usc was perfectly fine hosting the likes of milo yianapolis and ben shapiro, but ofc their own valedictorian with a minor in 'resistance to genocide' (usc's own naming convention for genocide studies) might be a bridge too far...

Holy shit the NYT instructed reporters not to use the word Palestine.

Incredible story. USC offers a minor in “resistance to genocide”, this girl minored in it, was named valedictorian, and then they cancelled her speech because she might talk about genocide

Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”
theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt…

The rule implemented by Elon Musk is that as long as there is a “content warning” then evidence of war crimes is allowed to be posted. Different rule applied here to the IDF’a al-Shifa Massacre - HalalFlow locked as a result

If the below analysis is correct - and I think anyone observing this war would agree it is - then my fear is that it doesn't matter how limited or restrained Iran's response is. Netanyahu will use it as the pretext for another provocation, because he's bent on starting this war.

There is a historical example that shows that the Iranian retaliation against Israel could perhaps have been evaded.

The US, UK, and France prevented the UN Security Council from condemning the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus despite it being a flagrant…

Here's Krystal Ball breaking down Jonathan Chait's history of wrong takes defending Bush's WMD lie to now scolding Pro-Palestine activists

Biden is about to drag America into war with Iran on behalf of Israel. The disastrous way he has handled matters since Israel bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus shows that any shift in Biden's policy on Israel was all talk, no walk.

Here's a short thread on Biden's latest…

My back and forth with the State Department over the charges against Julian Assange

It is not widely known that every morning, intelligence agencies brief Joe Biden with detailed satellite pictures of the Israeli destruction of Gaza, down to bodies of children in the streets. Day after day, Biden sees what few others see, yet still knuckles under to Netanyahu.…

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Did the U.S. greenlight or otherwise have foreknowledge of Israel's bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus? If not then giving blanket insurance against the blowback of such an action would be allowing another state to dictate when America goes to war.

🚨Upon his return from Gaza, the president of the World Surgical Foundation says 'Genocide was the overwhelming impression that I got'

He adds 'The world's best marksmen are not gonna shoot a kid in the head twice & in the abdomen'

Very harrowing details

Latest YouGov Poll

Q: Do you think that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians?

Biden Supporters:

57% Yes
15% No
27% Not Sure

A poll in 2006 found 78% of Christian residents of Bethlehem cited Israel's occupation as the main reason for their emigration while only 3% exclusively blamed the 'rise of Islamic movements' like Hamas.
electronicintifada.net/content/bethle…

'For the IDF, when daddy is home, it means it's time to murder every man, woman & child that happens to be in the vicinity' Krystal Ball on Israel's 'Where is daddy?' Lavender AI killer tech that systematically kills Palestinian men along with their wife and children.

let's talk about speech-disruption