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As Americans vote, exhausted and outmanned Ukrainian soldiers are holding defensive lines under constant Russian fire, knowing the results will dictate their future.
#Harris, who has decried President Vladimir #Putin’s “brutality,” would likely carry on President Joe #Biden’s policy of support.
#Trump has repeatedly taken issue with #US aid to #Ukraine, made vague vows to end the war and has praised #Putin.
https://apnews.com/article/election-ukraine-war-russia-harris-trump-b709d17bf1e81531853bd85fb8414ece
The trajectory of Ukraine's fight against Russia hangs on the outcome of the US election
The decisions of the next U.S. president will determine the trajectory of Ukraine's fight against Russia’s invasion.SAMYA KULLAB (AP News)
#Doonesbury: "What am I supposed to do about it, lock him up?"
OGODYES.
Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/10/27
After #Biden apologizes for Native boarding schools, #Oklahoma tribal leaders urge action
More than 417 schools were funded by the U.S. to assimilate Native American #children, according to a federal report under Biden and his Interior secretary, Deb Haaland. More schools — 87 — were located in Oklahoma than in any other state.
#usa #politics #history #torture #humanrights #crime #natives #apologize #government #news #education #school
After Biden apologizes for Native boarding schools, Oklahoma tribal leaders urge action
Native American leaders in Oklahoma applauded President Joe Biden's apology for Indigenous boarding schools, calling it an important step toward healing., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
#BREAKING #USPol #GeoPol #Ukrainekrieg
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...lag nach Einschätzung der [Geheim-]Dienste bei 50 zu 50👈. Im #WeißenHaus zogen die Mitarbeiter Vergleiche zur #Kubakrise von 1962", erzählt #BobWoodward."
"Zwischen #US-Präsident #Biden und seinen Militärs 👉gab es bereits Gespräche, wie ein solcher Krieg zu führen sei.👈 "Als ich bei meinen Recherchen davon erfuhr, war das einer dieser emotionalen Momente,..."
S&P 500 is up by more than half since #Biden took office. #Billionaires such as #SteveSchwarzman have doubled their net worth ($50bn in his case). Yet they're going for #Trump with eyes wide open. Edward Luce’s @FT column on "What Croesus wants from Trump".
https://archive.ph/2024.10.22-192444/https://www.ft.com/content/1698fc6f-fc2d-49d9-afd1-84b33367fc98
#Biden-#Harris administration inks deals to bring major relief to #ColoradoRiver’s biggest reservoir https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4901699-colorado-river-conservation-deals-lake-mead/ #USpol
"#LakeMead has been dwindling due to both overconsumption and #climate-fueled #drought... The administration and SW #Colorado River users have partnered on a large-scale #conservation effort... the agreements with #Arizona’s #GilaRiver Indian Community is expected to conserve about 73,000 acre-feet of water within the next decade."
👏🏼“Insurance should pay for over-the-counter birth control, #Biden White House proposes
The rule will also require that health plans cover all FDA-approved contraceptive drugs and some devices, including IUDs, without cost sharing in many cases.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/biden-white-house-proposes-insurance-cover-otc-birth-control-no-cost-rcna176368
Biden White House proposes insurance cover OTC birth control at no cost
The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would provide women with private insurance free access to over-the-counter birth control pills and other contraceptives.Reuters (NBC News)
Via Kyle Griffin:
Hundreds of veterans who were dismissed from the U.S. military under the now-repealed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy have been given honorable discharges.
Defense Sec'y Austin: "Under Pres #Biden's leadership, the Department of Defense has taken extraordinary steps to redress the harms done by 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and other policies on these former Service members." #LGBTQ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/dont-ask-dont-tell-honorable-discharge-pentagon-review-rcna175579
Hundreds get honorable discharges after Pentagon 'don't ask, don't tell' review
Hundreds of veterans who were dismissed from the U.S. military under the now-repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy have been given honorable discharges.Brooke Sopelsa (NBC News)
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Trump’s top general calls ex-president ‘#fascist to the core’
Mark Milley, the US Army general whoTrump appointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, now says the current #Republican presidential nominee is a “fascist to the core” and says no person has ever posed more of a danger to the United States than the man who served as the 45th President of the United States.
Milley, a decorated military officer who became a target for right-wing scorn after it became known that he expressed concerns over #Trump’s mental stability in the wake of his 2020 election loss to Joe #Biden
#ChristianNationalism
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fascist-general-woodward-book-b2627972.html
Trump’s top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’ and ‘most dangerous person to this country,’ new book says
General Mark Milley expressed his concerns about Trump to author Bob Woodward in March 2023Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)
Would Some Attorney, Law Professor or Judge please explain:
WHY HAS DOJ NOT ARRESTED OR OTHERWISE CHARGED DONALD J TRUMP WITH VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW
18 U.S. Code § 2383
There are copious audio and video recordings, witnesses, text and social media messages and mountains of other evidence linking Donald J Trump to a direct and provable violation of this Federal Law! leading up to and on January 6th 2021.
