Bernie Sanders: "The Netanyahu government’s current military approach is immoral, it is in violation of international law, and the United States must end our complicity in those actions." www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...

The legal system is not going to save us from Trump 2.0. Cases started too late, the system is incapable of dealing with billionaires, and the judiciary is riddled with Trump appointees and judges sympathetic to the MAGA cause.

The only choice is to turn out and vote. Despair.

It's more than this. It's not just that voters don't want restrictive abortion & reproductive laws--it's that they care about this issue so intensely that it's not only shifting *how* people vote--which political scientists will tell you is HARD--but also driving them *to* vote, upping mobilization

Africa has the fastest-growing, youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African — a development that will transform many African countries, experts say, and reshape their relationship with the world.

Only 29% of Israelis support the ground invasion that's happening right now because just about everyone understands it's the worst thing to do if you want the hostages back safely.

As a historian, I cannot help pointing out that, once upon a time, in 2008 to be precise, it was possible for Vanity Fair to publish a lengthy exposé on US government involvement in the horrible mess that brought Hamas to power in Gaza. archive.vanityfair.com/article/2008...

Republicans have delayed more than $1 billion in funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, better known as PEPFAR, the latest complication facing a lifesaving HIV program that has been ensnared in a broader political fight around abortion.

The newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson has questioned climate science, opposed clean energy and received more campaign contributions last year from oil and gas companies than from any other industry. Here's what to know about his climate record.

Trump: "If you don't like our religion...then we don't want you here."
This is precisely what the 2nd KKK of the 1920s (that helped push the draconian 1924 Immigration restriction bill) said about Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

The fact that Biden’s brother wrote Joe Biden a $200K check as a loan repayment does reveal one very telling thing. The Biden family pays back its debts. The Trumps file Chapter 11.

Terrorism and war impact the innocent most greatly. Children do not have power, so we must exercise it with restraint when we know it will harm them.

And it looks like the reason for that coup was that McCarthy had initiated an inquiry into the charges of sexual misconduct and financial wrongdoing by Rep. Matt Gates (R-FL)

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/u...

Liz Cheney is absolutely correct in this: “Jim Jordan was involved in Trump's conspiracy to steal the election and seize power; he urged that Pence refuse to count lawful electoral votes.

“being a jew for a free palestine is not easy. it’s also never been more necessary to stand in solidarity.” important read by @edgeofsports.bsky.social

It is heartbreaking to see so much of the legacy Jewish establishments in America think their job is to support this war in the name of unity. This will be a collective stain on our communal conscience for years to come.

No amount of unity is worth this.

The thing about “they voted for Hamas” is the last time there was an election in Gaza, the median resident was a year old.

Classified CIA intelligence reports issued in the days ahead of a major Hamas attack on Israel warned about a potential escalation in violence but did not predict the complex attack that Hamas gunmen launched against Israel days later, U.S. officials said.