In episode 319, the girls are joined by their second ever repeat guest: Sofiya Alexandra!! They get into all of Sofiya's recent life changes, her plans for the future, her work on her book, and do an all around friendship catch up! It's a good time and we missed her!! GET INTO IT! Oh, and of course follow Sofiya on Twitter and Instagram at @TheSofiya. And check out her website to see what else she is up to!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In episode 331, the girls are talking about the death tolls for civilians, healthcare workers, and missing persons numbers in Gaza. Plus they get into the mainstream media's lack of journalistic integrity, how AIPAC and other Israeli lobbying groups work, South Africa's suit against Israel in the international court of justice, & more. FREE PALESTINE.
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Palestinian death toll rises to 22,438 in Gaza: ministry
Israel war on Gaza live: Gaza becoming ‘uninhabitable’ – UN official
Pages 59-67 of South Africa's suit is just a list of quotes from Israeli government officials and prominent members of the public with genocidal rhetoric.
Can South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel stop war in Gaza?
Inside Israel's plan to quash South Africa's Gaza genocide case
Israel mulls hiring Alan Dershowitz to represent country in ICJ genocide case
CNN RUNS GAZA COVERAGE PAST JERUSALEM TEAM OPERATING UNDER SHADOW OF IDF CENSOR
Israel war on Gaza live: Gaza becoming ‘uninhabitable’ – UN official
More than 200 dead in 24 hours in Gaza as Israeli raids turn ‘more intense’
Israeli army launches attacks on targets in Syria and Lebanon
Israel-Hamas war updates: Hamas deputy leader killed in Beirut attack
Will the assassination of a top Hamas leader impact Israel's war on Gaza?
Who was Saleh Al-Arouri? Why did Israel bomb Beirut to kill him? What will happen now? 
Is Israel deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza?
300 health workers reported killed in Israel’s assault on Gaza exceeds all countries in conflict combined in any year since 2016
At least 374 healthcare workers have been killed by Israel since 7 October, according to Healthcare Workers Watch - Palestine.
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
Under the rubble: The missing in Gaza
More than 1% of Palestinians in Gaza killed in violence
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is one of the largest lobbying groups in the United States. Its influence on U.S. politics cannot be understated.
BREAKING: GAL ABDUAH’S SISTER DENIES RAPE CLAIMS IN NYT ARTICLE AND SAYS NYT MANIPULATED THE FAMILY
Family of key case in New York Times October 7 sexual violence report renounces story, says reporters manipulated them
Reminder that not only was Nelson Mandela on the US terror watchlist until *2008* but that a former spy for the CIA Donald Rickard tipped off authorities in apartheid era South Africa to Mandela’s location in 1962, resulting in his arrest and subsequent imprisonment for 27 years.
Malcolm X: "The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make the criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. This is the press, an irresponsible press."
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We Are Lobbying For A Ceasefire

In episode 330, the girls continue to talk about the genocide in Palestine, how Biden has lost the Arab and Muslim communities, the weather in Gaza, the truly disturbing Zionist talking points, and more. 
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Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Reception
‘A disservice to the American public’: Democrats rip Biden over weapons sale to Israel
A young man carries the body of a child amid the floods that flooded Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Heavy rains in Gaza worsen misery of Palestinians amid Israeli bombardment
Harsh weather adds to hardships for Palestinians displaced by war
Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.
Palestinians mourn poet Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli air strike
Over the past 2 months, a ceasefire has been a central demand for our movement — put forth as a short-term objective that reflects the urgency of the current Zionist assault on Gaza.
Did ⁦#Hamas plan rape as a weapon of war
Footage shows bodies piled up after Israeli attack on Gaza school
Israel-Hamas war live: Displaced people ‘killed point-blank’ in Gaza school
Israel-Hamas war updates: Gaza death toll surpasses 17,700
Gaza death toll tops 18,600 as Israeli attacks continue
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 68: Israel announces death of 10 soldiers, UN says Israel destroyed nearly quarter of Gaza’s buildings
Israel’s Gaza bombardment ‘one of most intense civilian punishment campaigns in history’
“It’s hot here in the Middle East,” says Mark Regev Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom and current senior advisor to Netanyahu in response to a question about stripping Palestinian civilians of their clothes, and binding and blindfolding them.
#BREAKING| New footage surfaced showing Israeli soldiers in #Gaza using Palestinian civilians to advance into built-up areas. 
Fact or fiction: Is Israel really rounding up ‘Hamas fighters’?
Images of stripped, bound Gazans prompt concern; Israeli official: Won’t happen anymore
Footage shows IDF parading scores of Palestinian men around in underwear
Hamas, the militant group that attacked Israel, explained
BREAKING: Israeli ambassador @TzipiHotovely rejects the idea of a two-state solution
Israeli communications minister and member of Netanyahu's Likud party: "There will be no Palestinian state here. We will never allow another state to be established between the Jordan and the sea."
A Harvard graduate student wearing a keffiyeh, was subjected to Islamophobic harassment on campus by Eve Gerber, wife of Jason Furman, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School and a former Obama Admin advisor.
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We Are Done With Biden

