If you follow me, but aren't horrified/angered by Israel's campaign of slaughter and starvation in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, please explain.
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I'm RT-ing my response to someone yesterday.
Our government wasn't like this, even 30 yrs ago.
There's one main reason why it's this way.
It doesn't have to be.
Federally fund campaigns.
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What you're describing is a symptom, rather than a root cause.
An @npratc piece circa 1980 said big business was afraid voters would punish them if they donated too heavy-handedly and appeared to be buying the government they wanted. (Remember that PACs were a new thing.)
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This disingenuous bastard would rather keep Republicans in power than vote for someone who doesn't support Israel's genocide.
I worked for Obama twice. Never voted for Trump. I’m supporting Mike Rogers in Michigan.
El-Sayed’s positions on Israel and American security cross a line for me. Party loyalty has limits.
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When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.
When we see that traffic and injury-causing crashes spike on the streets around a warehouse — that's exploitation. And it makes our streets less safe.
We stand with working people, not corporations that profit by denying them their rights. We stand with @Teamsters and for safe streets in New York City.
We will pass the Delivery Protection Act.
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon.
Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
It leaves our workers unprotected and our streets less safe. It's time for a change.
I'm proud to support the Delivery Protection Act to crack down on exploitative subcontracting and build an economy that works for everyone.
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The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped.
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"The Linear Algebra Behind Google" is a short paper that explains the mathematics behind Google's original PageRank algorithm.
The paper covers eigenvalues and eigenvectors, stochastic matrices, Markov chains, and iterative methods, using numerical examples and graphs to illustrate how PageRank works.
Beyond the algorithm itself and the original paper by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, this is an interesting read for anyone curious about how linear algebra applies to one of the most influential algorithms in the history of the web.
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This is not Gaza. This is Hebron today.
The Israeli occupation has begun destroying Palestine’s economic capital, a city that accounts for 75% of the country’s production in the stone and marble, leather and footwear, plastics, glass, oils, dairy, and gold industries.
Ethnic cleansing is being inflicted on the Palestinian people everywhere across the land of Palestine.
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ICE thug ripped phone from elderly US citizen, pocketed it, then body-slammed her.
Not law enforcement. Robbery and felony assault by a masked goon. No immunity. Identify, charge, prosecute to the fullest extent of state law.
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West Virginia AG, JB McCuskey, often decries "lawfare". But the most egregious example of lawfare is his use of his office to harass and silence WVians who dare to expose the economic, health, and environmental damage being done by fossil fuel industries. apnews.com/article/west-virg…
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Here is a beautiful list! 125 free math textbooks, written by the mathematicians who teach the courses and shared on their own university pages. No sign-up, no paywall, no pirated copies. From high school algebra to graduate analysis. 👇
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Sudan: Amnesty is calling on all states, including the UK, to cease arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates until it stops supplying weapons to the RSF. amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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'Night,' (c1903) is one in a series of ‘window’ pictures by William Orpen that depict the artist’s wife, Grace; here she is dwarfed by the scale of the Georgian drawing room which almost acts as a prison cell in the hinterland of Tottenham Court Road in north London.
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ICE said Antonio Moreida jumped onto the hood of their vehicle.
Now a local police investigation concludes that an ICE agent struck him with his SUV.
The routine lying by ICE is the result of the example set by leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.
All of those responsible for these acts of violence — and their leadership — will be held accountable.
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What happens to Venezuelan oil when it is pumped out of the ground, and where does the money go afterward? No one seems to know—and that may be the point, @anneapplebaum reports. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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The US Has Retreated From Climate Action. A New Report Reveals the Global Consequences. Rising U.S. emissions are pushing best-case climate scenarios out of reach. us.list-manage.com/fk1cr7zHZ…
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"I had been a baseball fan since I was a boy, and meeting Ted Williams was a thrill.
He was tall, genial, easy to like, and he developed a voracious taste for the chocolate fudge my wife's sister, Jane, would send from home.
He was a fine pilot and I liked to fly with him."
John Glenn.
"Glenn was a man destined for something great, it was an intuitive feeling I had.
John always had exceptional self-control and was one of the calmest men I have ever met, no matter how perilous the situation."
Ted Williams.
Israel has planned this for a long time.
For over a yr the IDF has accompanied jewish settlers' armed raids of Palestinian orchards, farms, and homes, letting them destroy, steal, injure, and kill, stepping in when Palestinians object.
Israel ENGINEERED an excuse to cleanse.
בצלם קורא בדחיפות לקהילה הבינלאומית, לממשלות ולמוסדות בינלאומיים לפעול מיד, בכל האמצעים העומדים לרשותם לפי המשפט הבינלאומי, כדי לעצור את מסע הטיהור האתני שישראל מנהלת בחברון ולמנוע עקירה בכפייה של אזרחים פלסטינים, ענישה קולקטיבית והרס נרחב ובלתי חוקי. מנהיגי ישראל מכריזים בגלוי על כוונותיהם, והצעדים בשטח כבר החלו.
בעקבות אירוע הירי סמוך לחברון ב־23 באוקטובר, שבו נהרגו שני חיילים ישראלים, הודיעו ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ושר הביטחון ישראל כ״ץ בגלוי על תוכניות לעקור בכפייה תושבים פלסטינים מבתיהם ולבצע הרס נרחב באזור.
בהצהרתו אמר נתניהו: ״ניישם בערים את המודל ההתקפי המוצלח שהפעלנו במחנות הפליטים״.
אותו מודל כבר הוביל לעקירתם של יותר מ־33 אלף פלסטינים במחנות הפליטים בצפון הגדה המערבית. כעת, מנהיגי ישראל מאיימים להחיל את אותה מדיניות של עקירה המונית והרס גם בחברון.
והצעדים בשטח כבר החלו. כוחות הצבא הטילו כתר על חברון וחלחול, בעוד שהמנהל האזרחי החל להרוס מבנים פלסטיניים בשכונת פרש אל-הווא. במקביל, הודיע השר בצלאל סמוטריץ׳ על הקמת ארבעה מאחזי חווה חדשים בדרום הר חברון.
מנהיגי ישראל מכריזים בגלוי על תוכניות לענישה קולקטיבית ולמעשים שעלולים להוות פשעי מלחמה. תוכניות אלה מהדהדות את הפעולות ההרסניות שביצעה ישראל במסגרת הג׳נוסייד בעזה, ומהוות הסלמה נוספת במסע הטיהור האתני ובפרויקט המחיקה שהיא מקדמת בגדה המערבית: פירוק שיטתי של הקיום הפלסטיני הקולקטיבי, תוך הרחבת ההתנחלויות וביסוס שליטה ישראלית קבועה.
העולם אינו יכול לעמוד מנגד בזמן שישראל ממשיכה במתקפתה על הפלסטינים, ולהמתין עד ששכונות נוספות יתרוקנו מתושביהן ויימחקו, למרות מה שכבר ראינו בעזה ובצפון הגדה המערבית. ממשלות ומוסדות בינלאומיים חייבים לפעול עכשיו כדי למנוע את הפשעים האלה ולהגן על האוכלוסייה הפלסטינית.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin cited genetics to declare that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people” and reiterated his claim to Ukrainian territory, saying: “I think that it is not their territory but the historical territory of Russia.” wapo.st/48aZaZF
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So we know at least one person connected to the Trans mailer. His name is Matt Zuerssen. His dad and brother own a printing & direct mailer business in Illinois. But Matt lives in Dallas. And Matt loves To visit Mar A Lago. And he loves Elon Musk & Trump/1 cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas…
