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“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
~ Rumi
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September 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Israel Kills 113 More Palestinians in Gaza, Including 33 People Seeking Aid
Israel Kills 113 More Palestinians in Gaza, Including 33 People Seeking Aid
Officials in Gaza say Israel has killed 113 Palestinians over the past day, including 33 people seeking aid. Al Jazeera reports an Israeli drone strike killed several children who were in line for water in al-Mawasi, which had been designated to be a “s...
www.democracynow.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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International Scholars’ Association Declares Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
International Scholars' Association Declares Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has approved a resolution establishing that Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide as found in the Genocide Convention.
www.democracynow.org
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Epstein, Maxwell victims have been dealt many blows- years of rapes ( when some were still children) living with trauma, & more recently, after Trump lawyer met twice with Maxwell, she was moved to a cushy low security prison. And today, he called the harrowing survivor accounts “ a hoax” .
September 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American,” nine former CDC directors write in a guest essay.
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
nyti.ms
September 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can’t live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power.
September 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago.

These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer.

This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops.

I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops.

I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
September 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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President Trump, speaking at a news conference, said he was planning to send the National Guard to Chicago. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said the state was ready to fight the Trump administration’s plan in court. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...
September 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Stephen Colbert’s long road to goodbye has officially begun. The comedian will kick off his final season of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of the end of his tenure as a CBS late-night host, which began in 2015.
Stephen Colbert Returns for First ‘Late Show’ of Its Last Season
CBS’s announcement in July that the show would end next year — after Colbert had criticized CBS’s settlement with the Trump administration — raised questions among lawmakers and fans.
nyti.ms
September 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
Children, journalists among 105 killed in Israeli onslaught in Gaza
At least 105 Palestinians killed, including 32 aid seekers, as Israel pushes ahead with plans to seize Gaza City.
bit.ly
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Gov Pritzker knows whats happening
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Breaking News: A landslide killed hundreds of people in Darfur, Sudan, a region already plagued by famine and war, according to officials and a rebel group.
Landslide Kills Hundreds in Sudan
The landslide leveled a village in the remote Marra mountains, a local rebel group said. Its leader appealed for urgent help, saying, “This is a nightmare.”
nyti.ms
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Terrifying. God help the families in Gaza City

Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir:

"We are going to increase and enhance the strikes of our operation. - We have already begun the ground operation in Gaza [City]."

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Israel begins ground operation in Gaza City, IDF says
Israel has begun its ground operation in Gaza City, Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Tuesday.
abcnews.go.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Shameless power hungry, money grubbing grifter
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Neil Young's new
Donald Trump diss track,
"Big Crime"
August 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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BREAKING: Over 400 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Israel's renewed strikes in Gaza, health ministry in the enclave says. cnn.it/3FwVrus
March 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Israel resumed its relentless bombing of Gaza overnight on Tuesday, killing more than 400 Palestinians and sowing terror.

Here's what we know about why Israel broke the ceasefire in the enclave ⤵️
Why did Israel break the ceasefire in Gaza?
Israel resumed its relentless bombing of Gaza overnight on Tuesday, killing more than 400 people and sowing terror.
aje.io
March 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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‘They killed him in cold blood’: the cycle of revenge in north-west Syria
‘They killed him in cold blood’: the cycle of revenge in north-west Syria
Over 1,000 people – including 745 civilians – were killed in attacks last week that mostly targeted Alawite minority Sipping tea on an unusually warm February afternoon on his veranda that overlooked the small Alawite village of Arza, north-west Syria,…
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Day one… (let the gaslighting begin)
January 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Even if one person is hiding here…Should you destroy buildings where people are sleeping inside? Is it necessary to kill all the people for one person? Or we’re not humans? That’s what I’m asking.”
'Are we not humans?': Anger in Beirut as massive Israeli strike kills 20
The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 AM