Analysis: Billionaire election spending: Charles Koch & his Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC spent over $150 million this election cycle, three times as much as in 2020. Two thirds of the Koch PAC's funding this cycle went on helping Republicans hold control of the U.S. House & retake a majority in the Senate, #Koch #AFP #USPol #Oligarchy #USElection .
Report: "Israeli legislator Ofer Cassif banned for speaking against slaughter in Gaza" “I will never stay silent on war crimes, famine & the slaughter in Gaza,” said Cassif “Those who chant their support for genocide..are considered heroes, while those who fight for justice & peace are persecuted as ‘traitors'". “I am proud to be among those who are persecuted by this bloody evil government." #KnessetBansCassif #israeliCensorship #GazaGenocide .. image
Interview: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur: Israel has rendered Gaza unfit for human life. Albanese has called on the UN General Assembly to consider suspending Israel as a UN member state. Albanese's latest report https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/a79384-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-palestinian #UN #SuspendIsrael #GazaGenocide #EthnicCleansing .
Analysis: "Israel has already annexed territory in Gaza & plans to acquire more" ~Itay Epshtain Israel has already annexed the so-called "Netzarim Territory'”, 56 squ km of Gaza’s occupied territory & plans to annex territories in North Gaza & Rafah. "2.2 m Palestinians are interned in Khan Younis & Al Bureij." Israel's use of armed force against territorial integrity should be sent to the ICC, said Epshtain. #GazaAnnexation #IsraeliWarCrimes #USPol #US-Israel . image
Report: German parliament passes a resolution that includes banning public funding for any group “that calls into question Israel’s right to exist or calls for a boycott of Israel”. 100 Jewish artists & intellectuals living in Germany said the resolution would “weaken, rather than strengthen, the diversity of Jewish life in Germany by associating all Jews with the actions of the Israeli government”. #Censorship #Israel #BDS #FakeAntisemitism . image
Analysis: In the 1980s, Reagan & "supply-side economists launched the first salvos in what would become the great fucking-over of the American middle & working classes." From 2018, when Trump tax cuts took effect, to April 1 of this year, the nation’s 806 billionaires saw a 57% gain in their collective wealth". #Trump #Oligarchy #WealthInequality #USPol #Austerity #Reagan #Neoliberalism ..
Analysis: Why is Germany working so hard to ensure no one speaks against Israel’s conduct in Gaza? The answer lies in Germany’s history – but not its attempts to atone for the Nazi Holocaust.... #Germany #USPol #GazaGenocide #NATO #PostWW2Germany . image
Report: The UN says nearly 70 percent of verified deaths in Gaza are women & children. Overall, 44 percent of the victims were children. UNRWA reports that an average of 67 children are killed every day in Gaza. "The UN’s breakdown of the victims’ ages & genders backs the Palestinian assertion that women & children represent a large portion of those killed..." #GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #UN #UNRWA #USPol #IsraelTargetsChildren . image
Analysis: "How John Roberts Brought Back Donald Trump: The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, & ran interference". "Why Americans chose a demagogue to helm their democracy may be partially explained by the fact that, in many ways, the US isn’t a democracy any longer—and in many ways, that’s thanks to the Roberts court." #USPol #USElection #SCOTUS #Trump #JohnRoberts #Oligarchy .
Report: German parliament passes a resolution that includes banning public funding for any group “that calls into question Israel’s right to exist or calls for a boycott of Israel”. 100 Jewish artists & intellectuals living in Germany said the resolution would “weaken, rather than strengthen, the diversity of Jewish life in Germany by associating all Jews with the actions of the Israeli government”. #Censorship #Israel #BDS #FakeAntisemitism . image