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BREAKING: US ‘border patrol’ shoots two people in Portland OR – or is it ICE again?
9 January 2026 @ 12:51 am
US media are reporting that ‘Border Patrol’, or ‘Customs and Border Protection’ federal agents in Southeast Portland, Oregon near the US west coast on Thursday afternoon 8 January. Portland Border Patrol shooting However, Portland is not a border city, raising questions about whether the ‘federal agents’ were really CBP – or were again Immigration and […]
By Skwawkbox
Gaza childhood on crutches: Rateb carries on with a pipe for a leg
8 January 2026 @ 11:50 pm
In a narrow courtyard surrounded by rubble, Rateb Abu Qaleq no longer runs after his football as he did before the war. Instead, Rateb is now learning to walk again, this time on crutches. His prosthetic leg made of plastic tubing makes for a scene that sums up the harsh reality of childhood in the […]
By Alaa Shamali
Tesco’s festive profits soar – so why does that not mean cheaper food for us?
8 January 2026 @ 11:03 pm
Tesco just released its third-quarter and festive trading statement, and surprise surprise – the supermarket giant is making a killing. Of course, massive profits aren’t that hard to come by when you price-gouge at every opportunity. In fact, over the last four years, Tesco’s operating profits have shot up by a massive 72%. Meanwhile, food […]
By Alex/Rose Cocker
Zionism and the Litani: A colonial hydro-political ambition
8 January 2026 @ 10:58 pm
The struggle over water in the Lebanon–Palestine border cannot be detached from the broader architecture of colonial power that shaped the modern ‘Middle East’. From the moment Britain and France imposed the 1923 borders, the Zionist movement regarded the rivers of southern Lebanon — especially the Litani — as essential components of its settler-colonial project. […]
By Mohammad Fakih
Israel is using bots to fake social media support
8 January 2026 @ 10:55 pm
A new investigation has found that half of all political accounts linked to Israel social media are bots. This includes many of the accounts boosting posts by Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his terrorist government. Israel is using bots (tell us something we don’t know) The report, from Channel 12 News, revealed that accounts run […]
By HG
Adam: a child facing genocide, bullying, and now the risk of losing his sight thanks to Israel
8 January 2026 @ 10:44 pm
At the age of five, Adam Abu Halib knew his way around his friends very well. He would run, laugh, and stumble like any other child his age. Today, he stands in the same place, but with hesitant steps and one eye cautiously observing the world, as if trying to understand what has suddenly changed. […]
By Alaa Shamali
Kristi Noem lets slip the identity of Minneapolis ICE murderer
8 January 2026 @ 9:45 pm
The ICE agent who murdered 37-year-old Minneapolis mum Renee Nicole Good has been identified – by his dire boss Kristi Noem and US vice-president JD Vance. His name is Jonathan David Ross, a decade-long ICE enforcer. David Ross is the ICE murderer In a press conference about the killing of Renee Good, Noem referred to […]
By Skwawkbox
Homeless men blocked from Holiday Inn room during sub-zero night
8 January 2026 @ 9:35 pm
Holiday Inn staff in Manchester turned away two homeless men, despite a charity having paid for the room, and temperatures dropping to minus six degrees overnight. Staff members told the two men that: I know that you’re from the street and the hotel doesn’t allow it. Two Brews — a homeless charity in Manchester had […]
By HG
Venezuela and the logic of US decline
8 January 2026 @ 9:19 pm
In recent months, the US has moved decisively from coercion exercised through indirect means to coercion exercised openly and without mediation. The escalation of economic warfare against Venezuela – sanctions, seizures, financial strangulation, has culminated in direct military action, including the bombing of Caracas and the forcible removal of President Nicolás Maduro. Whatever moral vocabulary […]
By Rares Cocilnau
Watch deranged Leavitt say Renee Nicole Good murder caused by “sinister, left-wing movement”
8 January 2026 @ 9:15 pm
Deranged White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has used her podium to claim that yesterday’s ‘ICE’ murder of young mother and legal observer Renee Nicole Good was the fault of left-wingers. Leavitt told reporters that Good’s point-blank shooting by an immigration officer, as she tried to peacefully leave the scene of an ICE raid, as agents […]
By Skwawkbox