It provides fines and incarceration for up to 10 years and prohibits such person from ever holding any office under the United States!
Joe, Merrick ... what have you ignored for nearly 4 years that would have prevented this F***ING MESS?
#politics #uspolitics #law #doj #uspresident #biden #garland #lawrencetribe #judges #criminal #insurrection #congress #AssistantAttorneyGeneral #jacksmith
A majority of the justices seemed skeptical during oral argument on Tues of the position taken by gun owners, parts makers & #2A groups: that the govt exceeded its authority in 2022 when it imposed new rules for the weapons.
#law #GunControl #guns #GunViolence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-biden-rules/
Citing omelets and chili, justices seem likely to uphold ghost gun rules
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem skeptical the government overstepped in requiring serial numbers, sales records and background checks for ghost guns.Justin Jouvenal (The Washington Post)
Before his MAGA conversion, #JDVance indicated that #Biden won the 2020 election legitimately
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/kfile-vance-2020-election?cid=ios_app
THIS is what “pro life” looks like:
“A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, Joe #Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/biden-lead-pipes-drinking-water
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes
President to announce in Wisconsin EPA rule aimed at ensuring drinking water is safe for all AmericansGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
“‘That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!’ Biden declared privately about the Israeli prime minister to one of his associates in the spring of 2024 as Israel’s war in Gaza intensified”
And yet you arm Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people… What does that make you, Joe?
Via @aiefel
#israel #netanyahu #palestine #gaza #genocide #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #Biden #USA #america
President #Biden & lawmakers are advocating for #Congress’ return to Washington to provide more relief, especially w/Hurricane #Milton poised to cause massive damage.
#Hurricane Milton an 'extremely serious threat' as it moves toward #Florida.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/nx-s1-5145557/hurricane-milton-florida
Listen to Gideon Levy: Israel has not yet killed 90% of the indigenous population of #gaza like white settlers have in North America. But Israel has destroyed their society—its social fabric and humanity. People of #gaza will never be the same.
Levy is despondent that the overwhelming majority of his fellow country men support staving Gazan to death. #Biden administration and the corporate media are equally culpable of crime against humanity.
The Looming Catastrophe in the Middle East (w/ Gideon Levy) | The Chris Hedges Report
It has become quite rare to hear any meaningful accountability for Israel’s actions from Israeli citizens themselves.Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)
No, #Biden didn't take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but #Trump did.
"Even though Trump was once president, he still appears to have little clue about the appropriations process. What's even richer is that when he was president, he did exactly what he claims Biden did — take money from FEMA’s disaster fund to fund migrant programs at the southern border." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/no-biden-didnt-take-fema-relief-money-use-migrants-trump-did/
Analysis | No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did
Donald Trump falsely accuses President Joe Biden of redirecting disaster funds, a budget maneuver Trump himself approved in 2019.Washington Post
"response on #SocialMedia Thursday from President Joe #Biden ... “You can’t only help those in need if they voted for you.”...
Democratic California Gov. #GavinNewsom... calling the episode “a glimpse into the future if we elect” #Trump...
Harvey and Olivia Troye, a former Trump #WhiteHouse homeland #security adviser who backed up Harvey’s claim, say Trump ...is politicizing a #disaster that has killed more than 170 people in six states"
#GOP #Politics #Hurricane #Helene #USA #News #Climate
"In the aftermath of #Hurricane #Helene, #Trump has blasted the #Biden administration for its handling of the disaster...
But a review of Trump’s record... show that the former president was flagrantly #partisan at times in response to #disasters and on at least 3 occasions hesitated to give disaster aid to areas he considered #politically hostile or ordered special treatment for pro-Trump states"
https://www.eenews.net/articles/helene-isnt-the-first-time-trump-inserted-politics-into-a-natural-disaster/
#GOP #Corruption #TrumpLies #Politics #USPol #US #USPolitics #USA #News
Helene isn’t the first time Trump inserted politics into a natural disaster - E&E News by POLITICO
Former White House advisers said Trump hesitated as president to provide disaster aid to California because of the state's Democratic leanings.Scott Waldman, Thomas Frank (E&E News by POLITICO)
#law #USpol #StudentLoanForgiveness #StudentLoans #students #education #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Biden #StudentLoanForgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit
A federal judge will allow a temporary #RestrainingOrder that prevented President Joe Biden from discharging #StudentLoanDebt for more than 25M Americans to expire Thurs, clearing the way for the admin to move forward w/the plan.
#law #USpol #debt #students #education #loans #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/10/03/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-restraining-order-expires/
Biden student loan forgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit
A federal judge declined to extend a temporary restraining order halting the regulation, clearing the way for the Biden administration to move forward with the plan.Danielle Douglas-Gabriel (The Washington Post)
The ruling, issued late Wed by US Dist Judge J. Randal Hall in #Georgia, stems from a lawsuit filed in Sept by 7 #Republican-led states to stop the #Biden admin’s new #StudentLoanForgiveness rule. The
states — #Missouri, #Georgia, #Alabama, #Arkansas, #Florida, #NorthDakota & #Ohio — claim that the admin is exceeding its authority & illegally preparing to forgive #loans before the rule is even in effect.
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Via Kyle Griffin:
A federal judge will let expire the temporary restraining order against President #Biden's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan — a massive win for the administration.
The ruling, from a Bush 43 appointee, means Biden may move forward with the plan just weeks before the election. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/03/student-loan-forgiveness-plan-goes-ahead-biden.html
Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, federal judge rules
A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan.Annie Nova (CNBC)
“We’re going to show these greedy bastards you can’t survive without us!” Daggett shouted to cheers from the crowd in a speech filled w/profanities & warnings about the threats automation poses to workers.
[listen, if he actually were doing this for the #workers, fine. But he’s not. He just wants the country to blame #Biden & #Harris for a downturn in the economy so #Trump gets elected]
#Longshoremen #union #scam #economy #strongarm #MafiaState #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harold-daggett-ila-port-strike-leader-3fad74f7
…#TimWalz’s performance was not disastrous. Far from it. He seems to have come off just fine to viewers, per CBS’s post-debate poll, & he had several good moments. For instance, it was smart of him to ask #JDVance directly whether #Biden won the 2020 election, & to call Vance’s dodge a “damning non-answer.”
It was not exactly a masterful showing, though. #Walz seemed uncomfortable in the format compared to the smooth-talking #Vance, …& he often missed opportunities to call out Vance’s #lies….
In doing so, though, #JDVance said many misleading or totally untrue things [#lies], such as that #Trump saved #Obamacare, that #immigrants caused the US #housing crisis, & that Trump was merely peacefully discussing “problems” w/the 2020 election rather than blatantly trying to steal that election from the rightful winner, Joe #Biden.
Scored purely on affect & debating technique — w/o regard to factual accuracy — #JDVance did a bit better. He stuck to his 2-pronged strategy: 1st, to blame #KamalaHarris for everything voters don’t like that has happened under the #Biden admin; & 2nd, to put a reasonable-seeming face on #Trumpism.
#VPdebate #Election2024 #Vote
https://www.vox.com/politics/375299/vp-debate-vance-walz-winners-losers-analysis
3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate
Tuesday night’s Vance-Walz matchup was more civil and substantive than the Trump-Harris one — with enough for both sides to claim victory.Andrew Prokop (Vox)
#Trump deregulated short-term #insurance plans that left people vulnerable to thousands of dollars in #bills if they had a serious #medical emergency.
In 2016, when Trump was elected, the #ACA marketplaces covered 12.7 million people. In 2020, when he lost the election to Joe #Biden, they covered 11.4M. After 4 years of Biden, 21.4M Americans are getting their insurance through HealthCare.gov or one of its state counterparts.
“From the White House, Biden has dutifully performed various roles to prolong the suffering in Gaza and expand Israeli aggression into a greater Middle East war. These include the roles of frustrated ally to an unhinged maniac, dishonest statesman in ceasefire talks, and loyal arms supplier to a regime of war criminals.
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If Netanyahu is the monster in this ongoing nightmare, Biden is the mad scientist who keeps him alive.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/02/bidens-gaza-genocide-is-now-bidens-greater-middle-east-war/
#biden #genocideJoe #USA #israel #middleEast
Biden’s Gaza Genocide is Now Biden’s Greater Middle East War - CounterPunch.org
What began as a war of collective punishment following October 7, 2023 quickly exploded into a full-scale genocide against the people of Gaza.Brian Tierney (CounterPunch.org)
US White House press briefing:
"Obviously this is a significant escalation by Iran - we are now going to look at what the appropriate next steps are to secure first and foremost American interests and then to promote stability to the maximum extend possible as we go forward"
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
#HeritageFoundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
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The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential #Trump administration would want to purge.
#News #FOIA #Government #Project2025 #Climate #Vote #Gender #Biden
Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential Trump administration would want to purge.ProPublica
It’s pretty clear that the #Biden admin decided early on that the US’s primary interest was preventing this mess from escalating into a regional war and a lot of decisions that pissed a lot of people off flowed from that.
And yet here we are.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/30/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/
Live updates: Israel tells Washington it plans imminent ground operation in Lebanon, U.S. official says
On Monday, Israeli forces carried out limited raids in Lebanon, according to an Israeli familiar with the operation.Rachel Pannett (The Washington Post)
Hi Trump.
Via Ammar Moussa:
Thanks to President #Biden and VP #Harris border crossings are down for the third straight month.
Priscilla Alvarez:
New: In September, US Border Patrol recorded around 54,000 encounters along the US southern border, according to new federal data shared with CNN— marking the third month of decline since Biden's executive action went into effect. https://cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/migrant-crossing-numbers-drop/index.html