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‘He should get out’: #DeSantis outflanked by #Trump on his home turf

The former president's dominance was on full display in Florida.
The flex by Trump — which included a handful of GOP state legislators flipping their endorsements Saturday from DeSantis to Trump — reinforced the notion that DeSantis may be locked into an unwinnable contest against the man who helped him win the governor’s mansion just five years ago

"#fascist bested by #fascist so we lose."

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/04/desantis-trump-showdown-florida-00125405

Republicans' ‘Offsets’ For Israel Aid Would Actually Increase The Deficit

Republicans’ “plan to ‘offset’ Israel aid will cost $90 billion, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel tells me,” reports The Washington Post’s congressional economics correspondent Jacob Bogage.

“All of those funds go to increased scrutiny on tax evasion going on at the highest wealth levels,” Werfel also told him.

"Hmmm, seems like that might be the point"

#johnson #Israel #ChristoFascists

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/11/johnson-mocks-reports-gop-plan-to-defund-irs-will-cost-us-taxpayers-up-to-90-billion/

Israel Must “Rein In” Settler Violence, Distinguish Between Hamas and Palestinian People: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

Sullivan said the U.S. is continuing to ask “hard questions” of #Israel as it conducts its military operations, which so far have killed over 7,000 #Palestinians, including nearly 3,000 children, according to the Gazan health ministry, which Hamas controls. Sullivan called the deaths of Palestinian civilians a “tragedy.”

#Gaza #children

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/jake-sullivan-israel-hamas-palestinian-civilians

The Horrifying Details of What It Is Like in Gaza Right Now
The bulldozers have run out of fuel to clear the rubble to get to the bodies.

Under the “complete siege” ordered by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the situation in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated significantly, resulting in what Palestinian medics describe as “complete paralysis.” Prior to the conflict, the humanitarian conditions in Gaza were already dire, likened to an open-air prison

#gaza #humanity

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/humanitarian-report-whats-happening-in-gaza.html?pay=1697347100024&support_journalism=please

‘Game on’: Jordan racing to secure votes as speaker vote looms

He’s signaling he wants to bring up a floor vote on Tuesday but is still short support to secure the speakership.

The Ohio Republican told POLITICO that he wants to be able to go to the floor on Tuesday, giving him a matter of days to try to flip more than 50 GOP lawmakers who signaled in a secret ballot vote on Friday that they won’t support him.

#jordan #house #speaker

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/14/jim-jordan-racing-to-secure-speaker-votes-00121584

With All Eyes on #Gaza, #Israeli #Soldiers and #Settlers Kill Dozens of #WestBank #Palestinians

"Many Israeli settlers have openly called for Palestinians to be wiped off the map," said one advocacy group. "Now, Israel is giving them the guns to achieve that vision."

While the world watches Israel's military pulverize Gaza amid anticipation of an imminent ground invasion of the besieged strip, Israeli soldiers and settlers—who are receiving thousands of assault rifles

https://www.commondreams.org/news/settler-attacks-west-bank

Israel Accused of 'Blatant War Crime' as HRW Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
"Any time that #whitephosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas, it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering," said one Human Rights Watch official.

Human Rights Watch on Thursday said it has confirmed reports that Israeli military forces unleashed white phosphorus munitions during artillery attacks on targets in #Lebanon and #Gaza this week

#Israel #warcrimes

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-white-phosphorus

I expect Musk to start a bidding war between Netanyahu and Hamas for the use of his satellites any day now.

Who Needs Nonviolence? Everyone.

There have been 25,000 gun deaths in the United States in 2023, over half of those suicides. There have been 131 mass shootings (increasing from 113 in 2022). Almost 39,000 people experienced domestic violence in 2022. Already, 638 peoplehave been shot by police this year, with a disproportionate impact on African Americans. Half a million people have died in the war in Ukraine alone with countless more dying......

#gunviolence

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/29/who-needs-nonviolence-everyone/

McCarthy Blocks Bipartisan Bill Approved by 77 Senators to Avoid Shutdown as He Moves to Pin the Blame on Democrats

Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy is saying he will not allow the House to take up a compromise bill supported by a large and bipartisan majority of Senators that would allow the federal government to continue operating past the midnight Saturday deadline.

#mccarthy #budget #senate #farright

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/09/mccarthy-blocks-bipartisan-bill-approved-by-77-senators-to-avoid-shutdown-as-he-moves-to-pin-the-blame-on-democrats/

May I present the Oligarchy!

'Shocking #GOP proposals' for overhauling federal government ripped as #clueless and #dangerous

"#Ramaswamy also wants to shutter five federal agencies: the Department of Education, the FBI, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Food and Nutrition Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms…#DeSantis has proposed eliminating the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Energy, along with the IRS. Ramaswamy's plan makes DeSantis look like a raging moderate

https://www.alternet.org/gop-presidential-hopefuls-shocking-ideas-for-butchering-federal-government-are-clueless-and-dangerous-scholars/

Donald Trump is a Malignant Narcissistic Sociopath who has no feelings of shame like you and me

When accused of infidelity his response is “So what”, When accused of sexual battery his response is “So what” When accused of criminal business deals his response is “So what.”

Even his attempt to rig the votes in order to stay in the office of President his response has been “So what”.

He’s Their Hero Thumbing His Nose At Authority and Getting Away With It!

#trump2024

https://medium.com/@gwfoto/how-to-create-your-very-own-mindless-cult-following-87d670908900

Will It Be #Socialism or Barbarism for the Twenty-First Century?

fewer than half of Americans believe that the US is a #democracy.

The reasons are 1) corruption (73%), followed by 2) corporate control of the political system (72%). In other words, the reasons for this missing democracy are economic.

Illuminating the depravity of late-stage capitalism is a fools errand without alternatives. The US— Left, Right, and Center, is beholden to the logic of #capitalism

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/11/will-it-be-socialism-or-barbarism-for-the-twenty-first-century/

UN Puts Out 'Truly Damning Report Card' for Climate Action Before Global Summits

"This report is a wake-up call to the injustice of the climate crisis and a pivotal opportunity to correct course," said one expert.

"The United Nations' polite prose glosses over what is a truly damning report card for global climate efforts. Carbon emissions? Still climbing. Rich countries' finance commitments? Delinquent. Adaptation support? Lagging woefully behind."

#ClimateCrisis

https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-global-stocktake-report