Melissa Ponder

Can you say ALL OF YOUR #classof2024 Graduates names as correctly and confidently as Big Mo?

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Support for Wing Luke Museum Staff Walkout. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/suppor…

Aaron Bushnell, 25 year old active member of the US Air Force, has succumbed to his injuries in hospital after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, in protest of the genocide in Gaza. His last words were "Free Palestine"

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Peace, Love, & Ceasefire. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/peac…

@toddowyoung @lily_gladstone @jimmyfallon Right on! You photograph all the cool concerts AND all the cool ‘kids’. Hands raised to @lily_gladstone! Lots of folks so, so proud and thankful for you! Hang in there!

@melponder @lily_gladstone @jimmyfallon Yes! I was so happy she was on the show.

@toddowyoung these yours 📷? My feeds have been filled with all things @lily_gladstone for weeks, including @thetonightshow @jimmyfallon #FallonTonight

#photographer #selfies last night at swearing in of new @highlineschools School Board Directors by @JudgeVGalvan! Can’t tag Superintendent Dr @ijduran ;)

A friend of Refaat Alareer told @EuroMedHR he “received an anonymous phone call from someone who identified himself as an Israeli officer and threatened Refaat that they knew precisely the school where he was located and were about to get to his location with the advancement of Israeli ground troops.” According to EuroMed’s report, he then returned to his sister’s apartment to avoid endangering others in the school/shelter. There, he was killed by a “surgical” strike by the Israeli military. In the weeks leading up to his murder, Refaat received a long series of direct messages from Israeli soldiers and pro-Israel fanatics promising to kill him and torture his family. The wave of death threats was inspired by neocon pundit @bariweiss, who took to Twitter to falsely accuse Refaat of mocking a Jewish baby who had been baked in an oven by Hamas. Of course, no Jewish baby was killed in this way on October 7; it was one of many macabre fabrications which Israeli forces have re-enacted in their genocidal rampage of vengeance against the population of Gaza. Israel has a long tradition of assassinating Palestinian intellectuals. Before Refaat, there was Ghassan Khanafani. But if this crime was inspired by a sarcastic tweet, it evinces a new layer of sadism and psychological insecurity. Indeed, if the EuroMed report is valid, it appears Israel hunted down an internationally known academic and murdered him along with his family because it couldn’t take a joke.

The chair of Israel's "Hamas rape" commission, Cochav Elkayam Levy, has delivered a highly revealing response to me. After I exposed her for promoting a 2022 photo of dead Kurdish fighters as women raped by Hamas on Oct 7, she did not bother to refute me, nor did she explain her mistake or issue a correction. Instead, she tacitly acknowledged that her evidence was fake and simply thanked me for the publicity. Then she blocked me. Elkayam Levy therefore acknowledges that Israel's commission on October 7 sex crimes has no interest in conducting a factual inquiry, or upholding basis standards of review. It is nothing more than a propaganda tool designed to distract from and justify the titanic crimes Israel is committing in Gaza. Indeed, its conclusions were determined by the political imperatives of the Israeli military, not by any evidence. Elyakam Levy also felt compelled to defend her record of consulting for Israel's Attorney General on breaking Palestinian prisoner hunger strikes. While claiming she "advocated for the protection of prisoners rights" in a 2015 paper, she actually weaponized human rights law to advocate force feeding as a mechanism of protecting their "right to life."

I'm asking journalists, friends, and supporters of press freedom to join me and others as we hold a vigil to honor and call attention to journalists who have been killed. @pressfreedom reports that at least 62 journalists have been killed in this siege since 10/7.

Call to the Workers of the World: Block the ships of Israeli genocide! masarbadil.org/en/2023/12/445… via @masarbadil

WATCH: "40 Beheaded Babies" – The Lie That Kicked Off Israel's Genocide of Gaza Featuring -@Nicole_Zedek -@Israel -@IsraelWarRoom -@EylonALevy -@sarasidnerCNN -@JoeBiden -@DanCrenshawTX -@bungarsargon and many more. Blood is on their hands.

Former US president Truman on how he planned to ethnically cleanse Palestinians to create Isreal: “We took Palestine in small doses… you can’t move 5 or 6 million people out of a country and fill it up with 5 or 6 million more and expect both sets of them to be pleased”.🇺🇸🇮🇱

Americans: who are you voting for in 2023?

Powerful words! “Israel does NOT represent all the Jewish people from around the world. We have a long history of peaceful coexistence. It’s not about religion, it’s about politics” 🔥🔥 We agree with you on that Queen Rania! @QueenRania

Thousands marching for #Palestine in #Seattle

2022… washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/…

X 🙄 #MyTwitterAnniversary

Corrupt, GOP-appointed Supreme Court justices shamefully ripped student loan relief away from us, gutted affirmative action, & ruled to allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ ppl! Sign the petition: Expand the Supreme Court to rebalance it! 👇 sign.moveon.org/petitions/expa…

Started Day 1 of @HighlineSchools #classof2023 Graduations with @TyeeHigh and some ☔️. Congrats to all the Grads! 🎓