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if you don’t believe in Freedom of Speech. Press, literature, assembly and rights for everyone (and Free Palestine) don’t bother following. #writer #ofcolor #arabamerican #educator #leader #fitnessjunkie

12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔 A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice. Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

From the Guardian 2 A flyer distributed by the Israeli military warned people that “we are surveilling you everywhere” and threatening that if they supported “terrorist organisations” they could be arrested."

From the Guardian: "Israel also forbade people from celebrating the prisoners’ release on Monday, firing teargas at family members and journalists waiting near Ofer prison, in the occupied West Bank, where detainees were kept.

what did he do actually? create unity? find a cure for a life threatening disease? develop a system for a better world? Come up with a solution for disparities? i mean what did he do? anything worthwhile? people doing those things have been cancelled. this is insulting

Charlie Kirk memorial latest updates: Trump and Vance to join tens of thousands of people at service for rightwing activist

Funeral expected to start at 11am local time; Erika Kirk, US president and vice-president among the expected speakers

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One underreported fact is Brendan Carr—the FCC chairman who got Kimmel suspended—spent the last four years warning that government censorship of critics leads to authoritarianism. Carr co-authored P2025. He know he's advancing authoritarianism. That's the point. www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-cancel...

The Cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel

By indefinitely suspending him, ABC is reminding us that trust in corporate media is dead for a reason—but there's something even more sinister afoot we cannot ignore

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You may be funding this incipient toxic culture that spectacularizes violence. Remember who to boycott. "The UFC is even sponsoring the United States Semiquincentennial dubbed America 250, joining the likes of Amazon, the Coca-Cola Company, Oracle and Walmart."

Donald Trump’s UFC stunt is more than a circus. It’s authoritarian theatre | Karim Zidan

The planned fight on White House grounds isn’t just macho spectacle – it’s a chilling marker of where the US is headed

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Birthright citizenship is a Constitutional RIGHT. Any attack on it is an attack on us all. This is an attempt by far-right justices to attack immigrant communities and remove protections from any American who questions Trump. Your rights are nonnegotiable. We can’t compromise on that basic fact.