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According to Iran, the "peace deal" calls for a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts
-- including in Lebanon.
But Israel, which is not a party to the agreement, says it plans to keep troops in parts of southern Lebanon.
“The Israelis are trying to destroy this deal,
and they will continue to try,”
says Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
“It will require persistent, co…

Trita Parsi on What May Be in the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal & Being Threatened with Deportation
The U.S. and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding on Sunday extending the ceasefire by 60 days. It is set to be formally signed in Geneva on Friday. The text of the agreement has not yet been released, but Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. will lift its naval blockade. According to Iran, the deal calls for a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. But Israel, which is not a party to the agreement, says it plans to …

On this date in 1979, the tailings dam for the Church Rock #uranium mine in New Mexico burst. Over a thousand tons of uranium waste and millions of gallons of radioactive water were released into Rio Puerco, including into Navajo lands. #mining

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later
Residents say they've been ignored even as they struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.

Horrors of #ReligiousBigotry - not restricted to any one faith. But appalling nonetheless.
#Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park

Horrors of #ReligiousBigotry - not restricted to any one faith. But appalling nonetheless.
#Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park

“The international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border, in some cases targeting underage girls or trading food or jobs for sex with refugees, according to a confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.
The Doctors Without Borders report — completed in July and first reported Saturday by The Associated Press — found 59 allegations of abuse and said 18…

Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in Chad
A confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says that the international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border. The organization said it launched the monthslong investigation in response to AP reporting that women had accused staff of sexually exploiting them in displacement sites in Chad. Hundreds of thousands fled there from Sudan’s civil war. Doctors Witho…

Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign in Tennessee after redraw of his Memphis district (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/steve-cohen-e1512c0a65ba6de5d0ec0c15e3831a95
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p54#a260515p54

Russia has damaged or destroyed nearly 2,000 Ukrainian cultural heritage sites since 2022 — prosecutor general calls Lavra strike deliberate erasure - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/15/russia-has-damaged-or-destroyed-nearly-2000-ukrainian-cultural-heritage-sites-since-2022-prosecutor-general-calls-lavra-strike-deliberate-erasure/

40 years ago this weekend, jerry garcia falls into a diabetic coma & nearly dies. in the hospital, his heart stops following an allergic reaction when doctors give him valium. the dead will cancel 30 dates through fall. he relearns to play guitar & is performing again by october.

#Dylan on life on your '80s, New York Times

Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke the law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters just days before Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election,
a state election board found.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission, currently split evenly between Democrats and Republicans,
voted 5-1 in a closed session last week to refer the complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office,
the commission's spokesperson Emilee Miklas told the Associated Press.
The panel r…

Elon Musk’s $1 Million Voter Checks Likely Illegal, Wisconsin Board Says
The Wisconsin Elections Commission referred complaints against Musk to the Brown County district attorney’s office.