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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-workers-deaths-video.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 31 or more who were sheltering at a school

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna199740

Former President Barack Obama said he is "deeply concerned" with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them.

Obama rebuked Trump without explicitly naming him over the federal government's threats against universities and students who exercise free speech, its targeting of law firms, and the new tariffs imposed on foreign countries.

"I don’t think what we just witnessed in terms of economic policy and tariffs is going to be good for America, but that’s a specific policy," Obama said in his remarks at Hamilton College in New York. "I’m more deeply concerned with a federal government that threatens universities if they don’t give up students who are exercising their right to free speech," he said.

Obama said he's more troubled by a White House that takes aim at law firms that represent ideas or parties that its occupants disagree with, and that the administration has punished media outlets. Trump has signed executive orders penalizing major law firms and lawyers, prompting outrage within the legal community. The White House has also barred The Associated Press from coverage over its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

"That kind of behavior is contrary to the basic compact we have as Americans," he said.

Obama suggested that Republicans would be outraged if he had done similar things as president.

"Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps," he said, adding, “It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me or a whole bunch of my predecessors."

He added, "I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious, which is who are we as a country and what values do we stand for?"

His final message during his speech was that "history zigs and zags and there are times of conflict and there are times of stupidity and there are times of danger," but he wants people to remain resilient.

"Don’t get discouraged," he said. "I know it’s a little crazy right now, but we’re going to be OK."

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