#House Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries spoke for over 8 hours & 33 minutes.
Then-Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was the previous record holder. His speech in 2021 lasted 8 hours & 32 minutes.
#Democrats chant “Hakeem! Hakeem!” as he finishes his record-breaking speech with the words: “I yield back.” They are surrounding him on the House floor, cheering & lining up for embraces.
#Congress #Trump #OneBigUglyBill #OneBigBeautifulBill #MagicMinute
This is direct evidence of US citizens engaging in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. US contractors firing on civilians seeking aid.
This new AP story makes it clear: it is not only the IDF, American military contractors in Gaza are shooting at Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid.
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press. Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous and irresponsible practices. The contractor who provided the videos said the bullets were fired in all directions — in the air, into the ground and at times towards the Palestinians. The testimonies offer a rare glimpse inside an often-chaotic scene at these sites.
The judge noted that at trial, “the defense conceded” #SeanCombs’ #violence in his personal relationships. “We own it,” Marc Agnifilo, Mr. Combs’s lead lawyer, said in his closing statemnet.
“If he was charged with domestic violence we wouldn’t all be here having a trial because he would have pled guilty — because he did that,” Marc Agnifilo, Sean Combs’s lead lawyer, had said.
#rape #BelieveSurvivors #criminal #law #SeanCombs #prostitution #SexTrafficking #ViolenceAgainstWomen
Getting word of folk in one midwest rural town using their own vehicles to form roadblocks to interfere with ICE activity.
Not everything that is happening makes it to the news nor even social media. Which is encouraging.
"The protests were part of a nightly “No Sleep for ICE” campaign in + around Los Angeles County, where protesters gather outside hotels where ICE agents are staying and make noise to put pressure on the hotel staff to kick ICE out and prevent agents from sleeping."