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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Lets Cry...for the fun of crying. Fav Tear Jerking Songs. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: U.S. - China Trade Deal |
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| US and China agree to drastically roll back tariffs in major trade breakthrough The United States and China agreed Monday to drastically roll back tariffs on each other’s goods for an initial 90-day period, in a surprise breakthrough that has de-escalated a punishing trade war and buoyed global mar... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault |
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| French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set. The actor, 76, was convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser during the filming of “Les Volets Verts” (“The G... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Left Has to Speak to Average American Values — or Perish |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:36 pm
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Replies: 13
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old_comedywriter wrote: So we have to throw people and their rights under the bus to avoid total fascism?
Most often, our choices in life are between bad and worse. Choosing bad over worse is the morally correct thing to do, even though it rarely feels that way. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements. |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:17 am
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| Hamas has released Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, held in Gaza since 2023 Hamas has released U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, according to a statement by Hamas and an Israeli official who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because the official was unauthorized to speak publicly. O... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Zionists who say the Israili war tactics are criminal |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 7:35 pm
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| Rabbi Jay Michaelson is a contributing columnist for the Forward and for Rolling Stone . He is the author of 10 books, and won the 2023 New York Society for Professional Journalists award for opinion writing. I supported Israel’s actions in Gaza in October 2023 — not anymore When Israel’s military o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: It looks like Israel totally underestimated Trump |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 7:12 pm
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| The Israeli right thought they had an ally in the U.S. president. They may have to think again There is a dawning realization in official Israeli circles that President Donald Trump may not be quite the pushover that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had assumed. After all, the Netanya... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Debunking Dishonest Defences of Israeli Society |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 6:48 pm
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| There is a misperception about polls that consistently show a majority of Israelis support prioritizing the release of the hostages over destroying what is left of Hamas. The polls are not wrong. The anger at Netanyahu for having the opposite priority for political reasons is real. According to seve... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Quebec minority, female patients - wonder about your doctors |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 3:57 pm
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| B’nai Brith Canada finds slew of misogynistic, racist and anti-Jewish hate content, including Holocaust jokes and denial on medical school applicant social media platform Canadian Jewish nonprofit B’nai Brith has reported on antisemitic and other hateful content spread by Quebec medical school appl... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements. |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 2:47 pm
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| IAF reportedly strikes three Houthi-controlled ports following evacuation warning The Israel Air Force reportedly began conducting airstrikes at the Houthi-controlled Yemen ports Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and Salif on Sunday following a warning from the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, Col. Avichay Adraee that ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mideast War blowback |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 2:43 pm
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Replies: 736
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| University of Toronto Faculty Association votes to divest from Israel The University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) has voted to divest from Israel, the association announced on Friday. This decision stems from Israel’s “illegal occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the UTFA sai... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump admin eyes arrests for House Dems over ICE incident |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 9:01 am
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| Axios Democratic members of Congress who were part of a scuffle with law enforcement officers at an ICE facility in New Jersey may face arrests, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Axios Saturday. Why it matters: It would be a major escalation in the Trump administration's arrests of p... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 8:50 am
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| BBC Donald Trump's administration is "actively looking at" suspending habeas corpus - the right of a person to challenge their detention in court - one of the US president's top aides has said. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Con... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: The New Pope |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 8:40 am
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Replies: 17
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| Pope Leo XIV appeals for 'no more war' in first Sunday message Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war" in his first Sunday message to crowds in St. Peter's Square since his election as pontiff. The new pope, elected on May 8, called for an "authentic and l... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements. |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 8:24 am
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| Disagreements on Iran, Gaza straining Trump-Netanyahu relationship When President Donald Trump took office in January, he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were closely aligned on how to approach the most pressing issues in their relationship: the war in Gaza and aggression from Iran. T... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Left Has to Speak to Average American Values — or Perish |
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Posted: 11 May 2025, 3:23 am
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| Joan C. Williams argues that progressives and leftists aren’t doomed to keep losing working-class voters — if they can stop dismissing the cultural principles that grant average Americans’ lives dignity. As pundits debate whether inflation or cultural grievance drove high numbers of working-class v... |
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