitlindeangelis.bsky.social Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · Oct 12
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago 31 A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia. A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia. A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo. The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview. “My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese. From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett. The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
October 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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This is such a great piece and highly recommend watching & sharing the entire thing -- but the most cathartic bit for me is when he calls out that monster blaming starvation and malnutrition on Gazan childrens' pre-existing conditions with a very emphatic, "when I see you in hell"
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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📚Libraries are more than their books, and right now, they’re facing threats.

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October 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Boston” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Boston · No Kings
**BOSTON SAYS NO KINGS!** We’re wicked pissed. Wicked loud. Wicked united. Join us Saturday, October 18, as we take to the Parade Grounds of Boston Common! We’re standing together against the abuse...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Not much left-wing violence in America, apparently.
(If you trust The Economist, that socialist rag.)
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October 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.
Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Real quick: this is solid logic for like, raising children or not perpetuating marginalizations like racism, misogyny etc.

What it is absolutely the fuck NOT for, is asking less of Electeds when a coalition of solidarity could be useful if not vital in slowing down fascism.
Can we please normalize praise for Democratic leadership NOT being zero-sum? You can praise JB Pritzker and leave it at that, without taking a swipe at another Democratic leader to balance things out. Just say “Great job, gov, thank you!” and leave it.
October 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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some early morning good news: the Somerville for Palestine organizers and canvassers worked hard to get a divestment question on the local ballot, and it’s going to happen.
October 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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You scream, we all scream!! We have a weekly standout at the bridge from East Boston coming into Winthrop every Saturday! If you can’t join Brian and you’re closer to the Northshore, join us! Lots a music and cowbells!
October 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Who wants to scream at kidnappers with me tomorrow???? Join me in Plymouth, Ma at PCCF from 3pm - 4pm . Bring a sign & buy an ice cream to help
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October 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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March Toward Justice with Rev. William Barber III
The March Towards Justice | September 29th "Moral Mondays Go South"
September 29th, 2025 - As immoral policies continue to plague the most vulnerable in the nation, clergy and people of moral conscience gather in Montgomery, AL and…
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September 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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"Anti-Semitism" my ass. Wrong-headed legislators in Massachusetts are attempting the same crap. Let's organize to stop them!
uhshanti.bsky.social DEI speedwagon 🌹🇵🇸 @uhshanti.bsky.social · Sep 16
this bill, #AB715 criminalizing criticism of Israel in California public schools has now passed. you won’t see its proponents crowing about it too much, because they know their voters don’t support it anymore, and they expect kids & teachers caught in the dragnet to disappear. don’t prove them right
graue.bsky.social Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · Jul 22
Senator Wiener, do you agree with this part of Ezra's piece? If so, how do you reconcile that with your #AB715 that would ban, as antisemitic, curriculum that includes common mainstream criticisms of the Israeli government?
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Unfortunately, despite heavy opposition from educators and the public, AB715 passed the legislature, but we can still ask Newsom to veto it:

win.newmode.net/caircaliforn...

You can also keep in mind Scott Wiener's support for academic censorship next time he's on your ballot.
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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"California Democrats are Fighting Trump's Battle for Him"
Lily Greenberg Call (@LGreenbergCall), the first known Jewish appointee to publicly resign over Biden’s support for Israel during its ongoing war on Gaza. OpEd on #AB715 CA's Censorship bill backed by the Democratic Party Supermajority
Opinion Guest Essay/California Democrats are Fighting Trump's Battle for Him/August 15, 2025 5:01 a.m. ET The irony is that many Democrats pushing this bill - such as Assemblymen Rick Chavez Zbur and Jesse Gabriel and State Senator Scott Weiner - have been vocal opponents of Mr. Trump, Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Abbot because of their attacks on free speech and protest. Yet here they are, advancing legislation that comes straight from the same political playbook. They should know better. California should reject this bill, and Democrats across the country should take note. I was the only Jewish appointee to resign from the Biden administration over the U.S. government's continued support for Israel's war in Gaza. I did it because I believe dissent is a democratic duty, not a liability. But in my home state of California, Democratic leaders are pushing a bill that would make dissent harder, riskier and in some cases punishable. Assembly Bill 715 is framed as a measure to combat an "antisemitic learning environment." In reality, it imports one of the most troubling censorship tactics from the Trump era into a deep-blue state. Democrats are the ones leading the charge. What constitutes antisemitism? A.B. 715 would require California's K-12 public schools to adopt a definition that largely falls in line with the one developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. On its face, this might seem like a common sense measure to fight prejudice. But the alliance's definition goes far beyond identifying antisemitic tropes or hate crimes. It includes political speech critical of Israel -- such as calling it an apartheid state or advocating Palestinian rights -- as potential examples of antisemitism, too. A.B. 715 endangers those students' rights, along with those of their school's teachers, administrators and staff. Under its provisions, a history teacher who touches on Palestinian perspectives could be accused of promoting antisemitism. A student who calls Israel an apartheid state -- a position shared by many mainstream human rights groups including Amnesty International -- could be reported for discriminatory behavior. Even Jewish students who speak out against the war could be targeted by people eager to call any criticism of Israel an act of hate.
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM