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Here is more proof of Israeli lies & lack of care about Israeli hostages:

Report: Israeli defense officials told NYT that the IDF knew it was risking Israeli hostages who were in tunnels near its attacks.

Days after the attacks, six hostages' bodies were found.

At the time, the IDF claimed to be unaware of hostages' presence in the area.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-03-08/ty-article/idf-knew-it-was-risking-six-israeli-hostages-later-found-killed-last-year-nyt-reports/00000195-75b8-d8af-a39f-7ff981240000

#IDF #HannibalDirective #IsraeliHostageDeaths #USPol #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity .


This, from the Observer's World in Brief section is shocking (but perhaps not surprising):

'One in 15 Americans (7%) have witnessed a mass shooting & 2% have been injured in one, according to a report from the University of Boulder Colorado. Since 2014, there have been 5,000 mass shootings according to the Gun Violence Archive. Author Prof. David Pyrooz said: 'They reach a substantial portion of the population, with profound physical & psychological consequences'!

#GunViolence #USPol


Over the last month I've heard multiple people say that resistance to the orange regime was much stronger 8 years ago.

It's batshit crazy.

The opposite is true. The people are fired up and furious this time. #VichyDems are oblivious to it, and are completely unable to channel that enormous energy to make real positive impact. So they gotta be replaced. We have to #PrimaryThemAll -

#RaiseTheBar #DemandMore #schumer #jeffries #durbin #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #Hardball


Changing the minds of >300 million people takes some time.

Making the case that the orange freak is a National Security Threat and MUST be removed from office cannot be done overnight.

They should have started in 2017.

The fact that Jeffries is STILL silent on this in 2025 is mind-boggling.

#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #schumer #jeffries #durbin #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #eggs #inflation #EggPrices


Most of my students know that the US did not enter WWII until after Pearl Harbor (12/7/1941).

A few know about America First and the embrace of isolationism in the late-1930s.

Almost none believe me when I tell them that 90+ PERCENT of Americans opposed US entry into WWII in May 1940, when the Nazi Blitzkrieg was tearing through Western Europe.

They struggle to accept what's happening in the US today b/c they can't shake the myth of American exceptionalism and eternal valor.

#history #uspol
Infographic from United States Holocaust Museum and Memorial website. US public opinion poll on entering WW2 (conducted May 1940 after the Nazi invasion of Western Europe). 93 percent of Americans opposed entry. 7 percent supported entry.


People protesting in Québec city in front of the #USconsulate. Event organized by Mères au front (Mothers at the front) on #internationalwomansday . There was similar protests in many cities in #Quebec.

#uspol is affecting us like never before.


Last question: what can we do if our electeds are already on our side?
You have friends. You have to use the social media to spread the word and let people know how they're going to be hurt.
Our job is to spread this revolutionary idea, which is being led by Massachusetts right now. [Name-checks Michelle Wu's testimony]
The more you talk to your friends all over the country, the more of a difference it makes.
Ok, I'll give him credit, this is good.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


When Musk gives that salute, it's a permission slip for people in our country to say and do things that we have spent generations rooting out from our country.
It's wrong and it goes against our country values.
I will be there on the front lines in the Senate protecting funding for Ukraine.
(No specifics about how.)
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Next question: what can be done to support Ukraine. This gets a standing ovation. The person asking the question calls Trump an Oval Office bully.
Markey says Putin is a dictator, Russia invaded Ukraine not the reverse, and what Trump and Vance are doing is absolutely irresponsible.
What we're going to do is block any cuts in aid to Ukraine.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Next question: how are the jobs of federal workers going to be protected?
Musk is doing stupid shit.
I feel a special obligation to protect veterans.
We are not going to allow them to dismantle a system that was put in place to etc.
Great, tell us HOW you're going to keep them from dismantling those systems. HOW?
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Oh, I see, he's saying we need to reach out to Republicans in Congress and find a few who are willing to protect safety net programs because their states will be impacted too.
Yeah, good luck with that.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Second question: what are you going to do to protect the social safety net programs that my family depends on?
No good answer given, except perhaps that the state legislature will work to find funding to make up for any gaps created by cuts at the federal level.
Markey says that the cuts will affect everyone, red and blue states. I guess he's saying therefore the cuts won't be bad? That's a stupid answer.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


First question: checks and balances, from an AP History teacher.
Congress has the power of the purse.
The courts so far are defending checks and balances.
We don't know how this is going to play out.
I do know this… We're going to have to litigate.
So far it's tenuously holding.
But we also need to fight back in Congress and block block block. That's why I'm voting against every one of a Trump's things.
We're also going to need an uprising.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Ok, they're doing questions now, and they are indeed doing only prescreened questions.
I'm sure they're all going to be softballs.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


