What to know after Israeli strike kills World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza

It shouldn’t take the deaths of some aid workers to stop what is going on in Gaza, but that’s kind of where I guess we might be at.

The difference between folks who have a terrorist group hiding in their midst, and some foreigners on the ground trying to feed them, is that the aid group has José Andrés, who some world leaders actually listen to.

Once again, it shouldn’t matter, but it does. Hopefully he can lean in hard and get done what months of diplomats have not been able to.

Yes, Israel needs their people back, and to get the killers and kidnappers who started this. But wholesale attacks on anyone in a geographic area ain’t gonna get it done. Everyone knows that. This is just brutality for brutality’s sake.

Democracy in the Desert

A lot of places in America have lost their local news. Indeed, due to conservative talk radio and increasingly violent “news” stations, they do not have a firm grasp on reality, much less their community.

Marketplace covered this problem, highlighting a few locations where news is still local, and locally controlled. A drop in the bucket, but at least some folks are still trying.

What happened to Utah women’s basketball team was horrible and also typically American | USA Today

Someone thought it would be great to send young black women from Utah to one of the most racist parts of the US, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They were followed and harassed by the locals.

Why? Because they were encouraged to. By their community, by their governor, by the tin god they want back as president.

Because they have been told they are right to do so by dozens of voices on their radio and TV screens.

But it isn’t just them. Sure, that part of the country is full of skinheads and retired LAPD goons. They are certainly an outlier. But they aren’t alone. It would really be nice if we finally started trying to fix that particular problem.

Lawmaker Asks Delta Pilot About Being A ‘Stewardess’ Immediately After Being Told She’s A Pilot

I mean, there are a lot of reasons I would never vote for a Republican, but this one happened in our state this week.

I have been to Brownsdale, MN and have worked with folks from there. Frankly, this sexist attitude does not surprise me in the least.

“My name is Laura Haynor, and I’m a Minnesota resident and a Minneapolis-based pilot for Delta Airlines,” Haynor said in her introduction.

Almost immediately afterward, Senator Dornink asks, “Can you tell me what a typical work week looks like for you as a stewardess?”

Haynor responded, “I’m a first officer for Delta?”

“I’m sorry?” Dornink asked.

“I’m a pilot.”

Bad look, but that’s about all they have these days, isn’t it?