Unbelievable pile of crap : US President Joe #Biden: #Gaza and the #WestBank should be reunited under one governance structure and ultimately under the leadership of the Palestinian Authority
Were the fuck can Palestinians in west bank live? Through Israeli checkpoints, apartheid wall, under daily attack by Jewish #Taliban settlers and humiliated by #IDF protecting the criminals? Where was he when Israel killed American citizen and Al Jazeera reporter? Where was he when Netanyahu keep expanding illegal settlements and destroyed homes, farms and schools of palestinians in occupied West Bank since the day he got into power?
It's so sickening to read such drivel every time Israel bombs and kills Palestinians and they fight back.
Specially coming from the disgusting hypocrite worse than #Trump Biden who has done nothing to stop the fascist coalition government of #Netanyahu Ben-Gvir in the past 3 years and now suddenly thinks he can sell the snake oil of 2 state solution under unelected and corrupt PA and their gang of criminals?
Some US senators claim that they need 60 votes to overturn the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision which reversed Roe. They don’t. They can do it with a simple majority.
None of the justices who voted to overturn Roe got 60 votes in their confirmation hearings when they were appointed to the court.
If you add up all of the confirmation votes by senators for justices who favored keeping Roe, it totals more votes than those from senators who voted for justices who opposed Roe.
Right now, there are 55 senators who claim to be pro-choice. They could overturn the SCOTUS decision today if they wanted to.
NEWS FLASH: They don’t want to overturn the SCOTUS decision and make abortion legal.
They are lying to you.
Senators voting for SCOTUS nominee at confirmation:
Votes for justices who support Roe
87
78
68
63
total = 296
Votes for justices who oppose Roe
52
58
54
50
52
total = 266
If it's true that NZ is one of the least corrupt countries in the world., I shudder to think how corrupt other countries must be...
"The idea was hatched by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) as a so-called "lighthouse" project in 2020-21 after Internal Affairs asked it to come up with some special work for Microsoft."
Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi wasn't happy after watching Republicans grill FBI director Christopher Wray in the House Wednesday. While Democrats questioned Wray for ignoring warnings about Jan. 6, Republicans sought answers to a slew of conspiracy theories and culture war grievances that go a...
I think that the worst and most dangerous misconception #people have about #fascism is that it's this sort of turbocharged "Beast Mode" that #countries can go into to increase their production, win wars, and make the trains run on time, and that the primary objections to it centre on whether the "obvious" increase in efficiency that fascism offers is worth the loss of #freedom and lives. But in reality #fascist regimes like to put up a façade of strength and efficiency, even as they practice #corruption on a scale unimaginable in #democracies and even as the public interest is hollowed out by parasitical #opportunists. There is no trade-off; fascism is a #grift all the way down.
Since we now know Alito was flying his flag upside down at the time, let’s review one of the plans the coup plotters had involving him.
This interview by criminal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day.
Crimal defendant Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give #scotus#Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn’t anticipate Speaker Pelosi reconvening Congress.
Les propos de Sarkozy sur la Russie et l'Ukraine dans Le Figaro choquent, y compris à droite. Son ancien conseiller Jérôme Poirot rappelle qu'en 2018, l'ex-président a été payé 300.000 euros pour chanter les louanges de Poutine, comme le révélait Médiapart. Ça pique... #Sarkozy#Politique#Poutine#Russie#Ukraine#Gouvernement#Corruption
Thankfully there are more MOC calling for Menendez's resignation: Sens. Baldwin, Welch, Brown & Tester: A throwback to an age when our corrupt pols were old-school crooks, & rather stupid -no seven-levels of separation influence-peddling, no elaborate shell-cos. or conspiracies. Menendez's house: full of gold bars, envelopes stuffed with cash ($480K) & new Mercedes & a slightly modern twist: DNA linking this to the guys who paid cash for their own US Senator. #Corruptionhttps://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/cassidy-and-the-guys?r=2k4r8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Article- Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised the possibility that Congress should consider subpoenaing Chief Justice John Roberts if he stands by his refusal to testify about ethical questions hanging over the high court....
Jay Kuo comments on Mitt Romeny's new "burn book," written by McKay Coppins, an excerpt of which just appeared in the Atlantic:
"Now that he has nothing to lose, along with a conscience and record he apparently wants to clear, Romney’s accounts of the GOP behind the scenes, and of the party he once led but now literally fears, are a gripping read, and ultimately very unsettling."
Harlan Crow didn’t only give hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Supreme Court Justice… he also gave over $450,000 to Republicans sitting on the Judiciary Committee that oversees the courts.
Of course they don’t want to subpoena Harlan Crow.
Congress has repeatedly failed to execute on their primary purpose in our government, to REPRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
This Congress... the last Congress... the Congress before that.... All marching to the drumbeat of corporate donors and narrow special interests that the people as a whole do not support.
The citizens of the United States need a way to break through the massive barrier Congress has erected to prevent the will of the people, to ignore their responsibility to fairly represent their constituents, all while promoting the will of megadonors and PACs.
Our country desperately needs a Citizen's Initiative Process, similar to that which exists in many of our United States. We need the ability to get laws passed or overturned without being subject to Congressional Malpractice.
Congress has ignored the will of the people as a whole, for far far too long.
Yeah... it will take a Constitutional Amendment to make it possible. ITS TIME.
"[SCOTUS] will prematurely hear a completely frivolous claim that if sustained, would allow any POTUS to commit crimes with almost unbridled immunity. This will delay his federal 1/6 trial indefinitely. A political and traitorous decision from a totally discredited SCOTUS."
The trial on charges that Donald Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House was scheduled to start May 20.
"Moderna is quadrupling the cost of covid vaccines, from $26/dose to $110-130. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel calls the price hike "consistent with the value" of the mRNA vaccines. Moderna's manufacturing costs are $2.85/dose, for a 4,460% markup on every dose...
What will Moderna do with the billions it reaps through price-gouging? It won't be research. To date, the company has spent >20% of its covid windfall profits on stock buybacks and dividends, manipulating its stock price, with more to come...
It's not an outlier. Big Pharma is a machine for commercializing publicly funded research and then laundering the profits with financial engineering. The largest pharma companies each spend more on stock buybacks than research."
Nessel's media advisory provided no further details of what the charges would be or specifically who will be the subject of the allegations. #Nessel has already charged #Chatfield's top 2 advisors from his term as speaker in the #corruption probe.
"The display we saw yesterday was a vivid illustration of how the Court has gone thoroughly rogue, cutting itself off from even the appearances of the processes that give it legitimacy. That is the core of the current Court’s corruption."
"Now it turns out that a flag representing the idea that the 2020 election was stolen, that the people should engage in armed revolution against tyranny, and that the United States should be a nation based in Christian theology has been flying over the home of Justice Alito, who is supposed to be defending the United States Constitution impartially."
Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power....
Ex-FBI official says GOP is telling agents: 'If you investigate our party, you are going to pay the price' (www.rawstory.com)
Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi wasn't happy after watching Republicans grill FBI director Christopher Wray in the House Wednesday. While Democrats questioned Wray for ignoring warnings about Jan. 6, Republicans sought answers to a slew of conspiracy theories and culture war grievances that go a...
AOC urges Congress to consider 'subpoenas' if Chief Justice Roberts won't testify about SCOTUS gift scandal (www.businessinsider.com)
Article- Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised the possibility that Congress should consider subpoenaing Chief Justice John Roberts if he stands by his refusal to testify about ethical questions hanging over the high court....
Trump classified documents trial in Florida postponed indefinitely (www.cnbc.com)
The trial on charges that Donald Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House was scheduled to start May 20.