- Israel masses troops near Gaza, targets Hamas leaders (washingtonpost.com)Israel Agrees to Unity Government as War With Hamas Intensifies (nytimes.com)Massacre: Hamas Leaves Trail of Terror in Israel (nytimes.com)Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces (theguardian.com)American death toll in Hamas terrorist attacks stands at 22 as of Wednesday morning (kstp.com)How Israel’s Feared Security Services Failed to Stop Hamas’s Attack (nytimes.com)Supernova festival: How massacre unfolded from verified video and social media (bbc.com)
- Some Florida church leaders blame DeSantis after racist Jacksonville shooting (usatoday.com)
- Fascistic seditionist Proud Boys leaders receive lengthy jail sentences
17 years for Joseph Biggs, 15 years for Zachary Rehl (nytimes.com)Convicted Violent Seditionist Crybabies: Biggs, Rehl Break Out in Tears Over the Consequences of Their Own Foolish Actions (rollingstone.com) - Male anti-abortion religious leaders mull murder charges for pregnant people at national event (rawstory.com)
- Biden Draws Laughs By Zinging Trump and World Leaders at Private Fundraiser (mediaite.com)
- Leaders Agree on Ukraine Aid Agenda, but Soften Stance on War (nytimes.com)
- Wagner leaders Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin were on plane that crashed with no survivors, Russian aviation authority says (theguardian.com)Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane that crashed, killing 10 on board (abcnews.go.com)FT: Prigozhin among dead (ft.com)
- Nazi Germany had admirers among American religious leaders – and white supremacy fueled their support (theconversation.com)
- How paranoid nationalism corrupts: The art of cynical leaders scaremongering to win and abuse power (economist.com)
- 33 Years, Stiffest Jan. 6 Sentence So Far, Sought for Proud Boys Leaders (nytimes.com)