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Too male, too pale, and too stale!
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 294 Comments • 6 Likes • last year
“It started with the chants: “Biden, Biden, you can’t hide! We charge you with genocide!” “Hey hey! Ho ho! Genocide Joe has got to go!””
Good morning:It was a busy Monday. Let us begin with the big guy being maliciously prosecuted. Yesterday we had the openly biased judge in the NYC case say that he was not there to hear what the defendant had to say. We had the very unusual practice of a DA attending a court case on a daily...
Obama's claim we're all 'complicit' in Israel-Hamas war sparks outrage online: 'He is complicit'
Via: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 79 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“"If you want to solve the problem, then you have to take in the whole truth," Obama said. "And you then have to admit nobody’s hands are clean,...”
Former President Obama’s insistence that "all of us are complicit to some degree" in the Israel-Hamas conflict sparked by the Palestinian terrorist group's brutal rampage last month did not go over well on social media. In an interview with alumni of his administration on Pod Save America, Obama...
House passes energy plan
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 87 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
““This is the first step in getting our appropriations done,” Johnson said shortly after passage. “Yesterday, I promised we were going to get back...”
The House on Thursday passed an energy and water funding bill — the first under its new Speaker — with big cuts for renewables and home electrification rebates.The bill, which passed 210-199 is the second piece of legislation to pass since Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) took the gavel. It is not...
Israel Agrees to U.S. Request to Delay Invasion of Gaza
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 37 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“U.S. troops have already come under rocket and drone attack from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, and in the Red Sea, the USS Carney...”
Israel has agreed, for now, to a request from the U.S. to delay its expected ground invasion of Gaza so the Pentagon can place air defenses in the region to protect U.S. troops, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the Israeli planning. The Pentagon is rushing to deploy nearly a...
Order Restored
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 140 Comments • 6 Likes • last year
“"We're going to dispense with all the usual ceremonies and celebrations that traditionally follow a new speakership because we have no time for...”
Link to Quote: Mike Johnson elected House speaker with unanimous GOP support, ending weeks of chaos (cbsnews.com)Last night Republican House members finally united to elect a Speaker. He is not widely known. His name is Mike Johnson (R) Louisiana. The fact that he is not well known may have...
US Senate committee advances nomination of Jack Lew for ambassador to Israel | Reuters
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday backed President Joe Biden's nomination of former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to be...”