Investigation Reveals Israel ‘Evaporated’ Nearly 3,000 Palestinians With Thermal Weapons in Gaza

An investigation conducted by Al Jazeera based on evidence collected by the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip has concluded that nearly 3,000 Palestinians have been “evaporated” by Israel through the use of thermal weapons—some of them supplied by the US.

In Gaza, One Man Is Searching for the Remains of His Family With a Flour Sifter

Abu Ismail Hammad searches for the remains of his family using a flour sifter in the rubble of their home in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City on January 18, 2026. (Screenshot of footage provided by Abdel Qader Sabbah.)

 

GAZA CITY—For 200 days, Abu Ismail Hammad has been digging beneath his home in Gaza City, painstakingly collecting the remains of his wife and unborn child. He has been using a flour sifter to find their bone fragments hidden in the sand.

Critical Conflicts: Trump Subsidizes Dirty Mining at the Expense of Public Lands

Key Findings

  • The Trump administration is working with some of the world’s largest mining corporations — based in Australia, Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom — to ramp up mineral extraction on or near millions of acres of America’s public lands. This new gold and minerals rush gives away public lands, skirts environmental standards, overrides tribal interests, and confers massive benefits on Trump insiders and allied billionaires.

Saturday Report 2/7/26 — Surprise Surprise?! TrumpRX is a fake. Read the fine print...

— These people are monsters. The Trump regime is now trying to deport little five-year-old Liam Ramos, the child they had used as bait in Minneapolis and then deported to Texas before a judge ordered them to take him back to his home in Minnesota. They’re apparently doing because this because his cuteness and innocence embarrassed them. I can think of no other word to describe these people than “monsters.”

Heartland Democracy Project

Friends,

Heartland Democracy Project is presenting a Healthcare Policy Forum on Sunday, Feb. 15 from 3:00 - 4:15 pm at the downtown branch of the Tippecanoe County Public Library.  Recent changes to healthcare policy at the state and national levels are likely to be impacting us or someone we know. Our excellent speakers and moderator will provide the information needed to advocate for more affordable and accessible healthcare policies.  Please feel free to share the attached flyer with your family, friends and neighbors. Thank you!

Barb

Why This Might Be a Grim Week for the Haitians of Springfield, Ohio

You will recall, I’m sure, the story of the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio, that arose during the most recent presidential campaign. It started in July 2024, when JD Vance—just days before Donald Trump tapped him as his vice presidential nominee—began railing against this community of about 15,000 people, saying Springfield had been “overwhelmed” by their arrival. The lies and calumnies escalated until September, when, on the basis of an unverified and untrue internet rumor, Vance charged that Haitians were stealing and eating people’s pets.

People in Gaza dig through garbage for fuel to keep warm, in a far cry from Trump's vision

CAIRO (AP) — Desperate Palestinians at a garbage dump in a Gaza neighborhood dug with their bare hands for plastic items to burn to fend off the cold and damp winter in the enclave, battered by two years of the Israel-Hamas war.

WATCH: Trump unveils his vision to rebuild Gaza into a seaside metropolis

Indiana House passes military police force bill

Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios

Indiana's governor would have command of a new military police force under a bill passed Wednesday by the Indiana House.

Why it matters: Uninvited and unwanted law enforcement forces have entered cities around the country, sometimes to devastating effect, most recently seen in Minneapolis, where President Trump sent an unprecedented surge of federal agents that was met with fierce opposition and turned deadly.

Exclusive: Leaked “Board of Peace” Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule Over Gaza

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) sits in between Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan (L) and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during a signing ceremony for the “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 22, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The so-called Board of Peace that President Donald Trump officially launched in Davos, Switzerland last week is developing sweeping plans for a U.S.-backed administration to rule Gaza, according to a draft of the Board’s resolution.

Why Aren’t the Lawyers and Their Bar Associations Backing the Impeachment of Dictator Trump?

As Trump’s violent dictatorial grip over America worsens, his violations of our Constitution, federal laws, and international treaties become more brazen. Only the organized people can stop this assault on our democracy by firing him through impeachment, the power exclusively accorded to Congress by our Founders.

As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources

The New York Times published a seven-day series of editorials (12/8/25–12/14/25) meant to examine, as the initial piece put it, “what’s gone wrong with the US military” and “how we can create a relevant and effective force that can deter wars whenever possible and win them wherever necessary.”

Military Bases Prove New York Times to Be Lying About Greenland

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, January 20, 2026

This was a headline in the New York Times on Tuesday: “With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest: After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.” Here is a sentence from the article that followed: “Never in the past century has America gone forth to seize other countries’ land and subjugate its citizens against their will.”