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Today I received an email from the lobbying firm J Street, which said in part: AS HUMANITARIAN PAUSE NEARS END, US MUST DEMAND CHANGE IN ISRAELI TACTICS. I normally support the work of J Street. Typically their positions are more level headed and...
by hammerinhank
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 05:03 PM PST
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Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's son says when VP Biden said Never Again at dad's death, he meant it This is a testament to the character and integrity of President Joe Biden. Willie Giest (whom I view as a real and serious journalist and respect) said, " Elisha I want to begin with you as we just heard the words of your father. Speak, if you would,...
by Dem
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 11:32 AM PDT
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CUI BONO? American officials say they have multiple strands of intelligence — including infrared satellite data — indicating that the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was caused by an armed Palestinian group. The intelligence includes...
by vjr7121
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on Wed Oct 18, 2023 at 02:40 PM PDT
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As a convinced Quaker (as opposed to birthright Quaker,) I have often been asked, “Well, if someone punched you in the face, you wouldn’t fight back?” The Peace Testimony of the Society of Friends (Quakers) is not about that situation but what came...
by KatPez
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on Mon Oct 16, 2023 at 06:38 AM PDT
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Alright, I think we all agree that Hamas executed a heinous terrorist attack and reveled in killing civilians, and most of us are appropriately disgusted by that. But then, sorting through implications past and future, and hearing my rabbi quote from...
by KKwriter
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on Sun Oct 15, 2023 at 06:51 AM PDT
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Photo source An Israeli research fellow, in a column published today in an Israeli newspaper under the headline “Hamas's horrific massacres smash Israel's longtime faulty strategy - opinion,” says the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists on...
by cfordlaw
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on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 01:11 PM PDT
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Photo source In a post yesterday LaFeminista characterized the Israeli Defense forces’ (IDF) response to Hamas’s cowardly and barbaric Oct. 7 attack on Israeli soil on Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday dedicated to joyously celebrating the completion of...
by cfordlaw
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on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 11:56 AM PDT
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Hamas has declared today to be a global day of jihad against all Jews. This is not a specific threat but it is a credible one. While Hamas itself may not strike here, the threat for us is some lone wolf who decides to make this his day of glory....
by westladem
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on Fri Oct 13, 2023 at 05:30 AM PDT
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I have written many times that being the leader of the Free World is not an entry level position! There will ALWAYS be some crisis that the president must manage well ! In addition to Donald Trump's fascism, dishonesty, lack of character, lack of...
by Dem
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on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 05:58 AM PDT
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I was late for work that morning. I clean houses. I was on my way to the home of an older, Jewish couple, who took their time in the mornings, so I didn’t need to be there until ten. But I did need to be there by ten, and find a parking place, which...
by MeJean
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on Mon Sep 11, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Brazil’s ultra-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, recently banned by a Brazilian elections court from running for elected office until 2030, “still faces other investigations that could put him behind bars” even if election-court matter did not...
by cfordlaw
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on Wed Jul 05, 2023 at 11:19 AM PDT
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The so-called “Freedom Caucus,” that group of supposedly ideologically committed, failed seditionists that command a sizable portion of the House Republican majority, are throwing a hissy fit right now. They’re piqued at the deal struck by their...
by Dartagnan
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on Tue May 30, 2023 at 05:38 PM PDT
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Yesterday ‘Civil War’ was trending on Elon Musk’s Twitter, now an on-line sewer that Right Wing extremists use as their playground. Then today I see racist extremists were planning attacks on electrical substations in the Baltimore area. Their ultimate...
by Lefty Coaster
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on Mon Feb 06, 2023 at 11:10 AM PST
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The horrific and gutless attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul is a chilling reminder of how our politics has been churning toward violence as a means to an end. Fueled by lies, conspiracy theories, and unfounded fears, ignited by the...
by RickElia
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 05:51 AM PDT
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Republicans in Congress knew they needed pardons from #FailedCoupGuy for their failed coup. Talk about starting the hearing with some real fireworks. We have been saying it since Jan. 6, now we find out they knew they violated the law. This will...
by jqjacobs
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on Thu Jun 09, 2022 at 06:16 PM PDT
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I imagine at least some Republicans don’t like being called the party of white nationalists and domestic terrorists. If that’s the case, they should probably stop acting like they are. This week the House of Representatives, in the wake of the Buffalo...
by RickElia
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on Sat May 21, 2022 at 05:31 AM PDT
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From Newsweek Who Are the Wagner Group? Putin's Private Army Fighting In Ukraine The Wagner Group—an elite paramilitary force that has been linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin —is now ...
by LaFeminista
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on Mon Apr 04, 2022 at 10:10 AM PDT
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The“Freedom Convoy”, a collection of long haul trucks, pickup trucks RVs and cars is on it’s way to Washington. expected to arrive there on Friday. The Canadian convoyers, most of whom were not truckers, many of whom were right wing extremists, made...
by LadyJeand
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on Mon Feb 28, 2022 at 06:09 PM PST
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Who is she representing?
by Charles Mann
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on Tue Dec 07, 2021 at 09:48 AM PST
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We are increasingly a nation at the mercy of the few. Minority rule has been crafted by those whose will to power knows no bounds. They have lied, cheated, gerrymandered, bribed and tricked their way into every conceivable board and political position...
by Il Pippistrello
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on Sat Oct 02, 2021 at 01:57 PM PDT
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