Is the right to free speech real in a world in which there are so many disincentives for using it?
Destroying Democracy to Save It
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The Colorado Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump’s name removed from the ballot in that state on the ground that he is an insurrectionist, who tried to subvert electoral democracy, under the meaning of the 14th Amendment. 13 other states may follow suit.
Gaza Land Acknowledgement
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Following the doctrine that it is easier to beg forgiveness than to obtain permission, Israel is engaged in the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip, with a view toward annexing it. It’s not hard to imagine that, sooner rather than later, beach resorts will replace the 2.3 million Palestinians who have been killed or driven out of their homeland.
Remember: He’s the Liberal
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No president or politician is perfect. But it’s especially dispiriting to see President Joe Biden actively cheerleading the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. Tens of thousands of civilians have been gratuitously killed in what he himself describes as indiscriminate bombing, yet he continues to defy Congress in order to send more weapons of death to Netanyahu’s barbaric regime.
Muslim Ban: Choose One
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The swing state of Michigan will be in play next year, and many analysts predict that the Muslim diaspora in that state could prove pivotal. But which major candidate can they vote for? Donald Trump wears his Islamophobia on his sleeve with his repeated calls to limit Muslims from traveling to the US, as well as his loudly-declared support for Israel. Joe Biden, however, looks even worse as he declares “I am a Zionist” even after Israel wantonly slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent people in Gaza while barely giving Hamas a scratch. Choose your poison!
Let’s Form a Committee to Consider the Possibility of Actually Impeaching Biden
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Whatever its merits, slow-walking a vote to take the temperature of GOP House members relative to an inquiry as a prequel to a possible actual impeachment is not an approach likely to result in the kind of dramatic moments that came out of the Watergate hearings.
The Sane One
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Nikki Haley contrasts herself with frontrunner Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary contest by claiming to be a realist, especially on foreign policy. But her own candidacy is based on a series of fantasies.
Linguistic Ethnic Cleansing
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Supporters of Israel claim that, before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, there was never a nation called Palestine or people called Palestinians. While the second statement is untrue, one wonders, even if this were true, how would that justify the colonial takeover and displacement of the people who lived there before?
What About the Other 434?
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The House of Representatives voted to expel George Santos, Republican of New York, following a report by the Ethics Committee that found he had committed crimes. Many of the Congressmen who voted in favor were little better than he was.
Some Help with Our Ethnic Cleansing, Please
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One of the more tone-deaf talking points of Israel and its supporters is to accuse neighboring Arab states of being cruel to the Palestinians because they refuse to accept them as refugees. Setting aside the fact that countries like Egypt and Jordan already have millions of Palestinian exiles from previous wars, Israel is tacitly admitting that they are trying to impose ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. Like Germany before World War II, which demanded that other countries accept Jews, Israel wants to turn Arab states into collaborators.
