🚨 Cowards – June 24 2026

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Lead: Senate Discovers War Powers

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The Senate finally found its backbone on Tuesday, voting to limit President Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran without congressional authorization.

How brave.

Not before the bombs fell. Not before the world held its breath waiting to see whether the conflict would spiral into a regional war. Not before lawmakers spent weeks cheerleading military action and wrapping themselves in the flag.

Only after the administration signed a memorandum of understanding and signaled that a diplomatic framework was taking shape did enough senators decide it was safe to take a stand.

The measure passed 50-48, with four Republicans joining Democrats to support the resolution. Further, it is a toothless, non-binding concurrent resolution that lacks legal force and does not require presidential action to remove U.S. forces from Iran.

The vote is being hailed as Congress reasserting its constitutional war powers. Critics might call it something else: a low-risk act of courage after the danger had already passed.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon is reportedly preparing to ask Congress for roughly $80 billion, most of it tied to the costs of the war with Iran. If I were to place a bet, I’d wager Congress will approve it because Congress rarely denies the Pentagon money.

Which means that the real test of the Senate’s courage won’t be a symbolic vote after the fighting subsides; it will be whether lawmakers are willing to deny the money that keeps it going.

UN Details Widespread Death and Maiming of Palestinian Children in Gaza

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The United Nations published a horrifying report detailing the wholesale slaughter of Palestinian children by the Israeli military. The numbers are shocking and the stories are a nightmare. You’ve been warned.

The report estimates that at least 20,000 children have been killed and 44,000 wounded between October 7, 2023 and October 7, 2025. This accounts for 30% of the Palestinian casualties, and the rate may be higher because of the estimated 5,160 children that are still “buried under the rubble.”

The children that were wounded are often wounded for life and will require medical care that is not available in Gaza. The report says that they have suffered from what is medically known as “polytrauma,” or “multiple traumas impacting multiple body parts at once, such as bone fractures, significant soft tissue damage, brain and spine injuries, nerve and organ damage and perforating wounds.”

Doctors reported what they described as “clustering” of injuries, with children arriving on different days with similar wounds to specific body parts. One physician cited in the UN report said the pattern led him to conclude that some children appeared to have been deliberately targeted.

This is consistent with reporting by the BBC last year.

“Based on the clustering of injuries and the targeted body parts, I assess that the Israeli soldiers have been deliberately shooting teenage boys in a game of target practice – a different body part being targeted on different days… There is a very clear pattern that suggest this is a deliberate aiming of different body parts [of children],” says a doctor who visited Gaza on medical mission.

Other children are at risk for injury because at least 10 percent of the explosives sent into Gaza have not detonated.

When the United Nations asked Israel why it was in violation of the United Nations law to ensure children “all the rights of human beings, as well as rights held by them alone as children, including under article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),10 which entitles them to special care, assistance and social protection, and under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),” Israel “maintained its longstanding position that it does not have legal responsibility under the CRC for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza.”

Israel has signed and ratified the CRC, they are just choosing not to honor it. And the rest of us are watching our governments choose to do nothing about it.

Chips, Reimagined: No Seed Oils, Just Real Ingredients

Until the 1990s, fries and chips were cooked in tallow. Then big food cut corners with cheap seed oils—and today they’re about 20% of the average American’s calories, linked in studies to inflammation and poor metabolic health.

MASA decided to fix it. These are tortilla chips made with just three ingredients—organic nixtamalized corn, sea salt, and 100% grass-fed beef tallow. No seed oils. No junk.

They’re not just “less bad”—they’re better: crunchier, tastier, sturdier (won’t snap in your guac). You feel satisfied and light—no crash, no bloat, no greasy hangover. The tallow actually makes them more satiating, so the binge-y spiral doesn’t happen.

Our current favorite flavor: MASA Original. Ready to give MASA a try? Go to MASAChips.com/REDACTEDNEWS and use code REDACTEDNEWS for 25% off your first order.

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What’s Trending?

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Dairy Queen is trending because the restaurant chain announced a new Stars & Stripes Misty Slush Float as well as new “Blizzard Cup” flavors. They are: Strawberry Mango-flavored Mochi Blizzard, Biscoff Cookie Blizzard, and Mexican-style Hot Chocolate made with Abuelita Blizzard.

Morningstar Farms is trending because the company recalled two plant-based products over a concern about plastic in the food.

Voicemails for Isabelle is trending because the romantic comedy is topping the charts on Netflix and endearing audiences everywhere.

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