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“President Donald Trump is celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary—and his own 79th birthday—with a massive, multimillion-dollar military parade Saturday in Washington.” — Politico

Dear neighbors,

It’s been a long time since my birthday. Almost a year, in fact. That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’ll be celebrating another turn around the sun with a military parade through our neighborhood. You and your families are all invited. If you can’t make it, no worries. Not a big deal! Just RSVP “no,” and I will simply have you arrested.

For those attending, here’s what you can expect:

In Gaza’s final hours, Israel uses starvation as a weapon, the U.S. supplies the arms, and the world watches in silence.

The post Starving Gaza into Submission: Chris Hedges on the Final Chapter of Genocide appeared first on MintPress News.

As our guest, please feel free to help yourself to anything. I didn’t run to the store before your arrival, because as you can see, my pantry is overflowing with foodstuffs.

Oh, crackers? An excellent appetizer choice. Those go really well with this jar of local strawberry jam I picked up at—well, that’s interesting. It’s all just been scraped right out of there with a spork, hasn’t it?

I know it was a spork because the top’s broken off inside the empty jar, which was placed right back on the shelf, as if its contents were still available for consumption.

The crackers are gone too? Perplexing. Yes, I see the box in your hand. The way it was torn open across the back, as if shredded by a feral raccoon, was hard to notice until you picked it up. From the shelf. Where it had been perched, delicately, like something that still contained crackers.

No matter. There’s plenty more to choose from. How about cereal? I just picked up this whole shelf of—

Wow, every single box?

Every. Single. Goddamn. Box?

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Trying to pass laws to defend protesters’ rights is a lonely battle on Capitol Hill.

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She was a young gorilla, sitting alone in the Calgary Zoo. Once our eyes locked, I was in for a life-long connection

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When coral have enough to eat, they seem to endure warming waters

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The origins of life may lie in a mysterious life form at the bottom of the sea

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Clare Lemlich, a member of Solidarity's US sister group, Marx21, reports from the frontline in Los Angeles.

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Unpredictability was the most predictable thing about the first few months of Trump 2.0. Having long understood the political utility of chaos, it’s no surprise that his most coherent strategy was to ‘flood the zone with sh**’, an approach suggested by his sometimes-advisor Steve Bannon. But who could have imagined he would become so obsessed […]

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Asif William Rahman’s lawyers thought they had a deal. Now Trump’s prosecutors are asking for a super harsh sentence.

The post Feds Seek “Unprecedented” Sentence Boost for CIA Leaker, Leaning on His Use of Signal appeared first on The Intercept.