Another setback for the most insufferable lawmaker.
Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is a target of racism by the insufferable white nationalist, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Greene taking a page from Washed Up 45 and Israel refers human beings as vermin, scum and animals. Her district in Northwest Georgia is no where close to the U.S.-Mexican border. Her concerns about terrorism doesn't include white supremacy.
Her beef with President Joe Biden is basically a hodge podge of nonsense she watched on the fucking internet.
Greene spends about 15% of her time in the district. She is either hiding in Washington, DC, spending time at Washed Up 45 rallies, doing podcasts, doing appearances on Fox, Real America's Voice, Right Side Broadcasting, InfoWars or Newsmax, sleeping around with Brian Glenn or other men and trolling on social media.
Greene is the most worthless lawmaker in Congress.
She even thinks she's tough posing with a firearm. In fact, the 5'1" lawmaker is a blonde walking, talking piece of shit.
She so insufferable, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) almost got into physical confrontations with her. Mind you, they are insufferable too.
Darrell Issa Virginia Foxx Ken Buck Cliff Bentz Mike Turner Patrick McHenry Tom McClintock John Duarte https://t.co/gaVdB243fa
Mr. Nobody, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) allowed her to push this.
Greene includes a single article that accuses Mayorkas of engaging "in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with the laws" of the United States.
Lawmakers were supposed to vote on a Democratic-led motion to table, or kill, the resolution. But Democrats instead brought a motion to refer the resolution to the Homeland Security Committee, making it easier for them to gain the support of moderate Republicans. Still, the referral has a similar effect.
Partisan games affect governance.
The House voted 209-201 in favor of sending the resolution to the committee, with eight Republicans voting with all Democrats.
"I cannot believe this. I'm outraged," Greene told reporters after the vote, adding that she may reintroduce the measure.
Eight Republicans killing the effort included Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), John Duarte (R-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), and Mike Turner (R-OH).
Buck is feuding with Greene. He is retiring. His district is considered a potential Democratic pickup.
Turner and Issa are best buddies. Turner had slept with Issa's former girlfriend who later became his second wife whom he since divorced. Turner is a possible vulnerable lawmaker. Issa is the creator of Viper Car Alarms. He came out of retirement to run for a district once held by his former ally Duncan Hunter, Jr.
Foxx is a white nationalist who told a Black reporter to shut up when she called out Johnson for his support to throw out the 2020 presidential election.
McHenry was the interim House Speaker. He is relentlessly mocked for being short like Greene. He infamously slammed the gavel when ally, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted.
Most of the lawmakers who voted against it were from California, a state that sits on the U.S.-Mexican border. Something must be right for them to support not impeaching Mayorkas.
If he was impeached, the Senate would have to remove him which will be unlikely.
Underneath the social media lies the Israeli troll farm. The purpose is to spread propaganda and further divide American sentiment on the conflict.
They claimed that Hamas wants to kill as many Jews as possible.
They claim that Hamas has underground tunnels under schools, hospitals and refugee camps.
They claim that Hamas was planning on building a dirty bomb.
They claim that Hamas are using civilians as human shields.
They claim that Hamas is ISIS.
They claimed that Hamas had a copy of Mein Kampf inside a base in a children's bedroom.
They claimed that Hamas was beheading 40 babies.
They claimed that Hamas misfired a rocket at a hospital.
They claimed that Hamas wants a regional war.
They claimed that Hamas had top secret plans to attack the U.S. and Great Britain.
They claimed that Hamas has a calendar that showed the shifts of who was watching the hostages.
Propagandist Daniel Hagari takes Western journalists to areas he claims were Hamas based. Journalists are not allowed to leave his site.
They claim that those opposed to the military response are rooting for the terrorists.
They claim that those who want a ceasefire are willing to allow Hamas regroup and strike.
They claim that the world hates them and they are the last beacon of freedom.
And for years, I was told that our alliegence to Israel was mutually beneficial to the United States. America's interests included Israel.
Special footage from the Rantisi hospital in Gaza - on the basement floor, a room was found with signs indicating hostages were held there, underground headquarters and a room full of weapons inside the hospital: pic.twitter.com/pDsyA1mT6T
— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) November 13, 2023
Following the IDF's offer of humanitarian assistance to the director general of the Shifa Hospital, the IDF initiated a humanitarian effort to coordinate transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/fitejzWFUZ
— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2023
We are doing everything we can to minimize harm to civilians, assist in evacuation, and facilitate the transfer of medical supplies and food.
Beneath the Rantisi Hospital in Gaza, IDF forces found a room where Israeli hostages are believed to have been held.
The calendar found in the room marked the days since October 7 Massacre with the title “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, Hamas’ name for their horrific attack on Israel. pic.twitter.com/sK4FPaOlHJ
EXCLUSIVE RAW FOOTAGE: Watch IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari walk through one of Hamas' subterranean terrorist tunnels—only to exit in Gaza's Rantisi hospital on the other side.
