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Dad, Dork, Registered Nurse, CHPN. I climb rocks, ride bikes, run on trails. I read books, and sometimes I write. He/him. Cis male, heterosexual, but not a dick. Trans rights are human rights. I stand with Planned Parenthood.

Presently a Hospice Nurse, before that, a Covid Nurse. Before that, theatrical rigging.

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Gaza journalist reports on Israeli attack that killed Al Jazeera colleagues

Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud, gives more details on the Israeli attack that killed five of his colleagues.

Al Jazeera

When people say "Journalism is dead," sadly, it has more than one meaning these days.

This is absolutely horrific.

‪Mark Chadbourn‬
‪@chadbourn.bsky.social‬
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

“Family of Epstein abuse survivor urges Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell: 'A monster who deserves to rot in prison'

The family of Virginia Giuffre said any leniency extended to Maxwell would go down as "one of the highest travesties of justice" in history.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jeffrey-epstein-virginia-giuffre-ghislaine-maxwell-trump-pardon-rcna222126

Virginia Giuffre's family urges Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell as Epstein co-conspirator

The family of a key survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday not to consider clemency for the late financier's co-conspirator and confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell

NBC News
Yesterday, Trump explained Epstein "stole" one of his employees, Trump told him to stop, and Epstein did it again. Was that a confession that he knew Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre to rape and traffic her? www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/29/d...

Did Trump Just Confess He Lear...
Did Trump Just Confess He Learned about Virginia Giuffre before Jeffrey Epstein Recruited Someone Else at Mar-a-Lago? - emptywheel

Trump's latest explanation for why he cut off Jeffrey Epstein some time after 2004 -- that Epstein stole an employee, Trump told him to stop, and then Epstein did it again -- would be a damning confession if that first employee was Virginia Giuffre.

emptywheel
#Breaking news: U.S. intelligence obtained private communication among Iranian officials, discussing this month’s military strikes on #Iran’s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they had expected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/29/trump-iran-nuclear-damage-intercepted-call/
Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack

The officials were heard saying Trump’s strike on Iran proved less devastating than expected. The administration calls the intelligence insignificant.

The Washington Post

LIVE STREAM of Alex Padilla here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJKS4syY3GY

They're setting up the mics now.

LIVE: Alex Padilla speaks after removed from Kristi Noem’s press conference

YouTube

OFFS

Via Dr. Lucky Tran:

NEW: After firing expert scientists on the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, RFK Jr. has named their replacements.

The new committee contains many figures known for spreading disinformation about vaccines and COVID including Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff.

This is bad.

#RFKJr

CNN - ABC News is parting ways with veteran correspondent Terry Moran, two days after he posted a missive on X calling President Donald Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller “world-class haters.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/media/abc-news-terry-moran-exits-trump
ABC News drops Terry Moran over late-night post attacking Trump and Stephen Miller

The network is parting ways with its veteran correspondent two days after he posted a missive on X calling the president and his deputy chief of staff “world-class haters.”

CNN

A lawyer in #LosAngeles who has been providing assistance to some of the people detained in the #immigration sweeps last week said Tues that at least 2 of the people who were detained had ALREADY been deported.

Atty Yliana Johansen Méndez said at a news conference that her firm had been contacted by the families of 2 detainees, & the families said their relatives had been sent to Tijuana, Mexico, within HOURS after they were arrested.

#Trump #law #DueProcess
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/10/us/la-protests-marines-ice-trump/a-lawyer-says-some-immigrants-detained-in-la-raids-have-been-deported?smid=url-share

LA Protests Live Updates: LA Curfew, Newsom Speech and More News

The California governor condemned the deployment of the military in Los Angeles as protesters marched in Atlanta, Chicago and New York to express anger over immigration raids.

The New York Times