"I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza"

#EU #Pentagon #Military #War #NATO #Weapons #US #Hamas #Palestine #Israel #News #Gaza #Hezbollah #IDF #WestBank #ICC #WarCrimes #GOP #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Iran #Russia #Syria #CeaseFire

https://theconversation.com/ive-spent-decades-overseeing-relief-operations-around-the-world-and-heres-whats-going-wrong-in-gaza-229250

#Maddow nails it, as usual.

From the Republican perspective, this election is not actually about policy or governance. It's about the GOP's project to change the American form of government from democracy to autocracy.

https://youtube.com/shorts/rQUdyV3uxRE?si=yubPoh5p6pykNfZL

#BidenHarris2024 #democrats #Project2025 #democracy #autocracy

@DemocracyMattersALot
@DefendDemocracy
@uspolitics @geopolitics @politicalscience

Maddow: There is no governing talk happening in the GOP

Rachel Maddow on the reason nobody know what Trump's policy is on Gaza or contesting what Biden is doing on infrastructure.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.ms...

^YouTube

Earlier: From Joe Biden to Colin Allred, #Democrats are flip-flopping on an issue at the heart of the American experiment. Shouldn't we expect better from them? https://www.texasobserver.org/border-immigration-cowardice-democrats-biden-allred/

#border #news #politics #USpol #Biden #immigration #HumanRights #Texas

Borderline Cowardice: Democrats Flip-Flop on the American Dream (Again)

From Joe Biden to Colin Allred, election-season Dems take too lightly an issue at the heart of our national experiment: immigration.

^{Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)}

All intolerance is evil...

"#Antisemitism surging, report finds, prompting fear for future of ‘Jewish life’ in West
The US saw a 103% increase in incidents fueled by Gaza war, a global report for 2023 shows, while France stands out with near-quadrupling of cases"

#Democrats #GOP #Republicans #MAGA #US #Crisis #Unrest #Society #News #Palestine #Israel #Intolerance #Hatred

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-global-surge-of-antisemitism-france-stands-out-with-near-quadrupling-of-cases/

RS:
Former top prosecutor shows why Hope Hicks 'is such a devastating witness against Trump'

"Why Hicks is such a devastating witness against Trump," Weissmann wrote after the Friday hearing. "1. Hicks makes clear Trump knew of the Cohen payoff scheme to Daniels...

4. Hicks establishes that Trump knew that money was for Daniels' silence- not for the claimed legal fees for ongoing legal work by Cohen."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hope-hicks-devastating-weissmann/

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

Former top prosecutor shows why Hope Hicks 'is such a devastating witness against Trump'

Andrew Weissmann, the former top prosecutor on former special counsel Robert Mueller's team, explained on Friday why he thinks former Donald Trump aide Hope Hicks was such a "devastating" witness against the former president in his criminal case.

^{David McAfee (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

Axios:
Elon Musk to reinstate X account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes

Fuentes' X account was still suspended as of Friday morning.

Musk then posted ...
"This will probably cause us to lose a lot of advertisers and makes me sad..."
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/03/elon-musk-nick-fuentes-x-account

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #News #Elonmusk #Twitter #Twittermigration #birdsite

Raw Story:
'Trump did this': U.S. VP rages over Florida abortion ban

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday...

"Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state by state, on reproductive freedom. And understand who's to blame: former president Donald Trump did this," Harris said in a Jacksonville, Florida speech.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-did-this-u-s-vp-rages-over-florida-abortion-ban/

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

'Trump did this': U.S. VP rages over Florida abortion ban

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday as Democrats hammer the issue ahead of November's presidential election.

^{Agence France-Presse (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

If you want to really understand American politics in 2024, you won't find a better explanation than this 👇

#USpol #Democrats #Republicans
https://www.tiktok.com/@watchfulcoyote/video/7311503851977215274?lang=en

Glenn Kirschner:
If NY judge holds Trump in contempt, Trump will have VIOLATED release conditions in DC & GA cases!

“If judge Merchan finds that Trump violated the gag order and holds him in criminal contempt, Trump will have violated his conditions of release in his DC federal case, and Trump's pre-trial release should be revoked.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5_KNfvDVRk

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

If NY judge holds Trump in contempt, Trump will have VIOLATED release conditions in DC & GA cases!

Judge Merchan is about to decide if Donald Trump is guilty of criminal contempt for violating the court's gag order. Assuming he holds Trump in contempt, tha...

^YouTube

Raw Story:
Internet melts down as Trump identified as 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Arizona filing

Trump's own niece, Mary Trump, had this to say about the news from Arizona:

"Good. Now indict the unindicted."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-unindicted-arizona/

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

Internet melts down as Trump identified as 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Arizona filing

Social media exploded on Wednesday evening after a report that 11 individuals had been charged in connection with alleged 2020 election subversion in the state of Arizona.

^{David McAfee (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

“HAPPENING NOW: #Police are arresting hundreds of American Jews with [Jewish Voice for Peace and other Jewish advocacy groups] as they hold an emergency #Passover seder at [Senator Schumer’s] doorstep demanding the US stop arming and funding the Israeli government as it carries out a #genocide.” #protest #FreePalestine #NYC #Democrats #Israel

https://x.com/jvplive/status/1782932433962144049?s=46&t=521hINbbUzSBIUxrCF_rbg

Raw Story:
Las Vegas casino unions preparing to take on Trump again

Now ahead of November's election, the Culinary Union, which represents 60,000 mainly Las Vegas-based hotel and casino workers, is preparing to mobilize its formidable network against Donald Trump for a third time.
https://www.rawstory.com/las-vegas-casino-unions-preparing-to-take-on-trump-again-2667834296/

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

Las Vegas casino unions preparing to take on Trump again

It is the Democrats' not-so-secret weapon in Nevada -- a vast army of maids, cooks and bartenders that helped deliver this razor-tight swing state for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020.

^{Agence France-Presse (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

The House has passed $60.8 billion in aid to #Ukraine!

All #Democrats voted for the bill.

More than half of #Republicans voted against it, because they support #Putin.

House #Democrats rescue Mike Johnson to save $95bn aid bill for #Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Republican House speaker now set to push forward legislation, which had stalled in the House amid protest from rightwing GOP
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/19/house-democrats-mike-johnson-foreign-aid

House Democrats rescue Mike Johnson to save $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}