Inside these tunnels, Hamas terrorists hide, operate and hold Israeli hostages against their… pic.twitter.com/Nx4lVrvSXH
PM Netanyahu: "An extraordinary achievement, truly amazing. What you have done here – you simply decided the battle here, men and women soldiers, with daring and extraordinary resourcefulness. Well done. This says a lot, to turn the tide from the worst situation imaginable. pic.twitter.com/8kwjP2vBsQ
On Nov 2, an Arabic-Hebrew transliteration glossary belonging to Hamas was discovered in Israel with sexual terminology, including “take your pants off.”
This evidence suggests that Hamas terrorists planned to systematically rape Israeli women.
For years, we were told that Israel had a right to defend itself. They told us this conflict started on October 7th. But in reality, it has started in 1948 and has lasted for generations.
Now, the tide is turning and it is affecting President Joe Biden. The pressure is working on Biden and Democrats. The party and its hardline stance towards Israel has placed its more left wing against its moderate/centrist wing. The power of social media has now made more Americans sympathetic towards Palestinians.
Being a thot in the IDF is sexy.
Many are calling for a ceasefire.
Israel has rejected it.
They claim no ceasefire until the hostages are returned but you hardly hear that in the junk food media. They are showing hospitals, bedrooms, and charred ruins but no hostages. Matter of fact, I only assume that the hostages are dead because of the relentless air strikes by the Israeli Air Force.
I come to realize that the progressive social media and political influencers who back Israel are no better than the far right extremists.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris see the writing on the wall. They are not in panic mode as of yet but it is there and the growing concerns about how Democrats could blow it come 2024.
Did you know that Israel sanctions speech?
Israel will not allow journalists into Gaza unless they are accompanied by the Israel Defence Force. The IDF must look over all coverage before it sent to the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and the European Union. They will push a narrative and hope that outlets like Fox, CNN and BBC run it as it is.
Former federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry has died.
Washed Up 45's sister, a former federal judge has passed away.
Maryanne Trump Barry was 86.
Barry had served as a federal appellate judge in Philadelphia and retired in 2019, ending a civil misconduct inquiry that was launched after reporting by The New York Times alleged the then-president and his siblings evaded inheritance taxes.
After her brother won the 2016 presidential election, Barry gave up her court staff and took inactive status in early 2017, the AP reported.
Barry, a Republican, was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1983. In 1999, she was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia by then-President Bill Clinton.
The Daily Voice first reported Barry's death.
The Washed Up 45 campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Barry came under scrutiny after a 2018 New York Times report alleged that Trump family patriarch Fred Trump and his children orchestrated a tax scheme to inflate the family fortune and possibly evade taxes.
Barry was a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia, at the time of the report’s publication, but had stopped actively hearing cases.
Fred Trump “often” consulted with Barry on legal matters during her time as a federal judge, the Times reported. Barry was also reportedly present at meetings at the Trump Tower in 2003 “for one of their periodic updates on their inherited empire” with the siblings and then-Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. (Weisselberg and the company were charged with tax fraud in 2021 by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. He pleaded guilty in the case and the company was convicted at trial.)
The former president is estranged from his surviving siblings.
According to the Times, Washed Up 45 and his siblings “set up a sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents,” citing records and interviews, and properties were transferred to him and his siblings using questionable tax planning. Although the Times does not explicitly list which of the siblings were involved with the “sham corporation,” the report suggests all Trump siblings, including Barry, had at least benefited from the scheme.
After the Times report was published, a judicial panel launched a civil misconduct inquiry into Barry in response to four citizen complaints. Barry’s voluntary retirement in April 2019 ended the review that was prompted by claims based on the Times report.
Barry also drew attention when The Washington Post in 2020 reported on a secretly recorded audio of her criticizing her brother as a liar with “no principles.” The audio, which NBC News also obtained, was secretly recorded by the former president’s niece, Mary Trump, a vocal critic of the former president. Mary Trump recorded more than 15 hours of discussion between her and Barry in 2018 and 2019 and released parts of the records to corroborate her 2020 book about the Trump family, "Too Much and Never Enough."
Washed Up 45's allies swiftly came to the then-president’s defense after the release of the secretly recorded audio.
The former president’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died in 2020. His funeral was held at the White House.
Ivana Trump, Washed Up 45’s first wife and the mother of his three oldest children, died last year at the age of 73.
The South Carolina Republican senator Tim Scott officially dropped out the race. I believe he was caught in the digital dash. Scott had that white woman on stage during the debate. That was the "nail in the coffin" for him.
Republicans are still having trouble dealing with gays, interracial marriage and reality.
Scott polling in the single digits hoped folks would see him as a compassionate conservative. The elephant in the room is sucking out all the air and pretty much taking them all put without even being on the debate stage.
Scott announced Sunday night that he is dropping out of the 2024 Republican presidential campaign, shocking a TV interviewer and even his own campaign staff with an abrupt departure from the race.
“When I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. I am suspending my campaign," Scott said in an appearance on former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy's Fox News program.
"I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear that they’re telling me: not now," Scott continued.
