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[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Our daughter, Rachel Corrie, was killed in 2003 in Gaza, while trying to protect a Palestinian home facing illegal destruction by the Israeli military. She was 23 years old. The massive, armored Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer that crushed her was operated by two Israeli soldiers and manufactured in the United States. It was the same type of militarized bulldozer that US presidents from George W. Bush through to Donald Trump have delivered to Israel.
Today, as the destruction of Palestinian homes has only become more commonplace, not to mention the horror of Israel’s genocide, Senator Bernie Sanders will force a vote in the Senate to try to end this cycle of death by banning the transfer of D-9 bulldozers to Israel. We hope he will not take this stand alone.
No policy can bring back those taken from us by these actions—children and other loved ones. But the Senate now has an opportunity to honor the memories of our daughter, other Americans, and thousands of Palestinian civilians killed, and to show that their deaths, and all the destruction, will no longer be condoned and funded. We hope those elected to represent us, the American people, understand the message that voting to block these D-9 bulldozers will send. This will not be a symbolic gesture, but a concrete step toward the protection of human life.

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[m rajshekhar @mrajshekhar]

@sneheshphilip Yup. As I too found while reporting, foreign OEMs’ unwillingness to share core designs comes with multiple ugly consequences -- including constrained exports + rising cronyism as politically connected firms displace legit local OEMs. https://t.co/qM8OVqdLZZ

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

Israel has just killed Lebanese journalist Fatima Ftouni. I am honoured to have known her.

Just at the beginning of the month she reported on Israel killing seven members of her own family live on air.

[Jrg Sudharson @Jrgsudharson]

@pranesh Hey, I'm unable to DM you here. Like to discuss with you about the screening in Chennai.

[azeefa @AzeefaFathima]

‘It wasn’t just me’: Women allege pattern of abuse by Mathur Sathya https://t.co/1TzsGLzrIB

[Citizen Kino @cytyzenkyno]

Goodbye https://t.co/9r64OlZEw8 🫂

WELCOME https://t.co/L8rAyNHPfQ & https://t.co/V1qbdSCBlP 🥳

[SFI JNU Unit @sfijnuunit]

Delhi Police beating and detaining JNU students for raising their rightful demand for the Rohith Act

[Jrg Sudharson @Jrgsudharson]

@Crime_Selvaraj @gork any info on this?

[Raju @raasaa_Madras]

@mkstalin to inaugurate the construction work to convert 4375 acres of Great Salt Lake🦩into a Fresh Water reservoir extending from Kovalam to Mahabalipuram for 12 kms. This project erases the Chennai's remaining blue-green natural infrastructure.
@supriyasahuias

#DontGoStalin

[ParanjoyGuhaThakurta @paranjoygt]

From NewsLaundry/NewsMinute:

