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Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

-André Malraux

Israeli settlers assault MSF colleague in his village

© Doctors Without Borders
October 19, 2026

Israeli settlers violently assaulted a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleague on October 15 with a fist-sized rock launched by a slingshot during a targeted attack by settlers on his village in the southern West Bank, Palestine. Our colleague required immediate medical attention.

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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

-William Shakespeare

Trump Critic Louise Lucas Indicted as DOJ Ignores Election-Year Guidelines

By Chris Walker , © Truthout
October 22, 2026

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a slew of charges against Virginia State Sen. Louise Lucas (D), a critic of President Donald Trump and a proponent of redistricting that was attempted earlier this year in response to overtly partisan GOP gerrymandering efforts elsewhere in the country.

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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

How to Stop Trump’s Coup

Paul Loeb and Jungmin Choi © The Nation
October 22, 2026

How do you stop a would-be dictator? The first requirement is knowing that it’s possible. In 2024, the people of South Korea took to the streets and stopped a would-be coup in its tracks. Their example offers lessons for how Americans can counter Donald Trump and his allies if they disrupt or defy the results of November’s midterms.

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The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.

-Adolf Hitler

Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank

William Christou © The Guardian
October 16, 2026

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in a coordinated movement to disrupt the annual olive harvest, burning cars and trees and injuring Palestinians and a Washington Post photographer.

Masked settlers wielding clubs and other weapons attacked people attempting to harvest their olives in towns across the West Bank on Friday. At least six people were injured in the town of Abu Falah near Ramallah, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.

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