The announcement was a surprise: Gowdy, a former colleague of Scott's in the House of Representatives, appeared to do a double-take as he made his statement. Multiple Scott staffers told NBC News they got no warning he was ending the campaign, finding out only by watching him say so on TV.
Scott's campaign even sent out a fundraising email not long before he announced he was leaving the race. "We want to give you ONE LAST CHANCE to donate this weekend and help Tim reach his campaign goal. Can you chip in to help Tim win?" the campaign wrote.
His decision comes amid efforts to consolidate the GOP opposition to Washed Up 45, who has big leads in primary polls, including in the first caucus state, Iowa. Scott took 7% support there in the October NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll, putting him in fourth place.
Scott's dropout also comes days after the third Republican presidential debate in Miami, after which he canceled a scheduled weekend campaign swing in Iowa, citing the flu.
Scott started the 2024 campaign relatively little-known compared to some of his competitors. His campaign and an allied super PAC spent nearly $25 million on ads in Iowa and other early states promoting him as an optimistic conservative, according to AdImpact, an ad-tracking service. Scott saw an uptick in early-state polls soon through the summer.
But money started to grow tight leading up to Sunday’s dropout, according to a source familiar with the campaign. Scott never caught fire in the GOP debates. And his poll numbers stagnated as an in-state rival caught attention. He is dropping out of the race just as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has pulled into second place in early-state primary polls.
Haley, who appointed Scott to the Senate in 2012, praised him on X, the social media platform. "Tim Scott is a good man of faith and an inspiration to so many. The Republican primary was made better by his participation in it. South Carolina is blessed to continue to have him as our senator," she wrote.
Last month, Scott’s super PAC canceled millions of dollars in planned fall advertising, saying the Republican electorate wasn’t “focused or ready for a Trump alternative.”
Tim Scott revealed his girlfriend. Scott a life long bachelor was called out by Republicans. Some speculated he was closeted.
“There comes a point when it’s clear that there isn’t going to be a breakthrough moment, and one was really needed given where he stood in the field," a Scott campaign staffer said. The staffer praised Scott's message and personal favorability numbers, "but they never translated into support, and that’s just the reality of what it takes to win — and if you don’t have a path, it’s time to help consolidate to beat Trump."
While Scott's voters are now going to have to find another candidate, he indicated in the interview with Gowdy that he wasn't looking to endorse one of his former rivals at this time.
"I’m going to recommend that the voters study each candidate and their candidacies and, frankly, their past and make a decision for the future of the country," he said. "The best way for me to be helpful is to not weigh in on who they should endorse."
And Scott seemed uninterested in the idea of becoming a candidate for vice president later on in the campaign. "Vice president has never been on my to-do list for this campaign, and it’s certainly not there now," he told Gowdy.
Scott is leaving the race after another well-known candidate dropped out. Former Vice President Mike Pence suspended his campaign in late October, as the Republican presidential field winnows down.
When trolls compared Tim Scott to Fat Albert character Mushmouth, it became a meme.
Several of Scott's former 2024 rivals reacted to the news on social media.
“Tim Scott is a strong conservative with bold ideas about how to get our country back on track. I respect his courage to run this campaign and thank him for his service to America and the U.S. Senate. I look forward to Tim continuing to be a leader in our party for years to come," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posted on X.
Vivek Ramaswamy praised Scott as a "good dude" before referring to an interaction the two had onstage at last week's Republican debate (and taking a dig at Haley).
"I gave @SenatorTimScott a congratulatory [gold fist bump emoji] on stage when the other South Carolinian shamelessly copied *exactly* what he said," Ramaswamy posted on X. "Wishing Tim all the best back in the U.S. Senate."
Pro choice won but Republicans refuse to accept it.
The Issue 1 amendment has passed and Ohio voters codified Roe V. Wade. Now Republicans are trying to repeal it. Talk about a bunch of tone deaf lawmakers.
The result of the referendum was widely seen as establishing a national consensus in favor of broad abortion rights, marking a continued trend in ballot measures since the Dobbs decision. Among those between 18 and 24 years old, an estimated 76% voted for Issue 1. Many conservative political analysts and commentators called a continued alliance with the anti-abortion movement "untenable" and an "electoral disaster", and urged the party to adopt a more pro-choice stance on the issue. Exit polling indicated that 61-36% of Ohioians believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
One day after the referendum, Ohio's legislative leaders, both Republicans, indicated that they would take action to reverse the result decided by Issue 1.
The Associated Press has called the race, with votes cast in favor of proposal winning with about 56% of the vote, compared with about 44% for votes cast in opposition — a lead of approximately 232,000 votes as of the latest tally.
Known as “Issue 1,” the proposal would amend the state Constitution to establish the right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions” on matters including abortion, contraception and fertility treatment. It would also allow for abortions to be banned once it has been established that the fetus can survive outside of the womb, unless a physician determines that continuing with the pregnancy would endanger the patient’s “life or health.”
Basically, the Republicans are back to election denial.
