Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vows “there will be Jewish settlements in Gaza” during an address at a Simhat Torah event in the southern border city of Sderot.

CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January * 100s starved to death, including kids * Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel * US citizens murdered in the West Bank I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Of course he can’t be bothered with the details. He just wants the 30 second sound bite.

The Trump administration says it is making deals with drug companies to lower prices U.S. consumers pay for medicines. But key details are missing on how the initiative would work.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

“Show us your warrant!” “Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔 *busts in the door with babies crying*

UPDATE: Netanyahu came to 🇺🇸 and announced Trump & Israel-aligned billionaires are taking control of TikTok (and Twitter) to suppress dissent on Gaza and change the algorithm… and zero Sunday shows even mentioned it.

NORTH CAROLINA… “someone on a boat coming up Cape Fear opened fire on the American Fish Company, an outdoor bar venue… The boat then proceeded up the Intracoastal Waterway…” Every damn day. 🇺🇸 abcnews.go.com/US/3-dead-8-...

It’s funny because it isn’t 😕 🇺🇸

Braxton Bragg was an unpopular military figure whose own soldiers tried to kill him. He contended that slavery was “just and necessary.” In June, the Trump Administration ordered the name of Fort Bragg to be restored.

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

Everyone should be held to the same standards.

With "extraordinary amounts of clean energy surging into the world’s energy system," the world has a chance to avert the worst of the climate crisis, says Bill McKibben. But so far, it's China taking the lead on the green transition as the U.S. doubles down on fossil fuels.

Interesting including the video linked in the comments. I remember hearing about Gamergate but hadn’t considered its consequences. And never had heard the term grouper.

Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.

condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.

So our military just bombed a boat in international waters and extrajudicially killed suspected drug traffickers without so much as a conversation, let alone a trial? Then posted it on social media? And we’re all supposed to just trust their account?

Apparently this hideous addition really is happening to the White House.

Do not turn away.

This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government. (I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

WWJD - somehow I don’t think it’s forcibly removing unhoused people with military personnel while planning an opulent, $200 million, ballroom.

This man is a danger to us all.

I didn’t take long to come up with fake numbers after firing the guy…

Jerusalem Post - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City has been approved by his Security Cabinet.

They LITERALLY want dead women to have to carry fetuses to term but live babies to die of preventable illnesses. That’s a GOAL of theirs, not a side effect.

We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.

Robin Williams on Donald Trump in 2012

The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7. In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza. Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

No one is coming to help us - we need to band together.

A recent Trump EO regarding people who are unhoused and people who live with mental health challenges flies in the face of known best practices. And it’s larded with lies. My latest for Hearst: www.ctinsider.com/opinion/arti... Susan Campbell (opinion): Lies about America's homeless

"What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.

How about we don’t rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House after Melania Trump? Just a thought. The amendment was approved in a 33–25 vote by the House Appropriations Committee and added to the fiscal year 2026 Interior funding legislation.

I refuse to give the horrifying Bret Stephens op-ed my attention and, weeping through it, read Marisa's piece "Gaza is Starving" instead. Recommend you read it, and pressure your elected official to push for an end to the atrocities.

😕 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/w...

America in a nutshell.

Reminder: Among vaccine “injuries” recorded in this nonsense are redness and swelling at the injection site (a.k.a. reactions, not injuries).

Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals. What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research. Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out. zurl.co/YBGNy

WASH POST: “Trump has declared millions of undocumented immigrants no longer eligible for a bond hearing…” Enriching their private prison company friends who make money the longer they keep them locked up, often with no criminal record. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump and his cronies claim they support immigration as long as it’s done legally. But today, thousands of Afghans in the U.S. lose their Temporary Protected Status. They’re here legally and would be targeted by the Taliban if they had to return home. The cruelty is the point.

Apologies for yelling, but— A CHINESE BILLIONAIRE BATTLING US CIVIL FRAUD CHARGES SAID HE'S HELPING THE US PRESIDENT RAKE IN FOREIGN MONEY OFF A MEMECOIN.

"The misrepresentation of Zohran is almost unprecedented to me... He is not an antisemite." @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social on how he challenges people who say Mamdani is antisemitic to provide proof & they never can, it's just what they heard. My full interview with him: zeteo.com/p/bill-de-bl...

Shameful

More fake ICE agents doing horrible things. Everyone should be speaking up about this. Masks and no ID required is a ridiculous recipe for horrors. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenJohnson & Sexton should be banning it, not protecting it.

"Sorry Islamophobes, I'm a Proud Muslim American and, Like Zohran Mamdani, I'm Not Going Anywhere" The insanely bigoted attacks on Mamdani are out of control and designed to intimidate a vulnerable minority – but they will fail. Please read/share my latest for Zeteo: zeteo.com/p/sorry-isla...

We’ve talked about “Alligator Alcatraz” before. Here are more details. Starting the first week of July, when South Florida’s heat index regularly hits 100°F, they plan to detain up to 5,000 people in tents. No A/C. No real shelter. Just suffocating heat, choking humidity, and swarms of mosquitoes.