At the UN, Biden Passes the Buck for Mideast War - The Wednesday AM Quickie 9/25/24

By Corey Pein — Sep 25, 2024

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THE BIG NEWS

World Tour: 'We Can't Go on Like This,' UN Chief Warns

Biden Tells UN 'a Solution Is Still Possible' to Avoid 'Full-Scale War' in Middle East; Lebanon Says Only the US Can Secure 'Our Salvation' "With only four months left in office, a growing number of Biden's speeches and activities are aimed at burnishing his legacy," and his address yesterday to the United Nations General Assembly in New York was no exception. via the Washington Post and Reuters.
'It's a War': Civilians Who Are Able to Flee Southern Lebanon as Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 569 People Meanwhile at the UN General Assembly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared far-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler, saying he "and his murder network must also be stopped by the alliance of humanity." via the New York Times, the Post, and Politico.
Trump Hails Historical Russian Military Victories as House GOP Demands Investigation of Zelenskyy Visit to Pennsylvania Ammo Factory Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president told the UN Security Council yesterday that "we have proof" of Russian plans to attack three nuclear plants. via the Associated Press, Politico, and the New York Times.
Study Finds Climate Change Doubled Risk of Catastrophic Floods in Central Europe Meanwhile in New York, the UN General Assembly will hold a meeting today "aims to build political consensus on action to address the widespread social, economic and legal consequences of rising seas." via the AP and the Guardian.
WTF: Off-Road Racers in Chile Have Done Irreversible Damage to Ancient Indigenous Desert Glyphs "The geoglyphs are gigantic," Chilean Society of Archaeology president Marcela Sepúlveda says. "No one can claim they didn't see them. That's impossible." via the Times
Thousands of South Korean Kids Adopted By Families in the US, Europe, and Austrailia Were Abducted With Their Government's Blessing Interviews with dozens of adoptees and thousands of pages of documents "reveal evidence of kidnapped or missing children ending up abroad, fabricated names, babies switched with one another and parents told their newborns were gravely sick or dead, only to discover decades later they'd been sent to new parents overseas." via the AP and PBS Frontline.
Sri Lanka's New Leftist President Dissolves Parliament and Calls Snap Election Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Saturday's presidential election but his National People's Party held only 3 of 225 seats in parliament; he told voters "had no magic solution to hardships people were facing, but would seek a collective effort to end the [country's economic] crisis." via BBC News and Le Monde.
Thai King Signs Marriage Equality Bill Into Law Waaddao Anne Chumaporn, the founder of Bangkok Pride, plans to organize a mass wedding ceremony for more than a thousand LGBTQ couples on Jan. 22, when the law takes effect. via BBC News and the Bangkok Post.

MORE STORIES TO WATCH

Future of Democracy Watch: Psycho Project 2025 Mastermind Boasted About Killing Neighbor's Dog

Humanitarian Aid Group for Haitian Migrants Files Criminal Charges Against Trump and Vance, Seeks Arrest Warrant from Municipal Judge "If anyone else had disrupted public service, made false alarms, and engaged in telecommunications harassment in the manner Trump and Vance did with their relentless and persistent lies—even after the governor and mayor said what they were saying was false, they would've been arrested by now," Haitian Bridge Alliance attorney Subodh Chandra says. "They must be held accountable to the rule of law in the same way any of the rest of us would be." via NBC News and HuffPost.
Harris Backs Ending the Senate Filibuster to Secure Abortion Rights Legislation "Shame on her," lame duck coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin III responded, calling the artificial 60-vote threshold enabled by the filibuster rule "the Holy Grail of democracy" – when it's more like a poisoned chalice. via Politico and CNN.
Jack Smith's Team Due to File Major Fact-Filled Court Brief on Trump's Attempt to Overturn 2020 Election By 5pm Tomorrow US District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected arguments from Trump's lawyers that allowing the Justice Department to file the "180-page false hit piece" before the election would be "unfair"; rather, Chutkan told them, "it is simply how litigation works." via the Washington Post.
Nebraska GOP Effort to Skew Electoral College Rules in Trump's Favor Appears Dead Meanwhile, the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is preparing to weigh in on a Republican lawsuit with national implications for mail-in ballots that the ACLU calls "a brazen voter suppression effort." via Politico and the Post.