President Joe Biden is unpopular. His hardline stance on Israel has me concerned that I won't be voting for him come 2024. The U.S. continued support for the apartheid in Israel will doom him.
Biden lost Ohio to Washed Up 45 by 8 points. Ohio once was a bellwether to who becomes president. Now it is an easy pickup for Republicans as well as Florida.
Ohio voters are not monolithic. It appeared that 20% of Republican voters opposed the state's abortion ban.
Ohio Republicans continue to defy voters.
State Republicans once again will ignore the will of the voters.
Ohio legislators will be introducing several bills to address this issue in the coming weeks.
“Foreign billionaires don't get to make Ohio laws,” said Ohio state representative Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester), pointing to millions from billionaires outside America that helped fund Issue 1. Gross added, “This is foreign election interference, and it will not stand.”
“Issue 1 doesn't repeal a single Ohio law, in fact, it doesn't even mention one,” said Ohio state representative Bill Dean (R-Xenia). “The amendment’s language is dangerously vague and unconstrained, and can be weaponized to attack parental rights or defend rapists, pedophiles, and human traffickers.”
Ohio state representative Melanie Miller (R-Ashland) said, “We will continue to be a voice for every child in their mother's womb who cannot speak for themselves.”
Ohio state representative Beth Lear (R-Galena) stated, “No amendment can overturn the God given rights with which we were born.”
To prevent mischief by pro-abortion courts with Issue 1, Ohio legislators will consider removing jurisdiction from the judiciary over this ambiguous ballot initiative. The Ohio legislature alone will consider what, if any, modifications to make to existing laws based on public hearings and input from legal experts on both sides.
The far right Republican from Amelia, Ohio is retiring. Due to the state Republicans unlawful gerrymandering, the district he represents will continue to be a hold.
Ohio Republicans have ignored the will of the voters when it came to gerrymandering congressional maps and protecting abortion rights.
They approved a gerrymandered map despite the Ohio State Supreme Court ruling it unconstitutional. Ohio voters said they want an independent commission to make a fair map.
They are considering removing judges and repealing Issue 1, which passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday. It was an overwhelming victory for women's rights.
Republicans vow to repeal the decision.
The Republicans are way out of touch.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) is retiring.
Wenstrup represents Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District and was first elected to the House in 2012. He said in a video posted on X on Thursday that he would be stepping down to spend more time with his family.
A married father of two young children, the Cincinnati native is a doctor of podiatric medicine and colonel in the Army Reserve. As chair of the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic, Wenstrup led an inquiry into the virus’ origins and the government’s response.
Wenstrup, who is also a longtime member of the House Intelligence Committee, has accused U.S. intelligence of withholding key facts about its investigation into the coronavirus. Republicans on the committee last year issued a staff report arguing that there are “indications” that the virus may have been developed as a bioweapon inside the China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology.
U.S. officials, however, released an intelligence report in June that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began.
Wenstrup’s announcement came the same day another longtime congressman also said he would not seek reelection next year. Derek Kilmer, a Democrat who represents the 6th District in Washington, cited similar reasons as Wenstrup in reaching his decision, noting the numerous family events he has missed due to his work in the House.
Kilmer served in the Washington State legislature before he was first elected to his House seat in 2012.
Jean Schmidt might run for Congress again. She is a controversial Ohio politician.
They are among nearly two dozen House members to announce they won’t be running again in 2024.
His retirement will likely see the return of Ohio state representative Jean Schmidt.
Schmidt who served for four terms as a U.S. Representative was defeated in a Republican primary by Wenstrup. He ended up winning after Schmidt made some dumbass comments about veterans like the late Democratic lawmaker John Murtha. She also exaggerated her athletics, her college degree and her funding. She was also under federal watch at one time for allowing foreign lobbyists influencing her vote.
Schmidt is a current state representative from Loveland. She will likely seek a run to become U.S. Representative again.
Wenstrup was involved in saving Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) during the 2017 mass shooting at the Capitol Baseball Game. He has been a frequent guest on the far right agitator Bill Cunningham show.
He was one of the many Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election.
Isaac Herzog shows Mein Kampf with the claims that a child in Gaza read it.
From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.
Cry more.
Most of the world is getting tired of Israel ignoring the rules. They are looking to pressure the United States for support. World leaders are waning their support of the status quo.
Over 11,000 Palestinians were killed. 1,400 Israelis were killed.
Israel likely killed the hostages during the air strikes. It's been over a month and the hostages are not freed and the likelihood they're alive is unlikely. Trust me, Israel has launched air strikes on populated areas.
It appears that Benjamin Netanyahu is losing the influence campaign. He went to state television to declare that Gaza will be under indefinite security once the war is over.
He continues to reject calls for a ceasefire. They also threatened invasion of Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
The Hasbara machine is working overtime.
The Israeli Defence Force claimed they found a copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf inside a child's bedroom during its invasion of the Gaza Strip. They also took aim at American colleges that are protesting Israeli influence in U.S. government.
