“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank… there’s been enough. It’s time to stop now,” Trump said, adding that he’d discussed the issue directly with Netanyahu.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a high-profile progressive, said he believes “the most effective pushback to Trump’s unconstitutional actions is to model a reverence for the Constitution and the rule of law.”
Many Democratic leaders and donors are panicking about Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist who won the party’s nomination to be the next mayor of New York City.
Social media competitors are worried that a successful TikTok ban in the U.S., particularly one rooted in questionable national security arguments, could give cover to other governments that would like to ban social media apps in their countries.
Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel “Parable of the Sower” that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of fires, violence, racism, addiction, climate change, social inequality and an authoritarian “President Donner.”
Threat level: NATO has also found that its adversaries, chiefly Russia, are spreading climate and energy-transition-related disinformation in order to undermine political will for climate action.
Talk is cheap. You need to back your words with action Joe or nothing’s going to change. Israel has no intentions of stopping and as long as you keep sending them billions of dollars they’re definitely not going to stop. Zionism is not going to stop without a direct military conflict. They’re doing the same thing to Palestinians that the Nazis did to them.
He’s the freaking president. Can’t he just choose to add more justices and get a new case brought to overturn the previous one? SCOTUS clearly only cares about precedent in specific cases and chooses when to use it and when to ignore it seemingly randomly. His party controls the Senate, who controls confirmations.
The White House is exploring the possibility of airdropping aid from U.S. military planes into Gaza as deliveries by land become increasingly difficult, four U.S. officials told Axios.
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new citywide communications policy hit a speed bump this week following public outcry over a clampdown on libraries’ social media postings.
“Already this month, 14 days have recorded surface air temperatures greater than 17°C (62.6°F) — spikes that have not been seen for roughly 125,000 years.
A lawsuit has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and an Indianapolis Public Schools teacher against Indiana’s “Don’t Say Gay” claiming it infringes on constitutional rights. They hope to block the law from taking effect and ultimately have it struck down as unconstitutional. Hoping for the best!