I think the ratio is up to 43 now, actually.

Well, that ceasefire didn’t last long. Or is the Israeli government going to claim that West Bank isn’t Gaza, so the ceasefire doesn’t apply to them? Despite them repeatedly claiming in the past that any incidents in West Bank counted as a Hamas violation of ceasefires.

And Israel bombed Kamal Adwan Hospital again last night, murdering five of the hospital workers there.

Both leaders lack the spine to stand up to Trump. Its kind of pathetic.

I wonder if they got angry that the Israeli government is trying to silence their journalism, which is just making them double down on getting these stories out there.

Full access version: https://archive.is/kEcgp#selection-767.0-780.0

https://archive.is/rEy4b

Easy to get around.

And, unsurprisingly, the way they’re going to define the above “support of terrorism” will almost certainly include “criticized the Israeli government’s actions in any way”.

The issue is they aren’t going to stop with their plan. Whatever rights they can remove and also reinforce their own political position and wealth, they will do. And if things get far enough in their larger plan, there won’t be the option or ability to fight back, either democratically or otherwise.

The only real hope I see is if they try to go too far too quickly and people realize that if they don’t make a proper stand, then they’ll lose everything.

I mean, it makes sense. A lot of these retailers have their operations based in places that should be legitimately terrible for producing their specific products. Faking it is all they have.

As an American, I agree. Hopefully the Republicans try to go off the rails enough that the public finally gets convinced that the only way to deal with these maniacs is their own language - violence.

What a POS Vance is.

Unfortunately, they’re instead deciding to double down in every way possible.

I’m posting this one rather than the Washington Post article directly because that one’s behind a paywall. There’s still a link to it in this article if you do have personal access.

Any article posted that is in any way negative on Harris, even if something she legitimately did wrong, gets massively downvoted in this federation. Kind of echo chambery, I guess.

Read the article. He’s been doing things recently. It’s clearly all just a show, but it could have an impact on voting results.

Oh, Trump’s stance on such subjects is utter trash. But the fact that he’s actually trying to make the appearance of support is going to matter in Michigan if Harris doesn’t do the same. That sort of ground game matters, especially to low-information voters that aren’t actively engaged in everything going on elsewhere in politics.

Not even a real bet to make. I mean: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2024/09/09/how-the-sound-of-freedom-captivated-trump-s-conspiracy-fueled-base_6725321_183.html

That’s a really bizarre claim to make without any stated evidence. How would you even know that without having been in there yet? I presume this, much like ever other claim by the IDF (especially when they put out one of their terribly animated propaganda videos alongside it) that this claim is to give an excuse for future war crimes against the hospital?

There is one news piece I found from Australian media: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/oxfam-demands-gaza-aid-workers-killing-inquiry-as-doctors-decry-collective-punishment/0q8gtobjn

But, yeah, the lack of news coverage is surprising. But maybe because it’s Sunday? I’m willing to give until tomorrow to see if the coverage happens then.