Paul Watson

Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist, National Magazine Award winner and best-selling author.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Donald Trump will go down in history as the only US President to be outwitted by a single-celled organism.

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

I want to take a moment to publicly thank Officer Walker of the Memphis Police Department
Our family was denied a hotel room at the Best Western Executive Inn simply because my husband has a service dog. He’s a disabled veteran, and the hotel had already been notified about the dog when we made the reservation. But when we arrived, they refused to honor it. The stress, the ridicule, the back-and-forth—it was becoming too much, and I was terrified it would trigger one of my husband’s PTSD episodes.

So I called for an officer.

What happened next is something I’ll never forget.

Officer Walker arrived and immediately changed the entire energy of the situation. He didn’t rush. He didn’t escalate. He calmly spoke with my husband, asked about Abby—his service dog—treated her with respect, and gently helped bring him back from a very overwhelming moment. Then he informed the hotel, clearly and professionally, that they were breaking federal ADA law.

Thankfully, Best Western corporate stepped in and ordered the hotel to give us the room we had every right to.

But what touched my heart most wasn’t just what Officer Walker said—it was what he did.

He stayed with us.

He talked to my husband with kindness and patience.

He reassured me when I was on the verge of tears.

When our 1-year-old reached out, he didn’t hesitate—he picked him up, comforted him, let him cuddle in his arms.

He even took the time to engage our anxious 10-year-old and 8-year-old, helping them feel safe again after everything they’d just witnessed.

Officer Walker didn’t just resolve a situation—he brought peace into the middle of our storm.

To Officer Walker:

THANK YOU.

You were a beacon of light in an incredibly stressful moment for our family.

Your kindness, professionalism, and compassion made a world of difference.

Memphis PD, you’ve got a good one.

By Lori.Ann.Hensley

[Motivation with Faith @MWFaithOfficial]

In 1879, a simple Egyptian peasant woman named Mubarka Khafaji from a village in Kafr El-Sheikh married a farmer, Ibrahim Atta, who worked for daily wages. Due to financial hardship, he divorced her even though she was in the final months of her pregnancy.

Mubarka moved with her mother and brother to Alexandria, where she gave birth to her son, Ali Ibrahim Atta. She made a firm decision to do everything possible to raise and educate him in the best way.

She had countless reasons to despair and grow bitter toward men, but she did not. She could have forced her son into child labor selling tissues at traffic lights, but instead she worked as a cheese seller in the streets of Alexandria to support him.

She enrolled her son Ali in the Ras El-Tin Primary School. After he completed primary education, his father came to take him away to make him work with only a basic certificate.

But Mubarka’s dreams were much greater. She secretly moved her son from the roof of her house to the neighboring roof and fled with him to Cairo, enrolling him in the Khedivial School in Darb El-Gamamiz. She worked for a family in order to fund his education.

Ali excelled in his studies and was admitted to medical school in 1897, graduating in 1901.

Fifteen years later, Sultan Hussein Kamel fell seriously ill, and doctors were unable to diagnose his condition. Dr. Othman Ghaleb suggested the name of Dr. Ali Ibrahim. He successfully performed a critical surgery, after which he was appointed as the Sultan’s chief surgical consultant and personal physician, receiving the title of "Bey."

In 1922, King Fouad I granted him the title of "Pasha."

In 1929, Dr. Ali Pasha Ibrahim became the first Egyptian dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Fouad I University (Cairo University). He later became the university’s president.

In 1940, he was appointed Minister of Health. In the same year, he founded the Egyptian Medical Syndicate and became its first president. He also served as a member of the Egyptian Parliament.

His mother was: An uneducated, rural, divorced peasant woman.

Yet she raised a son who changed history.

The reform of any society begins with a mother.

Salute to every mother who is a true school of life.

[Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,Ph.D.,DPT. @drhossamsamy65]

⛔️⛔️Don’t forget ‼️ Israel was the only country in the world that practiced a policy of "bone-breaking" as a military directive by using hammers instead of bullets against 1,555 Palestinian children in 1988.‼️

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

One day, you'll bury your dad, and that's the day you'll realize you lost the only man who genuinely wanted you to do better than him.

Take care of him if he's alive.

