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augieray, 3 days ago to random

Is this one of those "good guys with a gun?" An armed off-duty security guard thought three teens were going to rob a store. They weren't; they were returning a BB gun. Now one of the teens is dead because the wannabe hero shot one of the kids and "stood over the teen on the ground and continued to fire." Big man hero is in jail on charges of for second-degree murder. If he hadn't been armed, he would've dialed 911, he'd be free, and the kid would be alive.
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/teen-shot-renton-big-5-sporting-goods

rbreich, 5 days ago to random

Conservatives say raising the minimum wage would drive up inflation.

But the federal minimum wage hasn't gone up since 2009.

Average CEO pay has gone up about 60% since 2009.

Who's pay is contributing to inflation?

DrALJONES, 4 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Report

"I'm not aware of any civilian casualties", said the IDF spokesman...

despite 14 children being among the 40 killed in the IDF strike on Nuseirat school.

6,000 displaced people were sheltering at the UNRWA school.

UNRWA said it is "unable to verify" Israeli claims about "militants".

US-made weapons parts were identified at the location.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-unrwa-school-shelter-attack-1.7227099

#IsraeliLies #GazaGenocide #Nuseirat ..

DrALJONES, 4 days ago to random

The New York Times tells at least some of the truth...

about Israeli torture of Palestinian detainees.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-detention-base.html

#NYT #IsraeliWarCrimes #Torture ..

DrALJONES, 4 days ago to random

Report

"UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict"

Israel "has killed more than 15,500 Palestinian children & fuelled widespread malnutrition."

A UN official said, “Ambassador Erdan’s video recording of [the UN's courtesy] phone call, & the partial release of that recording on Twitter, is shocking & unacceptable – & frankly something I’ve never seen in my 24 years serving this organisation."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/7/un-adding-israel-to-blacklist-of-countries-harming-children-in-conflict

#UN #IsraeliWarCrimes ..

br00t4c, 5 days ago to random

Israeli Police Detain Palestinian Journalist Attacked by Settler Mob

#police

https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-police-detain-palestinian-journalist-attacked-by-settler-mob/

aral, 5 days ago to ireland

G’morning, all! And a special shout out to the folks here in Ireland: please go out and vote today in the local and EU elections. As lefty as you can. They’re all imperfect systems but at least we have proportional representation here and that’s way better than what most folks have. And we must fight the rise of fascism here and in the EU. This is one – of many – ways we do that. So please, go out and vote.

💕

#ireland #eu #vote #elections

noelreports, 5 days ago to random

In recent exercises in the Black Sea, Ukrainian amphibious assault groups conducted a series of operations that included landing on an unequipped coastline. The group maneuvered from one coast to another in combat formation, avoiding enemy fire and dangerous areas. The boats and crews practiced complex maneuvering, regrouping, and joint actions at sea.

video/mp4

br00t4c, 5 days ago to Palestine

Teaching Palestine: The Causes and Consequences of Organized Forgetting

#911 #palestine

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/07/teaching-palestine-the-causes-and-consequences-of-organized-forgetting/

seachanger, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to Israel

It’s not surprising how many online disinfo fronts have been buttressing #Israel’s relentless genocide of #Gaza children and civilians but it is ominous & nauseating

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4994027/israel-us-online-influence-campaign-gaza

DrALJONES, 5 days ago to random

Report

Israeli forces target two Palestinians on motorbike in West Bank

Verified video shows Israeli forces in Jenin pursuing the two Palestinians. After the victims crash to the ground, the Israeli military vehicle pauses briefly before continuing on without checking or providing first aid.

Ambulance crews retrieve the bodies, coming under fire from the Israeli military while doing so.

0.45 GMT JUN 7 AJ UPDATES

#IsraeliWarCrimes #WestBank ..

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

Four years ago today, Trump called it "stupendous" and "joyous" news that American unemployment was only at 13.3%.

Four years later, unemployment has been under 4% for 27 straight months.

