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2026-05-01 News & Politics
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Top Comments (10)

@Rippypoo 2026-05-01

Thanks, Amy and team.

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@RichardRutcosky 2026-05-01

Thank you Amy and crew for the great commentary today to bad people that need to hear it won't 😢

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@gloriouse4458 2026-05-01

WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT STAND UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY 😊😍🤗🫶🏽💜🤍

69 1 replies
@gnomiefirst9201 2026-05-01

McConOld burgler said, It's only socialism if the money goes down, not up.

65 10 replies
@yohanneschane3647 2026-05-01

Hostilities and war emanate from hatred and grudges. Killing each other exacerbate hatred and grudges ever more. Vicious circle of disasters and sadness humanity will never learn from!

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@Burcaawi2010 2026-05-01

Unnecessary wars when America wakes up to stop wars based on lies, remember Iraq War which weapons of mass destruction had never found but no one was held accountable for killing thousands innocent civilians and destruction of Iraq

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@Angel.Diez.Ovelar 2026-05-01

Israel is paying good those Senators

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@MianHaq-dn2vi 2026-05-01

Israel has the full backing and support of USA to do all these heinous acts of bombings and killings of people without any repercussion; Israel is taking advantage of it and people in the Middle East and all over the world are suffering due to unabated wars.

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@johnnywatkins 2026-05-01

Imagine if a foreign government held you and your people responsible for the actions of a few thousand. Then began a so far and a half year campaign of physical and psychological torture on you and the other 2 million of your family and neighbours. There you are, starved and bombed, for years, you are driven from one side of your country to another, over and over, they tell you x or y place will be safe as they bomb you on the journey and then bomb you when you get there. Imagine having your home, your life’s work and that of every one you know destroyed for the sins of others. Imagine living in terror of any illness because what is left of your shattered health system is completely overwhelmed by the relentless violence unleashed on the innocent. Imagine never knowing if you will be able to find food or even water for your family, not knowing if you will find them shelter. Imagine knowing there are vast warehouses of food just outside your tiny land while you scrounge, desperate to feed your loved ones and knowing tomorrow will be worse. Imagine the shame of failing to find that food and water as you see the suffering in your children’s eyes, even as they try to comfort you for your failure. Imagine never knowing if today will be the day you or your child will be added to the ever growing list of those maimed or killed. Imagine the helplessness of knowing you are 100% dependant on others who will not see your suffering to end the nightmare. Imagine holding on to your beloved wife, as she screams her anguish over the remains of another beloved child. Collective punishment is a horrific crime. The distinction between combatant and civilian must be honoured or we are lost. No one has won in this catastrophe. End the suffering. Please.

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@LeoLamboy 2026-05-01

This administration is criminal inside the country and outside

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