In episode 329, the girls are back talking about Palestine, some documentaries they're watching on the topic, house resolution 894, AI being used by Israel to accelerate targets, protests annoying Netanyahu, the death of journalists, & more. 
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Israel-Hamas war updates: More than 16,200 dead in Gaza from Israeli attack
Tantura (2022) 
Jenin, Jenin (2002) 
‘Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,’ US House asserts in ‘dangerous’ resolution
Cigarette Burns, Beatings, Attempted Sexual Assault: Settlers and Soldiers Abused Palestinians
Health Ministry representative tells Knesset: Hamas gave hostages sedatives before their release 'to make them seem happy'
The Hamas massacre led to the spread of horror stories, not all of which happened in reality. The truth is hard enough
Important! Haaretz definitively debunks iconic horror stories from Oct 7
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize cargo ship in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted two Israeli ships in Red Sea: Report
Genocidaire Benjamin Netanyahu is privately concerned about the "huge demonstrations in western capitals"
IDF soldiers film themselves abusing, humiliating West Bank Palestinians
im filled with both tears and such rage. israeli Occupation Forces stormed into my uncles home at 2am and kidnapped my young cousin. They put my family in one room while they destroyed everything in their path. When will it end
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza
Gaza journalist killed alongside 42 relatives, news agency says
Israeli air raid kills Palestinian journalist and family in Gaza
Gaza strikes kill family members of journalist targeted by death threats
Noam Chomsky On The Difference Between Anti-Semitism & Anti-Zionism
MEMORANDUM: Cuts to IRS tax enforcement would increase the deficit
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We Are Against House Resolution 894

Hi, Ethnically Ambiguous fans! Here's a preview of a new podcast, We the Unhoused — Created by Theo Henderson with the goal of uplifting voiceless citizens. The show provides an intimate look at the unhoused experience that began while Theo was living on the streets of LA for over eight years. 
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Introducing: We the Unhoused

In episode 328, the girls are joined by Francesca Fiorentini to talk about the on-going genocide happening in Palestine / Gaza, tone policing, getting around social media algorithms, and the world's perception around the genocide.
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The Bitchuation Room (Youtube)
The Bitchuation Room (Podcast)
BDS Movement
YES—sharing to your story helps, even if you don’t get views. Understand the algorithm & the importance of “ranking.” Keep sharing, keep exposing.
Keep sharing about Palestine. Keep exposing. 
Censorship is a serious problem for Palestinian content right now but we can’t let it stop us from posting/sharing. No distractions right now—just blasting Gaza content for the world to see. We can still use the algorithm to our advantage if we’re equipped with the knowledge. Learn & apply!
BREAKING: LETTER FROM ISRAELI HOSTAGE TO HAMAS
Gaza Updates from Al Jazeera
Israel-Hamas war live: Ten more Israeli captives released in Gaza
Israel revises down toll from October 7 attack to ‘around 1,200’
Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel
Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says
How Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ reached millions online
Marvel's Israeli Superhero Poses Huge Headache for Disney
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal
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