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

The Heartwarming Story of Team Iran's Famous Goalie Alireza Beiranvand

He started as a Shepard who went to Sleeping on the streets of Iran, and NOW MAN OF THE MATCH at the 2026 World Cup

This is his POWERFUL Story. God Bless Him. #teammelli

[Ariana Jasmine @arianajasmine__]

The incredible story of Iran’s goal keeper, Alireza Beiranvand

[Riad Turk رياض الترك 🇱🇧 @RIADTURK10]

علقوا هذه الصورة في "اللوفر" أو في أكبر متحف في أميركا، واكتبوا تحتها: "حارس إيران البطل الذي أوقف بلجيكا في ملاعب أميركا"، يا له من عرض باهر للحارس الإيراني، علي رضا بيرانفاند، هذا التصدي الذي يمكن أن يصبح السبب الرئيسي في تأهل إيران لأول مرة في تاريخها إلى الدور الثاني في كأس العالم 2026.

وهذا التصدي ليس الوحيد أمام بلجيكا، فبيرانفاند أبهر الجمهور بتصديات عالمية صراحةً في مواجهة كورتوا حارس بلجيكا، ولكن خلف هذه التصديات البطولية قصة دائماً لحارس إيراني قاتل من أجل تحقيق حلمه، واليوم أصبح واحداً من أفضل حراس الدور الأول لمونديال 2026.

رفض والد علي رضا بيرانفاند أن يمارس ابنه كرة القدم في صغره، حتى أنه كان يمزق له القفاز وثياب كرة القدم لمنعه من اللعب، وفي عمر الـ12 سنة، قرر الحارس الإيراني الهرب من منزله وانتقل إلى العاصمة طهران، وهناك عمل في محلات ثياب ومغسل سيارات ومطعم بيتزا من أجل البقاء على قيد الحياة وتأمين المال للعيش وممارسة كرة القدم، كما أنه كان ينام في الشارع إلى جانب النادي الذي كان يتدرب فيه.

ترك علي رضا بيرانفاند الذي قاتل من أجل حلم كرة القدم لنا صورة تاريخية في المونديال، صورة لتصدي بطولي من حارس المرمى الإيراني، تصدٍ لن ينساه أبداً.

#كابتن_المونديال

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.

“There are many human situations like this, and I believe we must have the ability to think in this way.

“And as a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.

“I would like to encourage everyone to make efforts to seek answers that come from a culture of peace, not of hatred or division.” — Pope Leo XIV

[Cinematic Eye 📽 @CinematicEye_]

If a father bathes his children, both laugh. If a son bathes his father, both cry.

🎥 A Separation, one of the greatest films ever made in Iranian cinema

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran's FM Araghchi announces the US has now launched the $300 billion reconstruction plan, waived all oil & petrochemical exports, lifted the naval blockade and released some frozen Iranian assets, extracting all of these items shortly before the delegation walkout over Trump's assassination threat. All parties also agreed to a roadmap to reach a final deal in 60 days.

This roadmap won't start and Iran refuses to implement any commitments if Israel doesn't fully withdraw from southern Lebanon and all fighting stops, with Araghchi saying a newly established "Lebanon deconfliction cell" is "the first real test of the deal."

Israel has refused to comply with the Lebanon deconfliction cell, with Defense Minister Katz declaring Israel "will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon" and Ben-Gvir vowing "not a single inch" of withdrawal, directly violating the MOU's first clause and stalling the entire 60-day roadmap before it can begin.

[Turkish Archives @TurkishArc]

His family in won’t see him this Father’s Day.

Chief Pvt. Farizal Rhomadhon, Indonesian UN peacekeeper, killed by an IDF tank shell at his post in Lebanon.

He was 27.

The world lost another peacekeeper. His children lost their father.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel has dropped over 200 bombs on Lebanon in less than 24 hours — murdering more than 83 civilians.

This is an American-backed, American-funded genocide.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

This was a very bad week for privacy in Canada.

[🔻agitprop + absurdity🔻 @agtprpnabsrdty]

Canada's foreign affairs minister had one question to answer at a private University of Toronto event and chose to run instead.

Anita Anand was confronted by a Torontonian at a private U of T event with a simple question, what will it take for her to stop arming a genocide, a thousand days into Israel's assault on Gaza. Anand did not answer. She left, captured on video, the latest in a string of public confrontations that have followed the minister from Oakville to Montreal over Canada's continued role in supplying Israel's military.

