The Political Thread

[Samoa Looch]

George Santos charged with 10 additional crimes in updated indictment

The total is up to 23.

www.politico.com

Good.

 

[Chris]

Scalise secures GOP Speaker nomination

House Republicans on Wednesday nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to be the next Speaker, sending his candidacy to the House floor following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) stunning o…

thehill.com

 

[Samoa Looch]

• The Palestine Liberation Organization says Israel refused a request to bring food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip. Israel also threatens a humanitarian convoy from Egypt carrying medical supplies into Gaza with an air strike. (Reuters) (The Times of Isreal) (Anadolu)
• The sole power plant in Gaza goes out of service due to a lack of fuel, threatening to stretch over-capacity medical facilities further. Authorities begin rationing and directing power to emergency services.(Anadolu)
• The UN Palestine Agency says it has less than two weeks’ supply of food and water to assist the more than 180,000 people who have sought refuge in their schools in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

• Dozens of Israeli fighter jets carry out more then 200 airstrikes overnight on the Al-Furqan neighborhood in Gaza City. (First Post)
• Israeli forces use white phosphorus bombs, banned under international law, in an airstrike on the Al-Karama neighbourhood in Gaza. (Wafa) (The Jerusalem Post)

• Israeli air strikes destroy the Al-Fakhoora House of the Education Above All Foundation in Gaza. Israeli airstrikes have also hit the Islamic University of Gaza. (Al Jezeera) (Wion)
• Israeli airstrikes destroy more than 22,600 residential units, 10 health facilities and damage 48 schools. At least 260 children have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza. (CBC) (Al Jazeera)
• The UN Palestine Agency says Israeli airstrikes have killed nine of its staff in Gaza. (Anadolu)
• At least 30 people are killed in a Israeli air strike on a law expert’s house when he was visiting his family in central Gaza City. (AP)

...damn. I certainly don't want to take a side in the whole Palestine/Israel tug of war, but there is a lot right now that looks as if Israel just waited for anything bigger to happen, so they could go in full force and can say "we didn't start this."

 

[Chris]

Gasoline, food drive US producer prices higher; core inflation cools

U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in September amid higher costs for energy products and food, but underlying inflation pressures at the factory gate continued to abate.

www.reuters.com

 

[Chris]

Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt's government in updated indictment

Prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against Sen Bob Menendez and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt.

apnews.com

 

[Chris]

U.S. and Qatar agree not to release Iran's $6B

President Joe Biden's administration has been facing bipartisan pressure to make sure Iran wouldn't be able to access the money from a U.S. prisoner swap.

www.nbcnews.com

The decision comes as the administration faced bipartisan pressure to block Iran’s access to the money as U.S. officials continue to investigate whether Iran had any direct involvement in Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. The Biden administration has said the $6 billion in unfrozen Iranian oil assets could be used by Tehran only for humanitarian assistance.

 

[Chris]

1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection

Colorado police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty and officer Jason Rosenblatt was acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.

apnews.com

 

[Chris]

Scalise secures GOP Speaker nomination

House Republicans on Wednesday nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to be the next Speaker, sending his candidacy to the House floor following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) stunning o…

thehill.com

And he's withdrawn so nvm

 

[Samoa Looch]

And he's withdrawn so nvm

 

[Chris]

Israel warns half of Gaza's population to move south, UN says

The United Nations said Israel's military informed it late on Thursday that 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza should relocate to the enclave's south within the next 24 hours, in what Palestinians fear could be a precursor to a planned Israeli ground offensive following a deadly Hamas militant attack.

www.reuters.com

 

[Barry Poppins]

Oh yes, just uproot themselves from their homes, after all, they cut off all the power, food, water, and heating all over, might as well kick them out too while they're at it.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Well, this doesn't stop making it feel more and more like a flat out invasion, instead of "just" retaliation or a rescue effort.

 

[Tig]

Can’t condone Hamas attack as obviously it is brutal and vicious. Just as the Israelis have been brutal and vicious (for a much longer time). Don’t condone mass violence and civilian casualty ever - that’s a given for a decent human being.

However, there is no way to twist this narrative - unless you are scum media or a Zionist - and say that Israel are in the right. They have been in the wrong for literally dozens of years. They are the oppressors in the situation and Palestine must still be stood with. Perhaps my own background and nationality makes it much easier to resonate with the Palestinians but really this is no different than apartheid in South Africa. Hamas are obviously scum and the attack is horrific but it’s ironic the Israeli outcry when they're the ones who have been doing it for decades to the people of Palestine.

I’m under no illusions that Hamas have not REALLY got the Palestinian people’s best interests at heart but if Israel hadn’t have done what they have over the last 80 years, Hamas never happens. Lest not forget Israel put armed men on this stolen land and struck all of the prior initial blows. As horrendous as the Hamas attack was, that was not the initial blow, not by a long shot. That was the retaliation not what came after from the Israeli side. Free fucking Palestine, it’s 2023.

Thoughts and condolences with civilian casualties on both sides.

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Forgot to mention how Israel has been committing genocide for a decade plus, and no one says anything about it because if you hate on Israel than you hate the jews, which is dumbass thinking

 

[Comrade Khan]

people have been complaing about Israels treatment of Palestinians for like a decade plsu so thats not really true. its a multifaceted issue with no good guys