Новости за 17.11.2023

Public support for Israel’s military barrage of the Gaza Strip is crumbling. The vast majority of Americans believe that their country should support a cease-fire in the escalating conflict, which so far has killed more than 12,000 Palestinians—more than half of them women and children—and 1,200 Israelis.

A group of pro-Palestine protesters entered the New York headquarters of Fox News’s parent company on Friday, accusing the network of covering up “genocide.”

Donald Trump was back to attacking New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron’s law clerk just hours after an appellate court suspended the gag order in his New York bank fraud trial.

I’m as amused as the next person by the antics of George Santos, though it’s nice to see that when the House returns from its Thanksgiving break, his colleagues will vote to toss him out. Don’t confuse his possible ouster as an act of bravery on the part of Republicans—Santos is a severe liability in a key swing district that they’d love to hold onto next November, and that is the only reason they might vote to expel him. He will leave behind an entertaining legacy, I’ll give him that. Now I know what OnlyFans is, so that’s something. Читать дальше...

A Palestinian student advocacy group is taking to the legal system to fight back against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s efforts to kick them off student campuses.

The Tennessee city of Murfreesboro has revoked its ban on public homosexuality, but the rules it still has in place continue to unfairly target LGBTQ people.

Looking at the promoted advertising for Zion Oil & Gas that has popped up on social media feeds in recent weeks, you might think the company was like any other firm drilling for oil in the Middle East. Click an image of a wellhead set against a facsimile of the Israeli flag, and you’ll arrive at the Zion website, with an offer to invest in “Israel’s Economic and Political Independence.” For $250 you’ll receive that amount of ZOG stock—publicly traded on OTCQX, a market for securities not listed... Читать дальше...

If the stock market chose presidents, Joe Biden would be a shoo-in for reelection in 2024. The market rallied this month amid growing optimism about the economy, with the S&P 500 zooming 1.9 percent Tuesday on news that the Consumer Price Index rose only 3.2 percent in October (compared to 3.7 percent in September). Stocks rallied again Wednesday on news that the Producer Price Index fell 0.5 percent. Commentators are no longer debating whether the economy will experience a “soft landing” (i.e.... Читать дальше...

On November 9, The New Republic published an open letter signed by two dozen DSA members announcing their resignation from the organization. DSA’s Ashik Siddique asked us for space for a reply, which we’ve published below.

The continuing resolution to keep the government funded through early next year includes an extension of the farm bill, a massive package of legislation that governs key agriculture and nutrition programs. The farm bill, which is approved roughly every five years, was extended at current levels through the end of September next year.

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, the definition of obstruction is knowing exactly how to fix a problem and pursuing everything but the obvious solution. The U.N. Environment Program’s attempts to negotiate a global plastic treaty is suffering from both of these afflictions at once.

Donald Trump’s revenge spree against his former fixer Michael Cohen continued last month with a formal demand for Cohen to turn over all his personal devices.