Why Arnab Goswami is suddenly questioning the Modi government

Arnab Goswami’s sudden rediscovery of the art of questioning the Modi government has set tongues wagging in newsrooms and on social media alike. Supporters are hailing it as a long-awaited return to form; critics are looking for a hidden motive. So what really changed?
We had conversations with nearly a dozen people who know how Arnab Goswami works, and most were equally puzzled. But all of them suggested this is less a political awakening and more a calculated business pivot. 
The trigger, insiders say, was the Indigo crisis. As we reported earlier, the decision to go all out on the issue was driven by a simple assessment: public anger was high, and no one on television was owning the story. Republic did, slammed the TDP, and the gamble paid off. TRP numbers jumped sharply that week, offering proof that confrontational journalism, even when directed at the ruling establishment, still sells.
What followed was a familiar playbook. Arnab took on the Modi government over Delhi’s toxic air, turned the spotlight on alleged destruction in the Aravalli mountain range, and even zeroed in on a Madhya Pradesh BJP leader accused of spending Rs 70 lakh on firecrackers at his son’s wedding. And this has created a buzz among viewers. Whether appreciating or questioning Goswami, the point is that he has become a topic of discussion. 
The Aravallis coverage, insiders insist, is not just about ratings. It also carried a distinct corporate subtext.
Not long ago, Arnab had been one of the Adani Group’s fiercest public defenders, especially during the fallout from the Hindenburg report. Today, that equation has changed. With Adani’s acquisition of NDTV, the group has emerged as a direct competitor. NDTV, now flush with resources, has been aggressively poaching talent from rival newsrooms, including Republic’s and offering advertising packages that undercut the market.
“The Adani-NDTV machine is hurting us commercially,” said a senior executive from Republic. “So when Arnab appears to be attacking the government over the Aravallis, he’s actually going after Adani.”
Inside the Republic newsroom, however, these strategic calculations remain largely unspoken. Even senior journalists say there has been no formal announcement of an editorial course correction. “Nothing has been discussed explicitly in edit meetings,” one reporter said. 
What has openly been discussed is the data. Clips of Goswami grilling the government are going viral. TRPs are climbing. Ad rates have nudged upward. For a channel built on high-decibel relevance, that feedback loop is hard to ignore and even harder to abandon.
As for the Modi government, those familiar with the arrangement describe it as an unspoken truce. Occasional criticism is permissible, even useful. But on core ideological terrain, the red lines remain firmly in place. And this is where the real crux of the matter lies. What position will Arnab take on issues like communalism? 
Let’s also not forget that around the same time these clips on Indigo and Aravallis were going viral, Arnab interviewed RSS ideologue Gurumurthy over the Thiruparankundram deepam row and slammed the opposition for asking for impeachment of Justice GR Swaminathan. 
In prime-time television, it seems, dissent can be flexible but loyalty, like business sense, knows its limits.

[Aparna @chhuti_is]

Students of Carmichael Hostel in Kolkata were brutally attacked and beaten with bats, hockey sticks, and knives by Hindi-speaking shopkeepers and local miscreants simply for speaking in Bengali. In heart of Kolkata, Bengali Muslim students were attacked for speaking Bangla.

[Jrg Sudharson @Jrgsudharson]

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[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

[Greater Chennai Corporation conservancy workers protest]

Madras High Court hears habeas corpus plea to release protestors including law students, lawyers detained amid protests against move by Greater Chennai Corporation to privatise sanitation work in 2 zones.

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

Madleen Tracker - Freedom Flotilla They’re close. Speak up for them. https://t.co/Yg7Za1rIr8

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

Can anyone answer this simple question in our magnificent democracy?

Why is Umar in jail for 4 years, 8 months, and 15 days, a total of 1,718 days?

Isn't prison for criminals? If he is a criminal, what crime has he been convicted of?

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Journalist Tareq Abu Azzoum sheds the light on the fact that Gaza has become home to the world's largest community of child amputees as a result of the ongoing US-funded Israeli genocide.

[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

“There is a senior leader from Bajrang Dal after whose support we did that,” the boy who was a part of the mob that had demolished the structure of the church’s wall, tells Maktoob.

Another boy, who did not tell his name, said he was the one who hung the flag from the church.

@nikita_jain15 reports:

https://t.co/OiC4d15bWs

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

I force myself to repeat it, again and again.
The destruction of a group as such, of a people as such (i.e. a genocide) can unfold in many horrific forms—through crematoria, machetes, bombs, and more. It’s not the method of destruction: it is the intent to destroy/annihilate a targeted group, that defines it. Israel has so far chosen bombs, starvation, torture, and many other methods. Question is: when are we going to stop it?

[Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker]

More and more people are saying this

[Saba Khan @ItsKhan_Saba]

#Bareilly, UP : 4 Muslim men including Gram Panchayat head arrested and FIR registered against 20 identified and unidentified persons for offering Friday #Namaz in a temporary tin shed in a house in a village of Baheri tehsil of Barielly, UP on Saturday.

A drone footage of namaz being offered was shared by an x user belonging to Hindu Jagran Sena after which police sealed the place and arrested men.

Arrested mean identified as Arif (Gram Panchayat head) Aqeel Ahmed, Mohammad Shahid and Chhote Ahmed.

Police said that a case has also been filed against Muzammil, Qadir Ahmed and several others.