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Adelaide festival dumps prominent academic Randa Abdel-Fattah over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns after Bondi attack
Abdel-Fattah accuses the board of ‘blatant and shameless’ anti-Palestinian racism and censorship, as other authors pull out in solidarity
 The Adelaide festival canceled a speaking invitation to a non-terrorist Palestinian, saying that presenting her would be "culturally insensitive" after a shocking terrorist gun attack on Jews in Sydney. She rebuked the idea that the mere presence of a Palestinian with political views is somehow offensive
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‘Astounding’ vaccine change puts US behind peer countries, experts warn
Scientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccines
 Magat officials have taken 1/3 of childhood vaccinations off the recommended list, based on false assertions and no scientific grounds. It may be hard for American parents to get their children vaccinations which are not on this list.
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US suspends funds for needy families in five Democratic-led states
Administration has alleged fraud in decision to halt grants from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York
 Magat officials have fabricated an excuse to arbitrarily block funds for needy families with children, based on vague accusations of paying support to some families that are not eligible. Since no human system works perfectly, I am sure that some errors do occur. What the level of error is - whether it is worth a fuss to investigate - I don't know.
Seriously, what is a human being?
Corporations aren’t. AI is not. But immigrants and Venezuelans definitely are.
 Robert Reich: we must eliminate laws that attribute personhood to things which are not people, and also the laws that treat some people as less than persons. We can protect things like species, rivers and forests without falling into those practices.
the Guardian
Renee Nicole Good said ‘I’m not mad at you’ before ICE agent shot her, video shows
Clip first posted by partisan outlet Alpha News shows perspective of ICE agent as Good was fatally shot
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 Renee Good's wife directed sarcastic criticism at the deportation thugs, but sarcastic criticism is no justification for killing someone. Neither she nor Renee physically attacked them or threatened them.
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We live in a surveillance culture – but why would I want to track my son or husband | Polly Hudson
A campaign group of health professionals is urging parents to stop surveilling their children. I couldn’t agree more, writes Polly Hudson
 Medical professionals campaign against pervasive monitoring of children.
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ICE agents have killed – again. The Trump administration blames the victim | Moira Donegan
An agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, causing vast and needless grief. Our country is diseased – but that is not the only truth
 A masked deportation thug murdered Renee Nicole Good as she tried to drive her parked car away from him. He had nothing remotely like grounds for violence. Then federal officials told lies to try to excuse the killing.
Tell CBS: Don’t Let Bari Weiss Censor Debate
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss plans to redraw the lines around “acceptable debate.” Tell CBS to restore real journalism with real voices.”
 US citizens: call on CBS not to let its magat news director slant debate to the right wing.
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Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say
 *"Everybody loses" if [oil extraction] supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say.* This is likely to push civilization over the climate cliff.
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It's Safe to Look Back! The Worst Free-Range Kids Stories of 2025 - Free-Range Kids
Free-Range Parents may recall 2025 as a year that brought them arrests, investigations, and solid proof that helicopters are still swarming over ch...
 *It's Safe to Look Back! The Worst Free-Range Kids Stories of 2025.*