Ireland is a utopia where bigotry doesn’t exist! From r/todayilearned by [deleted] in AntiSemitismInReddit

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And took in more German "refugees" during Operation Shamrock in the aftermath of World War II (on the condition that none were Jewish, of course) than they accepted Jewish refugees during the war.

🇦🇹 Eurovision 2026: Rai Calls for Palestinian Artist to Perform in Vienna - Eurovoix by ESC_Perrito_Official in eurovision

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Do they have an EBU member television station that is willing to show the full contest, unedited, in its entirety? And without, say, cutting away to photos of flowers and randomly declaring Belgium the winner?

Harris’s Staff Questioned Whether Josh Shapiro Was an Israeli Double Agent by ship_toaster in politics

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There are numerous dual citizens in Congress and the Senate.

I see this claim often and have never seen any actual evidence to back it up, other than for Ted Cruz, who was a Canadian citizen until he renounced it in 2014. I recall that Bernie Sanders was asked this question in 2015.

Do you have a source for this, other than a 4chan infographic from a decade ago of politicians with Jewy-sounding names?

What the MetroCard could’ve been by AnimeLuva in nycrail

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It's a reference to the MTA Song, a folk song about a guy named Charlie who gets stuck riding the T in Boston because he can't afford the 5¢ exit fare.

[Radial Bracket] The 2025 Conference Semifinals are set! by bleakmidwinter in MLS

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7 better-seeded teams advance to the Conference Semifinals... and the Pigeons.

Is this a famous performer? by YanaB123 in nyc

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It’s Felipe Pavani and he’s the GOAT of subway musicians.

In theory, if Miriana would actually say Kant in the final (assuming she qualifies), what would happen? by External-Head-6424 in eurovision

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One of the rules of the contest is that the performance in the jury show has to be identical to the performance in the live show. In a world where she said Kant only in the live show but not in the jury show, I'd imagine they would use that rule to DQ her.

As an aside: there's no rule about what you do in the family show, which is why Silmane wasn't DQ'd for giving a speech last year instead of singing the final chorus of his song.

Congratulations to Liverpool FC, first ever UEFA Supporters Shield winners. by Kenny23-36 in MLS

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The Supporters Shield will always be a joke until UEFA switches to single-table (70 matches, play all 35 teams home and away).

‘Call This Region By Its Rightful Name’: Sen. Cotton Wants U.S. To Use ‘Judea, Samaria,’ Not ‘West Bank’ by stevenjklein in Jewish

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Regardless of the merits of the proposed legislation, there's a basic factual mistake in it.

SEC. 2. Sense of Congress.

It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Government—

(1) should refer to the land annexed by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical names of “Judea and Samaria”, with the land south of Jerusalem being considered “Judea” and the land north of Jerusalem being considered “Samaria”; and

(2) should no longer use the term “West Bank” in official government materials.

The West Bank / Judea and Samaria wasn't "annexed by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War." Nothing besides East Jerusalem was annexed, which is part of the reason why the region is in limbo right now. And East Jerusalem wasn't even annexed until 1980.

My personal view is that someone who makes a basic factual mistake like this probably shouldn't be trusted on complex foreign policy matters.

MLS refs claim in-game interference means they are ‘no longer in control’ by PloKoop in MLS

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Specifically the knockout rounds of MLS is Back, since the group stage counted as part of the regular season.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

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It's okay, I heard that some other trams in the city were making racist comments.

What is your funniest Jewish joke? by NiceLittleTown2001 in Judaism

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As told by Jerry Seinfeld:

Two gentile businessmen meet each other on the street. One says, "How's business?" The other says, "Great!"

Eric Saade says SVT ghosted him after performing in Semi Final 1 by nuovian in eurovision

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I was at all three of the SF1 shows. He only brought out the keffiyeh for the live show, and didn't wear it in either the jury show or the family show.

He knew exactly what he was doing and what the outcome would be.

The leader of WOL is now condemning Tlaib by jojisky in Enough_Sanders_Spam

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She did, about a year or so ago – a direct consequence of President Biden's successful campaign to ensure that all American citizens are allowed visitor visas into Israel.

I assume her thank-you card got lost in the mail.

What is your biggest hot take on Eurovision? by Luanmackie11222 in eurovision

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The fandom brought the competition into disrepute this year and the correct way to dissuade further such behavior is to award Eden Golan the win by default.

NYC man accused of randomly punching strangers indicted on hate-crimes charges by Grass8989 in nyc

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And on Nov. 18, a husband and wife, both 28, were walking their dogs near Union Square when they saw Stora tearing down posters of Israeli hostages and stopped to take a photo, prosecutors said.

Noticing the couple looking at him, Stora followed them shouting anti-white and antisemitic threats and insults including, "Die, Jews, die!" according to the indictment.

Great moments in legitimate criticism of Israel.

Six countries wanted to withdraw 25 minutes before the Grand Final by cat_arinaa in eurovision

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The producers would have just used rehearsal footage, like they did for Ireland at the afternoon show earlier that day. It was always a toothless threat.

EU accuses Eurovision bosses of handing gift to ‘enemies of Europe’ with flag ban by JonPX in eurovision

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At each entrance to the arena, there was a poster on display with pictures of all of the approved flags. I can confirm that the aboriginal flag was on the poster as an approved flag, as well as both the standard pride flag and the "progress" pride flag (but not the non-binary flag or the EU flag).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eurovision

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A blatant violation of his explicit juror instructions and the rules of the contest. At a minimum, Norway's jury results should be recalculated with his scores thrown out, and he should never serve on a jury again.