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FCC reply comments are due by 5pm EDT Monday 30 March on Reflect Orbital. If you wrote in a comment, please please please write in again saying that they did not address your concerns in their letter (which is very hard to find in the FCC dumpster-fire-of-a-website). Instructions here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

The most horrifying part in their "consolidated reply": they agree that they could in fact cause permanent eye damage to people using medium-sized telescopes. WILD.

A Palestinian middle school student in Michigan
who was publicly admonished for refusing to stand for the pledge of allegiance as part of a personal protest against the war on Gaza
has settled with her school district following a lawsuit around her first amendment free speech rights.

The teenager, identified as DK in court documents, said she faced racism from a teacher at the West Middle school in Canton, Michigan,
after she did not participate in the pledge.
The teacher reportedly told DK to “go back to her country”, Fox 2 Detroit reported.
In a statement following the settlement, DK called the ordeal “terrifying” and “overwhelming” at times.

“But it taught me the importance of speaking up for what I believe is right,” said DK.
“I feel proud of the outcome and of being part of something that reinforces how important free speech is.
I’ve learned that even when it feels uncomfortable or risky, speaking out can make a difference,
not just for me, but for others as well.”

DK, who is 14, chose not to participate in the pledge on 10 January 2025 given the continuing war on Gaza.
“I decided I wanted to sit down because I didn’t feel comfortable standing because of what’s happening in Palestine,” said DK at a February press conference.

After the pledge, DK said that a teacher told the class that “anyone that was sitting down was being very disrespectful to soldiers, to America”.
DK said she tried to explain her view to the instructor but was told that if she did not like the US, she should go back to her own country. DK later left the room in tears.
The Arab American Civil Rights League and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan later filed a lawsuit in June 2025 against the Plymouth-Canton community schools district on behalf of DK.
As a part of the recent settlement,
the Plymouth-Canton community schools district has pledged to provide diversity, sensitivity, and first amendment training for staff.
The district has also agreed not to punish DK, remove any indication from school files that suggest her protest was inappropriate and provide needed counseling.

Jacob Khalaf, DK’s father, applauded his daughter for her bravery in advocating for her freedom of speech.
“My daughter has shown her strong moral fiber throughout all of this,”
he said in a statement to Fox 2 Detroit.

“She had the courage to resist when a person in authority tried to make her relinquish her right to free speech,
and then, with the help of the ACLU and ACRL, brought a lawsuit to make sure her first amendment rights, as well as those of others, were protected.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/28/michigan-student-protesting-gaza-war-school-settlement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

5 reasons to impeach 'degenerate criminal' Trump: analysis

https://www.alternet.org/impeach-degenerate-criminal-trump/

Donald Trump slammed as 'degenerate with no empathy' after Venezuela comments

https://www.aol.com/entertainment/donald-trump-slammed-degenerate-no-094100875.html

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This morning, Israel assassinated three journalists in a double-tap strike on a car in Jezzine, southern Lebanon. The killed included Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shuaib, Al-Mayadeen correspondent Fatima Ftouni, and a cameraman who was Fatima's brother.

After killing them, Israel even posted drone footage of the strike, openly stating that Ali Shuaib was the target, but the double-tap ensured that everyone in the marked vehicle was killed.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon

🌊 In Dagestan (Russia) - a record flood. More than 327,000 residents were left without electricity. Due to the lack of electricity, interruptions began not only with water, but also with heating.

❗️On the Khasavyurt - Kadi-Yurt section, two railway bridges collapsed at once.