Analysis: Trump: "You know, Gaza’s a phenomenal location. On the sea. The best weather. You know everything is good. It’s like, some beautiful things could be done with it". Trump says he's "not confident” in the ceasefire deal... then gives a sales pitch for Gaza's real estate. "Gaza is like a massive demolition site... it's really gotta be rebuilt in a different way."
The National
Trump says he is ‘not confident’ over Gaza ceasefire | The National
US President says enclave looks like ‘massive demolition site’ that has to be rebuilt ‘in a different way’
 No doubt Jared & Steve are on the case.
Al Jazeera
Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s man at the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks?
The real estate magnate and Trump golf partner is said to have played a key role in the deal.
 #Gaza #Trump #USPol #Witkoff .
Interview: "Trump Grants Clemency to 1,500+ Jan. 6 Insurrectionists" "Trump granted full, complete & unconditional presidential pardons for about 1,500 people" involved in the Jan 6 riots... & "commuted the sentences of 14 members of the Proud Boys & Oath Keepers." Jeff Sharlet describes Trump's overtures to "white supremacists & antisemites" during his first day in office.
Democracy Now!
Trump Grants Clemency to 1,500+ Jan. 6 Insurrectionists; Elon Musk Is Accused of Giving Nazi Salute
President Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the nation’s 47th president. The inauguration took place inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, the same ...
 #Trump #Musk #Jan6 #TrumpPardons #Insurrection #WhiteSupremacy .
Interview: “Profoundly Dangerous”: Public Citizen Sues Trump over Legality of DOGE There are already "four lawsuits over the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE", the govt advisory committee headed by Musk. Watchdog Public Citizen says "DOGE fails to comply with laws on the composition & reporting duties of such bodies." It's an unprecedented "convergence of corporate & government power". ~Robert Weissman
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“Profoundly Dangerous”: Trump Sued over Legality of Elon Musk-Led DOGE
The Trump administration is facing four lawsuits over the formation of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a new government...
 #Trump #Musk #DOGE #USPol .
Interview: Citizens United "Helped Musk & Other Billionaires Bankroll Trump Victory" The SCOTUS "Citizens United ruling opened the floodgates for corporations & billionaires to pour unlimited money into elections." Trump's donors, incl Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Tim Cook & Sundar Pichai have a collective net worth of more than $1 Trillion. Both Democrats & Republicans have embraced these megadonors, but Trump is a new level.
Democracy Now!
Citizens United Helped Elon Musk & Other Billionaires Bankroll Trump Victory
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House comes almost exactly 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Citizens United...
 #Oligarchy #Trump #CitizensUnited #USPol .
Interview: Big Tech’s drift to the right Silicon Valley billionaires have formed “a symbiotic relationship” with Trump, showering him "with money & adulation in exchange for friendly policies". While "Silicon Valley has always had reactionary currents", Biden's stricter regulation of the industry sent it into "a wholehearted embrace of Trump" with hopes of deregulation. ~Becca Lewis, researcher
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Tech’s Rightward Drift: How Trump Captured Silicon Valley
Many Silicon Valley companies and their billionaire owners have formed “a symbiotic relationship” with Donald Trump, showering the president an...
 #Broligarchy #Trump #USPol #SiliconValley #Deregulation .
Interview: Naomi Klein "The end of the bombs does not mean the end of the genocide, unfortunately. "Gaza is a crime scene. "I don't think we've really understood what the Nazis were originally. We in Europe & in North America treated them as a rupture, instead of as a continuation of the ideologies of settler colonialism."
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‘The Exceptions Have Become the Rule.’ Naomi Klein on Trump, Gaza and the End of the ‘Liberal Order’
Award-winning author and journalist Naomi Klein speaks to Democracy in Exile.
 #NaomiKlein #Trump #USPol #Fascism #Racism #GazaGenocideNotWar .
Analysis: "Israeli settlers have been allowed, over multiple straight days, to torch villages throughout the West Bank & the military has now launched an all-out operation in Jenin. "Jenin now faces being “Gazafied” by the Israeli military, “complete with airstrikes & destruction of infrastructure”. Dozens of masked Israeli settlers torched vehicles while “a clearly visible” Israeli police car stood nearby.
Al Jazeera
Updates: Israel’s deadly West Bank attack mirrors military action in Gaza
Israel deploys more troops and launches drone strikes on the occupied West Bank as it refocuses its war on Palestine.
 #WestBank #EthnicCleansing #USEnablement #Trump .
On top of the full-scale attacks on Jenin camp, with at least 10 dead & 40 injured, the Israeli military is now ordering the forced displacement of residents. As Francesca Albanese warned, the West Bank is becoming Gaza 2.0. Report: "The Israeli military’s ongoing raid in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, where 2,000 families are already displaced, has rendered it nearly uninhabitable”.
Al Jazeera
Updates: Israel’s deadly West Bank attack mirrors military action in Gaza
Israel deploys more troops and launches drone strikes on the occupied West Bank as it refocuses its war on Palestine.
 #Jenin #ForcedDisplacement #WestBankAnnexation #US #Trump . ...2 image
Analysis: Trump: "You know, Gaza’s a phenomenal location. On the sea. The best weather. You know everything is good. It’s like, some beautiful things could be done with it". Trump says he's "not confident” in the ceasefire deal... then gives a sales pitch for Gaza's real estate. "Gaza is like a massive demolition site... it's really gotta be rebuilt in a different way."
The National
Trump says he is ‘not confident’ over Gaza ceasefire | The National
US President says enclave looks like ‘massive demolition site’ that has to be rebuilt ‘in a different way’
 No doubt Jared & Steve are on the case.
Al Jazeera
Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s man at the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks?
The real estate magnate and Trump golf partner is said to have played a key role in the deal.
 #Gaza #Trump #USPol #Witkoff .
Analysis: "Musk gave a Nazi salute during Trump’s inauguration" “What would it mean to truly admit that we have a Nazi sympathizer as president? That our precious democracy might just be this close to loving fascists & loving cruelty & genocide.” By pardoning the Jan6 rioters, incl fmr Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio (serving 22 yrs), Trump is saying, "If you're my violent mob, I got your back. There's no penalty for violence against my enemies."
‘Free Rein for Violence’: Mehdi and Guests React to Trump Pardoning Jan. 6 Rioters
Panelists also discuss Trump’s billionaire oligarchy, Elon Musk’s 'Nazi' salute, and Trump’s slew of executive orders.
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