The Political Thread

[Mitch Buchannon]

I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again. And I’m saying this as a Jewish person. Antizionism does not equal antisemitism.

 

[Chris]

Austin Scott running for Speaker against Jordan

Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) has filed to run against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for Speaker. “We are in Washington to legislate, and I want to lead a House that functions …

thehill.com

 

[Loochblade]

Brooklyn Councilwoman Charged After Openly Carrying Gun at Protest (Published 2023)

Inna Vernikov, a conservative Republican who represents a South Brooklyn district, was charged with criminal possession of a firearm after bringing a gun to a pro-Palestine rally.

www.nytimes.com

New York City Council member Inna Vernikov of the 48th City Council District is arrested for bringing a gun to a pro-Palestine rally at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York. (The New York Times)

 

[Loochblade]

• Israel’s planned ground invasion of Gaza “could lead to a genocide of unprecedented proportions”, the heads of the Arab League and African Union have said in a joint statement. (Arab News)

Yea, it definitely seems to shape up to be their end goal.

• Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel’s reaction to Hamas’s attack "went beyond self-defence and amounted to collective punishment" (Reuters)
• Yara Hawari, a senior policy analyst at Al-Shabaka think tank accuses US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of facilitating ethnic cleansing in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
• Clare Short, former British secretary of state for international development, says Western powers are failing to pressure Israel into complying with international law and that “the bias in the commentary in the West is unbearable”. (Al Jazeera)

I'm sure a lot of people (especially in the west) don't care much about what's going down there right now, but everyone should at least be bit wary about what this potentially could lead to.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Yep. This isn't self-defense. This is verging heavily into cold-blooded war crimes.

 

[Just Juice]

IDF have given a warning prior the ground invasion. HAMAS gave no warning whatsoever. At this point in time, i can no longer have a neutral position.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says - BBC News

But Israel's PM describes any claim it received a specific warning as "totally fake news".

www.bbc.com

 

[Chris]

Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy (Published 2023)

The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.

www.nytimes.com

Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the United States, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, weighed down by billions of dollars in debt, declining sales and more than a thousand federal, state and local lawsuits claiming it filled thousands of illegal prescriptions for painkillers.

 

[Chris]

Trump Gets Gag Order In Federal Election Case

Prosecutors argued the ex-president’s social media posts could influence witnesses and jurors in the case.

www.forbes.com

 

[Chris]

U.S. to settle lawsuit with migrant families separated under Trump, offering benefits and limiting separations

The agreement will offer social and legal benefits to separated migrant families, and limit when officials can separate children from their parents.

www.cbsnews.com

The Biden administration has agreed to offer migrant families separated under the Trump administration social and legal benefits while limiting the government's ability to carry out a similar policy in the future as part of an effort to settle a years-old court case.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Democrats and fixing Republican fuck ups, a classic

 

[Chris]

Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, study says, pointing to a potential cause for ‘brain fog’

Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, a new study says, pointing to a potential cause for “brain fog.”

www.statnews.com

 

[Comrade Khan]

Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, study says, pointing to a potential cause for ‘brain fog’

Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, a new study says, pointing to a potential cause for “brain fog.”

www.statnews.com

that's extremely interesting

 

[Comrade Khan]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hate-crime-illinois-hamas-israel-muslim-boy-killed-1.6997064

 

[Comrade Khan]

Biden Joins Trump's Truth Social Site 'Because We Thought It Would Be Very Funny'

The first post read, "Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!”

www.huffpost.com