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[Pop Base @PopBase]

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), during which more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and over 400 villages were destroyed to establish the State of Israel.

[NO HOSTS NO MASTERS 🏴& @the_corvidae]

at first you google 10 words every page. then it’s more like 7 words. then 5. soon, you only google a word or two every couple of pages, and later it’s once or twice every book. building your vocabulary takes time but it also opens up a world of opportunities and understanding.

[Mani @maniigold]

Yeah kind of makes you think about how actual stupid idiots fall for propaganda that manufactures consent to kill Palestinian children

[balrog slayer @_redjay]

@_GooeyGUI_ Robard & Steph each pretending the other is Divish

[Daniel Long @The_Red_Hat]

Roundup often gets a bad rap since it, you know, causes cancer and other terminal illnesses. But don’t forget it played a huge role in collapsing the bee population, which may lead to the most deaths in the long run.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

The Global Sumud Flotilla is en route to Gaza once again. This time it’s bigger than ever, with over 70 boats and 1,000 participants from across the world all attempting to break Israel’s blockade and deliver lifesaving aid ⛵️🇵🇸

[Pop Base @PopBase]

90 years ago today, Ghassan Kanafani was born.

The author and journalist became one of the most prominent and leading voices in the Palestinian fight for liberation.

He was murdered by Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in Beruit, Lebanon through a planted car bomb in 1972.

[NessrineN 🇵🇸🔻 @iNessrineN]

The result of decades of orchestrated dehumanization is that large massacres are referred to as ceasefire violations

[Havana Seoul @miyungYUMM]

This is how it should be. Synchronized systems set to help children succeed.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah was killed in an Israeli strike that targeted his vehicle in Gaza City.

His death brings the number of Palestinian journalists killed since October 2023 to 262, amid violations of the US-brokered “ceasefire.”

#JournalismIsNotACrime

[charred skeever hide @low_dosage]

there's just So Much Happening right now, but this really should have been a much bigger story

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Earlier today, Israel dropped over 160 bombs across areas in Lebanon within 10 minutes.

The IDF describes this assault as part of a new operation they named “Eternal Darkness” claiming they are targeting Hezbollah sites. Civilian apartment buildings have been completely destroyed with reports of hundreds of deaths.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Apocalyptic scenes in Lebanon’s capital right now.

Israel has launched 100 airstrikes on Lebanon in 10 minutes.

Striking South Lebanon, Beirut and the Bekaa Valley simultaneously.

This isn’t a ceasefire.

It’s mass bombardment of civilian areas.

[The Logically Left Pissed Off Bear - 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏿 @Logically_Left]

This is why we have the USPS!!! It's not supposed to be a business it's supposed to be a service for American citizens.

[Mohammed El-Kurd @m7mdkurd]

The ceasefire must include Lebanon. The 1.2 million displaced Lebanese people must return to their homes.

[kev joon @never_oppressed]

I genuinely feel sick. This is just beyond anything the mind can fathom. And I keep thinking of what Ta-Nehisi Coates said. If you can’t draw the line at the genocide in Gaza, you can’t draw it anywhere else. Moral failure, on a mass and collective scale, brought us here.

[Robbie Sherwood @RobbieSherwood]

This will kill people. LIHEAP literally keeps the air conditioning on in blazing Phoenix summers for low-income seniors and families, and keeps those on colder climates from freezing during the winter.

[lapsed catholic, squirter, and a Whole Lotta Woman @fionaapplescock]

This is what Jesus woulda done btw not that evangelical going to hell bullshit

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion defense budget — a 40% increase, the largest since WWII.

In exchange for more war he wants to:

-Cut the EPA budget by half
-Cut $10.7 billion for housing
-Cut $8.5 billion for K-12 programs
-Cancel $15 billion for clean energy
-Cut $2.5 billion for clean drinking water
-Eliminate $1.6 billion for youth job training
-Cut $3.5 billion from the Labor Department
-Eliminate $395 million for senior employment
-Eliminate $775 million in food assistance grants
-Eliminate the National Endowment for Democracy
-Cut $5 billion from the National Institutes of Health
-Eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

In all, cuts to domestic programs would account for a 10% reduction in discretionary spending.

[Raveena @raveena_aurora]

it’s crazy that 95% of people just want a nice normal life on our beautiful, already abundant planet where they can have their basic needs met and cute experiences with their loved ones and then we have these 5% of evil, narcissistic goons at the top fucking it up for all of us