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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” George Orwell, 1984

Not only will the settler who ran over this little girl face no consequences, but the American Jewish activist who reported him to the Israeli police was also deported from Israel today for documenting the crime.

Gaza. Completely flattened and destroyed. Over 70,000 dead. Over 20,000 children dead. There is no justification for this. None whatsoever.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

Le ministre fasciste israélien Smotrich vient d’annoncer qu’il voulait faire de la banlieue sud de Beyrouth un nouveau Gaza. La France doit intervenir pour empêcher ce nouveau massacre. Honte à tous ceux qui laissent faire et soutien total au peuple libanais.

Trump called American Olympian Hunter Hess a “real loser” for criticizing what’s happening in our country under Trump. Mr. President, this is not a monarchy. This is the United States and no one is required to bow down to you. Hess is not a "loser." He's a proud American.

E con questo Trump supera ogni limite. Solidarietà totale a Michelle e Barack Obama. Che desolazione vedere la Casa Bianca ridotta così

If Trump and his sycophants could feel shame, this would produce it.

Donald Trump is withholding billions of dollars in New York infrastructure unless he gets Penn Station and Dulles Airport named after him. This is not only brazenly corrupt. It is sick, twisted and egomaniacal. The time is long overdue for sane Republicans to stand up to Trump.

Time flies when you're outlasting Prime Ministers

Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across several areas of Gaza this morning, including two babies. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.news/m9yjce

"In a self-valuing democracy, the only defensible stance is to call for release of all remaining files." My column on why the latest Epstein dump gives America the opposite of closure. ft.com/content/3f8277…

Il sindaco di Milano Giuseppe Sala: «Gli agenti dell'ICE non sono i benvenuti, è una milizia che uccide. Da cittadino non mi sento tutelato dal ministro Piantedosi» calcioefinanza.it/2026/01/27/ice…

Israel killed three journalists, including a CBS News contributor, the latest attacks in Gaza despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire that began in October. Israel has killed about 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders. wapo.st/3NxKfll

Joint Statement on #UNRWA from 🇩🇿🇧🇷🇬🇾🇮🇩🇮🇪🇯🇴🇰🇼🇱🇺🇳🇴🇵🇸🇵🇹🇶🇦🇸🇮🇿🇦🇪🇸🇹🇷, condemning Israeli actions against UNRWA’s premises in occupied East Jerusalem this week. -We call upon Israel to abide by its obligations under international law.

The occupied #WestBank is in the grip of its most severe humanitarian crisis since 1967. One year since the start of Israel's 'Iron Wall' military operation, 33,000 people remain forcibly displaced from #Palestine Refugee camps in the north. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have been demolishing swathes of the camps, reducing the chances for these communities to recover. @UNRWA teams on the ground are assisting newly displaced Palestine Refugees who have been pushed deeper into poverty, & have no viable alternatives for healthcare, education and welfare. #UNRWAworks. But to continue to do so, we need continued political & financial support from Member States.

This should be the central issue. How much money are Trump, Witkoff and their families hoping to make in Russia? And how does that consideration affect their negotiating strategy?

UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres condemned the demolition of the @UNRWA premises “in the strongest terms”. "The Sheikh Jarrah compound remains UN premises, and is inviolable and immune from any form of interference,” UN Deputy Spokesperson said. buff.ly/xyXPLH4

“A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel. Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem. Bulldozers entered the compound and began demolishing buildings inside it under the watch of lawmakers and a member of the government. This constitutes an unprecedented attack against a United Nations agency and its premises. Like all UN Member States and countries committed to the international rule-based order, Israel is obliged to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises. This comes in the wake of other steps taken by Israeli authorities to erase the Palestine Refugee identity. On January 14, Israeli forces stormed into an UNRWA health centre in East Jerusalem and ordered it to close. Water and power supplies to UNRWA facilities - including health and education buildings - are also scheduled to be cut in the coming weeks. This is a direct result of legislation passed by the Israeli parliament in December, which stepped up existing anti-UNRWA laws adopted in 2024. These actions, together with previous arson attacks and a large-scale disinformation campaign, fly in the face of the ruling in October by the International Court of Justice, which restated that Israel is obliged under international law to facilitate UNRWA’s operations, not hinder or prevent them. The court also stressed that Israel has no jurisdiction over East Jerusalem. There can be no exceptions. This must be a wake-up call. What happens today to UNRWA will happen tomorrow to any other international organisation or diplomatic mission, whether in the Occupied Palestinian Territory or anywhere around the world. International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States.” — @UNLazzarini

This is unimaginably deranged. And you people said I had TDS.

The FBI’s raid today on the home of @washingtonpost reporter @hannah_natanson is an alarming escalation in the Trump administration’s war on press freedom. Watch @trevortimm explain how the @TheJusticeDept is not only attacking the First Amendment but also ignoring federal law.