# 7pm et (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover 7pm et. Page: Feed: --- ## [U.S. imposes new Cuba sanctions; Progressive wins California special election; Congo Ebola outbreak “growing exponentially”](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-cuba-sanctions-progressive-aisha-wahab-california-congo-ebola-outbreak) _2026-08-21 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 21, 2026 ## [The Israeli Siege of Palestinian Families in Qusra Is Part of an Escalating Tactic](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/qusra-siege-israeli-settlers-soldiers-palestinians-west-bank) _2026-08-20 · Zena Tahhan · Drop Site News_ Israeli settlers and soldiers are increasingly targeting Palestinians in Area B of the occupied West Bank to force them from their homes. ## [U.S. national debt tops $40 trillion; Russian strikes kill 16 in Ukraine; Ecuador’s intelligence chief killed in Kenya helicopter crash](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-national-debt-russia-ukraine-kyiv-ecuador-intelligence-chief-helicopter-crash) _2026-08-20 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 20, 2026 ## [U.S.-Registered Drone Detected at Site of Suspected CIA Boat Strike](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/drone-boat-strike-cia-ecuador-shield-ai) _2026-08-19 · Camila Lourdes Galarza · Drop Site News_ A drone registered to U.S. defense contractor Shield AI flew within 500 meters of Ecuadorian fishing boat hours after attack, according to flight data. ## [Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 17 Palestinians; Tuesday’s primary results; Liberia to take 1,200 deportees from the U.S.](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-gaza-strikes-tuesday-primary-florida-liberia-us-deportees) _2026-08-19 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 19, 2026 ## [Gaza Talks, Florida Primaries, and ICE Detention](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-talks-florida-primaries-and) _2026-08-18 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Human rights lawyer Diana Buttu joins Sharif Abdel Kouddous, followed by Julian Andreone with FL primary candidates: Elijah Manley & Oliver Larkin, then lawyers for Maryam Tahmasebi in ICE detention. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211709301/89ba5b3dc4646bdca23ee79c0dd09493.mp3) ## [Gaza's Teachers Struggle to Fill the Void of a School System Decimated by Israel](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-community-educational-schools-trauma-remote) _2026-08-18 · Rasha Abou jalal · Drop Site News_ With few resources and little funding, makeshift educational facilities established over the past several months are working to provide some schooling to children in Gaza. ## [Primaries in Florida, Alaska, California; Israel strikes Syrian air base; Congo’s Ebola outbreak](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/primaries-florida-alaska-california-israel-syria-air-base-congo-ebola-outbreak) _2026-08-18 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 18, 2026 ## [Judge Throws Out “Political Prosecution” of Pro-Palestinian University of Michigan Student](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/university-michigan-eli-savit-student-pro-palestine-felony-charges-thrown-out) _2026-08-17 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ The student, Hiab Teshome, is also a graduate student union leader in tense contract negotiations with the school. ## [U.S.-Iran MOU expires without agreement; Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon; DNC votes to abolish ICE](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-iran-memorandum-expires-israel-lebanon-strikes-democrats-ice-abolish) _2026-08-17 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 17, 2026 ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jE707Xgp6vqd) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Hormuz grinds to a halt again; Gaza’s cancer patients dying at 2-3 times prewar rate; DHS surveilled left-wing groups in Minnesota](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hormuz-iran-us-gaza-cancer-israel-dhs-left-minnesota) _2026-08-14 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 14, 2026 ## [Recording of Craft Lecture: "The Sequence Approach to Novel Writing"](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/recording-of-craft-lecture-the-sequence) _2026-08-14 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ August 7, 2026 ## [U.S. Infrastructure Strikes Have Left Iranians in the South Without Livelihoods](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/southern-iran-us-airstrikes-civilian-infrastructure) _2026-08-13 · Peiman Salehi · Drop Site News_ U.S. airstrikes last month in southern Iran targeted civilian infrastructure, including fishing ports, bridges, telecommunications networks, power plants, hospitals, and transportation corridors. ## [USS Abraham Lincoln sailors try to jump overboard after 250 days at sea; Third person dies after Newark ICE facility detention; Israel sets wildfires in Lebanon](https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uss-abraham-lincoln-overboard-newark-ice-detention-israel-lebanon-wildfires) _2026-08-13 · Drop Site News · Drop Site News_ Drop Site Daily: August 13, 2026 ## [Paid Subscriber Benefit: Live Craft Lecture Today!](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/paid-subscriber-benefit-live-craft-2f8) _2026-08-06 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ August 6, 2026, 7pm ET ## [#62: The Stories Characters Tell Themselves](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/62-the-stories-characters-tell-themselves) _2026-07-07 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ Claire Vaye Watkins ## [Have a Good Story about Typos? Want to Appear in My Next Book?](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/have-a-good-story-about-typos-want) _2026-06-29 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ Typo, coming from Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series in 2027 ## [#61: The Autobiography of Your Novel](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/61-the-autobiography-of-your-novel) _2026-05-07 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ Alexander Chee, Kalani Pickhart, Hayden Casey ## [Recording of Craft Lecture: "How to Outline a Novel"](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/recording-of-craft-lecture-how-to) _2026-03-21 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ March 19, 2026 ## [#60: Two Craft Talks, a Celebration of Life, and an Old Story Inspired by Great Art (from AWP Baltimore)](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/60-two-craft-talks-a-celebration) _2026-03-09 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ Ken MacLeod, Samuel Delany, Andrea Barrett, Dan Wickett, Michelle Dotter, Robert Lopez ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/A3Lj9HMJnVTh) _2026-03-09 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [#59: How Do You Know Your Novel is Finished?](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/59-how-do-you-know-your-book-is-finished) _2026-03-02 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ Jane Smiley, John Steinbeck, Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kevin McIlvoy ## [#58: Tips for a Successful Writing Retreat (and How to Make One at Home)](https://mattbell.substack.com/p/58-tips-for-a-successful-writing) _2026-01-16 · Matt Bell · No Failure, Only Practice_ "A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it." —Don DeLillo