Common Dreams:
" 'It's a simple question,' the reporter asked. 'Are they under occupation?' Yesterday in a shocking exchange at the State Department, the spokesman for Biden’s foreign policy team refused to describe Palestinians in Jenin and other areas of the West Bank as living under military occupation by Israel.
In the wake of an Israeli military raid that killed ten Palestinians in Jenin, Vedant Patel of the State Department was repeatedly asked if they were occupied, and evaded the question. ...
So Secretary of State Antony Blinken is about to fly out to meet with Israeli leaders, and the Biden administration appears to be adopting Trump’s reflexively pro-Israel policies in yet another area. In addition to not reversing the formal recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and accepting the recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, Biden is now emulating Trump’s acceptance of the occupation (as in Trump’s declaration that the settlements are not illegal)."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/state-dept-occupied-palestinians
-->The US State Department is completely in bed with the occupation and annexation of Palestine land. The NYT never printed this story, because it too supports Apartheid Israel no matter how brutal and racist it gets.
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Common Dreams:
"I awoke on December 13th to news about what could be the most significant scientific breakthrough since the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first Covid vaccine for emergency use two years ago. This time, however, the achievement had nothing to do with that ongoing public health crisis. Instead, as the New York Times and CNN alerted me that morning, at stake was a new technology that could potentially solve the worst dilemma humanity faces: climate change and the desperate overheating of our planet. ...
'This is such a wonderful example of a possibility realized, a scientific milestone achieved, and a road ahead to the possibilities for clean energy,' exclaimed White House science adviser Arati Prabhakar. ...
'The reality is that fusion energy will not be viable at scale anytime within the next decade, a time frame over which carbon emissions must be reduced by 50% to avoid catastrophic warming of more than 1.5°C,' says climate expert Michael Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania. 'That task will only be achievable through the scaling up of existing clean energy — renewable sources such as wind and solar — along with energy storage capability and efficiency and conservation measures.' ”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/will-nuclear-fusion-save-us
-->Another quick fix that isn't. How our major media loves hyping technology as our savior from a burned up planet. But like the promise of nuclear energy, it is mostly smoke and mirrors.
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In These Times:
"What the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party Has Planned Next. Rather than taking a back seat, progressives are using their expanded ranks to flex their muscle in Congress—and transform the Democratic Party. ...
While Republicans now control the U.S. House, which stifles prospects for any major Democratic legislation over the next two years, progressives are not slowing their efforts to transform U.S. politics. Both in Congress and through internal Democratic Party decision-making, progressives are building on lessons learned during the first years of the Biden administration to grow their power. This effort includes using their expanding congressional ranks to push progressive policy and when necessary challenge Democratic Party leadership, build progressive majorities in state level parties and change internal rules to ban dark money in primaries.
The most dramatic changes in progressive party reform over the past year can be seen in the growth of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). After the November 2022 midterms, the caucus now claims an all-time high of 103 members, nearly half of all House Democrats."
https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-progressives-dnc-biden-jayapal-cpc
-->The NYT and much of mainstream media try to avoid stories that involve the progressive revolt against the corporate controlled Democrats. Bernie Sanders type reforms are sometimes mocked, but mostly just avoided by the corporate controlled major media. What progressive revolution?
" 'It's a simple question,' the reporter asked. 'Are they under occupation?' Yesterday in a shocking exchange at the State Department, the spokesman for Biden’s foreign policy team refused to describe Palestinians in Jenin and other areas of the West Bank as living under military occupation by Israel.
In the wake of an Israeli military raid that killed ten Palestinians in Jenin, Vedant Patel of the State Department was repeatedly asked if they were occupied, and evaded the question. ...
So Secretary of State Antony Blinken is about to fly out to meet with Israeli leaders, and the Biden administration appears to be adopting Trump’s reflexively pro-Israel policies in yet another area. In addition to not reversing the formal recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and accepting the recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, Biden is now emulating Trump’s acceptance of the occupation (as in Trump’s declaration that the settlements are not illegal)."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/state-dept-occupied-palestinians
-->The US State Department is completely in bed with the occupation and annexation of Palestine land. The NYT never printed this story, because it too supports Apartheid Israel no matter how brutal and racist it gets.
=====
Common Dreams:
"I awoke on December 13th to news about what could be the most significant scientific breakthrough since the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first Covid vaccine for emergency use two years ago. This time, however, the achievement had nothing to do with that ongoing public health crisis. Instead, as the New York Times and CNN alerted me that morning, at stake was a new technology that could potentially solve the worst dilemma humanity faces: climate change and the desperate overheating of our planet. ...
'This is such a wonderful example of a possibility realized, a scientific milestone achieved, and a road ahead to the possibilities for clean energy,' exclaimed White House science adviser Arati Prabhakar. ...
'The reality is that fusion energy will not be viable at scale anytime within the next decade, a time frame over which carbon emissions must be reduced by 50% to avoid catastrophic warming of more than 1.5°C,' says climate expert Michael Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania. 'That task will only be achievable through the scaling up of existing clean energy — renewable sources such as wind and solar — along with energy storage capability and efficiency and conservation measures.' ”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/will-nuclear-fusion-save-us
-->Another quick fix that isn't. How our major media loves hyping technology as our savior from a burned up planet. But like the promise of nuclear energy, it is mostly smoke and mirrors.
=====
In These Times:
"What the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party Has Planned Next. Rather than taking a back seat, progressives are using their expanded ranks to flex their muscle in Congress—and transform the Democratic Party. ...
While Republicans now control the U.S. House, which stifles prospects for any major Democratic legislation over the next two years, progressives are not slowing their efforts to transform U.S. politics. Both in Congress and through internal Democratic Party decision-making, progressives are building on lessons learned during the first years of the Biden administration to grow their power. This effort includes using their expanding congressional ranks to push progressive policy and when necessary challenge Democratic Party leadership, build progressive majorities in state level parties and change internal rules to ban dark money in primaries.
The most dramatic changes in progressive party reform over the past year can be seen in the growth of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). After the November 2022 midterms, the caucus now claims an all-time high of 103 members, nearly half of all House Democrats."
https://inthesetimes.com/article/democrats-progressives-dnc-biden-jayapal-cpc
-->The NYT and much of mainstream media try to avoid stories that involve the progressive revolt against the corporate controlled Democrats. Bernie Sanders type reforms are sometimes mocked, but mostly just avoided by the corporate controlled major media. What progressive revolution?
