The New Republic is a reliable magazine. It names the doctor in the article. Dr Zeke Emanuel is a doctor who worked for Biden, not as a Biden’s personal doctor but as a policy advisor for COVID. He even has a wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel_Emanuel

The title is misleading click-bait. The title says “Doctor who worked with Biden says he had cancer for years”. By this title, you are misled into thinking that the doctor knew that Biden had cancer, but the title doesn’t say that. The doctor worked for Biden’s covid policy panel and Biden has late stage cancer, therefore this doctor made the inference now that Biden must have had cancer for a long time.

The article does not say that this doctor was aware of the cancer previously.

Unfortunately his HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher” is signed for production until the end of 2026.

Bezalel Smotrich admitted today in a speech that Israel’s plan was to starve Gaza because “the world isn’t stopping us”.

“Truth be told, until the last of the hostages returns, we should also not let water into the Gaza Strip. But the reality is that if we do that, the world will force us to halt the war immediately, and to lose. It would be winning the battle, and losing the war. I’m committed to winning the war,” Smotrich declared. “We are disassembling Gaza, and leaving it as piles of rubble, with total destruction [which has] no precedent globally. And the world isn’t stopping us. There are pressures. There are those who attack [us]; they are trying to [make us] stop; they are not succeeding. You know why they aren’t succeeding? Because we are navigating [the campaign] responsibly and wisely, and that’s how we’ll continue to do [it]."

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1924501959614009361#m

Per Al Jazeera, 5 aid trucks is not enough to feed 1000 people, while around 2 million people live in Gaza, most of which are facing starvation.

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1924525740755767562#m

This discussion was mostly casual. They agreed on mostly everything.

The most heated disagreement they had was on the participation of Jewish people in anti-Zionist movements.

BadEmpanada says that he has a term “Jewish Exceptionalism”. I think he said that he made this term up. He says that by focusing on the opinions of Jewish people in the anti-Zionism movement gives the appearance that the opinions of Jewish people matter more.

Hasan said that Jewish Anti-Zionist groups are important because it shows uninitiated people that the Jewish religion and Zionism are separate entities. Hasan says it’s not intended to say that the opinions of Jewish people matters more.

Historically they were not known to be friends. There was a internet drama, “reactgate”, “chairgate”. Twitter was debating whether it’s ethical for react streamers to make money from watching videos made by other people.

There was one time when Hasan put on a youtube video of a small youtuber and went to go to the bathroom. This wasn’t really like a normal scenario for Hasan. At the time he was known, excessively pausing during videos. Watching a video and pausing and commenting over it is generally considered to be protected by “fair use” in terms of Copyright law. The small youtuber was upset. Hasan apologized. D*stiny fans created a larger drama out of it.

During this same period, Badempanada chose to take the position against react streamers. He said that react streamers are stealing labor value from other video makers or something. I think he has changed his position to be more lenient as long as the commentary of the reactor adds new value and also he likes that he’s getting more subscribers when people react to his videos.

For this reason they avoided each other. They have made a truce in the past year. I think Badempanada was banned from twitch. Hasan only streams on twitch. This video from today is basically the first time they’ve talked publicly together

I’ve played 2 hours of the stream. It has been very casual. There’s no heated moments. They have very light criticisms of each other. Hasan thinks that Badempanada scares people because he doxes his enemies on twitter. Badempanada thinks Hasan should leave the US because the political situation is getting too bad.

I think Gen X still believes that they saved Africa from communism by listening to a rock music concert. Live aid perfectly combined activism with consumerism.

Gen X grew up under rampant consumerism of the 80s. Plastic action figures and dolls. They have all of their nostalgia invested into brands.

Gen X will never shut the fuck up about how they were the last generation to play outside.

They get mad about regulations. “We used to have candy cigarettes and lawn darts.” “Why don’t they show guns in kid cartoons anymore?” “Kids today are too soft”.

They grew up entirely under Reagan, so they believe all of Reagan’s policies: “welfare queens”, fear of frivolous lawsuits, anti-union sentiment, etc.

They spent most of their childhood eating leaded painted chips and inhaling leaded gasoline. I believe this causes Gen X to have behavioral problems in the current day.

They experienced the 90s crime panic as soon as they get out of high school and now they still obsess over local crime numbers. This is probably tied to some racist beliefs.

The 90s culture told them that it’s wrong to work in an office jobs because it’s boring and they’re all meant to be rock stars. They think they’re too good for a steady job.

