John Hudson
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Chuck Schumer, 3/16/25: “A lot of the slogans that people use either are or slide into antisemitism. The one that bothers me the most is genocide.” Israeli scholar of genocide: “My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide.” nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi…
Scoop: A WSJ reporter was slated to be part of the travel pool this weekend when Trump travels to Scotland. After the paper's Epstein story last week, the WH booted them from the pool. w/ @iriesentner politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
🚨🚨🚨White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Trump was "caught off guard" by the Israeli bombings in Syria and on the church in Gaza and spoke to Netanyahu in both cases and asked him "to rectify things"
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱"Bibi acted like a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes. @MarcACaputo and me write for @axios axios.com/2025/07/20/isr…
The World Food Program: “We are deeply concerned and saddened by this tragic incident resulting in the loss of countless lives …These people were simply trying to access food to feed themselves and their families on the brink of starvation.”
WFP Statement | #Gaza On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza. Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the…
Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
Israel says it won’t extend visa of top U.N. humanitarian official wapo.st/4lXqr6Q
Trump's mass firings at the State Department were led by a 28-year-old former DOGE employee with no diplomatic experience. trib.al/sGJBtyQ
Inside the powerful task force spearheading Trump’s assault on colleges, DEI washingtonpost.com/education/2025…
Trump says he’s suing the Wall Street Journal, News Corp and Rupert Murdoch for their Epstein story
WSJ pulls the trigger on story that's been buzzed about extensively in media circles: "Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump" wsj.com/politics/trump…