Another Toxic Train Disaster Strikes in Ohio

For at least the second time in less than two years, a train carrying toxic chemicals has sprung a leak in Ohio, forcing small-town residents to flee. School students in and residents of Cleves, near Cincinnati, were told to evacuate yesterday after an upright railcar began spewing styrene, "a toxic and flammable chemical that is used to make plastic and rubber," which "can cause headaches, nausea and respiratory issues" and, after prolonged exposure, organ damage. Firefighters were spraying the railcar with water last night to keep its temperature down because they fear it might explode. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that a "lack of transparency" in Environmental Protection Agency rules has made it hard for residents of East Palestine, the site of last year's toxic derailment, to assess their risk of cancer and other serious health problems. "I used to feel like those were agencies to protect people, but I don't feel like that anymore," says one woman who is still living away from home for fear of health risks. "They need to come forth and do the right thing. They know these chemicals just don't go away."

QUICKEST QUICKIES

Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Routh Charged With Attempted Assassination Meanwhile in Arizona, someone fired gunshots at a Harris-Walz campaign office; Tempe police are investigating it "as a property crime since nobody was in the office at the time." via the New York Times and the Associated Press.
Bernie Sanders Publicly Shames Novo Nordisk Into Committing to Lower US Prices for Weight Loss Drugs "Stop ripping us off," the Vermont socialist Sen. told pharma CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen at a Senate health committee hearing yesterday. via the Washington Post and NBC News.
FTX Crypto Conwoman Who Cooperated With Prosecutors Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison Caroline Ellison, 29, whose testimony helped convict her former boss and ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried, "was also ordered to forfeit $11 billion, although it's highly unlikely she'll be able to pay it." via the Post and NBC News.
Oklahoma City Apple Store Workers Win Wage Increases, Paid Time Off After Voting to Strike Striking Boeing workers, meanwhile, are rejecting management's latest salary offer as inadequate; and SAG-AFTRA called for a strike against the video game "League of Legends" after its developers sought to hire non-union voice actors. via Engadget, BBC News, and the AP.

SOME NUMBER

$1.2 million

That's how much Alex Jones' Infowars holds in inventory, presumably consisting of bogus "dietary supplements, apparel, survival gear, books and other items," according to bankruptcy court filings. A Texas judge ruled yesterday that the company's assets can be auctioned off to pay the more than $1 billion Jones owes to the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims as damages for defamation and emotional distress. Infowars' intellectual property, including its copyrighted material and websites, may also go up for auction.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

9/25: It’s Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Sharon Lerner, writer covering health and the environment for ProPublica, to discuss her recent piece entitled “EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.” Then, they speak with Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones, author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It, to discuss the recent attempts by Republican legislatures and voting commissions to change rules ahead of the 2024 election.

DON'T MISS MR CLIPS‌

Lina Khan's Stellar '60 Minutes' Appearance

And here's the full interview via CBS News.

RFK Is SO Gross for This...

To be fair, you could say that about so many things he's done.

PARTING WORDS

"Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man. When DNA evidence proves innocence, capital punishment is not justice — it is murder.

-- NAACP President Derrick Johnson, in a statement last night on the execution of Marcellus Williams, 55, after the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court declined to issue a stay and Republican Gov. Mike Parson refused to grant clemency. Williams always maintained his innocence and his murder conviction was cast in doubt by his original prosecutor, the family of the victim, and the Midwest Innocence Project, which called attention to how the police mishandled evidence in Williams' case and racial bias during jury selection. In his last words, Williams, a poet who converted to Islam in prison, praised Allah.

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