so much for centrism being about nuance and critically questioning everything, huh?

incredibly funny post, thank you

history truly is a flat circle

Always have been.

The only lesson learned from the COVID years: if you stop reporting the numbers, the numbers stop going up.

We're so fuckin cooked lmao

Here's video from July 2023 (months before October 7th) of Israelis sealing Palestinian wells with concrete in Hebron

Corroborated by Snopes

Here's more from 2022 where they plugged wells with concrete

Half of Gaza water sites damaged or destroyed, BBC satellite data reveals, (May 8th 2024)

Gaza water crisis: Israeli forces destroy wells, residents face health risks and shortages (Al Jazeera, 4 days ago)

Amnesty International with an article from 2017, describing Israel destroying wells, pump stations, water storage stations in Gaza and the West Bank

From the above Amnesty article:

In November 1967 the Israeli authorities issued Military Order 158, which stated that Palestinians could not construct any new water installation without first obtaining a permit from the Israeli army. Since then, the extraction of water from any new source or the development of any new water infrastructure would require permits from Israel, which are near impossible to obtain. Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation continue to suffer the devastating consequences of this order until today. They are unable to drill new water wells, install pumps or deepen existing wells, in addition to being denied access to the Jordan River and fresh water springs. Israel even controls the collection of rain water throughout most of the West Bank, and rainwater harvesting cisterns owned by Palestinian communities are often destroyed by the Israeli army. As a result, some 180 Palestinian communities in rural areas in the occupied West Bank have no access to running water, according to OCHA. Even in towns and villages which are connected to the water network, the taps often run dry.

The US had 3.1m houses sitting empty in 2023

property hoarding is a crime against humanity and should be treated as such, imho. Houses are for living in, not speculation.

The fine? $38 million.

Chiquita Brands International's profits in 2023? $3.1 billion.

That's a slap on the wrist if anything. Just the cost of doing business I guess.

Blue state, blue governor, blue mayor, blue senators, you physically cannot get more blue if you tried.

And yet, here we are

Im told that we have to support this, or trump will get elected and also do this.

Many such cases!