Many young voters are calling for the end to U.S. taxpayer funding for Israel. They want lawmakers to stop conflating Israeli criticism to antisemitism. They want the junk food media to hold those in power accountable. Young voters want an end to the status quo in politics, culture and current events (i.e. gun violence, climate change and abortion rights).
Never again is NOW.
IDF forces discovered a copy of Hitler's infamous book "Mein Kampf"—translated into Arabic—in a child’s bedroom used as a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza.
The book was discovered among the personal belongings of one of the terrorists, featuring annotations and… pic.twitter.com/XMOE3jgKmm
israel's top sketch "comedy" show 'eretz nehederet' (a wonderful country) is suddenly producing english language propaganda, to push false narratives in key western regions they know they're losing majority support from
Israeli president Isaac Herzog displays the book on international television. The book in good condition.
Last time, Herzog showed the claim that Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group was working on developing chemical weapons. Before that, the Israeli government claimed that the "top secret" plans of Hamas revealed they were intending on massacring as many Jews as they could.
None of that is true.
Hamas, is referred as a terrorist group by Israel, Great Britain, Canada, the European Union and the United States. I will no longer refer Hamas as a terrorist group.
If it ends up being a loss of anything, I guess it is what it is.
I am not going to be pressured to condemning Hamas when they cannot condemn Israel for the years of crimes against humanity.
Worthless lawmaker Greene got spooked by man threatening her.
The worthless Georgia lawmaker confirmed that a man was arrested by the U.S. Capitol Police after he made credible threats upon her life.
She was spooked by this person.
Big talk from her, but when it comes to carrying it out, she cowers behind the cops.
She poses with firearms, posts incinerary rhetoric, threatens lawmakers, private citizens, incites violence, votes against almost everything but takes credit for the benefits of a legislation, keeps referring Washed Up 45 as the president and vows to impeach President Joe Biden no matter the price.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is the most worthless lawmaker in Congress.
About 90% of her legislation will never advance to a floor vote. She literally lived outside her district in her freshman term. She is an adulterer who slept with numerous individuals.
She should be expelled from Congress for neglecting her duty as a lawmaker.
She is all talk and no action.
Sean Patrick Cirillo, of Macon, has been charged with using his phone to threaten Greene.
According to senior law enforcement sources, Cirillo allegedly called Greene’s office twice on Wednesday, threatening to kill her.
Cirillo was arrested by the FBI and is behind bars, pending his first appearance in federal court on Monday.
In a recording of a call shared by Greene’s office with NBC News, the caller said, “You don’t think it’s going to happen when you are out of power?” and “You don’t think you are going to get payback?”
Greene thanked law enforcement in a statement on Friday, saying they "acted swiftly in response to this murderous threat."
"From Rome City Police, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Capitol Police, the House Sergeant at Arms, and ultimately the FBI who made the arrest, every official acted quickly to put this man behind bars," Greene said.
"Threats to murder elected officials should never be tolerated," no matter their political affiliation, she said. "I’m not the only victim with this threat of violence. My family is threatened. My staff is threatened. I even had to close my district office due to the potential of violence. It’s wrong and never should happen."
Greene added: "Threats of violence must be taken seriously. And that’s exactly why I take my Second Amendment rights seriously."
Yet, you called the law. Could have settled the matter with your Second Amendment.
What a moron!
It was not immediately clear what prompted the alleged threats targeting her and members of her family.
The West Virginia Democrat finally sticks it to his party for the last time. He will retire. It will assure an easy pick up for either far right Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) or conservative Republican Gov. Jim Justice.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) joins Sen. Debbie Stabnow (D-MI), Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), Sen. LaPhonza Butler (D-CA), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) in good old retirement.
Manchin decided that his time was now. Had he ran for reelection he would be trounced.
Washed Up 45 carried West Virginia 76% to Joe Biden 24%.
Manchin, the last of a dying breed in West Virginia Democrats has announced he will retire. It assures the Democrats must find opportunities elsewhere or prepare for a dreadful two years if Biden does win reelection and the Senate swings to the Republicans.
The Associated Press reported that Manchin announced his retirement on his official government profiles.
Some Democratic officials are also concerned that Manchin’s announcement frees him to pursue a third-party presidential bid that could ultimately undermine President Joe Biden’s reelection. The 76-year-old Manchin has raised the possibility of a presidential bid in the past, and he made direct reference to national ambitions in the retirement video he posted on social media Thursday.
“What I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together,” Manchin said.
Manchin’s sudden announcement injects a new layer of uncertainty for Democratic leaders already anxious about the party’s prospects in 2024. Biden is seeking a second term despite persistent concerns about his age and economic leadership from voters in both major parties. At the same time, Democrats are clinging to a 51-49 Senate majority having narrowly lost their House majority last fall.
Just an hour after Manchin’s announcement, a Boston-based group filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to form a draft committee designed to encourage Manchin and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney to launch a third-party presidential bid. A person with direct knowledge of the group’s activities said the committee, which is calling itself “America Back on Track,” would launch publicly next week with an initial budget of $1 million. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.
