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“At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified.”

Five journalists killed as Israel steps up bombardment across Gazawww.aljazeera.com Journalist couple Amjad Jahjouh and Wafa Abu Dabaan and their children were killed in a strike on the Nuseirat camp.

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It’s important to understand that we’re subject to indoctrination & propaganda from our government. We receive an extensive training to hold America’s alleged values dear in our upbringing. Until you investigate them, much of what you think of America is what the government wants you to think.

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I don’t even know where to begin with this.

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Echoing my friend Matthew, it's pretty funny to see people who are milquetoast liberals on American politics endorse “don’t vote, firebomb a Walmart” logic in Iran, and vice versa.

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"I'm allowed to be judgemental over that is often a marker of class, and I'm not going to interrogate why I need to feel superior to others" is a weird hill to die on, but you do you, man. Just don't be surprised if I don't want to associate with you!

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The framing of this headline and subhead are so bizarre. The "sticking point" is that Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire to be, in fact, acknowledged as permanent and the Israelis avowedly do not.

Hamas’s Cease-Fire Proposal Includes a Familiar Sticking Pointwww.nytimes.com Hamas wants assurances that Israel won’t restart the war after some hostages come home. Israel says it needs the option.

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Another High Quality Candidate from Keir Starmer's Labour

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As the daughter of a Black Vietnam vet who suffered life long pain from a service related injury but was constantly turned away from care by the VA I can’t even bring myself to read this. My father eventually died of a treatable condition at 62 b/c he was sent home to take ibuprofen by a VA doc.

A 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts. The analysis crunched claims data from fiscal year 2011 through 2016. And disparate treatment started after WWI when it was still called shell shock. It continues.

Black veterans were denied VA benefits for PTSD more often than whiteswww.nbcnews.com “Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was," said one Black veteran.

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God forbid someone should be offended at the endless use of national stereotypes for their nations. It's such a fecking lazy thing to do as well. Like is there no other original or even semi-original joke to be making except the ones that have been made for generations?

I’ve had Nigerians mad at me for not getting the “Nigerian prince scam” reference and I’ve had Indians jump on a joke about Vivek, but the Irish are making a strong showing in the contest for humorless scolds today

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The Telegraph wants you to feel sorry for a retired couple who made a £1.3 million profit on a £300,000 home.

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"coronavirus is “like throwing a bomb in your body,” said Dr. Ken Cadwell, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how Covid affects the gut. “You’re going to feel that in multiple different organs, not just the lungs.”" (Gift link)

This May Be the Most Overlooked Covid Symptomwww.nytimes.com Gastrointestinal issues are a common but often unrecognized sign of infection.

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Speaking as a lifelong “independent journalist,” it’s remarkable to watch staff writers leave publications and go full fash the second they have to actually begin hustling for a living

Ken Klip going full Glenn “the far right are my friends” Greenwald

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Another way you can tell the NYT is totally in the tank for Trump is that they focus on the man and not the message. They could easily run 10 variations on DOBBS IS A LOSER AT THE BALLOT BOX each day but instead focus on Biden's 'health'

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18 U.S.C. § 472 makes it a federal crime to pass counterfeit currency.

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

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Will wait for a single news outlet to call on Robinson to withdraw from the race.

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

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Where does it end? They have been pretty clear where they want it to end.

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…I really think this is the more important presidential-election-related story to have in the news cycle.

I saw this was trending and had to google it "The post alleges that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for this year's presidential election, "forced" young girls to "perform lesbian sex acts."

Donald Trump, Katie Johnson allegations: Everything we knowwww.newsweek.com Allegations from a lawsuit that was dismissed in 2016 are circulating on social media.

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Donald Trump, Katie Johnson allegations: Everything we knowwww.newsweek.com Allegations from a lawsuit that was dismissed in 2016 are circulating on social media.

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Any outlet that doesn’t cover this story is making a choice to ignore it, and we should be asking why.

Donald Trump, Katie Johnson allegations: Everything we knowwww.newsweek.com Allegations from a lawsuit that was dismissed in 2016 are circulating on social media.

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Am I the only one who remembers Trump 4 years ago trying to dismantle the USPS so as to sabotage absentee, early, & mail voting? I am having some serious issues with things feeling dissociatively surreal of late & I blame fascist memory-holing & gaslighting.

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ok so, without knowing the article this headine is attached to, it sort of shows how you can report a story straight (the first clause) but completely change the framing by including something analytical (the second clause)

Big victory for Labour — so big that the NYT just gave Sir Keir his own version of ‘Joe Biden Is Old’

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Four months ago, the Economist thought the country was being run pretty well.

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With all this talk about fitness for office, it’s worth noting flagrant criminality, treason, and rape are not considered by the press to be relevant.

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I think Biden’s advisers are telling him not to get too personal in attacking Trump. That’s my impression anyway. If that’s correct, I think he’s making a serious mistake. He needs to make this election so personal that every single goddamned voter understands the stakes.

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I understand how juicy the “is Biden too old?” story is for The New York Times and the Washington Post but there’s also the story that one political party is promising to end democracy. They might want to write some more stories about that.

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CDC: COVID is a health threat that can surge all year round. NY Democrats: The pandemic is over, let's ban masks! The mask ban is anti-science, anti-public health, anti-safety. Take action to stop the mask ban⬇️ COVIDAdvocacyNY.org

The CDC has finally acknowledged that SARS-CoV-2 is not a typical “winter” respiratory virus, and COVID-19 is a threat that can surge throughout the year. Source: www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-...

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