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Wikipedia: Political Appointments by Donald Trump in His Second Term     

Guttmacher Institute: Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past Be Prologue?

Wiki: Criminal Proceedings in the Jan 6 Capitol Attack - As of Jan. 6, 2024: 890 people have been found guilty of federal crimes and 1,200 people have been criminally charged. See entries of 9/29/22, 10/20, 8/31/23 below.


Fact Check: How Many People Died as a Result of the Capital Riot?            


Debt Limit Drama: The debt limit was raised three times during the Trump administration from $19.9T to $27T with zero drama. Under George Bush it was raised seven times from $5.95T to $11.3T with no drama.


Investopedia: Average Yearly Inflation by President     


11/27/24


Common Dreams: Biden Plans to Approve $680 Million in Arms to Israel     


11/26/24


Intercept: Israel Agrees to Stop Bombing Lebanon - So it Can Expand the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza         


11/24/24


Common Dreams: Israel Has Killed Over 1,000 Doctors and Nurses in Gaza       


11/22/24


Guardian: Trump Picks Hedge-Fund Manager for Treasury - "responsible for...managing the $28.6tn treasury debt market...oversees the US-led International Monetary Fund, the World Bank...


Bessent would face challenges, including safely managing federal deficits that are forecast to grow by nearly $8tn over a decade due to Trump’s plans to extend expiring tax cuts next year and add generous new breaks, including ending taxes on social security income...


Without offsetting revenues, this new debt would add to an unsustainable fiscal trajectory already forecast to balloon US debt by $22tn through 2033."       


11/21/24


Common Dreams: Georgia Fires Entire Maternal Mortality Panel After Reporting on Abortion Ban Deaths     


Common Dreams: US Plutocrats $276 Billion Richer Since Trump Win - And GOP Wants to Give Them Even More         


11/20/24


Aljazeera: Israel Attacks North Gaza Hospital Treating Starving Children, Elderly     


Intercept: Bernie Sanders: US Is "Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza"    


11/18/24


Guardian: Matt Gaetz 'Paid for Sex', Says Lawyer For Two Women Who Testified to House Committee - As It Happened       


11/15/24


Democracy Now: Trump Taps Christian Nationalists Pete Hegseth & Mike Huckabee to Top Posts     


The Hill: Malcolm X Estate Alleges DOJ, FBI, CIA, NYPD Played Role in Events Leading to Assassination          


Common Dreams: Trump Puts 'For Sale' Sign on White House     


11/14/24


AP News: Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 12 Lebanese Rescuers and 15 People in Syria - "...The Health Ministry condemned what it called a “barbaric attack on a Lebanese state-run health center,” adding that “it is the second Israeli attack on a health emergency facility in less than two hours.”


Intercept: How to Fortify Against the Trump Agenda While There's Still Time          


Common Dreams: ACLU Slams Senate Push to Crack Down on Campus Criticism of Israel       


11/12/24


Common Dreams: Israel Ignores US Deadline for Gaza Aid, Continues Ethnic Cleansing       


AP News: Israeli Strikes Kill 46 in Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon - "...including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone..."


11/10/24


AP News: Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Lebanon and Isolated Northern Gaza While Netanyahu and Trump Speak - 23 dead, at least 7 children.


The Intercept: Congress is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies       


11/8/24


Democracy-Now: Bishop William Barber: Democrats Deserted Working Poor on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights - Bishop Barber:

"We know that in 2020, when Harris and — Biden and Harris focused on living wages and voting rights out front, that they got 56% of the votes of those that make less than $50,000 a year in a family of four. But this year, the exit polls show that it was even, 49-49. Trump came up, Democrats went down. And the question becomes: Why? Did we adequately focus on the 30 million poor, low-wage, infrequent voters that held the key to the largest swing vote in the country?


Did white women, for instance, who are against taking abortion rights, then — but also voted for Trump and chose Trump? They’re with Harris on the abortion issue but not for presidency.

I didn’t see one debate where there was a focus on poverty and low wage, even though 800 people are dying a day from poverty, even though you have a million — over 32 million people making less than a living wage.


