Mahmoud Khalil was thrown in prison for 3 months for protesting Gaza and the day ABC pulled Kimmel off the air (for two eps!) a judge upheld Khalil’s deportation. Rümeysa Öztürk was kidnapped off the street and imprisoned for writing an op-ed on Gaza. I feel like I’m going insane
Among all European countries, Spain has been one of the most pro-Palestinian.
Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz spoke to Jacobin about why EU member states shouldn’t kowtow to Washington. https://t.co/W6YLcZ3MjH
Over the last four years, many working class Americans with limited means faced unexpected medical bills, auto repairs & higher grocery bills. One company set up an innovative solution by creating a platform to allow borrowers & lenders to connect for loans at no interest, with borrowers able to tip the lender and also donate to keep the platform going. Shockingly, the CFPB tried to destroy this company, SoLo, which incurred millions in legal fees and had to lay off 30% of its workforce. It was wrong and we dismissed the case. More to come but the weaponization of "consumer protection" must end. 👇
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there’s few, if any forces in the world as purely nihilistic as Israel. every day, it’s a hundred things like this that are just an expression of humanity at its absolute worst. as long as it exists, it’s a great moral weight on the world, dragging everyone lower into the dregs
you have to give it to Joe: he’s deeply earned the months of humiliation that will culminate with a career defining loss. it’s nice of him to make it impossible to feel bad for him
Carpe Diem.
La Vi Est Belle.
The grass is greener where you water it.
Renee Nfor could have picked any of these, and countless others, for her yearbook quote (Yorktown High, Westchester NY)
But she chose to call for the removal of the world’s only Jewish state.
She’s headed to @UMassAmherst in the fall - we can’t help but feel bad for the Jewish students she’s going to encounter.
AIPAC commends Congress for including key pro-Israel provisions in the funding bills for Fiscal Year 2024. Importantly, the legislation provides the full $3.3 billion in U.S. security assistance to Israel, as agreed to in the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding.
This essential funding, with no added political conditions, is urgently needed by our ally as Israel battles Hamas and other Iranian terrorist proxies on its borders.
The legislation includes these additional key provisions:
✔️ $500 million in missile defense cooperation, including for Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow.
✔️ $87.5 million in U.S.-Israel counter-drone and anti-tunneling cooperation. This represents a $15 million increase (60%) for counter-drone cooperation to $40 million.
✔️ A one-year ban on past, present, and future U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
We appreciate the efforts of many members who worked to include key pro-Israel provisions in the bill.
In particular, we thank the leadership of @PattyMurray, @SenatorCollins, @ChrisCoons, @LindseyGrahamSC, @SenatorTester, @SenSchumer, @LeaderMcConnell, @RepKayGranger, @rosadelauro, @MarioDB, @RepBarbaraLee, @KenCalvert, @BettyMcCollum04, @RepDWStweets, @RepLoisFrankel, @SpeakerJohnson and @RepJeffries.
In 1948, 76 beavers were parachuted into the Idaho wilderness as part of a relocation program by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
The program was initiated to address the growing conflict between humans and beavers in areas where people were building homes, such as Payette Lake. The beavers' natural activities, like dam building and tree cutting, were causing problems for the new residents.
The relocation site, Chamberlain Basin, was chosen because it was a remote and suitable location for the beavers to thrive. However, the area was difficult to access due to the lack of roads. The solution was to use surplus parachutes from World War II to drop the beavers into their new home.
A specially designed crate was created to ensure the safety of the beavers during the drop. After several test drops with a beaver named Geronimo, the project was deemed successful and continued until 1948.
As a result, the beavers transformed the landscape into a lush wetland, creating a haven against fire and drought. Their descendants now live in what is part of the largest protected roadless forest in the continental United States.