Think about what it means to order the killing of your own soldiers in order to prevent them from becoming part of a prisoner exchange.
It means that Israeli officials consider it a higher priority to keep detaining Palestinian men, women, and children without charge than to release some in exchange for those soldiers.
That logic is so obviously inhumane that Israel officially ended the Hannibal Directive policy on paper, yet obviously kept it in practice, because we now have many different reports of it being implemented on October 7. And we also know that the bombing campaign was organized through 2023 and 2024 in a way that many Israeli officials understood to be highly likely to kill captives Israelis in Gaza, as +972 has exposed.
Diane Abbott was asked if she thinks Andy Burnham will take the Labour Party back to the left.
Personally, I think he will—a little bit—but only enough to win back the people who care more about the frequency of buses than they do about genocide.
It won’t change much.
🚨 BREAKING: Rough sleeping will be decriminalised tomorrow as the Government repeals the 1824 Vagrancy Act
It means police won’t be able to move on homeless people sleeping or begging on the streets
Casar is currently directing the CPC as its leader to endorse every AIPAC member facing a challenge. I fully understand the dynamics of not endorsing a challenger like AOC is doing, but Casar is not doing that. He's endorsing people like DeGette and Espaillat.
AOC is allowing Ro Khanna to rise in the left-populist faction by deciding to give up to the establishment at every turn. You are a DSA member, he isn’t. He’s taking credit for DSA wins as a capitalist. Do better.
Gracie Abrams says on Popcast that the nepo baby discourse surrounding her is appropriate:
“The nepo stuff is obviously in the discourse appropriately. I think about the privilege there, and it’s like, I had a safety net, and that allowed me the ability to experiment and to concentrate and I had the gift of time to dedicate to doing this thing I loved. I wasn’t growing up afraid financially, and that’s the biggest deal.”
Hasan Piker confirms he will fly to Denver again Tuesday to canvass for Melat Kiros, CO-01 DSA candidate
Her opponent, Rep Diana DeGette, has received over $1,500,000 from an AIPAC shell corporation since last week
The Colorado primary election is June 30th, in 4 days