#StopIsrael

I promise you this will fill your heart full of joy.

Nothing captures the positive bond between a human and their dog quite like this.

Priceless ❤️

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Rejoin is coming Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future.

@iandunt.bsky.social on our brand new report 🇪🇺

"Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future."

"Rejoining the EU is the cleanest political argument and the strongest economic argument but it has a weakness."

Published yesterday, April 18th, by Palestinian journalist Basem al-Habel from Israeli occupied Palestine 's Gaza.

"Israeli occupation forces MURDERED 7 Palestinians in Gaza during the past 24 hours.."

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There is so much I cannot ever forgive Trump and Vance for, but their treatment and betrayal of Ukraine and boosting Russia is right up there at the top of the list.

Giorgia Meloni made a crucial remark when she lectured the French far-right leader J. Bardella:

"Supporting Ukraine is not only a moral duty, but also a strategic necessity, because at stake are not only the dignity, freedom and independence of Kyiv, but also the security of Europe."

Netanyahu has removed 40 thousand homes in Lebanon in less than a month . This war criminal needs to be brought to final Justice.

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV

Wall Street Journal: U.S. military preparing to board Iran-linked ships in international waters YouTube video by MS NOW

Overnight, Iran accused Israel of violating its ceasefire with Lebanon, causing Iran to announce the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, again. The U.S. military is preparing to board Iran-linked ships in international waters, which could escalate the conflict further.

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The eagles are talking to each other.

Howdy from #BigBearValley where Jackie flew in with fresh fish to feed the eaglets and Shadow was relieved of eaglet-sitting duty. Both eaglets got plenty to eat but I had to ✂️ this clip for BlueSky. #BaldEagles

Dr Assal Rad—

"Israel created the largest group of child amputees in modern history and now blocks prostheses.

"The cruelty is always the point."

Old Man, beautifully portrayed in 1485 by Filippino Lippi, d. OTD 1505.

Sound on for comforting nature sounds!

A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim.
#justsayin

I Hope The US Loses And The Empire Collapses, And Other Notes Reading by Tim Foley:

"I hope this war collapses the entire US empire. My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. I hope the empire falls. I hope the apartheid state of Israel is dismantled."
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Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue Israel bombed Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism’s willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the se...

Israeli ethno-nationalism seeks the dissolution of its perceived internal enemies, Jewish but different. Zionism works to eliminate Jewish diversity in all its forms, especially that which directly challenges the Zionist project, e.g. Iranian synagogue.
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It's International Bat Appreciation Day. "A single pipistrelle bat (weighing no more than a 50p coin) can eat up to 3,000 insects in a single night. That’s thousands of midges, mosquitoes, and crop-damaging pests, naturally controlled, without chemicals."
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America is rapidly turning into the Handmaids Tale and the people still wont stand up for themselves. Many will still be arguing Blue Team vs Red Team from the work camps without a clue how they ended up there.

Yes, its great at manufacturing problems that they can loot the taxpayer to solve.

“He cheated on the golf course. He cheated on his taxes. He cheated on his wives. He cheated the business contractors he stiffed. He tried to cheat in the 2020 election. And now he’s trying to cheat on the 2026 midterms - because he knows he can’t win.”

In historic Senate vote, 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel,...

“Americans want to see our tax money invested in improving lives here at home, not used to kill innocent women+children in the Middle East and put American troops in harm’s way as part of Netanyahu’s illegal wars of expansion.” Note this, Starmer.
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An advert for the Bylines Network women, justice and equality webinar, taking place Wednesday 15 April at 7 pm. The card has pictures of Ginny Smith (Sussex Bylines Editor in Chief), Anouska de Georgiou (a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein), Natalie Bennet (politician and journalist) and a logo for the No One Above campaign group with the names of two survivors of abuse by Mohammed Al-Fayed beside it- Isabella and Justine https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bylinesnetwork1/2140874

In an industry where globally 73% of publications are run by males, we are proud to say that 80% of our Editors-in-Chief across all 10 of our publications are not male. We are also proud to champion female voices, including this webinar. This Wednesday at 7 pm.
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Israeli prison authorities are blocking hundreds of solidarity postcards being sent to female Palestinian prisoners A global campaign led by churches and an Islamic center across 15 U.S. states is sending hundreds of solidarity postcards to female Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, but Israeli prison authori...

"All communication with Palestinian women prisoners is blocked, including messages of support, which seek to draw global attention to the conditions under which they are trying to survive+to break through the enforced silence surrounding their lives."
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Nobody's "Obsessed" With Israel — It's Just A Uniquely Horrible Country Reading by Tim Foley:

"the same people who accuse Israel’s critics of “obsession” with a tiny insignificant country fall all over themselves to tell you that Israel is an indispensable ally whose interests are inextricably intertwined with the interests of western civilization."
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Despise Israel AND The Entire Western Empire Reading by Tim Foley:

"Everyone hates Israel now...understand that Israel has never acted alone. The US and its allies are responsible for ensuring that Israel is an asshole with an attack helicopter. Oppose Israel, also oppose the entire murderous western power structure."
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Israel’s restriction of aid into Gaza leads to critical shortages in bread, baby formula, and water Israel’s continued restriction of aid into Gaza has cut bread production by half as hospitals run out of baby formula and water supplies run low. Doctors warn that surging malnutrition cases among chi...

"Israeli policies designed to keep Gaza’s population permanently on the edge of collapse...crises not resolved but controlled by Israel to prevent any recovery or return to stability...e.g. lack of baby formula for 4 weeks = irreversible harm for future generation".
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El coordinador general de MSF para Gaza, sobre la situación en la Franja tras el alto el fuego: "Las condiciones de vida son cada vez peores" Joan Tubau ha denunciado que desde el 1 de enero Israel no permite la entrada de suministros ni de personal humanitario | Cadena SER

🔴 El coordinador general de MSF para Gaza, sobre la situación en la Franja tras el alto el fuego: "Las condiciones de vida son cada vez peores".

- Joan Tubau ha denunciado que desde el 1 de enero Israel no permite la entrada de suministros ni de personal humanitario.

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