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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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“This is the great drama of the Democratic Party. They are the party of the one percent. They are also the party of expropriating the one percent.”
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 26, 2020
As David Shor has pointed out, it is in fact that donor class that is pulling the party left... https://t.co/GO09noybyW
The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024
Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019
Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023
Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds
Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.
Actions to take:
- Avoid the area;
- Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
- Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
- If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023
A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.
All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO
BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W
Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023
[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]
You don’t get it.
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.
Imperialism for me but not for thee?
It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.
Could we have a war in South America?!?
"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy
The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.
McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”
Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf
By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down
"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023
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Comments
by artappraiser on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 12:45pm
Liked Caldwell's piece a lot, as I did 2 of Shor's. Now i get to figger out where I'm missing the conflicts in their assessments.
I did like the perception of Biden as a "do nothing McClellan" who will eventually need to do something, but not as quick as people think. Along with that brief note:
which should but won't stun people who think there was only 1 single issue at play.
Tom Sawyer, er Steyer - where have I heard that name... He blew his cred as a donor who made things happen to an overentitped candidate with not enough ideas, charisma and name recognition.
The description of South Carolina's non-urban landscape is nice and germane.
The description of the economy a nd the other factors that would have given Trump an easy win if not for Covid is frightening. Even more frightening is the little good Trump did responding to Covid (or intentional malpractice), yet it *also* was almost enough.
We dodged not a bullet, but an atom bomb or at least a messy shrapnelled-up IED. If this was a cinema, I'd be looking at my watch to see if the horror movie tails out here, or is just winding up for the even scarier part II. But we don't have that info. I'm going with the "just gear the economy to spread money out to lots and lots of voters", a bitcoin chicken in every pot. It's like the ugly joke, "i carefully evaluated all the job candidates, and hired the one with the biggest tits". Yet here, it's largely "the one who gives me the biggest kickback". With the caveat "but doesn't give me the clap". Seems politics is pretty simple after all.
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 1:46pm
I was especially entranced by the David Shor piece from mid-July "David Shor’s Unified Theory of American Politics", hadnt' seen it before.It's real long but lots of secret campaign operative truths were told in there that were born out in November. I feel almost as if it's a waste of time to discuss anything related with anyone who hasn't read it with care first. For example, stuff like this excerpt about reality that counters a lot of the crap one ends up wasting time reading and debating, you start here instead or fuggedaboutit. This is global:
by artappraiser on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 11:46pm
The last sentences in the above excerpt starts another one of many really trenchant points made. That basically explains many things--that while you need a moderate to win the presidency, Congress can end up swinging back and forth more radically in mid-terms.
And in sections before that excerpt, why Obama-to-Trump and Romney-to-Clinton voters are the important ones that you spend the most money and time on and forget the rest. They're not partisans, that's rare and valuable.
by artappraiser on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 11:54pm
also LOVE this, it's so true simply because so few pay attention to what's going on in their statehouses but they are actually doing most of the stuff that affects daily lives the most:
by artappraiser on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 11:57pm
Now, class - apply that lesson.
Why do people at state level approve of and tolerate DeSantis, who's presided over horrid levels of Covid breakout while claiming it'd be done by Memorial Day?
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5fc04d82c5b68ca87f82d5b8
I'm afraid i was goofing off rolling a speed in the back row, so so still don't quite understand.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 2:01am
Trump appealed to a conglomerate of people who were kept out or living in the past - Democrats largely are made up of various people who see the future coming and have differing ideas about how to deal with it. (Hillary and her team were also living in the past but that's a side note.)
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/08/toward-the-next-frontier-the-case-for-a-new-liberal-nationalism/
by Orion on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 3:24pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 11:58pm