Why didn’t the Democrats, for instance, bring up living wage in the Senate before the election and force a vote on it, to expose where the Republican Party actually stood on this critical issue? Because everywhere that raising the minimum wage and paid family leave and things that matter was on the ballot, they won.


We’re talking about 140 million poor and low-wage people. We’re talking about 43% of our country that’s poor and/or low-wealth. We’re talking about adult population, people who make less — who are $500 away from economic ruin. We’re talking about 800 people that die per day.


We have the data. Three Nobel Peace Prize economists won the Nobel Peace proving that raising the minimum wage would not hurt jobs, would not force more taxes and would not make prices rise.  


Wonder why the geniuses at the DNC, David Brock and Neera Tanden never thought of any of this?


In These Times: Labor Now Needs to Be an Anti-Fascist Movement          


Politico: Democrats Who Warned Harris Launch Their Rebukes: 'These Guys Didn't Get It At All'       


Middle East Eye: Israeli Hooligans Provoke Clashes in Amsterdam After Chanting Anti-Palestinian Slogans     


11/7/24


CNN: The World's 10 Richest People Got a Record $64 Billion Richer From Trump's Reelection - "if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"     


Democracy Now: Fatima Bhutto: Kamala Harris's Support for Israel's Genocide in Gaza Is a Betrayal of True Feminism          


11/6/24


Intercept: The Answer to Trump's Victory is Radical Action:


"Democrats bet on appeals to neoconservatives — including war criminals like Dick Cheney — and touted harsh border policies, bolstering rather than challenging Republican anti-immigrant frameworks...


Like President Joe Biden, Harris supported a genocide and failed to distinguish herself from extremist Zionists like Trump...

Harris’s economic plan was Wall Street and Silicon Valley-friendly, wrapped in the language of “opportunity” for the mythic “middle class,” rather than a needed reckoning with the demands of a diverse working class living in this desperately unequal superpower...

we have also just witnessed, yet again, the resounding failure of an establishment Democratic Party, seemingly more committed to rightward triangulation than providing a positive program for the country, its citizens and denizens...

the Democratic establishment has made clear that it is committed to a failed policy of appealing to the right, only to lose to the right...

Democratic strategies have failed and harmed the most vulnerable communities both in the U.S. and those who suffer under the yoke of U.S.-backed wars...

the left has no time to wait for self-reflection on the part of this predictable party...

Movement politics — long and painfully aware that there can be no robust reliance on the Democratic mainstream — is where we must turn and further build.      


Guardian: Robert Reich: A Peaceful But Determined Resistance to Trump Must Start Now       


Wikipedia: 2024 United States Presidential Election -


Popular vote: Trump 50.6%, Harris 47.9%


Electoral College: Trump 301 (57%), Harris 226 (43%)


Note: 37.75% (over 1/3) of eligible US voters did not vote.


11/5/24


X: Dr. Jill Stein:

Once again the two-party system has delivered a disastrous result for the American people. Now we must continue the uprising for people-powered politics and demand the world we deserve - which will never be delivered by the twin parties of war and Wall Street.


The Democrats have no one but themselves to blame for losing to Trump again, after their decades of failures and betrayals that paved the way for Trump’s rise in the first place.


From their unconditional support for the endless war machine and genocide in Gaza, to their subservience to Wall Street, to their indifference to human rights, to their reckless acceleration of the fossil fuel pollution driving climate collapse, to their assault on democracy - on all these issues and many more the Democratic Party has betrayed the trust of the people.


This election removes any remaining doubt that the Democratic Party has utterly failed the people it claims to represent, and that we need a genuine opposition party for people, planet, and peace.


Over the last year, we have continued our long-term efforts to build the movement for peace, for a livable planet, and for all the countless millions of people in America and around the world who have been neglected and abused by the parties of war and Wall Street. The momentum we achieved despite the pervasive media blackout threatened the Democratic Party so much that they set up an unprecedented operation dedicated to the suppression of our grassroots movement. They harassed us with expensive lawsuits to kick us off the ballot, marginalized and smeared us in the media, posted jobs seeking people to sabotage our campaign, and even launched attack ads against us - something they’d never done before for any independent challenger.


