Jen Giacone
@MaddFan1
Exhausted Iran and Israel news addict; I listen to George Strait; I remove, block and report fake George Strait accounts; Pissed off weather geek
"It's a dance between the sin and the salvation Come hell or high water, there's two things still worth savin' God and country music God and country music" My favorite track off of George Strait's Honky Tonk Time Machine. #KingOfCountryMusic #LongLiveTheKing
Continued severe t'storm threat through the end of the weekend... ⛈️#ILWx Check out our updated forecast here… illinoisstormchasers.com/forecasts/thur…
Emily Feng reports for @npratc - The people of Gaza are starving and hopes for a temporary ceasefire dashed npr.org/2025/07/26/nx-…
It’s not pro Hamas to see images like these and call for more/easier to access food aid in Gaza.
After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…
“I’m sorry, Sham’s mother is in a very bad condition,” she said, adding that the girl was less than four pounds when she died. Sham was so small that the family could count her bones. Her family shared a photograph. I’m not sure I’ll ever get the photo of the baby out of my head.
In the northern district of Sheikh Radwan yesterday, relatives of 2-month-old Sham Emkat said that she had been pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m. the night before in Rantisi Hospital. They were still waiting for her death certificate, said Ekram Emkat, the child’s aunt.
"Antisemitism used to be when you denied a holocaust. Now it's when you don't support one"
Are you ready for fall’s cooler temperatures, or savoring the rest of summer’s heat?
💥The IDF never found proof that Hamas systematically stole aid from the United Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war. In fact, the UN aid delivery system, which the Netanyahu government derided & undermined, was largely effective in…
Hamas stole food aid is the new Saddam has WMD. Both obvious lies that caused, and continue to cause, needless deaths.
So after months of blockade and starvation, even Israeli officials now admit there’s no proof Hamas systematically stole UN aid. People died for a lie. Let that sink in. #Gaza #HumanitarianCrisis #TruthMatters
“At the meeting, …military officials expressed concerns about the intention for G.H.F. to be the sole provider of aid for all of Gaza & presented a plan to expand the UN role in parts of Gaza where the private group was not expected to operate.
“After concluding that Hamas had not stolen from the UN on a regular basis, members of the Israeli military met in mid-March with Netanyahu’s military adviser to discuss the government’s emerging plans for a new aid system, according to the officials nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…
Israeli “military officials…said that the original UN aid operation was relatively reliable & less vulnerable to Hamas interference than the operations of many of the other groups bringing aid into Gaza…because the UN managed its own supply chain & handled distribution”
The Trump administration gave cover to Israeli aid blockade and utterly inadequate substitute to the UN as Gaza tips into starvation premised on propaganda and falsehoods about widespread Hamas aid diversion nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…
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So after months of blockade and starvation, even Israeli officials now admit there’s no proof Hamas systematically stole UN aid. People died for a lie. Let that sink in. #Gaza #HumanitarianCrisis #TruthMatters
NYT: No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
PAH extends time of Heat Advisory till Jul 28, 12:00 PM CDT mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/f/2025-O-…
Another day of hot & humid conditions across portions of the state on Saturday… 🔥🥵 #ILWx Check out our updated forecast here… illinoisstormchasers.com/forecasts/late…
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say nytimes.com/2025/07/26/wor…
Dinner ordered. Sheets in the washer. Wine poured. Investigation Discovery on the TV. Let Friday night begin. (NPR reports, newsletters and bookmarked articles can wait until tomorrow. I need a break!)