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No Other Land film-makers denounce Trump’s Gaza plan: ‘A crazy thing’ | Documentary films newsthirst.

The Oscar-nominated film-makers behind the documentary No Other Land have expressed shock and dismay over Donald Trump’s Gaza plan. The president has called for the US to take control and bring an effective ethnic cleansing of Gaza giving Palestinians “no alternative” but to leave. He has claimed it would be a “real estate development for…

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Retail sales slumped 0.9% in January, down much more than expected newsthirst.

Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. Retail sales slipped 0.9% for the month from an upwardly revised 0.7% gain in December, even worse than the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.2% decline. The sales totals are adjusted for seasonality…

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Some federal workers given just 30 minutes to leave amid Trump layoffs | Trump administration newsthirst.

Some federal employees who have been laid off under the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to slash the federal workforce were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices. Federal agencies were ordered by Donald Trump to fire mostly probationary staff, with as many as 200,000 workers set to be affected…

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