.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.
The US & Iran are to sign a deal today that not only will end their war but also impose a ceasefire between Lebanon & Israel.
So this is what Israel did to Beirut sabotage Trump's attempt at peace.
And Israel will do more sabotage unless Trump imposes a cost on Israel.
@mcuban@elonmusk do other countries not have both stock markets and socialized health care for all their citizens? Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, etc…
The LA mayor stuff is the dumbest conspiracy theory I've ever heard & makes no sense. Dem establishment/Bass wanted Pratt, not Raman, to advance.
Bass crushes Pratt in a 1-on-1 by 18 pt, while Raman beat Bass by 4.
Pratt's the rarity in LA less popular than the unpopular Bass!
Karen Bass rigged the election in Los Angeles so that she could face a more threatening challenger from the left in an overwhelmingly liberal city rather than a challenger from the right at a time when MAGA is the most toxic political brand. Very astute analysis here.
Video shows an Israeli strike hitting paramedics responding to an earlier attack in southern Lebanon. Two rescuers and a child were killed in Deir Qanoun al-Nahr.
Lebanese media said the second strike targeted emergency crews as they treated casualties from the first attack.
If someone had said this about Jewish Americans after they were murdered, obvioulsy no one in politics or media would ever touch them again. She also said, "I’m going to make sure the entire world is anti-Islam. I hate Islam. And I always will."
There will be no political consequences because there are different rules for people who support Israel. They are allowed to be bigoted towards Muslims. Our media aids and abets that kind of hatred every day.
@nytimes just wrote a very positive piece about Loomer, where they never even mentioned her bigotry against Muslims. Because if you support Israel, you get special privileges, including slandering innocent dead Americans.
I guarantee you this will not get 1% of the coverage of @hasanthehun's comments. Because our media has different rules for Muslims, who they generally detest and smear. They're just a more sophisticated version of Laura Loomer.
I reported on the testimonies of Palestinians raped by dogs last month.
Pro-Israel cheerleaders responded by claiming this was an outrageous lie - and that it was antisemitic.
The New York Times has now published the testimony of a Palestinian detainee.
Medical workers are essential to a functioning civil society. There is no reason to target them for any other purpose than the destruction of a civilization. It only makes sense as an effort to make an area totally uninhabitable for Lebanese civilians.