Andrew Purchin

The Curious Scroll is 170 long and has the marks of hundreds of people on it. It started at the Republican and Democratic conventions in 2016. How do we begin to understand one another? The current art making conversation is Israel, Palestine. Thecuriousproject.org

In Tel Aviv tonight police dispersed an antiwar rally as illegal brutalizing protesters and making arrests. Weird a government at war with Iran over how it treats its people who protest is doing the same thing to its own.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ C: Ofir Eytan

Israeli activist Dani Elgarat’s brother, Itzik, was kidnapped on October 7 and murdered by Hamas terrorists. Now, Dani is using his voice to speak out against settler terrorism and the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank—driving to sites where Israeli settler terrorists attack Palestinians to confront them. Dani, I’m truly sorry for your loss. Your courage and moral clarity are deeply inspiring. Thank you, @elgarat_dani.

Pay attention to Lebanon. Trump and Netanyahu started a regional war in the Middle East, creating a humanitarian disaster. And now, the Israeli army has killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon—about 20% of them are kids. Congress should not bankroll this escalating war of choice.

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600 people were punished for comments after Charlie Kirk’s death. One SC kindergarten teacher was FIRED for simply posting Kirk’s own words. Why are our standards for our president’s comments about Rob Reiner so much lower? reuters.com/investigations…

Ghosts of Mississippi When Harry Met Sally The Princess Bride Misery Stand By Me A Few Good Men Spinal Tap Meathead Actor, director, producer, humanitarian. One of the most important artist and activist voices of the past 50 years. Thank you Rob Reiner.

Why can’t Black people forget about slavery . Thoughts 💭 ⁉️

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/ice… @THECITYNY @GwynneFitz

🚨 JD Vance is now claiming that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice” and that “Christian civilization ended the practice.” Archaeologists and historians, including experts in North American Indigenous history, say this is a complete fabrication. There is zero evidence of widespread child sacrifice among First Nations. This isn’t a slip. It’s racist revisionism dressed up as patriotism. And it tells you exactly how far they’ll go to rewrite history to justify oppression.

🚨 14-YEAR-OLD’S RESPONSE TO MEGYN KELLY’S EPSTEIN COMMENTS JUST SHOOK THE INTERNET A 14-year-old girl named Eloise just uploaded a video that’s blowing up across social media and has triggered one of the biggest debates of the week. She says she wasn’t even planning to speak because “this is an adult topic,” but after hearing Megyn Kelly describe Epstein’s victims as “the barely-legal type… like 15,” she decided someone her age needed to say something. And she doesn’t hold back: “Kids in my grade are turning 15 right now. Some of us still have baby faces. Some of us still have braces. Some of us still call our parents when we’re scared at night. Some of us STILL look like middle schoolers - because we basically are.” “Under federal law, anyone under 18 is a child. No loopholes. No technicalities.” But the part that detonated the internet is this: “If a 14-year-old has to get online to explain this to a grown adult with a national platform… then SOMETHING is seriously wrong.” “Kids my age shouldn’t have to be the moral compass in rooms full of adults.” Now the clip is everywhere with people arguing law, ethics, wording, responsibility, media framing, and whether a 14-year-old should even be part of this conversation. What’s the part of this situation no one wants to say out loud?

National guard general: "Yes if you give an order that directs a soldier to commit a criminal act they should disobey that."

🚨NEW: Donald Trump has called for Senator Elissa Slotkin to be arrested and executed for encouraging the military to not follow illegal orders issued by Trump. RETWEET if you stand with Senator Slotkin against Trump’s violent threats!

TRUMP IS CALLING FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM. I SAY, RETWEET SO THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SEE THEIR MESSAGES. TRUMP IS A COWARD WHO HAS NEVER SERVED

I’m a patriotic American, so I’m proudly anti-fascist. How about you? 🇺🇸

Damn good question!

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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