Their culture they were raised by tells them that they are rebellious but they aren’t rebelling against anything. 80s rock music presented a generic image of rebellion against nothing in particular, maybe cold war rebellion against communism. Today their instilled rebellion manifests itself against social movements, ie rebelling against “woke”. See Kid Rock as example.

Gen X loves fast food but they want to murder the people who make fast food.

Gen X didn’t have the internet until they were already adults. They never developed skepticism for the internet properly. Facebook bricked their brains.

I think a lot of their beliefs are probably influenced by Reaganism. They internalized Reagan’s policies as children because they were too young to see the biases.

The earliest I found from his campaign rally transcripts was March 26, 2022.

I think this might be the first time he said it. March 21 2022 on fox news live
https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1505933188912357379

He says it here in front of a crowd but it’s not a usual campaign rally. April 13 2022
https://xcancel.com/patriottakes/status/1514321729400803332

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He’s done this bit at his rallies for years. I used to watch his rallies frequently to see his new talking points. He would ask the crowd “Do you know what the n word is?” There was a few times when someone in the crowd shouted the actual slur. Then Trump would laugh and say “No. the n word is nuclear.” I think he was baiting the crowd intentionally to say the slur.

Here’s the nuclear video clip from today.

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/1923502695354335542

In February 2025, Trump had said there are 1.7-1.8 million people living in Gaza. Before October 2023, it was believed that 2.2-2.3 million people lived in Gaza.

/// edit. I’m watching the Fox News Trump interview from 5 hours ago and today he says that the Gaza population is 1.9 million.

Thinking about people who said the Trump administration was distancing itself from Israel this past week.

So I watched the whole video now. He says that the dropped out of university 2 years ago to live in the woods. Luke is a total Ted Kaczynski guy. I remember Luke used to make memes about Ted. Luke was an academic who spent years studying linguistics before deciding to live in the woods and now blames “wokeness” or whatever term he uses for that. Ted was also an academic who moved to the woods and in his manifesto blamed socialists and “political correctness” for problems in society. There’s a lot of similarities. Luke wants to be Ted.

Notes from Drop Sites News:

• The plan is being seriously considered and has been discussed with Libyan leadership. In exchange, the U.S. would potentially unfreeze billions of dollars in Libyan assets.

• Israel is aware of the discussions. Senior Hamas official, Dr. Basem Naim, said that Hamas was not aware of any discussions. No final agreement has been reached, NBC reports and the State Department and National Security Council declined comment.

• Libya, still divided between rival governments, is struggling with war and instability. The U.S. currently warns against travel due to “crime, terrorism, kidnapping, and armed conflict.”

• Plans include possible financial incentives like free housing or stipends to encourage voluntary departure—but it’s unclear how many Palestinians would agree.

• Transport options being considered include airlifts, sea routes, and land convoys, all of which pose major logistical hurdles. Gaza lacks an airport, and Israel may not permit overland travel to Egypt.

• The U.S. has also reportedly considered Syria under its new post-Assad leadership as a potential resettlement site.

• Trump previously said Palestinians would need to be relocated so the U.S. could “take over” and rebuild Gaza as a “Riviera of the Middle East.” He added: “I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza.”

• The proposal for ethnically cleansing Gaza has faced intense pushback from Arab allies and members of Congress.

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1923479173903024601

I saw a guy driving down the road blasting a Dragon Ball Z anime review as if he was listening to music. Dudes rock.

Judging by Trump’s approval rating and polling of immigration policies, I would think it’s closer to 2 in 5 Americans who think similarly to the the Pope’s brothe.

The funniest thing about Luke Smith is that he’s a far right 4chan guy but he studies linguistics for a university, so he constantly has to read and cite Chomsky in his work.

Trump says he’ll meet with Putin as soon as possible to discuss an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. RapidResponse47 is a US government twitter account.

https://xcancel.com/RapidResponse47/status/1923288021366980994

It seems absurd but every right wing politician is talking about it right now. If all of right wing media and politicians are talking about it. And DHS announced that they are investigating. Then it seems like a notable story despite being absurd.

Bonus absurdity. People are posting on twitter that May 15, 2025 is 8647 days after September 11, 2001.

I think this is a spectacle similar to the Biden administration. The Biden team would try to create a false public appearance that they were pressuring Israel, while always giving Israel free rein.

Earlier this morning, Trump told Qatar that the US should take Gaza and make it into a “Freedom Zone”.