Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine
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These are the times that try men’s souls.






Israel supporters slam Harvard's appointment of controversial NY Times columnist's wife trib.al/z8Gw1Ku


Today, the @CivilRights Division @TheJusticeDept filed a lawsuit against UCLA for its failure to take action against discrimination of Jewish and Israeli students—a blatant violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The Division is committed to ensuring that students of all backgrounds feel safe on campus. justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…






On May 10, 2026, Jordanian authorities at Queen Alia International Airport detained Abdullah Ibhais for nearly three hours upon his return from speaking at Nordic Media Days in Bergen, Norway. Officials questioned him extensively about his public engagements, confiscated his passport.


Ebola in Italy not yet confirmed but symptoms are consistent and they just got back from Uganda. the-sun.com/health/1640949…




SCOOP: I've discovered that Euro-Med Monitor has actually been formally designated as a terrorist organization by Israel — since 2015. And nobody realized. Not journalists. Not myself. Not even the Israeli Diaspora Ministry, which published a detailed report on Euro-Med just last week following the Nicholas Kristof NYT op-ed. So what happened? Israel designated the organization under its old name, "EUROMID OBSERVER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS." The group rebranded circa 2015 as "Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor," and the old spelling made the designation invisible to any obvious sanctions search. It sat buried in the government's official list for ten years, completely undetected. The Swiss commercial registry makes the link unambiguous. Same organization. New name. Still designated. The original designation, issued by then-Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, declared Euro-Med an "unauthorized association" under Israel's 1945 Defense (Emergency) Regulations. Under Section 101 of Israel's 2016 Counter-Terrorism Law, that designation was automatically converted into a permanent terrorist designation, with no additional process required. A terror front. Rebranded. Undetected for a decade.


















