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Hasan Piker: “We’re voting for Democrats with a purpose." The purpose of Democrats is to keep us trapped in the duopoly. They serve the same corrupt system as Republicans. To build a better world people must find the courage to abandon the parties that uphold this decaying one.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: Israel has the best public healthcare system in the world. That’s a fact.

Beyond the arguments, it’s just really sad that most people in this country, from kids to adults, can’t and don’t read. Literacy is so essential to a dignified and intelligent life, and there used to be a national push for it not too long ago. And now it’s damn near gone.

💢 LEBANON | Israel Kills 41, Injures 89 in 24 Hours, Including Women and Children Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 41 people were killed and 89 wounded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total since March 2 to more than 2,659 killed and 8,183 injured. 🔸Israeli forces carried out widespread airstrikes and artillery shelling across southern Lebanon near the Israeli border on Friday and Saturday, killing dozens. 🔸At least three were killed in a dawn strike on al-Louaizeh in the Jezzine district, east of the coastal city of Sidon, with additional casualties reported in Shoukin near Nabatieh, where the town’s mayor was among the wounded, according to Al Mayadeen and Lebanon’s National News Agency. 🔸Strikes hit towns across Nabatieh, Tyre (a major coastal city), Bint Jbeil, Marjeyoun, and Hasbaya, all in southern Lebanon along or near the border region. 🔸Israeli forces also demolished a monastery and school run by the Sisters of the Holy Savior in Yaroun, a border village, described by the NNA as one of the region’s most prominent educational institutions. 🔸Israeli forces blocked Red Cross teams from retrieving bodies and evacuating the wounded in Majdal Selm, a town in the Nabatieh district, Al Mayadeen reported. 🔸The military also ordered forced evacuations of nine villages in the same district, killing at least eight people there in fresh strikes on Saturday, according to L’Orient Today. 🔸Press TV Journalist Hadi Hoteit said Israeli forces destroyed a 100-year-old community center in his village of Dweir in southern Lebanon: “We can barely process the amount of terror against our people… The collective memory of a century was erased.” The strikes come despite a “ceasefire” extended on April 24.

🔴 *Al-Manar/ In violation of the ceasefire, a series of Israeli violations were recorded in less than 24 hours:* - More than 20 artillery shells were fired towards villages in the three sectors (eastern, central, and western). - A Civil Defense team from the Islamic Health Authority in the town of Qounine was targeted, injuring three paramedics. - A car and a motorcycle were targeted on the Qounine-Beit Yahoun road, resulting in one fatality and one injury. - The enemy carried out demolition operations in several border villages in the three sectors. - Soldiers and vehicles were repositioned and expanded. - Enemy drones continued to fly over the third line of defense in southern Lebanon.

⭕️ NEW: Christian nun assaulted in Jerusalem as Israeli attacks continue across city A nun affiliated with the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research was attacked Tuesday in Jerusalem, the institute’s director Olivier Poquillon said, condemning the “unprovoked” and “sectarian” assault in a post on X. A man approached her and struck her, causing a head bruise and facial injuries that required medical treatment. Israeli police said a 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the assault. The incident comes amid continued Israeli military and settler attacks across Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Governorate reported multiple raids Wednesday in Silwan, Issawiya, and Anata, while officials said demolition orders were issued for homes in Ras al-Amud.

Here are the 42 Democrats who joined 192 Republicans in fulfilling Trump's wishes to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data: