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CNN political commentator Van Jones has sparked outrage with comments he made about children who have been murdered in the ongoing Israeli military assault and genocide in Gaza.
Jones made the comments during a recent appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher while discussing online influence campaigns centering on the conflict.
Jones claimed that countries like Iran and Qatar have been engaging in social media campaigns designed to direct young people's opinions against Israel by pushing "dead Gaza baby" imagery online.
Jones told Maher that these influence campaigns result in a situation in which:
“If you are a young person, you open up your phone and all you see is dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, Diddy, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby."
"That’s basically all you are seeing.”
Jones paused for effect when saying "Diddy" to posit that the ongoing criminal case against Diddy is the one and only story able to penetrate this constant "dead Gaza baby" social media feed.
The "joke" received uproarious laughter from the audience, and immediately sparked outrage.
Among those who excoriated Jones were journalist Mehdi Hasan, who tweeted:
"I'm trying to think what would have happened to a public figure in America if they had joked about the horrific images of dead Israeli victims of the Oct 7th attack on a TV show in the days after Oct 7th."
"And whether a studio audience would have laughed."
Amid the uproar, Jones took to X to issue a mea culpa.
Jones wrote:
"I was trying to raise awareness about foreign adversaries creating chaos online - which is undermining democracy everywhere."
“But what I said was easily misunderstood, and the way I said it was flat-out insensitive. Babies are dying every day in Gaza..."
"To the people living in fear and burying family members every day, of all ages — I apologize."
Jones is correct that several countries have been using bot and AI campaigns to spread disinformation about events in Gaza in an effort to sow discord online and influence elections worldwide.
Iran is among them, as is Russia. But crucially, so is Israel.
And it is also true that Jones has been paid to make public appearances at events in support of Israel's military assault on Gaza, where relief workers in the regions say one Palestinian child is killed every hour on average.
Taken together, it's unsurprising that Jones' apology has done basically nothing to quell the outrage his comments sparked.
Jones should reconsider what he "jokes" about in the future, because literally nothing about this is funny.
Jane Goodall has been a calm, quiet presence for people around the world for decades.
The famed primatologist and anthropologist who dedicated her life to studying chimpanzees and conservation efforts appeared in documentary films and TV appearances to share her message about preserving the natural world.
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall, PhD, died of natural causes last Wednesday, October 1, at age 91.
It turned out Dr. Goodall had a few more things to say to the world.
Goodall secretly recorded a final interview in March to be released upon her death. Full of her wit and wisdom, Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall also included a very pointed message about several men with too much power and too little compassion.
When asked if there was anyone she didn't like, Goodall had not only a list, but also a solution.
She quipped:
"There are people I don’t like, and I would like to put them on one of Musk’s spaceships and send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover."
So who made her list?
Fascists, authoritarians, and dictators like MAGA Republican President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with Elon Musk as their host.
You can watch the moment here:
People appreciated Goodall's insights.
That’s a good way to say what you really want without really saying it. Send Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu into space. The world would instantly be a better place.
— jeffd735.bsky.social (@jeffd735.bsky.social) October 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM

Would Fartage be classed as one of Trump's real supporters? I think we could make a case for his ticket to ride. Would be good to see him embark on a small (space) ship.
— vectisjon.bsky.social (@vectisjon.bsky.social) October 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Pope, Jane Goodall, and the Nobel Peace Prize committee all came out and said MAGA and Trump are trash.
— Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) October 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some on the right are too scared to do the right thing and call out their sides own bad behavior.
— #𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙇𝙤𝙠𝙞 (@rebelloki.bsky.social) October 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The whole world knows MAGAts and Trump is TRASH! OF COURSE!
— Mary - Priscilla (@maryleah07.bsky.social) October 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What a wonderful woman, and a great loss to science, and us all.
— veronicaprovence.bsky.social (@veronicaprovence.bsky.social) October 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall can be streamed on Netflix.
President Donald Trump slammed Fox News after Fox White House correspondent Peter Doocy interviewed Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly about the government shutdown and healthcare, telling the conservative network to "get on board, or get off board, NOW."
The federal government shut down last week after the White House and Congress failed to reach an agreement on federal spending. While Senate Democrats are in the minority, they hold enough seats to filibuster and are insisting that Republicans agree to extend federal subsidies for people insured under the Affordable Care Act.
The shutdown has now entered its sixth day and Doocy had Kelly on to discuss the shutdown's impacts, which Kelly illustrated through the reality of one of his constituents.
Kelly said:
"Nobody wants to see the government shut down. We know what happens when people don't get their paychecks. We get that. Let me tell you a story about a woman in Arizona, in Prescott. Her name's Robin. I spoke to her last week."
"She's on a fixed income, she's 60 years old, she's a fifth-generation American. She says to me, 'Why are they making this about immigrants? This isn't about immigrants, this is about me."
"She pays $250 a month on the exchange for her healthcare but she gets about $9,000 in those premium tax credits. She is expecting us to not act on this and for that to go away and she will not be able to afford healthcare anymore."
"So this, Peter, this is about real people who are going to see the price of healthcare skyrocket."
You can hear Kelly's remarks below.
A furious Trump later lashed out at Fox for airing the interview, handing down an ultimatum for a network that typically presents fawning and deferential coverage about the Trump administration:
“Why is Fox News and Peter Doocy putting on Democrat Senator Mark Kelly to talk about, totally unabated or challenged, healthcare? The FAKE SPIN is so bad for Republicans that it is hard to believe that we WIN. It will be very unfair, in the future, when they don't have "Trump" to fight for them."
"Therefore, we should fix it, NOW! I'm watching this Interview. It just doesn't end. Fox should either get on board, or get off board, NOW, but at this point, it just doesn't make any difference to me. They suck up the ratings because of us, and then spin them in the Democrats' direction."
"They refuse to put up polls that correctly show me at 65% in popularity, a Republican RECORD, but if I have fake bad "poll," many of which are done by Fox (one of the worst "Pollsters" out there is the FoxNews Poll), they put them up immediately and with gusto."
“Republicans are so tired of this fight with Fox always trying to be so "politically correct!" Thank you for your attention to this matter."
You can see Trump's post below.

Many have called out Trump for making clear he wants Fox to be an arm of the federal government with coverage explicitly designed to back his policy goals.
When asked by reporters in the Oval Office, Trump claimed "we’re talking to Democrats" and that "I’m a Republican, but I want to see healthcare much more so than the Democrats."
Sure doesn't seem like it.
Parenting is a hard job, so you can't blame parents for seeking some tips and tricks to try to make it easier.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, right?
Reddit user OnlyAcanthaceae874 asked:
"What’s a parenting 'hack' that sounds ridiculous but actually works?"
"Her: I don't like broccoli"
"Me: it was grown in Arendelle"
"Her: this is actually good"
~ pronouncedayayron
"My kids respond very well to a timer, they turn it into a game and race to finish first.
"'Ok kids, I'm setting a 3 minute timer to get your PJs on and brush your teeth. Ready, set, go!"
~ AndyTheJedi
"I'm a dad of 3 little goblins, and it's so true. They LOVE a timer. They also love arbitrary points."
"Like, 'twelve points if you can get your shoes on before me!' And my oldest (7) is very into video games, so I have started using arbitrary 'achievements'."
"Like 'the clean plate challenge' where he gets an achievement for finishing everything on his plate. 'New food challenge' if he will TRY a new food. And my personal fave: 'no questions asked' where he gets an achievement for eating his breakfast, getting dressed, and brushing his teeth without being asked."
"I still have to prompt him like, 'hey are you going to earn the no questions asked cheevo today?' And then he does it."
"What is an achievement, you ask? It's nothing! It's air, sound, emotion, intangible... But somehow valuable enough to get the kids to do some things you need them to do."
~ BIRDsnoozer
"I bought my daughter Strawberry Shortcake underwear before she was completely potty trained and told her it was too bad she couldn’t wear them, but they were only for big kids who used the potty."
"Within a few days she was wearing them with no accidents."
~ KnittyKitty28
"When your toddler falls down (and they aren’t truly hurt) they will often look at you to determine how to feel. If you look concerned and rush to them they will cry."
"If you smile they will 90% of the time smile, giggle, and start to play again."
"Only try this if they look to you to see what to do. If they are bleeding, crying, or for sure injured rush over and take care of them right away. This is only for small falls."
~ Past_Ad5967
"Kid: I don't want a ponytail!"
"Me: But it's picture day. And your hair gets in your face"
Kid: "No!"
"Me: "OK...how about a 'kittycat'? knowing she doesn't know what that means"
"Kid: Yeah, I want what that is."
"Proceeds to do a ponytail. Both happy."
~ UnluckyInformation51
"My cousin went through a phase where she only wanted to eat pizza, but didn’t actually know what pizza was."
"So her mom would just hand her whatever food she made, and tell her it was pizza."
~ LadyFoxfire
"When I was potty training my daughter she was pretty good about going to the toilet to pee and wore underwear most of the day. However when she needed to poop she asked for a pull-up and would find a quiet place and poop—she was afraid to poop on the toilet."
"One day she asked for a pull up and I could tell that she really had to go. I pretend I couldn’t find any pull-ups and told her to sit on the toilet while I ran upstairs and looked for one. When I came back downstairs she had pooped on the toilet and never had a problem after that."
~ unoeyedwillie
"My dad used to shout 'now stick the landing!' when I fell; and he'd put his hands up. As a little kid, I'd copy him, and as I grew up, it became a running gag."
"If I fell he'd say 'now stick the landing!' and if I was uninjured I'd do an exaggerated charade of a gymnast posing. If I didn't pose, dad would know I'm actually injured and run over to help."
I'm in my 30s, but my family are genetically clumsy, so we still do it to this day. If I die in a fall and Dad doesn't make a 'didn't stick the landing' joke at my funeral, I'll have to haunt him disappointedly."
~ Doununda
"A kid my sister and I used to babysit went through a phase where he would only eat Burger King, so his mom gave him every meal out of a Burger King bag."
"He ate Burger King spaghetti, Burger King grilled cheese, Burger King cereal..."
~ OMG_Nooo
"Give them false choices, where you are happy with either choice and they both meet your actual goal. It gives them a sense of agency."
"Would you rather brush your teeth first, or change into your jammies first?"
"We have to head home in a few minutes, would you rather start getting your shoes on, or do you want to find them now, and you can carry them while I carry you to the car?"
"Thought it was ridiculous when I first heard this in a parenting class. With my two kiddos, it worked exceptionally well."
~ karimf
"Whenever mine bumps his elbow, stubs a toe, etc... I’ll ask if he wants me to put a spare one on.
"When he says yes, I tell him to close his eyes, I gently squeeze his arm, leg, or whatever part I’m 'replacing', make a click noise, and gently squeeze and make another click noise when I put the 'new one' on."
"9/10 times, it immediately feels better."
~ Ghost17088
"For my boys when they were little until about four, I made 'pink chicken'. Well' the package said Salmon, but whatever."
"At about 4 aanda half, I remade it and called it salmon and they thought it was great."
"About 10/12 the oldest was off all fish so….we had a good run."
~ 57_Eucalyptusbreath
"For babies and toddlers, double-wrap their beds: Mattress protector -> Sheet -> Mattress protector -> Sheet"
"So, when they have a Diaper Blowout or Potty Accident or Crummy Tummy Vomit overnight? Instead of having to spend a bunch of time dealing with stripping and remaking the bed at 2am, you just yank off the top layers and… presto! It’s all ready for them again."
