please say sike

Tonight as NYPD assaults protesters at Columbia & clears out student journalists, I am thinking of this:

Remember this?

Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila wrote this on October 20th, on a whiteboard normally used for planning surgeries, in Gaza. Israel killed him in November 2023.

ah, yes. currently basking in the free press, freedom, and democracy we are currently enjoying under a biden presidency !!! 🤡

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If this was happening during a Trump presidency CNN and MSNBC would be insisting that we’re living in a fascist dictatorship.

i’ll never forget the moment i made direct eye contact with an undercover cop while he very obviously adjusted his wire in the crowd at a protest … swoon … i love bumbling fools

Today in The Nation we have a piece by Lujayn, a 14-year-old girl in Gaza, that has floored me every time I've read it. It's about what happened when an Israeli bulldozer came to destroy the house she was staying in, and you must, must, must read it. thenation.com/article/world/…

You know another forever war is about to drop when people start tweeting shit like this

honestly completely deranged to see the degree the US will back a rogue state that’s not only committing genocide but actively trying to drag it into a wider regional war

Israel indiscriminately kills Palestinians
No material US response, emboldens Israel
Israel ignores ICJ
Repeat
Israel attacks Iran’s embassy in Syria
Repeat
Israel insists against full ceasefire—a way to perhaps avoid Iran retaliating.
If larger war comes, the US helped bring it.

we are constantly told that us support for israel promotes global stability. this is the one millionth reminder of how not true that is

In genocide, all language fails. But the crisis of language—like every part of the genocidal campaign against Gaza—is intentional and man-made, as Sarah Aziza سارة عزيزة (she/her) explains.
thebaffler.com/latest/crimes-…

They don't need to because we own it.

check out this vital, revelatory piece on degrading conditions at Tesla factories by Bryce Covert. was an honor to work on the fact-check with iman husain

URGENT: We're raising money for Mohammed R. Mhawish | محمد مهاوش, his pregnant wife, their son, his parents, and his sister to flee Gaza.

Mohammed is a brilliant journalist who has written for me at The Nation, and a wonderful person. Please give what you can. chuffed.org/project/108852…

“We are being erased from history and existence. If that fact isn’t enough to end this nightmare—if we can’t even have our suffering acknowledged—then we should all stop pretending that we are humans who care for each other equally.” -Mohammed R. Mhawish | محمد مهاوش

The revival and re-release of 'The Urgent Call of Palestine' by Zeinab Shaath serves as a reminder that so long as there is hope, there can be revolution. inthesetimes.com/article/palest…

Police tactics like physical restraints and Tasers aren’t supposed to end in death, but they can.

The U.S. government struggles to track these cases, so a reporting team led by AP investigated and documented more than 1,000 deaths from 2012 through 2021. apne.ws/ZAQbzeD

i love being a fact-checker because i just have the most go-with-the-flow attitude .