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Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza and then returned to kill medics and aid workers in a military tactic known as a “double tap.” At least 20 people were killed including medics and at least five journalists. A double tap means you strike a target and then circle back to hit again, this time killing the rescue workers and medics who rush in. The tactic has been used by the CIA under Barack Obama as well as al Qaeda in Iraq. Israel issued the usual mea culpas. We didn’t mean it. Hamas is there. We still want our hostages. We will investigate and let you know. Hamas offered to return all hostages again just last week. This isn’t about the hostages. Israeli media reports that this was not a mistake but in fact was “authorized and coordinated with senior command, and they were aware of it before it was carried out.” Footage from the scene is deeply upsetting, but it shows clearly what happened. President Trump said he is “not happy about it” but history shows that international condemnations, UN resolutions, ICJ rulings, ICC investigations, press outrage — none of it stops Israel’s military campaigns. They weather it, stall inquiries, and keep striking. Only the President of the United States could make it stop by cutting off aid to Israel. Why won’t he? The post Trump Not Happy But Won’t Stop Israel’s War Crimes appeared first on Redacted.

Ukrainian President Zelensky is demanding that NATO countries send Ukraine $1 billion every month. He argues that Ukraine deserves it because it is “defending a critical principle on the European level” by resisting Russia. But there’s another path: negotiate peace and end the war without bankrupting Western taxpayers. NATO countries are showing fatigue. In Poland, President Karol Nawrocki just vetoed a bill that would have prolonged benefits for Ukrainian refugees, saying support should go only to those who actually work in Poland (RT). And let’s be honest — NATO allies don’t have $1 billion a month lying around. When President Trump asked them to contribute more to the alliance, all he got was smoke and mirrors. Yet Zelensky thinks they’ll open the spigot even wider. He’s out of his damn mind. The post Zelensky Wants $1 Billion a Month — From You appeared first on Redacted.

President Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to prosecute people who burn the American flag. The order also allows for the government to revoke immigration privileges to non-citizens who burn the flag. The White House says that this will be punishable by up to 1 year in prison but the executive order doesn’t say that. The Supreme Court has already ruled—twice—that flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment. In Texas v. Johnson (1989) and United States v. Eichman (1990), the Court struck down both state and federal flag protection laws, affirming that even offensive symbolic acts are protected political expression under the First Amendment of the Constitution. This new decree is a direct assault on free speech. Imagine prosecuting a grieving mother who burns a flag after her son was killed in a pointless forever war. The government would not be punishing violence, but anguish—turning sorrow into a criminal act. We are not in favor of flag burning but if the pandemic taught us anything, it was that we have to defend the speech we don’t like. Free speech means protecting the offensive too — or as Lenny Bruce put it: “If you can’t say ‘fuck,’ you can’t say ‘Fuck the government.’” The post Flag Burning Is Protected Speech appeared first on Redacted.