"Means that they’re kept awake for a couple minutes to get their diaper changed (or whatnot) and then back in bed before their brains even register they were awake."
"Plus you aren’t trying to get the stupid sheets on while you are still half asleep. Just yoink the soaked ones off, toss them in the bathtub or washing machine or wherever, and you and your kid are back to sleep in no time."
~ MonkeyChoker80
"When my kid was little and we were trying to expand their palate, I bought a fun-looking notebook, numbered the pages, and every 10th one had a star. Then I bought star stickers and this became my kid's 'culinary critic' notebook."
"Every time they tried a new food, they would either write the name or draw the food and give it between one and four stars. When they filled out a page with a star symbol, they got to choose from a menu of special treats (a trip to the bowling alley, baking cookies with Mom and Dad, etc...)."
"They almost never refused to try anything once we started the book."
"It worked because 1) if they rated something low they knew we wouldn't ask them to try something too similar 2) it gave them a semblance of control, after all they never had to try anything it just meant they didn't get to fill out a page in the book 3)I had read a study that kids like fast, tangible rewards shortterm + working towards bigger rewards long term."
"Getting stickers and to draw/write at that age was a big, fun thing AND being able to physically see how far away from the big reward they were was a huge motivator."
~ Conscious_Writing689
What's a parenting hack you recommend?
CNN Table for Five MAGA mouthpiece Scott Jennings' lack of empathy shocked his fellow panelists after his ludicrous justification for a violent nighttime Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid that saw children bound with zip ties.
Host Abby Phillip led the panel discussion about the administration of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump and its handling of people they assume are immigrants in Chicago, Illinois.
The raid perpetrated there by ICE, under direction from Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security, drew widespread criticism.
But, as usual, Jennings had a ready excuse for the inexcusable.
Following the script set by the White House, Jennings claimed Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang members were both the targets and the detainees. However, even the official statement from DHS refuted his justification for the violence and traumatized children.
You can see Jennings' remarks here:
An ICE raid took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Children were zip-tied and separated from their parents as people were forced out of the apartment building, some with no clothes on.
A neighbor reported the majority of people he saw handcuffed outside the apartment building for hours were Black Americans, not Venezuelans, with some were detained for hours. Residents returning to their apartments found them ransacked with doors wide open after agents broke them down during the surprise attack.
But Jennings falsely claimed 37 Tren de Aragua gang members were arrested.
DHS reported finding only 37 people eligible for detainment—non-citizens—with only two suspected of having some gang affiliation. Four children who are citizens, but whose parents are not, were also taken away by ICE, with the agency claiming it was to verify they weren't being trafficked.
People found Jennings latest defense of the Trump administration's racist policies disgusting.
In response to Jennings' justification, Phillip said:
"Listen Scott, people’s constitutional rights are their constitutional rights."
"When you are sleeping in your bed and you happen to live somewhere, you have a right to not be detained just for not even being in the same apartment, but being in the building."
But Jennings dismissed the basic rights of non-White American citizens, saying:
"I think you’re overblowing it. They are not arrested, no Americans were arrested."
Phillip told the conservatives at the table that they'd find the same treatment unacceptable, saying they wouldn't "want to be detained for any amount of time for not doing anything wrong."
Phillip added:
"It’s a question of empathy. Would you want it to happen to you?"
Jennings responded as expected, sniping:
"Do you have any empathy for the victims of Tren de Aragua? I do."
Journalist and podcaster Van Lathan Jr. replied:
"[I have] empathy for the Black people in that community that I saw on video talk about how frightened they were, how scared they were, and the trauma that was inflicted on them with something that they have nothing to do with."
After overusing the MS13 excuse while producing no proof or results, the Trump administration has shifted to blaming all of their extrajudicial attacks against boats in international waters and ICE overreach on Tren de Aragua.
As with their disproven or exaggerated MS13 claims, Trump, Noem, DHS, and ICE are producing little to no proof to back their claims.