Ike

This is not normal.

Fun fact! Elmo is actually short for El Mohammed

“I have never in my quarter of a century in journalism seen a greater effort to criminalize and demonize speaking to people on the other side of America’s wars.” —Drop Site’s @JeremyScahill spoke to Progressive International’s @VarshaGandikota about Drop Site News being labeled “pro-terrorism” for interviewing Palestinian and Iranian figures. He said that in any society that professes to be democratic, a public has the right to understand the other side of things.

When I gaze at the beauty of nature around the world and can only access it through a phone screen, I ask myself: is it because I was born in a place I didn't choose that I'm forced to endure things no human should ever have to bear or even imagine the horror of? Just the thought that I might live and die having experienced nothing in life but pain, loss, and tears, while knowing that there's a beautiful side of the world I will never reach because of a geographical coincidence, drives me mad every single day. It makes me ache even more than the pain I already live through in Gaza.

⚡️Tucker Carlson: Trump Is a “Slave” to Israel, May Be Getting Blackmailed by Netanyahu Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson publicly accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of exerting “extraordinary pressure” on President Donald Trump — pressure he suggested may include blackmail — as Trump attempts to negotiate an end to the war with Iran. In a BBC interview and in his Morning Note newsletter, Carlson said that Israel has a “storied history of blackmailing U.S. presidents,” including with sexual blackmail such as the alleged 1998 recordings of Bill Clinton. He suggested Trump may be facing a similarly “dark” level of coercion to launch and now continue the war. Carlson called Trump a “slave” to Israel, saying the president “can’t make his own decisions” and has been “hemmed in by other forces” — noting how the U.S. was “steered” into the Iran war by Netanyahu despite it not serving American interests. He described the conflict as the “single biggest mistake” of any American presidency in his lifetime and said the pressure on Trump is “dark enough” to force him to abandon his “America First” platform, turning him into “the precise kind of politician he once vowed to destroy.“

Her name was Ritaj Rihan, 9 years old. “A sane country does not kill children as a hobby.”

💢 After Israel massacred 357 people in a single day in Lebanon, and amid escalating European backlash, pro-Israel accounts have begun “discovering” copies of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography in Lebanon, like they did in Gaza at the height of Israel’s genocide and starvation campaign. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Wednesday’s strikes killed 357 and wounded 1,223, part of a wave of attacks that hit around 100 sites across the country within ten minutes, including central Beirut. Since March 2, at least 1,953 people have been killed, more than 6,300 wounded, and roughly 1.2 million displaced. The strikes came just hours after a U.S.-Iran ceasefire announcement, that was stated to include Lebanon. European leaders have also said the truce should extend to Lebanon. The European Commission condemned the attacks as an “unacceptable threat to civilian lives,” while EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said it is “hard to argue that such heavy-handed actions fall within self-defense.” French officials have called the strikes “disproportionate” and are pushing to reopen discussions on suspending or revising the EU-Israel Association Agreement, with Spain backing calls to suspend the pact outright.

It remains a mystery…

Revising the footage of the attack on our dear colleagues and friends Steve and Ali: The strike was carried out by an american made GBU-38, carrying a MK-82 500 pounds warhead with 200 pounds of explosives and a 300 pounds of forged steel warhead that was made in purpose to be transformed to thousands of shrapnels upon impact. What save both of them was a combination of good luck, fast reaction from Steve as an experienced war reporter wearing body armor (should have been wearing his helmet), and the fact that the bomb missed the concrete by some 50 cm and went inside the previous hole and exploded under the bridge, which saved the journalists from the shrapnels and the direct shock wave.

"It was a deliberate attempt to silence us..." British journalist Steve Sweeney talks about surviving Israeli bombing.

Israel just attempted to assassinate the great Steve Sweeney while he was reporting from Southern Lebanon Relieved to hear Steve is recovering The terrorist regime that has murdered hundreds of journalists over 2-3 years will never recover from this

The Onion 🤌🏽

Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza.

Scenes from Tehran look apocalyptic. This is a city of 10 million people.

@amadoit__ Bro she be crackin me up the way she celebrates after doing some shit like this, like "omg no way I had no idea I could do that so sorry hehe 🤭!!"

man look where she put this shit

Former US Marine Sgt Brian McGinnis as he’s dragged out of Congress: “No one wants to fight for Israel!” Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-AIPAC) can be seen helping cops manhandle the veteran Expect to see much more of this as the Zionist war drags on

Miss you, Mike

@amadoit__ oh i'm not absolving the refs, i've just fully given up on them doing their jobs when it's us. we will never get a fair shake, esp in big games, players need to learn how to force decisions in those situations. I also imagine our discipline issue might make them extra cautious

@ike fully appreciate wanting them to be tougher, but as some point they need to be helped by the referee. three separate bear hugs on the same play?

all for Rosenior calling the goals we've been conceding 'unacceptable,' but i'd love it if he (or anyone for that matter) would speak up about the officiating. it's simply not good enough and needs stating. not just for Chelsea, either. standard is poor.

The difference is by design.

This was 2018 in Brooklyn…..where did these NYPD cops go….and all you morons crying about a snowball fight are soft like Charmin!