“Watching his life cut short for standing up publicly for what he believed” huh…wonder who else has had that done to them that in relationship to kyle rittenhouse

i made this cherry chocolate cake (for a retired cardiac PA) :)

Very rarely, I have the privilege of reading an article that changes the way I think, fundamentally alters the fabric of reality that unrolls before me. This article is one of them. nymag.com/intelligence...

This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/

congee topping bar!!

happy holiday y’all 🤎

This is a must-read from legal scholar Marjorie Cohn, who lays out times that she *personally* testified on behalf of soldiers who disobeyed unlawful orders. Very thorough account of how the Trump admin's assertions w/r/t Sen. Kelly and co. are wrong. truthout.org/articles/sol...

Sen. Joni Ernst blocked a bill by @vanhollen.senate.gov yesterday to suspend arms shipments to the UAE while it backs the slaughter of tens of thousands of people in Sudan truthout.org/articles/gop...

Trump’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, reportedly welcomed a man convicted of spying on the Navy for Israel into the U.S.’s Jerusalem embassy for a “friendly” meeting this summer. The spy, Pollard, was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for selling a huge cache of military secrets to Israel.

"Decades ago, far-right investors and philanthropists committed to a long-term, risk-taking investment in media and narrative infrastructure. Meanwhile, progressive philanthropy has largely ignored progressive and left media, relying on the continued operations of traditional, profit-driven media."

No less a part of the media's hard right pivot than the Kimmel cancellation -- Condé Nast firing union leaders who dared to speak out against the gutting of Teen Vogue. truthout.org/articles/con...

Much like those who continue carrying out his wars today, Cheney enjoyed impunity for his imperial crimes. He lived out his life as part of the 1 percent, availing himself of luxuries funded by atrocities so vast they are almost impossible to describe in full. truthout.org/articles/war...

"We're just going to kill people." "We’re going to kill them. They’re going to be, like, dead." truthout.org/articles/tru...

to recap the past couple of hours: - we determined the bullets had trans ideology on them - local pd releases pic of the suspect - nvm

The right's entire ideology is built on violence. There is nothing to valorize about that. One of the only things uniting the various factions of the right is their commitment to violence. Kirk and Fuentes, for instance, had differences in that they disagreed who that violence should be done to.

Biden officials keep patting themselves on the back saying "at least we prevented famine!" But famine is just a regulated word. You need huge swaths of starvation, built up over a long period of time, to reach famine. And starvation preceding famine isn't magically better.

"When I saw the news about Mariam, I was in such disbelief that I kept calling my colleagues in Gaza and asking one question: Is Mariam alive? When they said no, I just hung up and called someone else to ask the same question." www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Early in the genocide, the US told Netanyahu he'd be "fighting this war for...decades to come,” Miller said. “The prime minister said, ‘You’re right. We are going to be fighting this war for decades to come. That’s the way it’s been. That’s the way it’s going to be.’” truthout.org/articles/for...

It disgusts me that Ezra Klein & co sit around in their cushy homes hand wringing about the WORD genocide when Palestinians' lived reality is hell on earth. I want to force them to look at the photos of kids killed in Gaza every day. I want to glue the pictures to their glasses so it's all they see.

After killing 6 journalists on Sunday outside of al-Shifa Hospital, Israeli forces targeted another well-known journalist, Motasem Ahmed Dalloul, on Monday.

Cuomo’s campaign has clearly been trying to Mamdani-fy his social media presence and literally every single tweet is incredible. They all sound like robots trying to emulate Elon Musk’s sense of humor

Really astonishing how getting even the smallest bit of engagement on Twitter is a hellish experience now

It is genuinely hard to imagine anything more abhorrent for her to do right now, as ICE is ravaging the US, public health is being completely destroyed, and Trump is literally setting humanitarian aid aflame.

oh, were we talking about cory booker speeches again

Zohran Mamdani’s staunch support for Palestinian rights was a major boon to his campaign and served as one of the top motivations for voters to cast their ballot for him, new polling finds, as establishment Democrats scratch their heads over Mamdani’s historic campaign and popularity.

Israeli soldiers raided a tent set up for mourning Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen on Tuesday as his killer, an Israeli settler infamous for terrorizing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, was released by an Israeli court.

"I do not call this my story. I call this the story of the oppressed, the story of the Palestinians in Gaza who are dying at the hands of starvation and violence." If you only read or watch one news story today, make it this: truthout.org/video/former...

A Palestinian activist who helped film the "No Other Land" documentary, Awdah Hathaleen, was shot and killed by an Israeli settler on Monday. Locals identified the killer as Yinon Levi, who was sanctioned by the U.S. and the EU for “regularly leading groups of violent extremists” in the West Bank.

Getting to a point where there are more public pics of Trump and Epstein than I have with some of my closest friends

I am in no way handing it to Huckabee. This statement is bullshit. But I'm just noting this post treats Saif with more humanity than anyone in the Biden admin ever showed to any Palestinian or Palestinian American killed by Israel. And that says a *lot* about the Biden administration.

The thing is, “death to the number 1 killer of children, hospitals, and aid workers” just isn’t quite as catchy

a political consultancy that does what now?

Zohran Mamdani secured a landslide victory in the New York City mayoral primary despite media and his opposition being intent on trying to drum up controversy over his views on Israel and Palestine, even to the point of sweeping aside candidates’ stances on issues that affect the city.

Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov, in response to Stephen Miller: “Racist fuck. Go back to 1930’s Germany.” truthout.org/articles/the...

If people are saying the race isn’t bigger than NYC then why did the city literally just vote to globalize the intifada

pregame; shot; chaser

The thing about the feckless statements crying about the strikes being “unconstitutional” is like — well when an AUMF passes Congress with flying colors, then what. The only thing you’re left with is war.

Iran hasn't directly targeted the US. But Trump, seemingly minutes after bombing, demanded they surrender a war that he just started. truthout.org/articles/tru...

Incredible community note

Everyone else in Congress is tweeting about Iran. Nancy Mace...is still tweeting about bathrooms.

“This idea that the Israeli military isn't involved is bullshit. They're very much involved. They have offices in our compounds. We share our radio communications with them. The higher-ups claim the Israeli military is not involved, but…they’re the man behind the curtain.” zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

New polling shows that in a head-to-head race between progressive Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo leads by just two points, garnering 51% of the vote, with Mamdani at 49%. The margin of error for the poll is plus or minus three points.

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst answered a question about the GOP’s sweeping cuts to Medicaid that could kill people by saying “Well, we all are going to die.”

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

House Republican Randy Fine has called for Gaza to be “nuked” akin to the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and said that “Palestinianism” is “evil” in genocidal remarks following the shooting of two Israeli embassy workers on Wednesday.

Trump's reconciliation bill would cause the poorest 10% of Americans to experience a 4% decrease in their household resources, while the richest 10% would see up to a 4% increase in theirs as a result of the bill’s massive cuts to crucial welfare programs, combined with tax cuts for the rich.

NEW: The UN reports that there are thousands of trucks carrying crucial goods like baby food at Gaza’s border, just miles away from the thousands of babies Israel is starving. Yesterday, Israel allowed in just five. @sharonzhang.bsky.social in @truthout.org:

What if he reverse uno cards Trump and becomes president

First, they came for the she/they 11 year old beautiful baby girls