These unprecedented attacks against us by the corrupt political establishment backfired madly. These attacks inspired a whole new multiracial, multigenerational coalition of voters, organizers, and activists to join forces with the Green Party – and that coalition will continue to grow. Our campaign built relationships with powerhouse anti-genocide activists, especially in the Muslim and Arab American community; the Black community; the student movement; the reawakened antiwar movement; the radical labor movement; and many others.


Year after year, millions of eligible voters have refused to vote for either establishment party, particularly young people, people of color, and people of lower income. In the 2020 presidential race, a full third of eligible voters declined to participate. These are exactly the people our agenda speaks to. The vast majority of voters are calling for a political alternative like the Green Party that serves the greater good instead of the warmongers and economic elites.


The political establishment is quaking in their boots that the public is discovering us. They will be shocked to see how much our coalition grows as more voters discover they actually have a choice for the future they deserve.


We have the solutions to end genocide and empire; to adopt a foreign policy based on international law, human rights and diplomacy; to tackle the climate emergency; to reverse wealth inequality and invest in human thriving; to dismantle systems of oppression and build a society rooted in justice, freedom, and equity.


Our movement for people, planet, and peace is aligned with the values and priorities of the American people, and together we have the numbers we need to transform our future. We only have to get the word out to the millions of Americans who reject the failed status quo, and bring them into our movement.


Everything we have achieved together is a victory for working people, for justice, for peace and a future where all of us can thrive.


Thank you for your unwavering support and for joining in this fight to build an America and a world that works for all of us. We will only get stronger from here.


The pressure will continue to build for the political transformation that the American people demand. The political elites will continue to tell you that resistance is futile. Ignore them. This is our moment.


Together, we are unstoppable.


11/4/24


Common Dreams: New Reporting Details 'Large Scale' Use of Human Shields by Israel in Gaza         


AlterNet: 'Oh my God!' Morning Joe Panel Stunned by Supercut of Trump's Closing Message         


11/3/24


Common Dreams: 'This is What We're Funding': At Least 50 Children Killed in Israeli Strikes on Jabalia       


11/1/24


Common Dreams: Israeli Scholar Lays Out 'True Brutality' of Ethnic Cleansing Now Underway in Gaza       


Guardian: US Military Officers Filing For Conscientious Objector Status Over Gaza     


10/31/24


Aljazeera: Gaza Has Become a 'Graveyard' for Children Amid Israeli Attacks: UN - "...a Palestinian child every 10 minutes...a war on children" how despicable, and all paid for with our taxes     


10/29/24


Guardian: 'Horrifying' Israelli Airstrike That Killed At Least 93 Civilians, Including 20 Children, in Gaza     


10/28/24


Guardian: Israeli Parliament Votes to Ban Unrwa From Israel Within 90 Days          


The Guardian View on Israel v the UN: The Making of An Outlaw State     


New Yorker: The Aid Workers Who Risk Their Lives to Bring Relief to Gaza     


10/27/24


Reuters: More Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in North Gaza, Medics Say, As Ceasefire Talks Resume - "Israeli military strikes on Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya have killed around 800 people during a three-week offensive, the Gaza health ministry said." Joe Biden sure hopes the slaughter will stop soon. Kamala Harris doesn't say much at all.     


Guardian: Trump Fills Madison Square Garden With Anger, Vitriol and Racist Threats - "His toxic language is perhaps a reflection of his bitterness towards the city of his birth, which in separate court cases has convicted him of 34 felonies, found his company the Trump Organization guilty of criminal tax fraud, and found him personally liable for sexual abuse."


10/25/24


Common Dreams: Latest Israeli Strike on Gaza Kills 14 Children From Same Family in a Group of 38 Total       


Guardian: Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 72 Across Gaza       


Democracy-Now: "Worse and Worse": Hospital Director in North Gaza Says Israeli Assault on Jabaliya Is Bloodiest Yet            


10/24/24


Guardian: Over 200 Health Professionals Say Trump Is A 'Malignant Narcissist' In Open Letter       


Guardian: US Professors Face Discipline and Investigations Over Palestinian Support     


10/23/24


Comon Dreams: Israel's Ferocious Bombing of Northern Gaza Halts Polio Vaccination Effort    


10/21/24


Intercept: Meta's Israel Policy Chief Tried to Suppress Pro-Palestinian Instagram Posts     

10/18/24


In These Times: Ta-Nehisi Coats is Challenging the Cognitive Dissonance of Pro-Israel Liberalism            


Intercept: D. C. Pushes to Hand Palestine to Saudi Arabia - This was the dream of the Gaza Beachfront movement all along.     


