Journalist/journo prof. Publisher: “The Croton Chronicle” https://xitter.cf/t.co/gYXi3Vcixi and “Words for the Wise” https://xitter.cf/t.co/1EBthERMGS
By the beautiful Hudson River.
Joined September 2008
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I’m so proud of these Detroit students standing up and demanding justice for Nolen Wells. I fully support the calls for a prompt and exhaustive federal investigation. Nolen’s life matters and his family deserves answers.
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As a 100% Jew whose ancestry is partly from Vitebsk (where Chagall spent the first 20 years of his life) and entirely from Eastern Europe, this pisses me off. Chagall was an Eastern European. All my ancestors circa 1880 were Eastern Europeans. That's a neutral statement of fact.
To describe Marc Chagall as anything other than a Jewish artist or to celebrate neighborhoods like Brighton Beach and Rego Park but not describe their Jewish character are just the latest examples of the Mayor's relentless, pathological campaign to erase Jews from the story.
He does it so often that one has to assume that this is not ignorance or accidental, but a deliberate effort to normalize antisemitism and marginalize Jewish New Yorkers.
It’s despicable.
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The voter turnout for Palestinian citizens of Israel, in the face of unbelievable harassment, bullying, obstruction and incitement, is just phenomenal. Arab-majority parties are now potential kingmakers in Israel 👏
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Israeli "democracy":
- 500,000 West Bank settlers can vote, but not the 3M Palestinians under occupation
- 230,000 Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem can vote, but not the 350,000 Palestinians under their rule
- The fewer than 2M Palestinians left in occupied Gaza cannot vote
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💥Huge victory for Arab-majority parties of Israel, with an estimated 18 Knesset seats. Netanyahu's bloc collapses from 68 to 50, if exit polls hold true. He has no way to form a government. The opposition bloc is declaring victory. The question is how Eisenkot will play it.
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Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit over Trump's use of his song 'Rockin' in the Free World' at campaign events.
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Regardless of which war criminal becomes prime minister, Palestinians living under Israeli apartheid will continue to face genocide, land theft, and erasure.
We cannot accept lies, excuses, or half-measures from our leaders. We must impose a full arms embargo and sanctions until Palestine is free.
@mbalter — investigations and commentary retweeted
In Jared Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman found an American partner he could steer in whichever way he wanted.
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Nine months after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, his parents are seeking answers.
At their first news conference since his death, Michael and Susan Pretti accused federal officials of withholding evidence in his killing. wapo.st/4iovI7e
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Bloomberg: Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings in $72 Million Defamation Suit
Livestreamer Hasan Piker filed a defamation lawsuit against commentator Scott Jennings in federal court Tuesday and wants more than $72 million in damages.
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I hate this condescending whataboutism. Yes Bret, if the interior minister of Japan was a right-wing religious zealot using US taxpayer money for ethnic cleansing, they would probably be better known.
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Since January, ICE has detained and sought to deport a man to Jamaica. But an AP investigation has found documents that support claims by his lawyers that he's a U.S. citizen. apnews.com/article/ice-immig…
@mbalter — investigations and commentary retweeted
Federal immigration officials held in contempt for disobeying court orders @Megwiththenews
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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump and his family have lost surprise elections, thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
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The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements.
"A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party. We are better than this. We have a responsibility to show it. Today we endorse Democrat Amy Acton for governor." cleveland.com/open/2026/10/w…
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Wow! Trump is epically heckled in deep red Mississippi!
“SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!!"
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🗳️ The Democratic Socialists of America is launching a national campaign for an arms embargo on Israel, built on organizing workers, unions and communities to choke off weapons shipments at strategic points rather than waiting for Washington.
The campaign's first targets include United Airlines, which DSA says moved nearly 3,000 military shipments to Tel Aviv through US hubs between June 2025 and March 2026, and Elbit Systems of America, the US arm of Israel's largest weapons maker, now rebranded as Twenty-Six Defense.
The national launch builds on New York City DSA's "Break the Chain" campaign, which has spent months organizing workers at JFK Airport to refuse to handle military cargo bound for Israel.
DSA is set to hold a webinar Thursday to the effort.
As the genocide in Palestine continues and violence intensifies across the West Bank, the call for an arms embargo has never been more critical.
DSA is proposing a total embargo that extends beyond just arms shipments. Join us on 10/29 for our launch - go.dsausa.org/arms-embargo-l…
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House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein. ms.now/news/house-judiciary-…
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An impressive project by @ForensicArchi that maps the destruction of civilian life in Gaza, from hospitals and schools to archaeological sites and agricultural land.
gaza.forensic-architecture.o…
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"The slow-motion erasure: of the occupied West Bank, where Israeli "bulldozers, armed settlers, night raids and stolen water are erasing Palestinian life." trib.al/U7cesiS
