A reminder that Netanyahu is still starving Gaza by blocking aid—which is a war crime. Recall that when Yemenis blocked ships to prevent genocide, they were bombed. Now, as Israelis block aid to enable famine, they’re protected. If you don't see the grotesque white supremacy in our foreign policy then you're either not paying attention or you're happily complicit. The world must unite to end this blockade and stop this genocide.
Y'all—stop donating to Harvard. Just Stop. Harvard has a $53 BILLION dollar endowment—the largest in the world. THEY. WILL. BE. FINE. If you want to donate money, donate to orgs defending immigrant rights & representing those the Trump regime has disappeared. Donate to reproductive rights orgs who provide women the critical healthcare they need. Donate to food banks as 1 in 6 Americans are food insecure. Donating to the wealthiest University on Earth is not "resistance," it's just stupid.
North Carolina voted for Trump in all three of his POTUS elections. As North Carolinians struggle to recover from Hurricane Helene, Trump just denied their FEMA request. Conservative voters: Understand this—he does not care about you. He never has. Stop voting for him. He will destroy you, too.
To understand what the GOP is forcing through at midnight: •Gutting $880 billion from Medicaid •Gutting $500 billion from Medicare •Gutting funding for SNAP (food assistance) •Gutting clean energy protections, which will also cost 400,000 jobs All to help 800 billionaires and hundreds of billion dollar corporations become even wealthier. This is the largest transfer of wealth from working people to the wealthy. This is corporate welfare on steroids. This is class warfare against working people.
WOW. The Guardian is reporting that Israeli troops fired ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank. The delegation comprised ambassadors and diplomats representing 31 countries, including Italy, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Kingdom. Israel claims it was an "inconvenience" and they're investigating. Make no mistake, this is deliberate intimidation by a regime committing daily genocide. If this is how they treat diplomats, just imagine how they treat Palestinians.
A new study shows 60% of Americans don’t have basic necessities to live. My hot economic take is everyone making $100K or less should pay $0 federal income tax. They pay enough in state, county, city, property, sales, & toll tax. That kept money will go into local economies, ignite small biz growth, & get people out of debt. Make up any gap from lost federal tax by taxing billionaires & billion dollar corps at 1940-1980 rates. 200M Americans win. 800 billionaires are still billionaires. Do It
Columbia U, NYU, George Washington U, and more -- universities continue to punish students for mentioning Netanyahu's U.S. funded genocide of Palestinians in their commencement speeches. Imagine recruiting kids to your school with the promise they can change the world, educating them for 4 years to change the world, and then slamming them for daring to act to change the world. The hypocrisy and cowardice of it all.
Ben Cohen is an old white guy worth $150M. He has no need to risk his comfort & get arrested for protesting a genocide all the way in Gaza. But Ben has values lacking in most people of his wealth & privilege—empathy, humanity, & justice. Ben Cohen is what a true leader looks like. God bless him. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go buy 20 gallons of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
A NYU graduating student used his graduation speech to condemn the genocide in Gaza & call for universal justice. NYU is now denying him his diploma, seeking additional punishment, & released a statement that "NYU strongly denounces the student & is deeply sorry that the audience was subjected to these remarks." Meanwhile NYU's library is named after Elmer Holmes Bobst, a man who said, “Jews have troubled the world from the very beginning. If our country ever falls apart, blame the Jews." smh
Remember Judge Hannah Dugan, who Trump arrested for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant leave her courthouse? Welp, she’s fighting back and stating that she cannot be prosecuted for her official judicial acts, and cites Trump’s own immunity ruling from SCOTUS which protects government officials for actions taken in the official line of duty. This is the fire with fire we needed all along. Love it.