A report from the Arms Embargo Now campaign traced Canadian-made components, including the Nexeya Modular Product Tester, into F-35 fighter jets deployed in Israeli airstrikes, with military cargo routed through commercial flights to cities including Frankfurt, Paris, and Abu Dhabi. Anand responded by disputing the report's accuracy, claiming items the report identified as bullets were paintball-style projectiles. The rebuttal contested terminology and left the export chain itself unaddressed.

Anand has closed her constituency office in Oakville, citing security concerns, and has avoided sustained contact with constituents since the report's release. Twenty-six senators called for a full arms embargo within hours of the findings going public. Polling from Angus Reid found a majority of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide and that Canada should not be selling lethal military equipment to Israel.

My take: a foreign minister who can dispute the word bullet but cannot answer a question about a thousand days of bombardment has already told you which one she cares about.

The paintball rebuttal depends on the export chain staying undocumented. The Arms Embargo Now findings documented it, and a university hallway forced the question past the talking point. Canada's posture, deny publicly while supplying through loopholes, is the same arrangement that lets G7 states fund occupation and call it diplomacy. The minister's silence is complicity and enablement of the genocide.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Unicef’s James Elder says a child is killed by the israelis every day in Gaza, not in a war zone, but in their homes, schools or playing football

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

Israel's Lebanon campaign is becoming one of the greatest strategic blunders in its history. It is rebuilding Hezbollah's prestige, wrecking ties with Washington, and spending elite officers on a line with no purpose. Here is how:

1) Senior officers know the current fighting serves no useful aim. The IDF holds a line ten kilometers inside Lebanon that does not even control fire over northern Israeli towns. The army tells the cabinet "you decide, we execute," with no real debate on objectives.

2) The cost is rising fast. Lt. Col. Dor Ben-Simhon, commander of the 52nd Armored Battalion, and three of his tank crew were killed near the Ali Taher ridge. He was the fourth commander of that battalion since the war began. His three predecessors were all wounded.

3) It is rebuilding Hezbollah's prestige and influence. Iran understands the trap Israel set for itself and is spurring Hezbollah on. A group that was battered now gets to stand firm against the IDF, link Lebanon to the Gulf, and extract concessions from Washington through Israel. Israel is handing it a comeback story.

4) It is wrecking the US relationship. Trump keeps imposing ceasefires because he fears Israel will sabotage his Iran track. Vance was blunt: Israel should stay quiet and accept terms because its dependence on the US is nearly total. He hinted at consequences, possibly even arms limits.

5) The political story is collapsing. Netanyahu cannot sell success when the Iran campaign ended without its promised achievements and soldiers keep falling in Lebanon. The polls are starting to show it.

6) The leadership is unserious. One minister called for killing a thousand Lebanese per IDF casualty. Another mourned Ben-Simhon and got his first name wrong. Not one government representative came to the battalion commander's funeral. Bennett did.

7) It is weakening the Lebanese government. The Aoun-Salam government staked its credibility on disarming Hezbollah through the Lebanese army, a plan that was popular outside Hezbollah's base. Continued Israeli strikes hand Hezbollah its strongest argument: it will not give up its weapons while Israel keeps bombing. Every strike undercuts the one government actually trying to disarm it.

Bottom line: Israel set out to restore deterrence and secure the north. Instead it is restoring Hezbollah's standing, draining its friendship with Washington, and dying on a line with no purpose. Worst of all worlds. This could end with Hezbollah back in

[Mitchell Plitnick 🔥🕎 @MJPlitnick]

Let me explain this notice.#Israel has installed giant cranes in #Gaza equipped with cameras and guns. They fire haphazardly into #Palestinian areas, most of which consist of tents since Israel has destroyed most of Gaza.
That's in addition to the drone warfare.
Israel has become so cowardly they don't even use snipers to kill children. They do it entirely by remote control. Contemptible.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

Whenever Hezbollah defeats the Zionist regime in battle, the Zionists retaliate against Lebanese women and children.

[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @CJPME]

The TDSB was scheduled to host a workshop on anti-Palestinian racism.

They cancelled the permit 1 day before the event was scheduled to occur, and only 2 hours after they received a pro-Israel petition complaining about the event.

This is exactly what anti-Palestinian racism looks like.