Assistant TO the Regional Speaker.

Camille Piché, a priest with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was sentenced to 2 years in custody on Monday. He pleaded guilty in N.W.T. territorial court to indecent assault against a child while working as a priest in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
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Can't listen to this song/watch the video without tearing up.

Missing Khartoum every moment of the day.

Several people in Austria were treated in a hospital after using what government officials believe to be counterfeit Ozempic, underscoring worries across parts of Europe that fake versions of the diabetes drug may be circulating.
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In response to Hamas’s slaughter, Israelis have rallied around the flag, but not around Netanyahu. The latest survey has the current hard-right coalition shrinking to just 42 seats out of 120, compared with 78 for the opposition. theatlantic.com/international/…

I wanted to share some thoughts on what’s happening right now in Israel and Gaza.

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Most prison sentences in America are too long. We incarcerate people —overwhelmingly Black and Brown— far beyond what’s necessary to achieve deterrence and rehabilitation.

But clearly in Jan 6 cases like this, the sentences have not been long enough.

Here's George W. Bush in 2006 about why Palestinians voted for Hamas: 'What's also positive is that it's a wake-up call to the leadership. Obviously people were not happy with the status quo. The people are demanding honest government. The people want services.'

In the wake of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner's offensive comments, we've taken a hard look at where we’ve been and where we’re going.

Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman reflects on today's Rolling Stone: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

New data shows how much students’ standardized test scores rise with their parents’ incomes in the U.S. — and how disparities start years before students sit for the SAT or ACT. nyti.ms/46Yb1Yz

Spoilers abound here, but man, I will be thinking about the ending of Killers of the Flower Moon for a very long time.

It has been a brutal and unprecedented two weeks of death for journalists covering the conflict in Israel and Palestine. The work of CPJ to support those journalists, who a civilians protected under international law, has never been more crucial.

Roshdi Sarraj, a Palestinian journalist who worked for Radio France, was killed today in an Israeli bombing of the Tel Al Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, the network said: radiofrance.fr/franceinter/gu….

One of his last tweets, from five days ago, below:

“Christie’s journey through Republican politics is especially colorful,” writes Alexander Nazaryan. But “the other candidates are running up against similar problems as they struggle to maneuver through a political landscape forever changed by Donald Trump.” nyti.ms/3Q42uwt

'His passion was infectious, his professionalism without question and his humanity a shining light in the darkest places.'

Obituary: Reuters' Issam Abdallah covered the world's biggest events with bravery and insight

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On its coverage of the Gaza hospital bombing: “Given the sensitive nature of the news during a widening conflict…Times editors should have taken more care with the initial presentation, and been more explicit about what information could be verified.” nytimes.com/2023/10/23/pag…

“It seems that occupation is only bad if the guys who are not on your side are doing it.” nytimes.com/2023/10/23/us/…

Note: this convo between Biden and Pope Francis comes amid speculation that the pontiff, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox Church might jointly issue a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza —> religionnews.com/2023/10/20/arc…

'Some audience members walked out and later posted on social media, saying how Chappelle’s words had made them feel unsafe.'

'Hamas is absolutely engaged in horrific acts... However, we do know as well that war crimes do not constitute & are not an appropriate response for other war crimes,' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told me on my MSNBC show, referencing Israel's blockading and bombing of Gaza: