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“#Biden suggested that the two candidates could pick some dates, taking a dig at Trump’s ongoing New York hush money trial by noting that the Republican is “free on Wednesdays,” the usual day off in the trial” #Trump #debates
https://apnews.com/article/6b1d1dbb2ed61c7637041b23662d7da8
Biden challenges Trump to two debates but won't participate in nonpartisan commission debates
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September, but there are no guarantees they'll happen as their camps are far apart on key details.JOSH BOAK (AP News)
Don’t worry, dead Palestinian kids, this is the good guy.
https://apnews.com/article/us-israel-arms-gaza-ebe971ca8878ff430ce6458c04151585
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #UnitedStates #USA #Biden #JoeBiden #TheGoodGuyTM #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide
Israel-Hamas war: Biden is sending $1 billion in new weapons package to Israel, aides say
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel.SEUNG MIN KIM (AP News)
US slaps steep tariffs on China
New tariffs on Beijing are aimed at countering risks to US economic security posed by “unfair Chinese practices,” the White House saysRT
Via Bill Pascrell,:
“Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn't find it. There's nobody like that. The look, the brain, the whole thing” —donald trump 4/11/2023
Reporter: #Trump says #China has been eating our lunch. What’s your response?
#Biden: He’s been feeding them a long time
So all those of you protesters refusing to vote for Biden I hope you realize this is your future with a Trump presidency:👇
" Trump Wants to Deport Pro-Palestine Protesters—and GOP Lawmakers Are Filing Bills to Make It Happen"
"....comments come amid Republican-led efforts to brand ** all anti-war protesters *** as supporters of terrorism and a continued push to criminalize protest."
#News #Protests #Biden #Trump #Gaza
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/trump-protesters-gop-marco-rubio-palestine-college-deport/
Trump wants to deport pro-Palestine protesters—and lawmakers are filing bills to make it happen
Republicans continue their push to punish dissent.Mother Jones
Too much criticism of #Biden's #EV #tariffs ignoring basic facts about #China & #BYD
A reminder about why #Chinese #electric vehicles are so cheap - more than mere "innovation"
- non-existent labor protections, & no real labor unions in Chinese factories = cheap workforce (unlike unionized Detroit)
- minimal lacking sourcing standards for raw materials = widespread supply chain #humanrights & #environmental abuses
- massive subsidies & domestic market protectionism
The report also noted that “#Israel has not shared complete information to verify” whether #US #weapons have been used in specific incidents alleged to have involved #HumanRights #law violations.
Nevertheless, the report, mandated by President #Biden, deems that assurances Israel provided in March that it would use #US arms consistent w/ #InternationalLaw are “credible & reliable” & thus allow the continued flow of #UnitedStates #military aid.
The #Biden admin has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that #Israel’s military campaign in #Gaza has violated #InternationalLaw, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of #military aid, #State Dept told #Congress Fri.
#LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #HumanRights #Law #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Security
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah/biden-israel-us-weapons-gaza?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Many responses to this focus on Trump promising much worse but it just strikes me as incoherent.
Yes, #Biden made a small, late contribution to the moral panic but the crackdowns are coming from college administrators buckling under pressure from GOP demagogues in Congress and are carried out by local cops. #gazaprotests
#Biden crackdown on #PowerPlants expected to speed shift away from coal https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4625164-biden-power-plants-crackdown-coal-renewables/
"experts say that instead of trying to meet these requirements, more #coal plants may just retire — and some power companies may opt to invest in #renewables... the rule could increase the amount of coal power that comes offline between 2028 and 2035 by nearly 25%"
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #USpol #Climate #FossilFuels
“[If we cannot invade #Rafah] how exactly are we supposed to achieve our goals?”
You don’t.
Damn, isn’t life disappointing?
Turns out if murdering children is a means to your end, you just can’t fucking do it. Wild.
#Israel #Hamas #Gaza #uspol #politics #uspolitics #Biden
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli officials criticise ‘very disappointing’ threat from Joe Biden to stop arms supplies
Gilad Erdan says move by Joe Biden stems from political pressure after campus protests and with US election coming soonHelen Livingstone (The Guardian)
President #Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt shipments of American weapons to #Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in #Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/politics/joe-biden-interview-cnntv?cid=ios_app
“For Biden, the only good Jews are Zionists – those who support Israel and its settler colonial project. But what about the rest of us? We Jews who reject a conflation of Judaism and Zionism? We Jews who say never again and mean never again for everyone? We Jews who are calling for a free Palestine and an end to Israel’s occupation?”
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/dont-be-fooled-biden-is-the-real-antisemite/
#Biden #USA #UnitedStates #antisemitism #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide
Don’t be fooled - Biden is the real antisemite
Don’t be fooled by Joe Biden’s recent speech on antisemitism. Biden doesn’t care about Jews unless they share his support for Zionism. The rest of us are enemies of the state.Maura Finkelstein (Mondoweiss)
US reveals it paused shipment of #bombs for #Israel over #Rafah concerns
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68974624
The delayed arms #shipment comes as US President Joe #Biden faces mounting domestic pressure - from Democratic lawmakers and some parts of the US public - to rein in Israeli operations in #Gaza amid rising civilian deaths and a worsening humanitarian situation.
#war #politics #warfare #weapons #military #humanRights #usa #diplomacy #collateraldamage #news
US reveals it paused shipment of bombs for Israel over Rafah concerns
A bomb shipment was halted last week over concerns Israel was going ahead with a Rafah offensive.By Jaroslav Lukiv, Chris Partridge & Tom Bateman in Washington (BBC News)
Inside the #WhiteHouse Scramble to Broker a Deal in #Gaza
The flurry of actions underscores how fluid the situation in the region is as #POTUS #Biden & his team try to ultimately end the #war that has devastated Gaza.
Over the course of a few hours, the news from the #MiddleEast came into the WH Situation Room fast & furious.
#Israel #Hamas #Palestinians #civilians #Rafah #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/politics/biden-cease-fire-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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)
Biden once recalled walking with law school classmates to the Varsity Pizza Shop when they spotted antiwar student protesters hanging out of windows after taking over an administrative building. “We looked up and said, ‘Look at those assholes,’” Biden later wrote. “That’s how far apart from the antiwar movement I was.”
Original (paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/05/biden-vietnam-protest-serve-visit/
He’s always been on the wrong side of history, why change now?
Here’s what we are reading today:
#Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in 2025 to retake territory, US National Security adviser said.
This statement is the clearest indication of what the #WhiteHouse believes the war in Ukraine could look like if #Biden remained president.
https://www.ft.com/content/6fd11006-01db-4548-96d6-76343f38aea8
Jake Sullivan says US military aid will help Ukraine mount counteroffensive in 2025
National security adviser says supplies and weapons approved by Congress could help stop Russian gainsFinancial Times
Keep it up!!
Biden admin puts hold on US ammunition shipment to Israel: report
The Biden administration last week halted a shipment of US-made ammo that was slated to go to Israel — a decision that reportedly sent members of the Israeli government into a tizzy as they tried to figure out why the delivery has been withheld.
The move marks the first time since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 terrorist attack that the United States has hit the brakes on a weapons shipment to its longtime Middle East ally, according to Axios, which learned of the decision from two Israeli officials.
#Politics #News #Biden #Israel #Gaza #FreePalestine
Biden administration puts hold on US ammunition shipment to Israel: report
The Biden administration last week halted a shipment of US-made ammo that was slated to go to Israel — a decision that reportedly sent members of the Israeli government into a tizzy as they tried t…Steve Janoski (New York Post)
#Biden has halted two arms shipments to #Israel.
"It is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military."
I would hope those on the left recognize this as a tangible improvement in US policy in the region. We can certainly want more and think this is not enough while also recognizing the progress (much of which is likely stemming from the recent pushback and protests).
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold
So what is peaceful protest, you senile zionist fuck? Sitting at home reading a fucking book? The protests were peaceful until your pigs decided to riot. How about you stop funding and arming a fucking genocide and then talk about what’s peaceful or not, you hypocritical, genocidal jackass.
#ucla #studentProtests #Biden #UnitedStates #USA #zionism #Israel #Palestine #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide (2/2)
Biden Won't Call the National Guard on Campus Protests
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-wont-call-the-national-guard-on-campus-protests
I can’t get over #Trump saying watching students & police clash
“WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO WATCH”
Yesterday Trump said talking about the #protests:
"[#Biden] said he ran because of #Charlottesville.… Well, if the people that know Charlottesville, when you extend that statement, it’s a big hoax. Charlottesville is peanuts compared to what you’re looking at now."
#WhiteChristianNationalism #Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #FreedomOfAssembly #FirstAmendment #law #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
#POTUS #Biden is set to give a speech on May 7 at a ceremony commemorating the Holocaust.
#DouglasEmhoff, husband of VP #KamalaHarris, said at an event in New York on Wednesday that, "We’re in favor of the right to #protest. But when that crosses into #violence — when that crosse into calls for genocide, calls for Jews to be murdered, that’s completely unacceptable & must be stopped.”
#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #FreedomOfAssembly #FirstAmendment #law
#Biden’s stance is more nuanced, more difficult to explain to a mass audience. He supports #peaceful #protests consistent w/ the #FirstAmendment, but not #demonstrations that result in vandalism, trespassing & other #crimes.
Like the #protesters, Biden believes that #Israel has inflicted too much carnage in #Gaza. Unlike some of them, he defends Israel’s sovereignty & recoils at the notion of Jews losing a homeland.
A #Biden adviser said: "Donald #Trump has repeatedly fanned the flames & encouraged #CivilInrest as a political strategy, & it has repeatedly failed to be effective."
The campus #protests pose a dilemma for Biden as the pace of the general election campaign quickens. Trump’s stance is simple enough for a bumper sticker: “People have to respect #law & order in this country,” he wrote in a post on Tues.
[unless they’re his supporters aiding his #coup, beating police, & looking to hang his VP]
Speaking at a campaign event in #Wisconsin on Wed, #Trump derided the #protesters as “raging lunatics & Hamas sympathizers," & called on #Biden to “speak out” — accusing him of being “definitely against #Israel.”
Trump also took aim at #Columbia’s president, Minouche Shafik….
“The person that heads it up — a woman — she waited so long. She was so weak. She was so afraid. She was so bad.”
#misogyny #MaleSupremacy #Gaza #Palestinians #FreedomOfAssembly #FirstAmendment #law
For now, #Biden is taking a hands-off posture toward the unrest & has no plans to step up his involvement in escalating clashes between #police & #protesters, WH & campaign advisers said, even as #Trump looks to capitalize on the issue.
Biden's view is that it’s up to #university ldrs to decide how to cope w/campus #demonstrations….
#FreedomOfAssembly #FirstAmendment
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tries-paint-college-campus-anti-israel-protests-biden-political-rcna150253
Trump tries to paint college campus anti-Israel protests as a Biden political liability
Joe Biden’s advisers believe that tensions over U.S. support for Israel in the war in Gaza spreading through college campuses will soon flame out.Peter Nicholas (NBC News)
The #Oct7 attack on south #Israel by #Hamas militants from #Gaza & the ensuing IDF offensive on the #Palestinian enclave have unleashed the biggest outpouring of US student activism since anti-racism protests in 2020.
"Your towns & villages will now be accepting people from Gaza & various other places," #Trump said, referring to media reports of plans by the admin of #POTUS Joe #Biden …to accept some Gaza #refugees.…
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/palestinian-refugees-us-gaza-white-house/
White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees
The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians fleeing war-torn Gaza to the U.S. as refugees, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)
Yeah, I mean who hasn’t funded a little genocide every now and then? Especially when it’s Brown folks on the other side of the world getting slaughtered in the tens of thousands, amirite?
#Biden #USA #UnitedStates #genocide #israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #studentProtests #policeBrutality https://crooklyn.social/@Karoli/112366865759011297
Karoli :cldude: (@Karoli@crooklyn.social)
Biden isn’t bad at all. He’s quite good. You’d just never know it from the reporting. https://mastodon.social/@rmblaber1956/112364526320796899Crooklyn