I am feeling cheated here. The point of a town hall with an elected official is for the official to answer questions from their constituents. I'm not here to listen to speeches, I'm here to see people challenging Markey about what he's doing and to see how he responds to those challenges.
This is a campaign rally, not a town hall. This is bullshit.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Five word summary of the first expert speaker's ten minutes: we need to protect Medicaid. Gee, thanks, what a revelation. *sigh* I think coming here was probably a waste of time.
Next up: education.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Ok now he just brought out three "experts" to talk about what's going on.
I don't want to hear from experts, I want to hear from Markey.
Maybe there are people here in the audience who are learning something from this, but I'm certainly not, and I doubt most of your are either, so I'm going to stop posting until they say something interesting and new.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Good golly, Ed, I don't want to hear about how things were 50 years ago, I want to hear what you're doing to prevent us from going back there.
"I want to let you know upfront they Donald Trump is bringing out the Malden in me."
Good line.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


"I was the first in my family to go to college but I wasn't the smartest… We know the unfairness that was built into our society" before the advances that Trump and Musk want to undo.
Now he's talking about what Trump and Musk are going to cut to pay for $2 trillion in tax cuts.
Still not talking about what he's going to do about it.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Markey talking about healthcare programs, education programs, other government programs that have made people's lives better in this country that "we took for granted until January 20, 2025" and that Trump and Musk want to eliminate.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Markey says we're here today on the 250th anniversary of the start of the American revolution.
"We did not want a king."
Talking about the "Muskocracy".
Now he's introducing all of the other electeds who are here. He's got a good memory for this stuff, and he's strong and solid. Nothing at all like Biden at that awful debate.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


There are 1,500 people here in the main auditorium and two overflow rooms, Markey says. Full house.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


National Anthem sung, somebody else whose name I missed is speaking now, a lot of puffing up Markey and talking about what an experienced leader he is. Again: I don't care about this. I want to know what Markey is doing, and I want to hear it from him. That's why I'm here.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Ok, the video finished, everybody started clapping, we thought Markey was going to come out onto the stage, and then… nope.
Now the mayor of Malden just came out to introduce Markey. He's thanking Markey for the difference he has made in his hometown.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


Now they're playing a video of Markey posturing to news cameras about not being allowed to every DOGE occupied buildings, speaking at protests, etc. Not why I'm here. I want to know what he's DOING, not what he's saying.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


A bunch of state and local electeds just came out of the wings from backstage and were seated in front, so I assume we're about to start.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


By the way, "You are my sunshine" was released in 1939, only seven years before Ed Markey was born (1946). This is why we can't have nice things.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


There is a huge auditorium full of people at this town hall and I don't see a single person besides me wearing a mask. Not cool.
Oh, wait, there's one other mask!
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli #CovidIsNotOver


They're currently playing "You are my sunshine", I'm pretty sure it's the version from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou", and now I'm thinking about the fact that I'd rather be watching that wonderful movie again than sitting in this crowd.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


There were a few MAGA Nazis out in front of the high school yelling crazy shit about penises in women's sports and aliens raping and killing people, you know, the usual. No photo because they aren't worth it.
#EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


I'll be live posting through this Ed Markey town hall. I'll try to hashtag everything: #EdMarkey #politics #USPol #MAPoli


I don't think I'm going to get in to this #EdMarkey town hall in #MaldenMA today. #MAPoli #politics #USPol
EDIT: Made it in!
A very long line of people waiting to be admitted on the sidewalk and steps in front of Malden High School


A pro-Palestine group has vandalised parts of #Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

#Palestine Action posted photographs on social media showing red paint daubed across one of the buildings at the Ayrshire course.

The words "#Gaza is not for sale" are sprayed across one green & another green appears to have been dug up.

#geopolitics #USexpansionism #USpol #Israel #war #MiddleEast
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr52q7l6drdo


"Some Democrats are convinced they just need to keep their heads down and hope they can run on egg prices in two years. Not only is that strategy morally wrong in my view, but it is strategically wrong."

Chris Hayes

#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #ChrisHayes #eggs #inflation #EggPrices


I think the thing im struggling with the most right now, out of lots of things, is the realization that all of this *gestures broadly at the world* is going to take a long time. These are deep seated cultural problems (this is not to say that rapid solutions arent possible, but thats another convo). Im really battling impatience, especially because impatience is so often unhelpful to long term thinking (impatience > frustration > burnout).

Ive been repeating this mantra for myself for about 10 years now: "today can be a good day and im exactly where im supposed to be. Everyday i get a little better; one day at a time". This has been extremely helpful in all the progress ive made, especially given how insurmountable things can seem and how achingly slow progress can look when we view it on a day to day basis. I think im going to start saying it for the world, too.

#ActuallyAutistic #MentalHealth #uspol


Freakish #Propaganda from #Politico

The clear truth is:
There are no peace talks
The EU is not doing anything Donold wants
Of course he's not listening to them
He's the puppet of a Russian Despot

#Gaslighting #lies #liars #Ukraine #Peace #Negotiation #USPolitics #uspol #FloodTheZone #Media #Strategy #Messaging #SocialMedia #Journalism #FascistTakeover