French journalist Marine Vlahovic was found dead in her home in Marseille while working on a documentary covering Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Incoming Rep. Don Leonard says top House Democrats have threatened to “make [his] life a living hell” and cost him re-election if he continues attaching conditions to his support for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker.
His conditions: 1) a vote on an amendment to end Citizens United and 2) “end U.S. support for the war in Iran and the country, Israel, that led us into it.”
He says Jeffries is refusing to meet with him and the threats are like something “out of a movie.”
"He Needs To Recall Ambassador Huckabee & His Entire Team & FIRE THEM!"
Former Counterterrorism Chief Joe Kent Calls On President Trump To Replace The U.S. Ambassador To Israel With An America First Patriot That Will Restrain Israeli Influence On Our Government!
🔥 JON STEWART ON @SenSchumer: “Someone has to meet this moment… you need to do is remove that system of seniority from Democratic politics. It’s a bullshit system and it needs to go. Schumer fought tooth and nail against half of these fucking people.”
Democrats will win big tonight then give their own voters the middle finger by appointing Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker and Chuck Schumer as Leader, and nothing will fundamentally change. This is how the duopoly works, which is why we need to topple the system.
When Democrats take power again, we need to take a two-pronged approach to cleaning up our institutions and communicating about it. This will rely on investigations, single-issue bills, and an aggressive social media presence from our strongest Democratic communicators.
First, Democrats need to launch investigations into the insider trading, pay-for-play, and pardon economy that Donald Trump has created. We need answers to some very serious questions. Did Trump ACTUALLY remove tariffs on Vietnam and then get a golf course announcement just weeks later?
But these investigations can't happen in isolation. They need to be paired with single-issue bill after single-issue bill that directly addresses whatever corruption is being uncovered.
For example, if Democrats uncover 28,000 insider trades coming from the oval office, we introduce a bill banning executive branch officials from trading individual stocks. Force Republicans to vote on it. If they vote against it, make them explain why.
Then, it's necessary to have our strongest communicators flooding the zone about the corruption, and what we're doing. Flipping Steve Bannon's strategy back on him.
Imagine if we had Jon Ossoff, AOC, James Talarico, Abdul El-Sayed, and our strongest Democratic communicators making face-to-camera videos every single day explaining exactly what's happening. "Here's the corruption we're investigating. Here's the evidence. Here's how we're going to stop it."
I think this is how you connect the dots in voters' minds between the way they vote and having a responsive government that's actually trying to address corruption and rewire the system.
Then we move to gerrymandering, affordability, paid family leave, and other reforms. Single-issue bill after single-issue bill, forcing Republicans to take public positions on these issues while Democrats communicate directly with the American people.
I know this might sound idealistic, but we already have the tools at our disposal. I see people like Talarico, AOC, and Ossoff pulling insane numbers on social media. There's no reason that same infrastructure can't be used to explain congressional investigations, proposed legislation, and exactly what Democrats are doing with the power voters gave them.
How many excuses are you prepared to tolerate from Democratic leadership?
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are already making excuses and it hasn’t even been 12 hours since the election!
Dear @RepJeffries,
You can’t build an affordable America without accountability. If you won’t hold ICE, DHS, and this administration accountable for their atrocities, get out of the way of those who will.
Sincerely,
The American people
Sorry, but as a Black man who understands our responsibility as descendants of enslaved Africans in America
I must RIGOROUSLY and FEVERISHLY OPPOSE a Black Zionist being elevated to Speaker of the House
We simply cannot afford a Black person with that much power supporting Genocide directly or tacitly
the SOUL OF BLACK FOLK is on the line and we are being weighed against the Arc of the Moral Universe.
No on Hakeem Jeffries.
Hard to watch Americans elect authentic, uncompromised, charismatic younger Dems all over the country… and then have @SenSchumer & @RepJeffries immediately step out as the front men — who are really none of those things.
Jeffries and Schumer should not be leaders the democrats are looking up to, unless they want some 'very strongly worded letters.'
Put someone in charge that is going to do the people's bidding, not some centrist moderate who wants to play nice with a cult that ruined the USA.