Dad, husband, son, peacebuilder, professor. My Books: https://teapaw.org/t.co/nDdr6JdJf9 Blog: https://teapaw.org/t.co/VeiirDzMZO
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. Compassion, Reasoning, and the Urgency of Healing Divided Societies 2. The Theory and Practice of Compassionate Reasoning3. Compassionate Reasoning, the Mind, and Moral Choice4. Violent Ideas Treated as Disease and Compassionate Reasoning as Treatment
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The peace talks are failing because Putin still believes he can win the war, and because Trump, Kushner and Witkoff encourage this belief. By pressuring Ukraine, not Russia, they are prolonging the conflict, which will kill more people.
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About 25 million 2024 Trump voters didn't vote in a midterm House race.
3.6 million backed a Democrat.
My @Morning_Joe Chart
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Turkey-Based Muslim Brotherhood Ideologue Sami Al-Arian: The Two-State Solution Is Over; Israel Must Be Dismantled; If Europe Is Unwilling to Accept the Jews, They Are Welcome Anywhere in the Islamic World, But They Cannot Remain in Palestine at the Expense of Palestinian Rights
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The Spanish Shylock Problem: The official dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy includes "miser" among its definitions of judio, Jew, over the objections of an Argentinian judge who ordered it removed. The dictionary indicates it's offensive, and this is the proper policy: dictionaries are reference works that people consult to learn how other people use words; they are not arbiters of words' meanings. When I was chair of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary, we often had to decide on how to define offensive terms (e.g., anchor baby) that people encountered in their lives and wanted to understand, and they were prominently labeled as "offensive." The dictionary long had entries for ethnic, misogynistic, and racial slurs for this reason. nytimes.com/2026/11/12/opini…
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Israel bombed the surgery floor of Nasser Hospital after midnight on Thursday. Six people were killed, including the surgeon on duty. I read the army’s statements in Hebrew and went through the evidence. Here is what holds up and what doesn’t.
1) The army’s first Hebrew statement uses the words for terrorist or terror seven times in two sentences. It names nobody. The English says the men were “operating” in the hospital. The Hebrew says they were hiding.
2) Three hours later the army named Muhammad Abu Ismail, the Khan Younis Brigade commander. Ynet had named a different man, Khaled Abu Anza. The army still has not said its target is dead.
3) Israel killed the previous Khan Younis commander in September, and the one before him in July 2024. It killed the Rafah Brigade commander in mid-September. Hamas refilled every post.
4) The army’s “warning” is a 37-second recording. It names five hospitals. It has no date, no deadline, and no instruction to move patients. Article 19 of the Fourth Geneva Convention requires a warning with a reasonable time limit.
5) Army Radio’s own military correspondent described the site as a Hamas interrogation facility for suspected collaborators. That is not a cell about to attack Israeli troops.
6) The dead include Dr. Rizq Abu Sha’ira, a general surgeon, and a 13-year-old. The Health Ministry counts more than 52 wounded. The hospital says the building is out of service.
Israel could have waited for this man to leave the building. Instead, it went after a hospital in the middle of the night shift, with civilians and staff there. During a ceasefire. Full 13-minute breakdown with every source on screen:
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Police stop Black man—for riding his bike to work out.
Accuse him of stealing "childs" bike.
"You think it's stolen because I'm Black riding a bike?" he asks.
"Well said," cop confirms.
"If you want to go there I'll go all the way with that."
For the record—not kid bike but a Worksman Cycles adult bicycle.
Worksman Cycles bikes are built with heavy duty steel frames and high load capacities—specifically engineered to support the weight and daily use of full grown adult men.
Kimani Crawford is a professional boxer and bare knuckle fighter who has won multiple professional boxing titles.
He doesn’t have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.
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Incoming chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chris Coons:
“Elon Musk, Pete Hegseth, and anyone else who played a role in cutting off Ukraine's ability to defend itself must answer for it. Congress must get to the bottom of this.”
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Formula One racecar driver Lewis Hamilton demanded that Israel allowed aid into Gaza, adding that "The past three years of Israel's genocide in Gaza is appalling."
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Brezilya'da 12 yaşındaki kız, sınıf arkadaşıyla okula giderken bir adam yanına yaklaşıp silahı olduğunu, dediklerini yapmazsa..
Adam kızı yakındaki boş bir araziye götürmek istiyordu. Kız mecburen yürüdü, arkadaşı korkudan donup kaldı ve sadece arkalarından yürüyebildi.
Tam o sırada oğlunu okula bırakıp dönen William bir şeylerin ters gittiğini fark etti. Bir süre izledi, sonra yanlarına gidip kıza "İyi misin?" diye sordu. Kız hıçkırıklara boğuldu. William arabasından fırladı.
Adam "sevgilisiyim" diyerek kandırmaya çalıştı. William kızın adını sorunca cevap veremedi! Ortalık karıştı, adam kaçmaya çalıştı ama motosikletliler peşine düşüp yakaladı.
Karakolda yaptığı savunma ise insanın kanını donduruyor: "Bana bakışlar attı, benden hoşlandığını düşündüm.."
William artık Brezilya'da halk kahramanı. Küçük dükkânının satışları ikiye katlandı, para ve araba teklif edildi ama hepsini reddetti.
Görmezden gelip yoluna devam edebilirdi. Ama durdu 🇧🇷
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🚨 CRACKS IN THE WALL.
Sen. Thune is now demanding the full release of the Epstein files.
He notes that in the UK, politicians and royals lost their positions over Epstein ties — while in the U.S., Trump officials like Howard Lutnick face zero consequences.
No more hiding. No more protection.
If your name is in those files, you answer for it. 🔥
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Netanyahu's Knesset speech was Milosevic not on steroids but on amphetamines: Deranged, raving racial incitement. Every single elected member shd condemn it but especially from within his own party (right). What's horrible is that all know they shd and they won't.
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I agree with Bennett.
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Seems to me the result of Trump choosing Stephen Miller as chief of staff is likely to be: a.) more extremism and recklessness; b.) lower Trump poll ratings; c.) a handful of GOP senators willing to join Democrats on occasional issues (e.g. Ukraine aid) so as to override Trump vetoes.
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It's true, as @Lana_Nusseibeh says, that "There's nobody who doesn't come from somewhere." But it's still not obvious to me why the next UN Secretary-General should be from the UAE cabal that turned first Yemen and then Sudan into the world's worst humanitarian crises. Hello?
UAE’s Nusseibeh in a new interview with FT was asked how she could uphold international humanitarian law after serving a government known to be violating it, particularly in Sudan. She responded: “There’s nobody who doesn’t come from somewhere,” and that she had seen countries of all sizes accused of violating international humanitarian law.
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My column: It’s Time for Israelis to Throw Out Their Trump
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/opini…
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Raskin: Well, AOC and I have a $50 gift ban bill, which has been on the back burner for years under the Republicans.
In Congress, we are all governed by a $50 gift ban. And we can’t accept anything much more than a baseball cap. And most people are scared to do that. We just don’t take gifts.
Meantime, at the Supreme Court, they’re collecting hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in so-called gifts from people who have a tremendous interest in the work of the Supreme Court. They take trips around the world. They take luxury vacations. They get, in Justice Thomas’s case, a $400,000 recreational vehicle, a motor coach.
I think Justice Thomas also picked up private school tuition for a great-nephew. I mean, just outrageous things. Members of Congress would go to jail for any of those things, and they’re just doing it.
So the $50 gift ban applies to Congress. It theoretically applies also to people in the executive branch, and it must apply to people in the judiciary, in the Supreme Court
