"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing for war with Iran for decades ... Netanyahu reportedly asked Trump for approval to strike Iran during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago."
"[T]hose that compromised their ethics ... gained nothing."
"I want you to know what is coming for you, and I want you to choose courage ... [W]e will create a new commons and break ground on a new world."
"[R]egular family visitation can reduce recidivism... [R]oughly 65% of incarcerated people who have been convicted of a crime in [NYC] are placed in a facility over 100 miles from [NYC]. Families and loved ones who make the trip have to navigate long drives, financial resources, or taking time off."
"[T]he crimes prosecuted by the [International Criminal Court] ... are crimes of universal jurisdiction. The doctrine of universal jurisdiction allows any country to try foreign nationals for the most atrocious crimes, even without any direct relationship to the prosecuting country."
"Conversion therapy is widely rejected by medical organizations and extremely harmful for LGBTQ+ youth. More than two dozen medical and psychological professional associations representing over 1.3 million health care providers have endorsed a joint statement calling for an end to the practice."
"The war is ... raising questions about countries' collaborations with the U.S. to allow military assets to be placed in their countries."
"The Federalist Society has played an influential role in helping select conservative Supreme Court justices ... [Leonard] Leo-connected dark money operations have helped billionaires, fossil fuel empires, and arms dealers quietly fund influential anti-Muslim think tanks advocating for war in Iran."
"We stayed until [9-year-old Zeinab's] body was brought out from under the rubble ... [H]er head was crushed by falling stones from the building. That is what killed her."
"[T]he law is an unnecessary intrusion into trans people's lives for ... clearly bigoted reasons."
"Making millions of dollars from bets on the start of a war — in which hundreds of people have already been killed, including children — is a grotesque endeavor ... Some lawmakers are calling for regulating the practice."
"[M]illions of parents are accused of child neglect every year in this country, in many instances for reasons stemming from poverty like a lack of child care or food in the fridge ... [U]ndocumented parents may be more likely to be accused of certain low-level forms of neglect."
"[W]ould we be here if there were any real repercussions for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, or the continuing genocide in Palestine? We need true accountability for these crimes. And the only way to get it is to wage a struggle against militarism ... whenever and wherever it rears its ugly head."
"The interrogators asked me where I had surgery ... [One] told me to turn my body so he can see. When I did, and he saw where they had operated on me, he hit me there with his rifle. He kept kicking me in the same spot. I fell down and lost consciousness."
"[FPDS.gov's] replacement ... makes it demonstrably harder to reliably find out what agencies, including [ICE], are spending tax payers dollars on."
"There's not much that accrediting bodies can do to force [prison] facilities to get better."
"The growth of American supercomputers is leading to new fossil‑fuel pollution ... concentrated in already overburdened communities. In the Great Lakes region, a growing share of the nation's data centers have begun sucking dry the same freshwater that supplies drinking water to tens of millions."
"The waiting period for accessing surgery can be really challenging because these surgeries are transforming, life-saving and life-changing ... The uncertainty of not knowing when you'll be able to get surgery and the years-long wait-list can be really challenging for people's mental health."
"In December, only one of the 279 unrepresented asylum seekers whose cases were decided in New York state won — less than 0.4[%] ... Those with lawyers fared slightly better: 13[%] won their cases that month."
"I already know that, aside from a very narrow fringe, one cannot expect empathetic reactions to the mass killing of Palestinians ... But I did not imagine that similar bloodlust would accompany the bombing to death of little girls in school uniforms."
"Externally, the US feels no need to sell its aggression: Why should it, when Israel's genocide has swept away the last pretenses that there is any international law and order?"
"The world is now watching a devastating war rage with no real reasoning, already no end in sight, and its chief belligerent making promises it cannot keep ... [The purported] opposition party, much like how it goes in Israel, instead begs for a better execution of the government's evil plan."
"In 1996, the [IIRIRA] overhauled immigration enforcement in part by stating that noncitizens, even lawful permanent residents, must be expeditiously deported if they've been convicted of certain offenses, including ... a 'crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment.'"
"If the severity of the illness cannot be ascertained — if it can't be determined — it can't be appropriately communicated to the public ... And the public might get the false impression that measles is milder than it really is."
"According to a recent Congressional Research Service report, in 2025 the federal prison system spent more than $387 million on overtime."
"For a survivor who has been repeatedly and continuously terrorized, the perception of being in mortal danger [may] not come into focus in a single, dramatic moment. She may be moved to fight back not when being attacked but in the lull ... To a jury, it may be hard to see the imminent threat."
"The lack of clear warning from the government on questionable autism treatments is in line with HHS Secretary [RFK] Jr.'s rejection of conventional science ... Another 5-year-old boy died in Michigan last year in a hyperbaric chamber fire; his parents wanted him treated for an attention disorder."
"I treated someone like a human being. I do not regret it. They wronged me to survive. Maybe things would have been different if the culture were different. We are frayed. We are in disarray. We are constantly hurting ourselves. We are ... looking to justify schisms between ourselves."
"While most states now allow schools and staff to carry and administer naloxone, only a minority mandate it ... Even as state policies push more universities to establish overdose-related programming, student support remains essential to their success."
"Refaat Alareer did not just teach us about resistance ... He equipped us with the tools to use language as a weapon against oppression and occupation. It is because of him that we learned to raise our voices. His legacy is not buried with him. Refaat's memory lives on."
