Brian G

🇰🇷, 🇺🇸, Chef, Gamer, Guild Leader, Nerd, Programmer Noob

[Alex Vitale @avitale]

When rich people say they want "free markets," this is what they really want.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and my perspective is needed here now more than ever. I will not be silenced and I will not let anyone distort my words.

I’m from Detroit, where I learned to speak truth to power, even if my voice shakes.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

10k ppl have been killed by israel in the last 30 days. 4k of them are kids. the un calls gaza a graveyard of children. what is our government doing?

finding money under the mattress for more bombs to kill kids with & censuring the only palestinian congresswoman. moral depravity

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Make no mistake: these human rights abuses are being carried out with U.S. weapons, U.S. funding, and with “no red lines.” And now we are set to vote on an additional $14 billion with no restrictions or conditions. The United States Congress should not fund violations of U.S. and international law.

[Katie Halper @kthalps]

This is the country that's supposed to make Jews safer.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

under no circumstance do you blow up the entire city block a school sits on when a school shooting occurs man, what the hell are you saying? these are humans you’re callously championing the slaughter of. there’s no defense here, just offense. on a population that’s 50% kids.

[Vincent Bevins @Vinncent]

I was on that bridge today, and while I can only speak for my own experience, I saw: 1) Many Jews proudly marching, and centering their religion 2) The crowd of Muslims and Christians around them responding with love and appreciation every time they did so

[Lauren Jauregui @LaurenJauregui]

I really with my whole heart wish these journalists had the moral decency to not frame these actions as something criminal. Language matters. “Broke into” is unacceptable. These are people who are under full barrage with no help from global leaders. We are all witnessing a genocide while the media and many global leaders who are “pro democracy & human rights” are actively (like the old heads they are) trying to use propaganda to convince us it isn’t happening. Words matter. These are people in a desperate situation taking matters into their own hands and accessing the food that has been donated to them and withheld. It is their RIGHT. It is there for them!

[AJ+ @ajplus]

The first videos from Gaza after Israel’s blackout shows Palestinians forced to drink seawater and using phones to find thousands trapped under rubble.

Relentless strikes have killed over 8,000 people.

[Lauren Jauregui @LaurenJauregui]

I don’t think anyone is grasping the dystopia of this all

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

wild that reuters didn't openly mention israel killed their own reporter, when it was on video. these western institutions don't even view their arab colleagues as human it seems.

[Fara Kaufman @justfara]

So, I spoke to people getting food at a food bank and here are some things I learned from those in need:
1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks.
2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of.
3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti noodles.
4. They cannot eat all the awesome canned veggies and soup unless you put a can opener in too or buy pop tops.
5. Oil is a luxury but needed for Rice a-Roni which they also get a lot of.
6. Spices or salt and pepper would be a real Christmas gift.
7. Tea bags and coffee make them feel like you care.
8. Sugar and flour are treats.
9. They fawn over fresh produce donated by farmers and grocery stores.
10. Seeds are cool in Spring and Summer because growing can be easy for some.
11. They rarely get fresh meat.
12. Tuna and crackers make a good lunch.
13. Hamburger Helper goes nowhere without ground beef.
14. They get lots of peanut butter and jelly but usually not sandwich bread.
15. Butter or margarine is nice too.
16. Eggs are a real commodity.
17. Cake mix and frosting makes it possible to make a child’s birthday cake.
18. Dishwashing detergent is very expensive and is always appreciated.
19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury and women will cry over that.
20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing.

In all the years I have donated food at the Holidays, I bought what I thought they wanted, but have never asked. I am glad I did. If you are helping a Family this Christmas, maybe this can help you tailor it more. It does for me!

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

This is what colonisation has always done to the coloniser.

To justify and rationalise the oppression of an entire people, you have to dehumanise them.

In the process, it strips away the humanity of the occupier, with nauseating manifestations, like this.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

THIS IS THE MOST INSANE THING IVE EVER SEEN, WHY IS THE US AGAINST CONDUCTING AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION FOR THE AL AHLI HOSPITAL BOMBING?

[Dimitri Lascaris @dimitrilascaris]

A spokesperson of the U.S. government says the Biden administration doesn’t think it is “appropriate” for there to be an international investigation into the destruction of the hospital in Gaza.

Why would the U.S. oppose such an investigation if it believes Israel didn’t do it?

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

This is collective punishment and a violation of international law.

We cannot starve nearly a million children to death over the horrific actions of Hamas, whose disregard for Israeli, Palestinian, and human life overall could not be more clear.

We must draw a line.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

The population of Gaza is about 2 million. Nearly half are children.

Millions of innocent people cannot be made to pay for Hamas’ horror.

Collective punishment is a war crime. So are blockades to food and water.

We cannot allow dehumanization to descend into further atrocity.

[#StopCopCity @ChuckModi1]

As a Jew, I used to say the same “atrocities on both sides” garbage that I hear today. In many ways, I didn’t want to put in the actual work that might contradict that cowardly statement. There aren’t 2 sides to Israeli Apartheid — you just suck at math #FreePalestine

[People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil]

Holy shit… this cop just pulled out his gun & pointed it at protestors after the he tripped and fell. Unhinged.