Reuters: Netanyahu Promises More War, Dashing Peace Hopes After Hamas Leader Killed - Here's the real reason that he will never accept a cease fire. Here's the person who has pushed Israel to this level of savagery.


Reuters: Florida Officials Barred From Threatening TV Stations Over Abortion Rights Ads - "To keep it simple for the state of Florida: it's the First Amendment, stupid," the judge wrote in his temporary order."


10/17/24


Common Dreams: US Deploys B-2 Stealth Bombers to Attack Yemem Without Congressional Approval - See US Constitution, Article 1, Clause 11.


10/16/24


NYTimes: The Killing and Suffering of Children in Gaza       


10/14/24


Common Dreams: Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital, Refugee Camps Kill Dozens         


10/13/24


Common Dreams: Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel - "Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel's behalf."


10/11/24


Guardian: Israel Used US-Supplied Bombs in Attack that Killed 22 - "The Biden-Harris administration gave Israel at least 3,000 of these munitions from October-December 2023 alone."


10/9/24


Common Dreams: Historic ICC War Crimes Complaint Names 1,000 Israeli Soldiers     


10/4/24


ProPublica: Inside the State Department's Weapons Pipeline to Israel - "Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted."


9/26/24


Guardian: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across the US - OMG! It's a conspiracy between the lobbyists and lawmakers, so of course we know that never happens. Never mind.     


9/25/24


Common Dreams: Blinken Faces Calls to Resign Over Lie That Israel Is Not Blocking Gaza Aid       


9/23/24


Common Dreams: Israeli Bombardment Kills 350+ in Lebanon as Fury Over US Complicity Grows - "At least two dozen children and 42 women were reportedly among those killed by Israeli bombs on Monday."               


9/22/24


Guardian: Seven People Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza City School Shelter - Another day, another war crime using our tax money. So now we're paying for two different conflicts beween Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah.


9/20/24


Guardian: Trump-Aligned Georgia Election Board Votes 3-2 to Require Hand-Count on Election Day            


9/19/24


Democracy-NOW: Lebanon: 37 Dead, 3,400+ Injured in Wave of Explosions in Electronic Devices Booby-Trapped by Israel       


9/18/24


Common Dreams: Sanders Leads New Senate Effort to Stop Flow of US Arms to Israel     


ProPublica: Candi Miller Didn't Have to Die. But "Pro-Lifers" Killed Her, - Christian compassion? I wonder what Jesus would do. And she wasn't the only one. Praise the Lord!!!         


Guardian: Network of Georgia Election Officials Strategizing to Undermine 2024 Result       


Common Dreams: 'Terrorism': Israel Behind Pager Explosions That Killed 11, Wounded Thousands - This number eventually reached 37 killed and thousands wounded, after a second round the next day according to AP. This event triggered attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, at our expense.     


9/16/24


Common Dreams: Gaza Officials Publish List of Those Killed in Israeli Assault. The First 14 Pages Are Babies       


9/14/24


Intercept: Kamala and Her Neo-Con Supporters       


9/13/24


Common Dreams: Matt Nelson Self-Immolates to Protest Israel's Gaza Onslaught     


9/12/24


Guardian: Emory University Targeted by Anti-Palestinian Group: 'It's Scary' - Here's an example of how free speech is muzzled at Emory: At the 13:02 mark of this video is an example of a faculty member peacefully protesting and being assaulted by Atlanta Police. She was later charged with assault. At 13:24 begins an interview with the Chairwoman of the Emory Philosophy Dept describing the violent assault by Atlanta police.


Emory was later investigated by the US Dept. of Education.       


Common Dreams: 50+ US Lawmakers Hold Military Stocks - "...the personal benefit of (these members of Congress) is factored into decisions about how to wield and fund the largest military in the world..."     


9/11/24


Common Dreams: Wyden Says Trillions in Taxes Dodged by Ultra-Rich Could Fund Social Security Until 2100     


9/10/24


Guardian: Israel Launches Deadly Strike on al-Mawasi 'Humanitarian Zone', Khan Younis Safe Zone, At Least 19 Palestinians Murdered - This comes after Israeli Defense Minister Gallant stated that 'Hamas as a military formation no longer exists' in Gaza. So who and why are they bombing?


Al Jezeera: 32 Palestinians Killed and 100 Wounded in Past 24 Hours     


9/9/24


Common Dreams: How Long Can US Lawmakers Ignore These Images of Child Carnage in Gaza?            


9/8/24


Al Jazeera: IDF Targets Homes, Kills 33 in Single Day     


9/6/24


Guardian: Israeli Podcasters Are Laughing About Genocide. What Would it Take to Stop?       


Guardian: ‘Deeply disturbed’ White House calls for inquiry into killing of Ayşenur Eygi - A warning to any other US citizens about joining the protests?  


Democracy-Now: UN Issues Dire Warning on Gaza as Israel Hinders Polio Vaccination Drive          


9/5/24


Common Dreams: Maine's Largest City Becomes First on US East Coast to Back Israel Divestment     


Common Dreams: Harris Capitulates to Wall Street - Proposes a capital gains tax that is 10% smaller than the Biden plan.    


9/4/24


Democracy-NOW: Former Israeli Hostage Negotiator Slams Netanyahu for Blocking Ceasefire Deal               


9/3/24


DailyDot: Green Party Members Trash AOC After She Calles Jill Stein 'Predatory' - From the article:

Stein quickly hit back, swiping at Ocasio-Cortez that “what’s seriously predatory is pretending your candidate is ‘working tirelessly for a ceasefire’ when in reality they’re actively arming and funding genocide,...

Democrats sue to kick us off ballots, hire operatives to infiltrate and sabotage us, lock us out of debates, fight ranked-choice voting, then act concerned that Greens have only won 1,400 elections. So which party is authentic, and which is predatory?”

    

Some of her supporters: "AOC trying her best to drag Jill Stein for ‘showing up every four years and doing nothing,’ after sitting idle in office for the past 11 months, watching a genocide unfold, is next-level scumbaggery,”...


"Kamala Harris honeymoon is over, so now Democrats are panicking. So they ordered AOC and a bunch of liberals to mass smear Dr. Jill Stein out of desperation,”...


"This is a really embarrassing thing to watch—supposed progressives being attack dogs for a party and a candidate that is literally complicit in genocide while trading the only anti-genocide candidate on enough state ballots to win the election.”


“See, we don’t take no PAC money. We are not knee deep in Raytheon and Lockheed Martin and y’all’s blood money,”


“Predatory is murdering 41,000 people in 11 months and then when they try to speak up, muzzling them when they come up on the stage. You slaughter Palestinians like animals and then you muzzle them like animals,”  


https://x.com/DrJillStein/status/1831053087265738842


9/2/24


Common Dreams: Israel Kills 11 in Bombing of Gaza Shelter as Urgent Polio Vaccination Effort Begins - How do you vaccinate kids while they dodge bombs?


9/1/24


NBC News: Protestors Pack Streets of Tel Aviv After IDF Found 6 Hostages Shot to Death     


8/31/24


Al Jazeera: Israeli Attacks Kill 61 in Nuseirat Refugee Camp     


Intercept: Israel's West Bank Attacks Fuel its Annexation Plans     


8/30/24


Democracy-Now: Harris Flip-Flops on Support for Fracking     


Intercept: Harris Will Continue to Ignore U.S. Law and Arm Israel, If Elected     


8/29/24


Al Jazeera: Aid Delivery in Gaza is Nearly Impossible. Why Hasn't the US Intervened?     


8/26/24


Common Dreams: ICC Urged to Probe Israel's Alleged Torture of Gaza Medical Workers - Also see Yes Magazine: Claims of Mass Rape By Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation,

Snopes: Unpacking the Claim That UN Found 'No Proof' of Sexual Violence Comitted by Hamas in Oct. 7 Attack,


New Yorker: Masha Gessen: What We Know About The Weaponization of Sexual Violence on October 7th  


Guardian: Palestinian Prisoners Describe Systemic Abuse including Sexual Violence in Israel's Jails,


Intercept: Video of Sexual Abuse At Israeli Prison is Just Latest Evidence SDE Teiman is a Torture Site,


Common Dreams: 'Insane Torture': Israeli Soldiers Confirm Horrific Abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman


8/25/24


Guardian: Blinken Condemned for'Empty Words' on Genocide as US Backs Israel's Obliteration of Gaza - From the article: "You are currently arming, funding and defending a genocide in Gaza. That is how history will remember you."     


Guardian: FBI Informant's Book Predicts Far-Right Violence: 'We Should Be Afraid'     


Guardian: 'Far From Ideal': DeSantis's War on 'Woke' Colleges Goes Painfully Awry      


8/24/24


Guardian: Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 36 Palestinians in Southern Gaza - Another day, another 36+ Palestinians murdered; another family of 11 + and at least 2 innocent children.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the American people are complicit in Netanyahu's ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Never Forget!


8/23/24


Mercury News: Full Text of Kamala Harris' Acceptance Speech -

Excerpts:

"My entire career, I have only had one client. The People."


"I promise to be a President for all Americans."


"You can always trust me to put country above party and self."


"As Attorney General of California, I took on the Big Banks. Delivered $20 billion for middle-class families who faced foreclosure. And helped pass a Homeowner Bill of Rights—one of the first of its kind." Completely false.    


"...we will create what I call an opportunity economy. An opportunity economy where everyone has a chance to compete and a chance to succeed. Whether you live in a rural area, small town, or big city.


As President, I will bring together: Labor and workers, Small business owners and entrepreneurs, And American companies.


To create jobs. Grow our economy. And lower the cost of everyday needs. Like health care. Housing. And groceries.


We will: Provide access to capital for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and founders. We will end America’s housing shortage. And protect Social Security and Medicare.


"...we will pass a middle class tax cut that will benefit more than 100 million Americans."


"I will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that (Trump) killed. And I will sign it into law."


I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself. Because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that the terrorist organization Hamas caused on October 7th. Including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival.


At the same time, what has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost. Desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety, over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking.


President Biden and I are working to end this war such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity. Security. Freedom. And self-determination."


These are the promises that she made. Also see entry of 8/16 for more promises. Why does "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" keep playing in my head?


Other policy positions:

She does not support a ban on fracking.


Guardian: Harris Wants to Bring 'Joy, Joy, Joy' to Americans. What About Palestinians?     


8/22/24


Al Jazeera: Israel's War on Gaza: Israeli Attacks Kill At Least 40 in Gaza     


Intercept: US-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Just Buying More Time for Israel's Genocide     


8/21/24


Common Dreams: The Best Bill Pascrell Takedowns of 'Lowlife' Trump and His 'Soulless Goons'     


8/20/24


Intercept: Democratic Party Unites Under Banner of Silence on Gaza Genocide     


Guardian: Countries Fueling Israel's Gaza War May Be Complicit In War Crimes - Biden, Harris and Netanyahu and others are war criminals. What ever happened to 'Never Forget'?


Common Dreams: Gaza Doctors Urge Harris to Back Israel Arms Embargo at Democratic Convention     


8/19/24


CounterPunch: Phil Donahue Changed My Life and Millions of Others - Phil Donahue had the courage to stand up to the corporate masters when he knew it meant we were about to kill a lot of innocent people here and abroad. "Weapons of Mass Destruction" was just a marketing phrase. Big Oil wanted Iraq's oil fields. It cost Donahue his career - in much the same manner as Dan Rather's forced resignation when he reported how Chucklehead Bush went AWOL from the Texas National Guard 1972-73. Rather’s sources were questionable, but his facts are not.


Guardian: Democratic Party's 92-Page Platform Lacks a Call For Arms Embargo on Israel     


8/18/24


Common Dreams: IDF Slaughter Continues; Blinken Heads to Israel     


8/17/24


Al Jazeera: Kids 'Torn to Pieces' as Israeli Hits az-Zawayda  While World Focuses on Peace Talks       


8/16/24


Reuters: Harris Pledges to Tackle Costs, Build Houses, Lower Taxes - From the article:

"She said she would cut taxes for most Americans, ban "price gouging" by grocery stores... build more affordable housing, introduce a $25,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers,  introduce a new child tax credit of as much as $6,000 for families with infants, cut taxes for families with kids and lower prescription drug costs...called for the construction of 3 million new housing units over four years and a tax incentive for home builders who build homes for first-time buyers, no tax increases for people making less than $400,000/yr. She says she will be "laser focused." - what a rediculous expression.  


Common Dreams: 'Insane Torture': Israeli Soldiers Confirm Horrific Abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman     


Al Jazeera: 'Pure Terrorism: World Reacts to Israeli Settler Attack in West Bank     


8/15/24


UN: Most of Gaza' 40,000 Dead Are Women and Children       


Guardian: Gaza Death Toll Hits 40,000 With Thousands More Yet to be Counted     


8/13/24


Common Dreams: Bernie Sanders: Trump is Setting the Stage for Election Denial     


NBC News: Netanyahu Added Conditions That Complicated Gaza Negotiations, Officials Say - Also see entry of 7/12.    


8/12/24


Common Dreams: After Billions More for Israeli Military, Biden Joins Call for Cease-Fire     


8/11/24


Guardian: Thousands Flee Khan Younis After Israel Warns of New Offensive       


Common Dreams: Palestinians Say US Responsible for Latest Massacre of Children in Gaza     


8/10/24


Guardian: Israel-Gaza War: Dozens Reported Dead After Israeli Strike on Gaza School     


8/9/24


Intercept: Video of Sexual Abuse At Israeli Prison is Just Latest Evidence SDE Teiman is a Torture Site     


BBC: Harris Rejects Claims She Would Support Israel Arms Embargo     


8/7/24


Guardian:Israel Minister Condemned for Saying Starvation of Millions in Gaza Might Be 'Justified and Moral'       


Common Dreams: US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel to Skip Nagasaki Memorial After Israel Not Invited - Emanuel has made nothing but mistakes during and after being disgraced as Obama's Chief of Staff.


8/6/24


Politico: We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable


DropSite: Microsoft Encourages Employee Donations to Illegal West Bank Settlements, While Barring UNRWA       


8/5/24


Guardian: Bernie: Democrats Should Run on a Progressive Economic Agenda. Americans Are Ready     


Guardian: Palestinian Prisoners Describe Systemic Abuse including Sexual Violence in Israel's Jails       


Common Dreams: Investigation Exposes Big Tech Ties to Israeli Genocide in Gaza     


Guardian: US Supreme Court Won't Stop Trump sentencing from going ahead     


8/2/24


Common Dreams: As Venezuela Court Probes Election Results, US Declares Victory for Right-Wing Opposition - "Venezuela's foreign ministry hit back at the U.S. State Department, accusing it of spearheading a "coup attempt."


Keep in mind that Venezuela has by far more proven oil reserves than any other country in the world. Big oil wants to get control of that.


Ironically, the US is sponsoring a campaign in Venezuela analogous to Trump's 'stop the steal' campaign here in 2020. But that's not exactly the way we are hearing it on major cable channels.


Intercept: U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela. How Does That Help Democracy?     


8/1/24


Common Dreams: Progressives Warn Against Josh Shapiro as Kamala Harris Nears VP Choice - Meaning this is probably exactly who she'll pick. Main stream Dems are petrified that progressives will actually gain some power.     


7/30/24


Intercept: Boycotts Against Israel are Hurting Starbucks and McDonald's Sales Worldwide     


Guardian: Global Methane Emissions Rising At Fastest Rate in Decades, Scientists Warn       


7/29/24


Intercept: Now a Lame Duck, Biden Finally Floats Supreme Court Reforms     


7/28/24


Drop Site: IDF Destroys Key Rafah Water Facility Rachel Corrie Spent Her Last Month on Earth Defending - ...using US taxpayer money, and then the IDF bragged about it on social media    


Common Dreams: Israel's Gaza Onslaught Continues as Concerns Rise Over Escalation With Hezbollah - "A barrage of Israeli strikes across Gaza killed many dozen Palestinians over the weekend, while a strike attributed to Hezbollah killed 12 children in Israeli-controlled territory." US taxpayers facilitate mass murder of Palestinians by their silence. And the beat goes on.


