UNICEF issued an alert on child killings in Gaza by the IDF. Spokesperson James Elder: "You sneeze near the Orange Line and you may well get shot. During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a Palestinian child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months. That is an absurd and devastating figure. Palestinian children were not killed in a warzone but rather in their homes, schools, while playing football, or fishing. They were shot, they were bombed, they were struck by quadcopters operated by the US-funded Israeli military."
US complicity in this horror show
On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia. Testing has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a brown skua and a giant petrel. Both are species of seabirds commonly found in the Southern Ocean.
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- A notorious mob hitman who once testified against John "Junior" Gotti before cleaning up his life and becoming a councilman in New Jersey has been arrested on extortion and loansharking charges that, if proven, reflect a return to the lifestyle of his youth. John Alite, 63, was arrested on Friday in New Jersey, where he was sworn in early last year as a councilman in the borough of Englishtown. Released after a court appearance Saturday, Alite is scheduled to return to court for a detention hearing Wednesday. Read more
The incompetent and nefarious Trumpf junta is planning to charge legal immigrants seeking US citizenship $570 more in application fees while eliminating waivers and fee reductions for low-income applicants. Paper applications would increase from $760 to $1,330, online applications from $710 to $1,280, and application fees to reconsider a citizenship request denial would jump by $645.
Dummkopf Trumpf and the illegal war against Iran on behalf of Israel has bankrupted the US government, so the junta is squeezing poor immigrants for money
Former NBC journalist Chris Hansen of "To Catch a Predator" fame delivered a pointed quip in a video published Monday after a man swept up in a child exploitation sting arrived wearing a shirt prominently featuring President Donald Trump. The sting was carried out by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana late last year in coordination with Hansen. A video published Monday revealed new details about some of the 15 men arrested in the operation, including 21-year-old Brennan Temple. Temple, according to Hansen, had sent sexually explicit images and messages to someone he believed to be a 15-year-old girl
The article touches base on Obama's Presidential Center, his South Side legacy, and the importance of active citizenship.
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United States President Donald Trump has pledged there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, unless they are collected by his own country. Trump's statement, made in a Saturday afternoon post on Truth Social, is the latest sign that a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) may be unravelling. "There will be NO TOLLS in the Hormuz Strait for 60 days during the Cease Fire Period, and there will be NO TOLLS after the 60 day period has expired," Trump wrote, "unless they are imposed by and for the United States of America."
A volunteer projected images of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the tarp of the Kennedy Center. Other messages projected on the tarp: "Boys Will Be Boys" and "No one bends the knee like the GOP" highlighting Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA), and uber-incompetent D/FBI Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel.
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New cases of New World screwworm have been confirmed in West Texas, prompting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its response, including immediate sterile fly dispersal flights over Crockett County. In a post on X from the USDA's New World Screwworm Rapid Response, the agency said that "in the last 24 hours, 1 lamb in Crockett County, TX, and 2 calves in Edwards County, TX have tested positive for New World Screwworm, bringing the total number of domestic confirmed detections to 15." The USDA said it "has already taken action and will be starting sterile fly dispersal flights over Crockett County (outside current affected areas) immediately."
On MAGA, Evangelicalism & Christian Nationalism
In this clip from Ask N.T. Wright Anything, Michael Bird and Tom Wright discuss the rise of Christian nationalism, the influence of MAGA ideology within white evangelicalism, and why many believers are struggling to reconcile faith with political movements centered on power, nationalism, and culture wars.
LAPD officers responded to reports of a woman screaming on 13 June, which turned out to be harmless cheering, the night that the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA finals. Terrified at the sight of Jameson, a two-year-old golden Saint Bernard doodle wearing a blue NY Knicks jersey, one of the LAPD officers fired four rounds into the defense animal, killing him.
Since 2000, the LAPD has faced 2,000 claims of police brutality
Donald Trump likes this woman. She's someone's daughter. Does he think it's one of his own? She doesn't look like Tiffany or Ivanka. The blonde woman looks like she's sitting in a room with a blanket or flag from The Great State of New York.
Donald Trump is really worried about showers ruining his -- self-described == "perfect" hair.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has denounced the "unlawful and illegitimate" Israeli seizure of its property in occupied East Jerusalem. During the operation, "the Patriarchate's representative was forcibly removed, his equipment was confiscated, trees were uprooted, and the property was enclosed with fencing and gates."
Christian America's so-called "ally"
The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938 " 1956) introduced three transgender characters to Americana, a pioneering concept that may have been considered taboo by the mainstream media (MSM) back then. First, early Superman villain "The Ultra-Humanite" had his brain transplanted into the body of a beautiful young Hollywood starlet. Dangerous criminal "He-She" made a solo appearance fighting "Crimebuster," while the campy super-hero "Red Tornado" was secretly a woman named Ma' Hinkel. Although these are only three obscure instances from thousands of heroes and villains from the 1940s, for that time these comic book writers broke societal norms, like their counterparts who wrote Science Fiction.
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