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“We are holding food over the heads of poor people so that we can take away their health care,” said Rev. Ryan Stoess, during a prayer with religious leaders at the U.S. Capitol. “God help us,” he said, “when the cruelty is the point.” apnews.com/article/gove...
Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown
President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the shutdown federal government.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“We are holding food over the heads of poor people so that we can take away their health care,” said Rev. Ryan Stoess, during a prayer with religious leaders at the U.S. Capitol. “God help us,” he said, “when the cruelty is the point.” apnews.com/article/gove...
Trump’s Latest Grift, White House Demolition & a Pretend Ceasefire
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Trump’s Latest Grift, White House Demolition & a Pretend Ceasefire
Plus: More U.S. troops head to South America in an escalation that looks more like regime change than drug control
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October 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Trump’s Latest Grift, White House Demolition & a Pretend Ceasefire
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After Israel violated the ceasefire dozens of times since Day 1, Trump's worried Netanyahu--not Hamas-- will torpedo it entirely. One official calls Vance's trip to Israel "Bibisitting." shorturl.at/riE3J
Vance seeks to bolster fragile Gaza ceasefire on trip to Israel
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Israel as the U.S. tries to show that it will enforce a Gaza ceasefire deal that is off to a shaky start.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After Israel violated the ceasefire dozens of times since Day 1, Trump's worried Netanyahu--not Hamas-- will torpedo it entirely. One official calls Vance's trip to Israel "Bibisitting." shorturl.at/riE3J
Trump's latest grift: demanding his own DOJ approve $230M in taxpayer funds as compensation for allegedly violating his rights during past government investigations. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
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October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump's latest grift: demanding his own DOJ approve $230M in taxpayer funds as compensation for allegedly violating his rights during past government investigations. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Israel killed 11 members of the same family in Gaza because they crossed an imaginary line. This is not a ceasefire. shorturl.at/kQEts
Eleven killed after Israel hits bus in Gaza, Hamas-run civil defence says
The Israeli military said it had fired at a "suspicious vehicle" it said had crossed the line demarcating the area occupied by its forces.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Israel killed 11 members of the same family in Gaza because they crossed an imaginary line. This is not a ceasefire. shorturl.at/kQEts
While millions are returning home from protesting against Trump's authoritarian regime, his government is working to undermine the ceasefire -- which Israel has violated dozens of times already -- by claiming Hamas was/is about to attack Palestinians. Suddenly, Palestinian lives matter?
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
While millions are returning home from protesting against Trump's authoritarian regime, his government is working to undermine the ceasefire -- which Israel has violated dozens of times already -- by claiming Hamas was/is about to attack Palestinians. Suddenly, Palestinian lives matter?
As millions prepare to march against authoritarianism, the Supreme Court weighs gutting the Voting Rights Act, Israel violates the ceasefire, and Trump tests the limits of presidential power. The latest in The Fifth: www.fromthefifth.com/the-rule-of-...
The Rule of Law is the Only King We Need
As millions prepare to march against authoritarianism, the Supreme Court weighs gutting the Voting Rights Act, Israel violates the ceasefire, and Trump tests the limits of presidential power.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As millions prepare to march against authoritarianism, the Supreme Court weighs gutting the Voting Rights Act, Israel violates the ceasefire, and Trump tests the limits of presidential power. The latest in The Fifth: www.fromthefifth.com/the-rule-of-...
This needs more attention: Nearly one-third of the 11,056 Palestinians Israel held as of Monday were never charged with a crime. Only a quarter were "classified as fighters" -- whatever that means? Kids with rocks?https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/palestinian-prisoners-return-home
‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow
Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails
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October 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This needs more attention: Nearly one-third of the 11,056 Palestinians Israel held as of Monday were never charged with a crime. Only a quarter were "classified as fighters" -- whatever that means? Kids with rocks?https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/palestinian-prisoners-return-home
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There is ZERO evidence, effort or support to make Sharia into law anywhere... Muslims account for less than 1% of the US population & couldn't make it law even IF they wanted to. These men have no business serving in Congress. Fine is up for re-election & Tuberville is running for AL gov next year.
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There is ZERO evidence, effort or support to make Sharia into law anywhere... Muslims account for less than 1% of the US population & couldn't make it law even IF they wanted to. These men have no business serving in Congress. Fine is up for re-election & Tuberville is running for AL gov next year.
What you're not hearing enough of today: FIVE children are among the Palestinian hostages and prisoners released by Israel today... and 77 Palestinians disappeared after 10/7 died in Israeli prisons. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Who are the Palestinian captives Israel released?
Israel is releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinians, political prisoners and detainees. Here's a look at who they are.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What you're not hearing enough of today: FIVE children are among the Palestinian hostages and prisoners released by Israel today... and 77 Palestinians disappeared after 10/7 died in Israeli prisons. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal. A reminder that the "first phase" has never been the problem—it's the second phase when Israel has to engage in negotiations to end its occupation. Last time, Israel broke the ceasefire before getting to this phase.
October 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal. A reminder that the "first phase" has never been the problem—it's the second phase when Israel has to engage in negotiations to end its occupation. Last time, Israel broke the ceasefire before getting to this phase.
This week's newsletter: www.fromthefifth.com/are-we-final...
Are we finally on the verge of a ceasefire in Gaza?
Plus, Republicans are lying through their teeth about why the government shut down.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This week's newsletter: www.fromthefifth.com/are-we-final...
