For the past several hours an unarmed boat full of civilians, including former Congressperson Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, has been chased, harassed, and physically threatened by 5 or more Israeli war boats. As I write, the ship is 60 miles off the coast of Gaza in international waters. [...]

RT @pal_cast: New podcast: Naomi Klein in Palestine: BDS Now http://palcast.org/705 #israel #
Feinstein: "Vote for me, but keep your mouth shut." http://bit.ly/2QXQg #healthreform #feinstein #
Worth reading: Cobban on the US, Syria, Iran, and Hamas: http://bit.ly/kMBIM #
RT @pal_cast: New podcast: Naomi Klein in Bil'in, Palestine http://palcast.org/707 #
RT @ismpalestine: URGENT ALERT – Israeli Navy surrounding SPIRIT and [...]

Tell Kay Hagan to support the public health care option! http://act.ly/45 #healthreform #kayhagan #nc #healthcare #senate #
tell @SenBenNelson : Support a Public Option! http://WeWantThePublicOption.com http://act.ly/1u RT to sign #p2 #health via @boldprogressive #
Tell Kay Hagan to support the public health care option! http://act.ly/45 #healthreform #kayhagan #nc #healthcare #
petition @BarackObama to I support a no-compromise [...]

Various observers have been busy chattering away for the past week that President Obama may be losing ground in the developing U.S./Israel…um, disagreement(?). Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Obama’s impressive Cairo speech with a rather banal address in which he sort of, kinda, half-way accepted the notion of a Palestinian state, but once again refused [...]

Great overview of the situation in Iran by Robin Wright: http://bit.ly/D7Bd8 #iran #
Bob Reich: Obama should start swinging on health care http://bit.ly/TxISC I want health care! #healthreform #publicplan #obama #
Sen Maria Cantwell named "Sexiest Senator" even though I voted for Sherrod Brown (it's his husky voice) http://bit.ly/WTjR3 #
Oh Kay, it was nice while it lasted. [...]