Yes, we are indeed better off than we were four years ago.

br00t4c, 5 days ago to random

Report: US Bombs Used in Israeli Massacre of 40 in Gaza Refugee Camp

#massacre #school

https://truthout.org/articles/report-us-bombs-used-in-israeli-massacre-of-40-in-gaza-refugee-camp/

br00t4c, 6 days ago to random

Pennsylvania House Republicans Boo And Walk Out On Hero 1/6 Cops

#pennsylvania

https://www.politicususa.com/2024/06/06/pennsylvania-house-republicans-boo-and-walk-out-on-hero-1-6-cops.html

Skepticat, 7 days ago to random

BREAKING: Senate Republicans just voted to block the Right to Contraception Act, which would enshrine the right to contraceptive access nationally.

When people say, "They'll never take that away," They're WRONG!!!

No Rights are Safe with Republicans in Office.

DrALJONES, 6 days ago to Israel

Report

Retired Israeli Major General Itzhak Brick:

"Large-scale attack against Hezbollah could bring terrible destruction to Israel"

While northern communities want Israel to attack Hezbollah, they don't know the "dire situation" of the Israeli military.

Gallant & Halevi are “not prepared to acknowledge the army’s weakness" & they & Netanyahu "have nothing left to lose, & are ready to gamble on the fate of the country”.

7.00 GMT JUN 6 AJ UPDATES

#Israel #Hezbollah #IsraeliWarmongers ..

DrALJONES, 6 days ago to random

Interview

“Propaganda Machine"

AIPAC’s $25 Million Campaign to Unseat Jamaal Bowman in NY

The Israel lobby is seeking to oust lawmakers who have led calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.

“They don’t want anyone to be critical of the state of Israel", even when honest critique supports the safety & security of the people of Israel as well as the freedom of Palestine.
~Jamaal Bowman

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/6/jamaal_bowman

#FreePalestine #AIPAC ..

DrALJONES, 6 days ago to Israel

Interview

"Jewish US Army Major Explains Why He Resigned Over Gaza"

"I knew that as long as I stayed, I'd be contributing to this campaign [of] indiscriminately killing civilians at an industrial scale.

"We saw, even from the first days of the Israeli air campaign, willingness to inflict very high civilian casualties."

~Harrison Mann

https://www.commondreams.org/news/harrison-mann?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=9ec962e65b-Top+News%3A+Tue.+6%2F5%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

#USComplicity #Israel #GazaGenocide #USPol ..

DrALJONES, 6 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to Israel

Report

Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian political leader:

"Israel’s display of inhumanity, immorality & vicious drive for death & destruction will have long-lasting ramifications, particularly within Israel.

"The level of violence exhibited by the Israeli occupation cannot be encompassed by words or even real images.

“The human mind, like the human conscience, is in despair."

4.30 GMT JUN 6 AJ UPDATES

#HananAshrawi #Israel #FreePalestine @Palestine ..

rbreich, 6 days ago to random

Convicted felon Donald Trump has succeeded in getting his three remaining criminal trials postponed indefinitely.

If he really thought he was innocent of the 54 remaining charges, don't you think he'd want the trials to happen before the election so he could clear his name?

br00t4c, 6 days ago to random

Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza kills at least 20, locals say

#military #school

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o

DrALJONES, 6 days ago to random

Analysis

"Biden Claims Israel Isn't Starving Gazans. Rights Groups Say It Is Clear as Day"

"The fact that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza is not in contention.

The Israeli military is "deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, & fuel, while willfully impeding humanitarian assistance, apparently razing agricultural areas, & depriving the civilian population of objects indispensable to their survival."

~Human Rights Watch

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-starving-gaza?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=9ec962e65b-Top+News%3A+Tue.+6%2F5%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

#USComplicity .

taylorlorenz, 7 days ago to random

A former Meta engineer is speaking out against Meta’s bias in handling of content related to the attacks on Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian IG posts
https://www.reuters.com/technology/former-meta-engineer-sues-company-saying-he-was-fired-over-handling-gaza-content-2024-06-05/

br00t4c, 7 days ago to Law

Trump's MAGA Allies Are Threatening to Impeach Joe Biden, Investigate Jack Smith, and Imprison Alvin Bragg

#law #trump

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trumps-maga-allies-are-threatening-to-impeach-joe-biden-investigate-jack-smith-and-imprison-alvin-bragg

realTuckFrumper, 7 days ago to random

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse Gov. Abbott’s pardon of man who fatally shot BLM demonstrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQhkaQ09MW0&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon