'The Biden administration cannot defer to Netanyahu. As Israel’s number-one underwriter—to the tune of $3.9 billion a year—it has leverage, and it ought to use it to prevent further Netanyahu miscalculation and more brutality in Gaza. This man cannot be trusted—especially not to lead a military action with possible consequences for the entire planet.'
link.motherjones.com/view/5f50dba644ea840510571ee1jot1m.51x3/ba611978 https://link.motherjones.com/view/5f50dba644ea840510571ee1jot1m.51x3/ba611978
Raw Story:
Former Ohio State wrestler takes down Jim Jordan: ‘I always wonder who he’s fighting for’
Jordan's attempt to become Speaker..is resurfacing a litany of allegations... from his ties to Donald Trump and the January 6 insurrection, to at least six of his former Ohio State (OSU) wrestlers saying Jordan knew about sexual abuse from the team doctor yet he repeatedly ignored it.
"It's quite unfortunate... what he's become"
https://www.rawstory.com/former-ohio-state-wrestler-takes-down-jim-jordan-i-always-wonder-who-hes-fighting-for/
Antisemitism
A Chabad rabbi helps a young man put on tefillin, while a pro-Palestinian rally marches behind them, shouting genocidal slogans. #Israel #Mazeldon https://crownheights.info/chabad-news/838931/video-of-the-day-404/
Israel-Hamas War
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Israel-Hamas War
Biden Affirms Evidence Backing Israel’s Denial of Causing Hospital Blast
President Biden also appeared to have secured Israel’s agreement to allow food, water and medicine for civilians to enter Gaza via Egypt.
Updated 34 minutes ago
Peter Baker
Traveling with President Biden in Israel
Here’s the latest on the war.
As outrage grew over a blast that ripped through a hospital in Gaza, American and Israeli intelligence said early evidence showed the deadly blast was caused by an errant rocket fired by Palestinian fighters.
Making a rare wartime visit to Israel on Wednesday, President Biden firmly backed the Israeli’s government’s assertion that it had nothing to do with the deadly explosion. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” he said, appearing...
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/18/world/israel-hamas-war-biden-gaza?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20231018&instance_id=105482&nl=the-morning®i_id=78182678&segment_id=147644&smid=url-share&te=1&user_id=8d1bbbd46437b34e1f6c5c29899c9446#biden-arrives-israel
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https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:de7e141f-7f7a-36b9-a276-9e0b41d55626
“The Senate Intelligence Committee has received and reviewed intelligence related to the attack on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza. Based on this information, we feel confident that the explosion was the result of a failed rocket launch by militant terrorists and not the result of an Israeli airstrike.” -- statement from committee chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) and vice chair Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Sorry took these a while ago but couldn’t get a post out for a while.
Demonstrators have been chanting and praying for a while, and now are being arrested.
Also chants of “not in our name!” And “free free Palestine!”
FYI, Patrick McHenry, the pro temp of the House, and the apparent caretaker-speaker, is a GOP hack from way back. He was a Rove stooge for the 2000 bush campaign, and created and ran the “NotHillary.com” site. Here’s a 2005 profile that’s 100% cringeworthy.
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