"TikTok is back in the US after a brief shutdown, reportedly because Trump pledged to suspend the Biden administration’s ban. A Gaza ceasefire has also finally emerged due to pressure from Trump after Biden stalled for 15 months, and NBC News is reporting that the Trump administration plans on pressuring the Israeli government throughout negotiations to establish a permanent peace beyond the 42 days scheduled for the first phase of the agreement.

Remember this: it’s not that Trump is good, it’s that Democrats are just that bad. Biden’s completely unconditional facilitation of Israeli atrocities has actually been the exception rather than the norm among US presidents, as Trita Parsi explained in Foreign Policy last April. From what we are seeing so far, Trump is just returning things to their horrible standard baseline.

Trump will go on to do many evil things as president, just as he did during his first term, but none of this will reverse the fact that Biden just spent four years advancing genocide, nuclear brinkmanship and authoritarianism. The Democratic Party plays just as crucial a role in promoting the tyranny and abuse of the US empire as the Republican Party does, and it is nonsensical to think of either of them as a lesser evil. The empire itself must end."

https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/its-not-that-trump-is-good-its-that

#USA #Trump #Biden #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #TikTok

Israeli President Isaac Herzog claims Palestinians are collectively responsible for the Hamas attacks and says civilians could not have been unaware of the planned attacks.

I strongly disagree, because even the Israeli intelligence service Mosad did not know.

Trying to justify collective punishment reveals a complete lack of morals.

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/israeli-president-isaac-herzog-says-entire-nation-of-palestine-responsible-for-hamas-a-2665949832

The Israeli army has issued an order for the immediate relocation of 1.1M Palestinians from northern Gaza to the south in 24 hours. The UN has categorically condemned this order.

Forcing 1.1M people, including 550K kids, to evacuate in 24 hours or be bombed to death is even more cruel considering THERE’S NOWHERE TO EVACUATE TO.

We need a ceasefire.

The response to war crimes against civilians cannot be more war crimes against more civilians. I’m horrified that this is a controversial take.

Notes to the folks who are scared that Trump's trial(s) will lead to violence by the white supremacists:

The white supremacists want you to be scared, and the white supremacists have already been violent on Trump's behalf.

Fuck the white supremacists. Fuck being scared.

#uspol

I am SICK TO DEATH (yes, I really am shouting!) of every headline on every news source every day being of a certain face that disgusts me to no end. Media is giving him exactly what he wants: attention. How about pics & quotes of Jack Smith and Fani Willis at least in balanced proportion? I place a huge portion of the blame for his continued prominence squarely on the jackasses that won't stop giving him platform. There is no such thing as negative publicity.

#USPol #journalism