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Post. “The dam is cracking,” wrote Abier Khatib of the Open Society Foundation. Objectively, the violence during Operation Protective Edge — the 2014 Israeli assault on Gaza — was far worse. Even as Israeli forces broke the newly adopted ceasefire just hours after they signed it, storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque again on Friday, the casualties are nothing like those of seven years ago, when well over two thousand Palestinians were killed. Yet in 2014, the reaction from the American political...

Republicans lose patience with Arizona election audit The Hill. The audit, ordered by a state Senate majority that has bought into former President Trump’s big lie about the results of the election he lost handily, is on hold until Monday. It has already dragged on well past the estimated time auditors said it would take to recount the county’s ballots. …. Even one of the Republicans who initially backed the audit has now changed his mind. In an interview Thursday, just blocks from the co...

“The John Lewis bill, what it does is it says the Voting Rights Act that [Supreme Court Chief Justice] John Roberts struck down will be put back into place, but it will take months to years to put it back in,” Grim said. “What that means is it does nothing about the gerrymandering efforts that will happen this cycle, and it does nothing about the voter suppression bills that have been passed in Georgia, Arizona, and the ones being contemplated across the country.” Still, Grim said, Manc...

IDF Strikes Alleged Hamas Outpost, Journalists Claim They Are the Real Target—and Victims A ball of fire erupts from the Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, on May 15, 2021. - Israeli air strikes pounded the Gaza Strip, killing 10 members of an extended family and demolishing a key media building, while Palestinian militants launched rockets in return amid violence in the West Bank. Israels air force targeted the...

Ryan Grim, The Intercepts Washington, D.C., bureau chief, said on Thursday that insurance companies are lobbying against the PRO Act because they rely on independent contractors as a source of cheaper labor. The PRO Act, formally known as the Protect the Right to Organize Act, is a sweeping pro-union bill that would give independent workers the right to unionize. The House passed the legislation in March. “You talk to anybody whos actually been an insurance agent and their business model r...

, Atlanta, GA It’s more than just the name that attracts attention; the food at this Atlanta fast-food concept is equally headline-grabbing. Opt for the Chik’N Head which offers a sweet and savory sandwich experience—the housemade crispy plant-based chicken is tossed in a spicy buffalo sauce, cooled down with a slather of vegan ranch and coleslaw, balanced with a bit of acid from a few pickles, and held between two slightly sweet and fluffy Hawaiian buns. As with all of its sandwiches, th...

Call it ‘enforcement fatigue’: Restaurant workers are tired of fighting unruly customers Boston Globe. If we cared as much about mask discipline as we did about broken tail-lights and speed limits, “essential workers” — remember them? — wouldn;t be doing the enforcement. The police would. ============================== 3 words – eating while black. Of course, all the white people abused by the police would scarcely be reported because there is a narrative about how things are to ...

April 27, 2021 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses supporters during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, 2020. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/Getty Images) While running for Congress in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was fond of saying “Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.” It was the sounding note of her two-minute, campaign-defining ad, produced for $10,000 by democratic socialists in Detroit. By “a woman like me,” Ocasio-Cortez me...

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Re...

Joe Biden admin under fire for not releasing surplus COVID-19 vaccines to India Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi urged the Biden administration to release doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to countries currently experiencing the deadly surge in COVID-19 cases. PTI | April 25, 2021 | Updated 12:09 IST Fauci serves as a medical advisor to US President Joe Biden The Biden administration has come under criticism from several quarters, including from members and supporters of the Demo...