The new draft effort was specifically created, the person said, to enable Manchin and Romney to seek the presidential nomination at No Labels’ national convention next March in Texas. Romney also declined to run for reelection to the Senate next year.
A Manchin spokesperson declined to comment on the group, while Romney distanced himself from it, despite the involvement of Massachusetts-based attorney Dan Winslow, who served as chief legal counsel to Romney when he served as the state’s governor.
“Sen. Romney was not aware of this effort and he is not considering running for president on any ticket,” Romney chief of staff Liz Johnson said.
Still, the fact that Manchin is actively being encouraged to seek a presidential run sparked new anxiety among Democratic operatives who were already concerned about the impact of third parties in 2024. Progressive activist Cornel West and Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer and leading vaccine skeptic, have already launched independent White House runs.
One of President Joe Biden's biggest headache is Joe Manchin.
Yet many Democratic leaders are taking No Labels more seriously. Backed by anonymous donations of tens of millions of dollars, the centrist group has already secured presidential ballot access in a dozen states with many more expected over the coming months. Its officials say it will decide early next year whether to launch a presidential ticket.
“If Joe Manchin runs on the No Labels ticket, he would be responsible for sending Donald Trump back to the White House,” MoveOn Political Action executive director Rahna Epting said shortly after Manchin’s announcement. “Joe Manchin should set the record straight on whose side he is on and reject any overtures from No Labels’ dangerous ploy.”
Over the summer, two major Democratic-allied groups, MoveOn and centrist Third Way, hosted Capitol Hill briefings with senior congressional staffers warning of No Labels’ presidential ambitions.
“I am sad that he’s not running for the Senate, because we’re going to lose that seat, obviously,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way, on Thursday. But Bennett said he was less worried about Manchin running for president on the No Labels banner.
“He wants to be part of the conversation so he’s not going to close the door on this (presidential run),” Bennett said. “But I really don’t see him doing this.”
Manchin has long been friendly with No Labels, which has already begun holding private conversations with potential presidential nominees, Manchin among them. Over the summer, the West Virginia senator spoke at a No Labels event in New Hampshire, which traditionally hosts the nation’s opening presidential primary.
No Labels released a statement describing Manchin as “a tireless voice for America’s commonsense majority and a longtime ally of the No Labels movement.”
“The Senate will lose a great leader when he leaves, but we commend Senator Manchin for stepping up to lead a long overdue national conversation about solving America’s biggest challenges, including inflation, an insecure border, out-of-control debt and growing threats from abroad,” No Labels said.
Officials with the group insist it would put forward a candidate only as an insurance policy should Biden and Trump secure their party’s presidential nominations — and if it is clear that the No Labels’ candidates would not unintentionally tip the election in Trump’s favor.
Meanwhile, Democrats acknowledge that their path to retaining the Senate majority will now be much more difficult.
The party in 2024 is defending Democratic-held seats in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio — all states that Trump carried handily in 2020. Democratic incumbents are also on the ballot in swing states Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. And in another swing state, Arizona, Democrats are waiting to see if independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who receives her committee assignments from Democrats, will launch a third-party reelection bid.
With Democrats fearing that West Virginia is all but lost, they must now win every other Democratic-held seat in the nation to have a chance at holding the Senate majority in 2024. They have very few pickup opportunities — their best being Republican-held seats in Texas and Florida, both states Trump won twice.
David Bergstein, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats campaign arm, insisted that his party still has “multiple pathways to protect and strengthen our Senate majority.”
“In addition to defending our battle-tested incumbents, we’ve already expanded the battleground map to Texas and Florida, where formidable Democratic candidates are out-raising unpopular Republican incumbents and the DSCC is making investments to lay the groundwork for our campaigns’ victories,” he said.
Manchin was able to hold a Senate seat since 2012 thanks to a political brand decades in the making that helped him overcome West Virginia’s strong anti-Democratic bias. But in a state Trump carried by nearly 40 points in 2020, Manchin was quietly considered a significant underdog in a prospective reelection matchup against hugely popular Republican Gov. Jim Justice.
Meanwhile, the White House issued a statement praising Manchin’s dedication to the people of West Virginia and his accomplishments in Washington. Biden said the Manchin family “should feel proud of the Senator’s service to West Virginia and to our country.
“I look forward to continuing our work together to get things done for the American people,” Biden said.
When asked about a prospective Manchin presidential run, Biden’s campaign declined to comment.
Dean Phillips, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Washed Up 45, Ron DeSantis, Nimarata "Nikki" Haley, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Cornel West and Joe Biden will all kiss Israel's ass. Joe Manchin, if he does run for president will kiss Israel's ass as well.
What's Israel's excuse for the air strike? Another Hamas rocket misfire.
Israel's War Crimes Continue: Another Air Strike On A Hospital!
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From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
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Briefly, I stated that Palestinians deserve the right to freedom.
Israel commits more war crimes and the U.S. allows it by looking the other way when it comes to these atrocities.
