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Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank aje.io/gbbln5

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Two sun times columnists both wrote about the anti-war puppet installation. Weird that the @chicagotribune.com editorial board only went after the Muslim columnist

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“It is deeply ironic and telling that both the alleged pro-Israel perpetrator and the pro-Israel victim in the Miami Beach shooting reportedly hold racist anti-Palestinian views,” said CAIR's Nihad Awad. https://buff.ly/4gKuLDu #Palestine #Israel

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Fuck you, Target! 😡 ❤️ you, Costco! 😘

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Winter is difficult to photograph. Chicago Sun-Times photojournalist Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere says it’s not battling the cold or the wind, but because the season is so visceral and a huge part of the experience. With an assist from a drone, he captures it all. www.wbez.org/weather/2025...

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The NYT is single-handedly responsible for one of the foundational lies that was used to justify the genocide of Palestinians: ‘Screams without words’. Between that & this, it really should end any discussion about the breadth of intentional complicity in genocide manufacturing by the NYT.

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Actor Pedro Pascal posting about my IL governor’s budget speech just delighted me today

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DONATE YOUR CAR TO NPR abc7.com/post/sheryl-...

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So the curator of that “controversial” puppet display? She told city council yaall have no taste and never been to a museum 😂 Sharp column from @rummanahussain.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

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“Dehumanisation of Palestinians is so normalised,” Poet Mohammed El-Kurd

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"The Israelis shot and killed an innocent young woman and then caused the death of her unborn baby, too. Shocking, right? Depraved? Murderous? And yet, as of Monday morning, there was no mention of Sundus Shalabi on...the New York Times or the BBC" - me, for Zeteo:

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America is the most trash country ever

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There have been some truly awful and egregious headlines on Gaza in the New York Times over the past 16 months but we may have a winner, folks. ‘Gaza Development Plan’

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"We exist in the diaspora, but not in a vacuum." I would die for @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/city-life/c-...

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"Among the publications seized were recently released books on the conflict in Gaza as well as books featuring work by Banksy and a children's coloring book about the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory." Rarely are the ppl who go after books the good guys www.bbc.com/news/article...

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JUST IN: President Donald Trump on Monday will pardon Democratic former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...

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This podcast was so good. It's such a good time to listen to it, if you haven't.

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Is it just me or has WIRED been dogwalking the rest of the media on this story

submitted 16 days ago • 186 comments

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

submitted 16 days ago • 134 comments

They really tried not to win

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oooooh

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My friend in DC told me she donated bc she knows how much I like the Reader. So if SHE can, then so can you. SAVE THE READER

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"They said they wanted to hear his point of view. I would also like to hear his point of view when he testifies in front of the International Criminal Courts, but not here – not at my synagogue, not where I pray and not as an honor." @fox32chicago.bsky.social www.fox32chicago.com/news/hundred...

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Once again here to remind you of what the Reader is facing, if you can please donate a few bucks today

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

sign an executive order into law is not how any of this works

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Kushner Promises Israel Plan Will Relocate All Palestinians To Generous Swath Of Mediterranean Sea theonion.com/kushner...

submitted 18 days ago • 61 comments

Oh you mean white ppl don’t understand being connected to land and their first instinct is to leave and occupy someone else’s? SHOCKER

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'Thank God we got out': Released Palestinians recall years in Israeli prison - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/released-palestinians-recall-years-israeli-prison

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Just, um... yeah. "The White House referred ProPublica to the State Department. The State Department said to direct all questions about USAID to the agency itself. USAID did not reply to our emails. Much of its communications staff was let go in the last week." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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As our editor-in-chief said back in November: Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers. At ProPublica, our mantra is that we bring the receipts to every story we publish:

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Pritzker: "They are either lying to us or they are critically incompetent. This is what happens when you staff the federal government full of project 2025 contributors that don't have any experience governing and don't think that the laws apply to them."

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Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.

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Asked how organizations that rely on federal funding should make payroll, Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says they should call Russ Vought and make a case

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Such a good piece from @mikesula.bsky.social that I ran to donate to @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/food/food-dr...

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The NY Times is cartoonishly evil

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Amid the many tragedies in Gaza, far too many go untold. We must not forget those who lost their lives while simply trying to get a loaf of bread or a sack of flour.

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I need this

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Oh nothing, just crying at my desk at the images of people who refused to be ethnically cleansed marching back to their homes ❤️

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Tonight’s reading, courtesy of @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

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YESSSS

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Bless @mmbilal.bsky.social — telling Black history, Muslim history, Chicago history 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 youtu.be/vN8bg2UiiVg?...

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BREAKING: I was exonerated by the Northwestern ad hoc committee investigating me, and am returning to the classroom in the spring! But also, Northwestern is investigating me anew! A full press release here, with comment from @AAUP @pal_legal drive.google.com/file/d/1z8H-...

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If Rashida Tlaib did it, they never would’ve given her a moment’s peace. They would’ve fallen over themselves to terrorize her.

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They shot dead a child TODAY.

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