#U.S. officials

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In Gaza, Israel’s Military Has Reached the End of the Line, U.S. Officials Say

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Official U.S PlayStation Magazine #50, Nov 2001 - 'Grand Theft Auto 3' cover. Support us on Patreon

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leftist: kamala said she would continue aiding israel and allow the “war” (genocide) in gaza to continue. she also promised to be harsher on border policing and immigration, and to make the american military the most lethal globally to further american influence and imperialism. these are all things she admitted and made key parts of her campaign

online liberals: so you wanted trump to win? you’re a russian bot aren’t you. this is a psyop. election interference. you’re puritanical . [slur]

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Leverage 4x1 - "The Long Way Down Job"

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the cradle is not a valid news source omfg.

There are a lot of shitty news sites out there. Fact-checking is free, but you'd never know it from looking at a lot of the articles that get traction on social media.

you would, however, increasingly see the far right embracing the left.

me, in a weary sing-song, every fucking time I see an outrage-clickbait headline: "what does the article actually say."

thecradle.co: "The US House of Representatives passed an amendment on 27 June barring State Department officials from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll of the ongoing Israeli war on the strip.... Sixty-two Democratic lawmakers voted in favor, as well as all but two Republicans."

me: "i thought the problem was that the UN had inexplicably started giving totals from the Gaza Media Office, which had WAY higher total deaths for women and children than the actual Health Ministry, and then everyone found out the Media Office was lying its ass off when the UN switched to the Health Ministry numbers. What's their reasoning?

"Is it the thing where almost 78% of their casualty numbers this spring came from unspecified media sources? Or is it because yes, the Ministry of Health's casualty numbers lined up pretty well with the UN's and Israel's in past wars, but this is the first time that the UN and NGOs haven't been verifying the death count in real time? Or that the Associated Press found hundreds of duplicate IDs in even the list of fully identified recent deaths from the Health Ministry? Wait, is it that the Ministry of Health has been claiming that like 75% of the deaths were women and children, but releasing detailed reports that show that it's really 38%-52%, depending on the month? ok fine maybe there's a reason that this was an almost unanimous vote."

thecradle.co: "...that's not relevant"

me: "...seems like it is tho"

thecradle.co: "we're not here to answer questions"

me: "..."

thecradle.co: "anYWAY, Rashida Tlaib is a real-life Palestinian-American and SHE said, 'Since 1948... there has been a coordinated effort, especially in this chamber, to dehumanize Palestinians and erase Palestinians from existence... [Israel's committing] genocide in Gaza, and in real time, and this amendment is an attempt to hide it … This is genocide denial.'"

me: "how has there been a coordinated effort in the senate to erase Palestinians from existence for 76 years? the u.s. is the largest provider of foreign aid to palestine on earth. i've literally read the entire detailed record of the 1950 senate hearing on Palestinian refugees--"

thecradle.co: "again, i am NOT TAKING QUESTIONS, I am just TELLING YOU--"

me: "okay, okay, geeze"

thecradle.co: "my point is that she said, 'My colleagues want to prohibit our own US officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll. So let me read it into the record. Here are the latest casualties of Palestinians killed: 37,718 Palestinians, including more than 15,000 Palestinian children and more than 86,377 Palestinians have been injured.'"

me: "isn't that the old, blatantly incorrect, two-times-too-high number of deaths of Palestinian children, from the Gaza MEDIA Office? Not the Health Ministry? omg, it IS. The media office is claiming 15,002 children, and a total of 44,844 total deaths. You can only even find that shit printed in Al Mayadeen, which is also a fake news site."

thecradle.co: "I don't know that kind of stuff. I just report the facts."

me: "sure, if the fact is that she lied. wait. she's upset that they're telling the State Department not to use the Health Ministry's numbers and SHE'S not even using the Health Ministry's numbers? was she even listening?"

thecradle.co: "...In November 2023, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, Barbara Leaf, said when asked about skepticism over the Gaza Health Ministry death toll that the numbers could actually be higher."

me: "did you actually just close by quoting someone speculating wildly nine months ago?"

thecradle.co: "listen, our about page makes it very clear that we are definitely journalists and we definitely aren't owned by anybody, and we will expose whatever shocking truths we want."

me: "...so...."

thecradle.co: "...did you hear that ben gvir is the most hated man on earth?" me: "i thought you claimed to report the NEWS."

anyway, I am just as thrilled as always to see my united states elected representatives getting their info from the least reputable sources possible. and then being signal boosted by the least reputable sources possible.

it's almost as thrilling as the knowledge that people react to "hey that's not true" as if you'd just murdered a Palestinian civilian right in front of them, instead of as if you were telling them that thousands of Palestinian children thought dead were still alive.

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Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA

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I’m going to physically fight whoever got Hijack 1971 removed from dailymotion. I was so excited to rewatch it

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I’m sorry but you can’t cry “human rights violation!!!!” when you are actively carrying out a campaign of genocide.

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Can Netanyahu Declare Victory to End the Gaza Conflict?

Can Netanyahu Be Pressured to Declare Victory and End the Gaza Conflict? As the conflict in Gaza continues to unfold, a pivotal question arises: Can Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be persuaded to declare a victory and bring an end to the ongoing war? Following the significant elimination of Yahya Sinwar — a notorious figure responsible for immense suffering on both Israeli and…

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we are so fucking fucked

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All-Star Comics (1940) #8, published in October 1941

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Official U.S PlayStation Magazine #48, Sept 2001 - 'ICO' cover. Support us on Patreon

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Not trying to be that person but if you're in the states and actually want to learn more about the Grants Pass case which could either legitimize the criminalization of unsheltered homelessness or set the precedent that providing shelter is a responsibility of local governments please do read from reputable sources like NAEH.

I won't speak directly for the unhoused community but for those of us who work in housing services, we've been anticipating this ruling for months. It has the potential to be a very big deal. Discussing leftist solutions to shelter gaps is a great way to start your interest and advocacy for your unhoused neighbors, but if you wish to create actual local change I promise you will always need to be informed of what's actually going on in your local community, including what's already being done.

If you want to be an advocate, watch this case. Then take it a step further:

-make sure you're advocating for affordable housing on the local level (to your local decision makers, not just online),

-volunteer at your local shelter if you have one,

-show up to your local homeless coalition (if you don't have one, start one),

-if you don't have much time to spare, volunteer for your point in time count next January, it's only one day and helps a lot!

Our housing crisis in the U.S. is dire, so every little bit helps.

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the thing about the u.s. "aid" bill to send the israeli occupation 14 billion is like. how much fucking money that is compared to who it's hurting. like forget abt whatever that could've done here in the usa for usa citizens. joe biden and the genocidal american government are so happy to casually drop 14 billion, imagine if that amount of money had been dropped to support palestine before the latest bombardment since they clearly can spare it. imagine if that had been fully paid to UNWRA after it began, alongside cutting all spending to israel and divestments. or even HALF of it.

there are over 2 million people in the gaza strip, you could pay every single palestinian about 7,000 dollars apiece for that amount. imagine how much fucking money that is which could be used to help people but is used to murder and starve them instead.

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