Christopher Watkins

economist / used car king

[Jamarrius @YungxJayy]

We really have to start being honest about the fact that these people are lying about being in fear. This endless game of coddling the feelings of people who cannot go a day without centering themselves when we’re condemning the genocidal apartheid state of Israel has to stop.

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

Peaceful international activists were left in shock and terror after Israeli settlers attacked them and Palestinian residents in the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.

[Joel Braunold @braunold]

Great piece by @bradlander who responds to Rabbi Cosgrove with a lot of dignity and respect asking the rabbi to model what the Rabbi called for “to avoid the reductive and destructive tactic of labeling people with whom we disagree either as self-hating Jews or colonialist aggressors.” We haven’t had a congressman like Brad before so fluent in this.
https://t.co/Av0Du6HuAp

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

She’s just another psychotic billionaire. On a holiday weekend. Amidst all this worldwide suffering, the ultra-wealthy still have no compunction. Unreal.

[David Griscom @DavidGriscom]

One of the largest Socialist parties in the USA was in Texas. Cowboys cutting fences and fighting private property, abolitionists taking a stand against the confederacy, populists taking on the rich, there’s a lot about Texas the world doesn’t know.

Grab my book to learn more

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

What a wonderful ally.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

📊 GAZA BY THE NUMBERS | 1,000 Days of Genocidal War

Gaza’s Health Ministry released an updated 1,000-day toll, documenting mass killing, starvation, the collapse of healthcare, and the systematic denial of medical evacuation.

▪️ Killed, wounded, disabled
◽️ 73,066 Palestinians killed
◽️ 173,514 wounded
◽️ 5,400 amputations and permanent disabilities
◽️ 8,922 massacres against families
◽️ 13 families exposed to massacres daily

▪️ Breakdown of those killed
◽️ 21,730 children killed
◽️ 11,189 women killed
◽️ 5,180 elderly Palestinians killed
◽️ 34,967 men killed

▪️ Breakdown of those wounded
◽️ 45,113 children wounded
◽️ 24,293 women wounded
◽️ 12,146 elderly Palestinians wounded
◽️ 91,962 men wounded

▪️ Children
◽️ One child killed every 52 minutes
◽️ 1,078 children under 1 year old killed
◽️ 565 children born and killed during the war
◽️ 5,310 children under age 5 killed
◽️ 45,113 children wounded
◽️ 59,054 children orphaned
◽️ 1,134 children amputated
◽️ 1,204,102 children deprived of food
◽️ 914,102 children deprived of education
◽️ 5,600 children waiting for medical evacuation

▪️ Maternal and infant health
◽️ Maternal mortality rose to 33.4 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2025, up from 13.6 in 2022
◽️ Births fell from 6,076 in Nov. 2025 to 2,038 in May 2026
◽️ Abortions rose from 260 in Nov. 2025 to 719 in May 2026

▪️ Famine and food insecurity
◽️ 1.97 million people facing acute food insecurity
◽️ 198,000 in “crisis” level hunger
◽️ 1.14 million in “emergency” level hunger
◽️ 641,000 in famine/catastrophe conditions
◽️ 466 malnutrition-related deaths recorded
◽️ 408 malnutrition deaths in 2025 alone

▪️ Malnutrition
◽️ 17,800 children under 5 suffered malnutrition in 2025
◽️ 68,996 severe malnutrition cases recorded among children under 5 from Jan. 2025 to May 2026
◽️ 25,000 infants included among those cases
◽️ 51.8% of pregnant and breastfeeding women recorded as malnourished
◽️ Anemia among pregnant women reached 67% in 2025

▪️ Healthcare destroyed
◽️ 40 of 40 hospitals targeted
◽️ 11 hospitals out of service
◽️ 29 hospitals only partially operational
◽️ 158 of 158 primary health centers targeted
◽️ 64 primary health centers out of service
◽️ Hospital beds fell from 15.5 per 10,000 people in 2022 to 9.6 in 2026

▪️ Health workers and infrastructure
◽️ 1,723 health personnel killed
◽️ 362 health personnel detained
◽️ 216 ambulances targeted
◽️ 825 health facility violations recorded
◽️ 61 of 110 power generators destroyed
◽️ 25 of 35 oxygen stations destroyed
◽️ 13 of 17 CT scanners destroyed
◽️ 7 of 7 MRI machines destroyed

▪️ Patients denied evacuation
◽️ 20,738 patients had completed travel procedures for medical evacuation
◽️ Totals include
🔹 5,588 pediatric referrals (children)
🔹4,800 oncology referrals (cancer patients)

▪️1,570 patients died due to Israeli restrictions blocking medical evacuations
◽️ 264 children died awaiting evacuation
◽️ 505 oncology patients died awaiting evacuation

◽️ Only 1,655 patients evacuated from February 2026 to date
◽️ 25% of evacuees were children

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

🚨Today marks 1,000 days of genocide in Gaza. In this video we show ten of Israel’s most well-documented crimes

They're far from the worst atrocities they committed, but together they paint a clear picture of the brutality, deception & impunity that have allowed them to continue

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Quarterly reminder that @jaketapper, who routinely launders Israeli propaganda, published Israeli propaganda on CNN, to attack and destroy Al Shifa medical complex—the biggest hospital in Gaza—in November 2023. It was part of a propaganda infrastructure that was used to turn Palestine hospitals into slaughterhouses.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

🚨I was the first to predict & warn 8 months ago that Israel would do exactly this; create a Potemkin village & facade of "reconstruction" in East Gaza to justify bombing, starving & invading West Gaza where the entire population have been concentrated

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

It’s now been 1,000 days since the genocide in Gaza began. I’ll never forget the overwhelming feeling of dread and horror, knowing the hell Israel would unleash on October 8th. Their sadism surpassed my wildest expectations. Free Palestine, always and forever 💔🇵🇸

[doobermario @doobermario]

@JoshKraushaar @nytopinion oh wait he just used chatgpt without actually verifying anything

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

Amazing NYT error.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Will we get an apology from all those pro-Israel people who screamed on this hellsite throughout 2024 ‘why won’t they just release the hostages?’ as an attempted justification for every Israeli war crime?

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

while watching this casual libel remember that Jake Tapper hasn't had a Palestinian or Palestinian-American guest on his CNN Sunday morning show in 7 years, the last time he did was Rashida Tlaib July 2019 and he grilled her about whether or not "Israel has a right to exist"

[Zephyr Teachout 🇺🇸 @ZephyrTeachout]

Corruption is fueling the extraordinary electoral rejections and it’s about time.

[David Klion @DavidKlion]

Any journalist with integrity would be humiliated by this endorsement

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

It’s funny how no one can just have an ideology, it’s all deflection and horserace and fart sniffing. Our vacuous liberal pundits know only two modes now: 1) Savvy Hard Nosed Pundit explaining why better things aren’t possible and 2) wounded pigeon whose feelings you just hurt

[Josh Ruebner @joshruebner]

Infuriating. The Trump admin just signed a deal with Israel allowing the US to build a new embassy in Jerusalem on land which the US knows was stolen by Israel from Palestinian refugees, including from families of US citizens of Palestinian heritage. https://t.co/kGA8aeDBOR

[Peter Beinart @PeterBeinart]

My experience has been the same. For goodness sake, Amira Hass--a Jewish Israeli--lived in Gaza for four years and has lived in Ramallah ever since. The idea that Palestinians can't tell the difference between a Jew, even an Israeli Jew, and a soldier or settler coming to do them harm illustrates the anti-Palestinian racism that, sadly, pervades both the US and much of the Jewish community