@sifill.bsky.social reframes reconstruction, the 14th amendment, the Lost Cause movement and the entire civil rights movement in a broader scope than I've ever thought of it. Americans who fight against civil rights are deeply committed to a hundreds of year old war that for them is still ongoing.

Morning update - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-421

Chef’s kiss.

I have a bunch of favorite podcasts I listen to. @strictscrutiny.bsky.social is one of them. I confess that I often skip that third section where they interview somebody. This third section is deeply meaningful and impactful. Definitely give it a listen crooked.com/podcast/the-...

"Along with fast-tracking the money, Noem flew there herself on a government plane to tour the pier personally. She then stayed for the weekend and got dinner with the donor, a local cardiologist, at the French restaurant Bleu Provence..." www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Columbia graduate student and peace activist Mohsen Mahdawi faces a crucial hearing tomorrow as the U.S. government appeals his release before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, alongside a similar challenge in the case of Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, detained after writing an...

Video by @MeghnadBose93 (on X) of Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi addressing the crowd. Additional footage from @AreebaFatimaa (on X) in reply.

Masked men posing as ICE agents are kidnapping and assaulting women—taking advantage of the chaos and fear Trump's detention and deportation policies have fostered. Guest writer Cammy Pedroja exposes how Trump’s fear-driven immigration crackdown is endangering immigrant women.

When the supply of available homes goes down relative to demand, prices increase. This is one of the best established findings in housing policy, and policymakers who don't center this aren't going to fix the housing crisis.

In a dark red part of Texas, Indivisible Kingwood is proving that grassroots activism still works. Group leader Cindi Hendrickson talks about their recent protest outside of the prison that holds Ghislaine Maxwell and how local action can drive national change.

Israel detains dozens of Palestinians in occupied West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-detains-dozens-palestinians-occupied-west-bank

UAE lobbied Netanyahu to accept Trump Gaza plan: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-lobbied-netanyahu-accept-trump-gaza-plan-report

Hear, hear! x.com/chrismurphyc...

Australian doctor Nada Abu Alrub says “Gaza is a slaughterhouse,” where people are awaiting to die in countless ways. “What the people of Gaza are living through, no one can tolerate,” she says.

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Local sources report that civil defense and medical teams narrowly escaped a double-tap strike during a rescue operation on Abu-Haseera Street, west Gaza City.

At least 33 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Friday, including 24 in Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera. Over the past 24 hours, 50 bodies and 184 injured arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza’s health ministry. Video: Israeli forces leveled an…

🟤 Breaking: Hamas official Husam Badran says the group “formally invited Fatah to bilateral dialogue at the start of this month, after* the U.S. denied visas to the Palestinian delegation. One month later, we have received no reply.”

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social File articles od impeachment!

It seems to me this is likely to have the opposite effect.

UK Middle East minister appears to accept 'risk of genocide' in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-middle-east-minister-appears-accept-risk-genocide-gaza

Please STOP saying *arrests* and *arresting* ...it's kidnapping. ICE Gestapo brutally KIDNAPPING people off the street according to what color they are.