IT: 🖋️ Biden signs a bill approving military aid and creating hurdles TikTok, and... Should the U.S. call for a ceasefire?

Welcome to Thursday, April 25th, readers near and far...

Biden signed a bill that approved aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, which could lead to a ban on TikTok. 

The military aid package is worth $95 billion, providing resources to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Biden is facing heavy criticism for continuing to arm Israel as it proceeds in its war against Hamas, which has left more than 35,000 Palestinians dead in its wake.

The newly signed bill requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app’s U.S. operations. If the Beijing-based company fails to do so, the app will be banned nationwide, blocking app stores and web hosts from distributing it.

Do you support the bill?

How Can You Help Ukraine?

Ukraine needs your help now more than ever.

With Gravvy's Spread, you can donate to reputable aid groups, such as the Ukraine Children's Aid Fund, United Help Ukraine, Doctors Without Borders, and Save the Children, to help provide food, water, medical care, and more for displaced civilians. Your donation will contribute to lifesaving work and get Ukrainians the emergency relief they urgently need. 

Slava Ukraini!

Protests Grow Nationwide as Students Demand Divestment From Israel

Protests are growing on college campuses across the country, inspired by the demonstrations occurring at Columbia University. 

Students at Columbia, NYU, and more have been arrested. Demonstrations have also been held at Brown, Princeton, Northwestern, University of California, Berkeley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Emerson College, and more. Students are demanding their universities divest from military weapons manufacturers with ties to Israel, campuses in Israel, and more. 

Should the U.S. call for a ceasefire?

And, in the End...

It's National Telephone Day, celebrating the ways of modern communication. How will you honor the telephone today?

—Jamie Epstein 

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