Reports that Israel is torturing activist Greta Thunberg after illegally detaining her in international waters for trying to deliver life-saving aid to Palestinians. Google her name, and this is the first thing that comes up:
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reports that Israel is torturing activist Greta Thunberg after illegally detaining her in international waters for trying to deliver life-saving aid to Palestinians. Google her name, and this is the first thing that comes up:
On Friday, a group of journalists was permitted into Gaza under IDF control and censorship. Le Monde: "What was visible testified to Gaza's annihilation – there was no other word for it." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Le Monde enters Gaza City, an ocean of ruins emptied of its people
Le Monde's Jerusalem correspondent entered the Palestinian urban area for a few hours on Friday, October 3, under escort from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The territory, largely destroyed by airst...
www.lemonde.fr
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
On Friday, a group of journalists was permitted into Gaza under IDF control and censorship. Le Monde: "What was visible testified to Gaza's annihilation – there was no other word for it." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The U.S. government is shut down because Republicans don’t want 0.4% of Medicaid funds to cover emergency care-- that medical professionals are legally and ethically bound to provide-- for “illegal aliens.” That's it. That's the reason.
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The U.S. government is shut down because Republicans don’t want 0.4% of Medicaid funds to cover emergency care-- that medical professionals are legally and ethically bound to provide-- for “illegal aliens.” That's it. That's the reason.
Why Dems took a gamble: "Facing a rogue administration that menaces democracy itself, and lacking the power of a House or Senate majority, Democrats hold no good options. But with a choice between nothing or something, they’ve chosen to do something, consequences unknown." 🤌🏼 shorturl.at/hkcIm
Stop the Lying, Trump and Republicans Own This Government Shutdown
Recent US government shutdowns stem from a common root cause: the extremism of the modern MAGA Republican Party.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Why Dems took a gamble: "Facing a rogue administration that menaces democracy itself, and lacking the power of a House or Senate majority, Democrats hold no good options. But with a choice between nothing or something, they’ve chosen to do something, consequences unknown." 🤌🏼 shorturl.at/hkcIm
After bombing 3 boats in int'l waters claiming they were carrying drugs to the US, Trump now says we're at war w/drug cartels. But the Pentagon couldn't name 1 terrorist org in a letter to Congress, "a major source of frustration for some of the lawmakers who were briefed..." shorturl.at/NBBGC
Trump says US is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the Caribbean
President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict."
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October 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
After bombing 3 boats in int'l waters claiming they were carrying drugs to the US, Trump now says we're at war w/drug cartels. But the Pentagon couldn't name 1 terrorist org in a letter to Congress, "a major source of frustration for some of the lawmakers who were briefed..." shorturl.at/NBBGC
The govt cancelled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants—in 16 states that voted for Kamala Harris in 2024. The EPA "has proposed overturning a 2009 finding that climate change threatens public health. Many climate scientists have criticized the EPA effort as biased and misleading.” shorturl.at/DDOLt
Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris
The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The govt cancelled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants—in 16 states that voted for Kamala Harris in 2024. The EPA "has proposed overturning a 2009 finding that climate change threatens public health. Many climate scientists have criticized the EPA effort as biased and misleading.” shorturl.at/DDOLt
The AAUP-Penn Executive Committee said it warned the school when it sold out to Trump once before that it would "simply embolden" them "to come back for more." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 (updated 4:15pm) We were alarmed to read reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and t...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The AAUP-Penn Executive Committee said it warned the school when it sold out to Trump once before that it would "simply embolden" them "to come back for more." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
The Trump Administration is threatening to cut funding, student visa approvals & more unless these schools adopt the government's bigoted agenda. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money
The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.
apnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Trump Administration is threatening to cut funding, student visa approvals & more unless these schools adopt the government's bigoted agenda. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump’s 30-day takeover of DC, under the Home Rule Act, expires Wednesday unless Congress extends it—which they're unlikely to do. While the National Guard may linger, Trump will lose control of the DC PD. He needs a new target—and toy. Enter Chicago. www.fromthefifth.com/trumps-lates...
Trump's Latest Meme Gives Civil War Vibes
Plus: another grim jobs report, “new” but not new Epstein documents, Israel’s Gaza ethnic cleansing plan, and why even Republicans are turning on HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
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September 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump’s 30-day takeover of DC, under the Home Rule Act, expires Wednesday unless Congress extends it—which they're unlikely to do. While the National Guard may linger, Trump will lose control of the DC PD. He needs a new target—and toy. Enter Chicago. www.fromthefifth.com/trumps-lates...
Netanyahu to Israelis: We "have" to allow "minimal" aid into Gaza. apnews.com/video/netany...
Netanyahu: UN making up 'excuses' about not being able to deliver aid to Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused the U.N. of “making excuses and lies about the State of Israel,” as concerns over hunger in the Gaza Strip mount.
apnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Netanyahu to Israelis: We "have" to allow "minimal" aid into Gaza. apnews.com/video/netany...
NYT: Israel NEVER found proof that Hamas "systematically" stole aid, according to FOUR Israeli sources. The UN system, "which Israel derided and undermined, was largely effective," according to their findings. (gift link) shorturl.at/qr5JV
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NYT: Israel NEVER found proof that Hamas "systematically" stole aid, according to FOUR Israeli sources. The UN system, "which Israel derided and undermined, was largely effective," according to their findings. (gift link) shorturl.at/qr5JV
The gang leader Israel funded to steal aid in Gaza -- which Israel then blamed on Hamas -- has a byline… in the Wall Street Journal. Wild. shorturl.at/zH7KY
Opinion | Gazans Are Finished With Hamas
My Popular Forces control significant parts of eastern Rafah and we are ready to build a new future.
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July 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The gang leader Israel funded to steal aid in Gaza -- which Israel then blamed on Hamas -- has a byline… in the Wall Street Journal. Wild. shorturl.at/zH7KY