The Israeli government shut off water, fuel, food, electricity and sewage in the Gaza Strip similar to the Russians when they invaded Ukraine.
Several Israeli top leaders are calling Palestinian civilians "animals", "savages" and are saying things similar to how Russians view Ukrainian civilians.
The U.S. lawmakers are drafting a war funding budget for Israel.
The al-Shifa Hospital was struck by Israel. They will deny it and the American president will say it was the other team.
These are Palestinian children. They are not terrorists. They are not animals. They are innocent lives and Israel is indiscriminately killing them.
The pressure is on and we are seeing the power of social media. More young Americans are sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians. That is really key to the how we are going to pressure the Democrats to abandon their stance on Israel.
Israel does not have the right to committing a genocide against Palestinians.
President Joe Biden better change course or else. He will see his reelection chances decline by April 2024 where it will be set in stone. Half of Americans view Biden unfavorably.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris haven't gotten to panic mode yet. They do see the writing on the wall.
Democratic and Republican House Members who voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) will rule the day. They are looking for a primary challenge to uproot them. I say we need more young, Muslim and non religious people engaged to fundamentally change the status quo.
Congress is out of touch.
Guess who is going to believe the lies that Hamas was having an underground tunnel underneath the al-Shaifa Hospital?
Biden, Congress and the junk food media.
Targeting ambulances is a war crime.
Israel has attacked four hospitals in Gaza, including the enclave’s biggest medical complex, resulting in what appear to be multiple casualties, the health ministry in the Hamas-governed enclave has said.
Israel’s military struck a yard at the al-Shifa Hospital complex, where thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering, health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said on Friday.
This is the last straw! That is straight up terrorism.
Russia did it to Ukrainian hospitals in its invasion in 2022. The United States and European Union called for a war crimes tribunal.
What happened to the standards?
I am calling for an immediate end to military aid to Israel and for the United States to sever ties with Israel. This is likely going to be ignored.
“Israel is now undertaking these dangerous steps against the hospitals to put them completely out of commission and subsequently displace the people sheltering in them, as well as the patients and medics,” al-Qudra told Al Jazeera.
Don’t look away. This is the bombing of the outpatient clinics at Al-Shifa Hospital. pic.twitter.com/uSf5felv0e
lsrael violates International Laws once again and bomb the yard of al-Shifa Hospital, killing and injuring a number of Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/XKpcdajViL
The israelis are targeting Al-Shifa and Al-Quds hospitals: this is the result — billions of dollars to do this to children #GazaHolocaustpic.twitter.com/x42Rk7ftM7
🚨 BREAKING: A new massacre inside Al-Shifa hospital Medical Complex, west of Gaza. The Israeli military is literally slaughtering civilians. There are dozens of martyrs and wounded at the site. #Gaza_Genocide 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/AreSX3VUlC
Graphic: Israel just attacked the outpatient clinic at Al-Shifa Hospital, most probably with the non-explosive US-made R9X missiles, which transform into blades, specifically designed to cut people to shreds. Here is what this depravity and evil do to children. pic.twitter.com/k1wHbOPcyE
The occupation is targeting Al-Shifa Hospital with non-explosive American R9X missiles, which transform into blades flying up to 100 meters, cutting through anyone in their path.
Israel is a war criminal, targeting hospitals and civilians.
🚨Day 35: Al-Shifa Medical Complex was bombed in Gaza by the U.S.-Sponsored Israeli Regime; Before our eyes we watch this Genocide unfold day after day & it continues with International impunity #Gaza_Genocidepic.twitter.com/y0cuPnjDZr
Pictures: al-Shifa Hospital massacre in which 70 Palestinians were killed in an lsraeli airstrike targeting ambulances in front of the hospital. pic.twitter.com/aoxHvMwJMX
Israel’s military has said that Hamas operates a command center at the site of the hospital, including entrances to its extensive tunnel network, which Hamas and hospital officials have denied.
Israeli officials did not immediately comment on reports of the latest strikes.
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, director general of al-Shifa Hospital, said the strike hit civilians located next to a number of journalists in the yard, wounding four, including two critically.
“This led to a lot of casualties, including critical injuries. It could have been a massacre in this place because of the number of people in this complex,” Abu Salmiya told Al Jazeera.
“Before that, they bombed a building very close to the hospital. And now, there are heavy clashes and heavy bombing next to the hospital.”
Abu Salmiya said that medics and patients were in a state of fear due to near-constant explosions near the facility.
“Not a second goes by without bombing close to the hospital. Many of the hospital’s windows have been broken, and there is fear and anxiety amongst the medics and the patients and the displaced people,” he said.
This is a war against the hospitals and a war against all the [Palestinian] citizens.”
Video of the apparent aftermath of the attack showed several people screaming and scrambling for cover, and an injured man lying on the pavement in a pool of blood.
Al-Qudra said that two children’s hospitals, al-Rantisi and al-Nasser, had also been hit by “direct attacks and bombardments” on Friday.