7/26/24


Common Dreams: US Healthcare Wrokers Back From Gaza Tell Harris and Biden: 'End This Madness Now' "Every day that we continue supplying weapons and munitions to Israel is another day that women are shredded by our bombs and children are murdered with our bullets."  


7/25/24


Guardian: Israel Tried to Frustrate US Lawsuit Over Pegasus Spyware, Leak Suggests       


7/24/24


Common Dreams: 'Not in Our Name': Hundreds Arrested at Jewish-Led Protest Ahead of Netanyahu Speech - "The Israeli government is using U.S funding and weapons to slaughter and starve Palestinians in Gaza," said one peace advocate. "Americans—including Jewish Americans—are disgusted by our own government's complicity in this genocide."  


7/23/24


Guardian: Seven Major US Labor Unions Call on Biden to 'Shut Off Military Aid to Israel'                 


7/22/24


Common Dreams: Israel's West Bank Assault Sparks 250% Surge in Killings of Palestinian Kids     


Common Dreams: Harris Urged to Take 'Clear Stance' Against Weapons Sales for Israel     


Drop Site News: Harris' Long History of Support For Whatever Policy Israel Pursues         


7/19/24


Intercept: The ICJ Ruling Confirms What Palestinians Have Been Saying For 57 Years     


7/17/24


Al Jazeera: Israeli Attacks Kill More Than 80 in 24 hours - From article: "At least eight UN-run schools sheltering people in Gaza have been hit in the past 10 days, the UNRWA head says. In nine months of war, 70 percent of UNRWA schools in Gaza have been bombed and 539 people sheltering there have been killed."


Common Dreams: 81 Killed in 24 Hours as Israel Continues Targeting UN School Shelters in Gaza     


7/16/24

CNN: Gazans Endure Deadly Weekend of Israeli Strikes as UN Chief Laments 'Incomprehensible and Inexcusable' Destruction          


Intercept: With Media Enamored by US Presidential Race, Israeli Massacres in Gaza Get Even Deadlier     


7/15/24


Guardian: AOC to Anonymous Democrat Who Said Party Resigned to Trump Win: 'Retire'  


Common Dreams: World 'Cannot Remain Silent in the Face of This Endless Massacre', Says Lula       


7/13/24


Al Jazeera: Israeli Strikes on al-Mawasi Kill At Least 90     


7/12/24


CNN: Netanyahu Reverses on Key Israeli Concession in Ceasefire Talks     


Common Dreams: Biden Sends Another 1,700 500-lb Bombs to Israel     


Common Dreams: Entire Families Among Dozens of Bodies Recovered After Israel's Gaza City Onslaught    


Guardian: Why Did Delta Air Lines Tweet That the Palestinian Flag is 'Terrifying'?     


7/11/24


Guardian: Israeli Weapons Packed With Shrapnel Causing Devastating Injuries to Children in Gaza     


7/5/24


Common Dreams: Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Surpass 1,000 Since Oct. 7     


7/3/24


Common Dreams: The Land Theft Continues. Israel Announces Biggest West Bank Seizure in Over 30 Years


7/1/24


Common Dreams: AOC Vows to File Articles of Impeachment After Whore Court Trump Ruling - Our country now begins the slow deterioration into mob rule.


CBS News: Supreme Court Rules Trump Has Absolute Immunity From Prosecution    


CNBC: Three People Arrested in $400 Million FTX Crypto Hack Conspiracy - See entries of 10/17/23 - $3 Billion, 2/8/22 - $3.6 Billion, and 4/26/21- $???Billions. So you think crypto is so secure?





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Politics

Pelosi laughs out loud at the prospect that progressives will not support whatever health care crumbs she decides to throw their way, even if it doesn't include a Public Option.

Right This Way!

Fair is Fair, right guys?