'The time has come for the international community to finally welcome the fully sovereign and independent state of Palestine as a new member of the United Nations'

Brazil at the UN security council.

It's official. The U.S. has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have granted Palestine UN membership.

12 nations voted yes.
The U.K. and Switzerland abstained.
The U.S. voted against.

NASHVILLE: “A Nashville teacher threatened to pull a gun on another teacher and preschool students on Thursday, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department…”
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This was the Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment yesterday. It was quiet and peaceful. On a lawn, it did not disrupt learning or people's ability to move across campus. The chaos you are seeing today is a result of the administration deciding to use force, not engage in dialogue.

We are ranked 50th in starting teacher pay and 49th in classroom funding, but now we have the money to support two separate school systems in the state?

This will blow a massive hole in the state budget. Just look to Arizona. This scheme will close/consolidate Missouri schools.

«The Freedom Flotilla Coalition will sail several ships carrying 5,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid and hundreds of international observers to the besieged Gaza Strip in mid-April, its Spanish chapter Rumbo a Gaza said in a statement today.» middleeastmonitor.com/20240403-freed…

If you are realizing more than $250K in capital gains in any single year, and you're not selling your primary residence (exempt) or your business ($1.25M at 0%) you are in no way middle class.

I would like Deputy Premier Jones to speak to David Edwards and Dorothy Schultz and explain why they were not told the truth by medical providers, why they paid $1954 for an insured service, and how they were treated is 'innovation'. Sylvia Jones
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What’s happening in Guatemala right now is unbelievable. The amount of plastic we captured… we’ve never seen anything like this before.

We’ve been scooping day and night for over a week and we’re still not done extracting it all.

Time for my favorite Dr. King quote.

Elliot Adams, former President @veteransforpeace is joining the #FreedomFlotilla to Gaza, Palestine.
'A crisis is happening before our eyes and we need to stop it.' When governments fail, we sail! #BreakTheSiege

Conditions are horrific even on 'humane' and 'organic' dairy farms. We should just acknowledge that there's no humane way for billions of humans to eat a meat-and-dairy based diet. If we want to do that, we render ourselves monsters. That's the price. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Jeff Landry sued me in 2021 over a public records request about sexual harassment in the AG's criminal division. We won in court & got the records.
Today, a #lalege committee passed a bill with his support that would gut Louisiana's public records law.
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NEW: ⁦CBC News⁩ investigation reveals how a few big companies are behind a large proportion of applications at Ontario’s Landlord & Tenant Board to raise rent above province’s annual rent control guideline.
Solid reporting here by ⁦Aloysius Wong⁩ cbc.ca/news/investiga…

Let's not forget Walkerton. Public health works when nothing happens, no headlines are made and people are healthy. It is a short-sighted and unwise government that cuts back on public health and water testing. Reporting by Sneh Duggal TheTrillium.ca
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'Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical' - the OntarioHealthCoal'n releases compelling and shocking actual stories of >100 Ontario patients directly charged hundreds-thousands of dollars by private clinics for user fees. Mostly seniors on fixed incomes. - 1/2
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#FascistFux

Oh look, it's GOP leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole's foreign agent registration forms from when he worked for oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

And he's one of the few to admit it! There's a long dark history here. Not limited to the GOP either.

The $2,500 'consulting fee' that Sarah Sanders paid to Beckett Events as part of the lectern purchase makes no sense whatsoever. So I figured I'd see if Sanders' comms troll, Alexa Henning, could provide some answers. (I'm not holding my breath.)

This is perhaps one of the most outrageous lies I have heard. The reason the GOP put in all those testing mandates was to make public schools appear as if they were failing, so they could bring in vouchers. He is busted and cannot dig himself out of this hole. #LiaroftheWeek