During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, hospital administrators at al-Shifa said the hospital was overwhelmed with wounded and dying people, operating well over its 500 bed capacity, and was running short on fuel, beds, and medical supplies. The hospital is also housing thousands of displaced Palestinians seeking shelter from airstrikes during the war.
On November 3, amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli airstrike hit an ambulance convoy, resulting in dozens of wounded and several deaths. According to Israel, the ambulances were being used to transport Hamas fighters and weapons, a charge Hamas denied. According to Gaza officials, the ambulances were transporting critical injured patients from the hospital to the Rafah crossing with Egypt. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the strike killed 15 people. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al-Shifa hospital" while World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "utterly shocked".
On November 6, Israeli forces struck and destroyed the solar panels atop of Al-Shifa Hospital, leaving the facility totally reliant on back-up generators powered by rapidly dwindling fuel supplies. With almost no fuel left in its tanks to keep its one generator operating, it's only a matter of time until the hospital is forced to turn off essential equipment like ventilators and dialysis machines, leaving patients to die. Since the beginning of the war, the hospital's primary water supplies in northern Gaza—a desalination plant and an Israeli pipeline—have been cut off. The hospital currently only receives saline groundwater, which is unfit for hygiene and drinking.
Let this sink in.
Following the 2023 Hamas resistance against occupation by Israel, the IDF said that they had captured and interrogated two Nukhba Force members. According to the IDF, Hamas has been using medical facilities in the Gaza Strip, especially Al-Shifa hospital, to shield themselves from Israeli strikes and to store weapons and ammunition. The Israeli internal security service Shin Bet also released a video they said was an interrogation of a Nukhba Force member in which a handcuffed man said there is an extensive underground complex operated by Hamas beneath the hospital. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit has accused Hamas of using the hospital as cover, citing videos and intelligence. Hamas rejected the accusation wholesale, saying that Israel was attempting to justify an attack on the hospital and saying the Israeli accusations "no basis in truth" and that Israel had fabricated evidence. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a resident doctor called the assertion of Hamas using the hospital an "outlandish excuse" and said that it was impossible to evacuate critically injured patients.
I will no longer call Hamas a terrorist group from this point on. I have gotten tired of this forced narrative that the occupied are the terrorist. The Israeli Defence Force is a terrorist organization. They have committed unlawful acts and crimes against humanity.
Hamas an acronym of its official name, the Islamic Resistance Movement (حركة المقاومة الإسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military organization governing the Gaza Strip of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
The Gaza Strip is currently under blockade. Israel and Hamas have fought a number of wars there, including in 2008–09, in 2012 and in 2014. Initiating the 2023 war, Hamas launched "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" and its fighters broke through the Gaza barrier, attacked Israeli military bases, massacred civilians and took civilian and soldier hostages back to Gaza. The attack has been described as the biggest military setback for Israel since the 1973 Arab–Israeli War. In response, Israel intensified the existing Gaza blockade and began a large-scale aerial bombardment campaign over the territory in preparation for a ground assault, having announced its intention to destroy Hamas. The European Parliament and the US have also called for the elimination of Hamas.
The reasons for the resistance is mainly the occupation by Israel. The organization has vowed to resist the occupiers. They literally gotten fed up with Israeli Occupation Force killing civilians, defacing the al-Aqsa Mosque, injuring children in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Thanks to the corruption of Benjamin Netanyahu and social media, we are finally seeing the tide turning. Israel for the first time is seeing a global backlash. The world will no longer buy the notion Israel having the right to defend itself.
The Israeli government is fascism. The U.S., Great Britain and European Union are going to find out that their ally is the real bad guy.
Do not trust Israel when it comes to negotiations. They never listen to the United States when it comes to engagement. This will only end with betrayal and nonstop air strikes.
So here we go, Israel will honor a a four hour "pause" so Hamas can release all the hostages.
Trust me, Israel likely carpet bombed everyone and will make up claims that Hamas killed them or did something heinous.
The U.S. and Qatar had negotiated this.
Qatar warned of dire consequences if Israel continues on this path to destruction.
Since President Joe Biden and most of Congress refuse calls for a ceasefire, American lawmakers agree on a pause.
Israeli officials agreed Thursday to pause fighting in Northern Gaza for four hours a day to allow for civilians to leave as fighting in the war with Hamas continues, White House officials said.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced the decision to reporters on Thursday morning. He said Israel plans to announce each of the pauses at least three hours in advance, The Associated Press reported.
“We’ve been told by the Israelis that there will be no military operations in these areas over the duration of the pause and that this process is starting today,” he said, according to CNN. He called the pauses “steps in the right direction.”
Joe Biden said Thursday that he has been pushing for a three-day pause in fighting to help secure the release of hostages being held by Hamas.
“I’ve asked for a pause longer than three days,” he told reporters.
In a post on social media, Israel Defense Forces highlighted that the announced pauses do not amount to a ceasefire.
“There are tactical, long pauses for humanitarian aid for Gazan civilians,” military officials said. “These tactical pauses are limited in time and area.”
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