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Senate Protesters Arrested for Urging End to Genocide - The Wednesday AM Quickie 11/20/24

By Corey Pein —

Unfortunately there's been a last-minute snag in the sale of Infowars to the Onion at Alex Jones' bankruptcy auction. Trump has been invoked, natch. However this shakes out, we'll keep you posted. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Senate Votes Today on Whether to Limit Arms to Israel

Capitol police arrested at least 44 anti-genocide protesters yesterday inside the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building. The protesters, who reportedly included "members of faith groups, moms, healthcare workers, educators, students, [and military] veterans," were calling on Congress to pass an Israeli "arms embargo now" and to fund education, healthcare, and housing – "not genocide" in Gaza.

The protesters also aimed to press Senators to support six joint resolutions of disapproval introduced by Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders in September and coming up for a floor vote today. The resolutions target US complicity in Israeli war crimes and would bar the further sale of tank rounds and other weapons that have been repeatedly used against Palestinian civilians.

"The United States government is currently in violation of the law, and every member of the US Senate who believes in the rule of law should vote for these resolutions," Sanders said at a press conference yesterday, calling the legal facts "cut and dry." He was joined by Democratic Sens. Peter Welch of Vermont, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.

The resolutions are likely to fail when voting time comes. "But symbolism has meaning," J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami writes. "History will not be kind to those who step back when the moment demands a clear and powerful statement of disapproval of how this war has been conducted and of horror at the death, destruction and humanitarian disaster that has been created."

Meanwhile in Gaza, "organized gangs are stealing much of the aid Israel allows into the enclave, operating freely in areas controlled by the Israeli military," the Washington Post reports. The gangs, run by local crime families, are said to be rivals of Hamas and have clashed with that group; the United Nations "concluded last month that the gangs 'may be benefiting from a passive if not active benevolence' or 'protection' from the Israel Defense Forces."

Trumpocalypse: New York Prosecutors Propose Yearslong Delay to Trump Hush Money Sentencing

  • Mystery Hacker Nabs Damning Testimony on Gaetz; AG Nomination Is Part of 'Hostile Takeover' of Federal Government Florida attorney Joel Leppard says his clients, two women who say Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz paid them for sex and also had sex with a 17-year-old, do not want to testify publicly, and instead "hope to put pressure on the House to release the contents of th[is year's ethics] investigation." via the New York Times, the Washington Post, and NBC News.
  • Latest Wrecking Crew Picks: Dr. Oz to Run Medicaid and Medicare; WWE's Linda McMahon as Education Secretary; Wall Street Billionaire Howard Lutnick for Commerce McMahon, who donated more than $21 million to Trump's latest campaign, is the latest Cabinet pick facing allegations of involving sexual misconduct, in her case covering up the abuse of WWE "ring boys." via the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and NBC News.
  • Teamsters' Prez Sean O'Brien Is Pushing Oregon Republican for Labor Secretary Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer "won strong union support in her recent reelection bid, which she narrowly lost earlier this month." via Politico and Willamette Week.
  • 'Hardening Our Defenses': LA City Council Unanimously Passes Sanctuary Ordinance "Also on Tuesday, the Los Angeles school board affirmed the nation's second-largest school system as a sanctuary for immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community." via the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.

House GOP Priority: Banning Trans Rep. Sarah McBride from Capitol Bathrooms

After promising to "treat all persons with dignity and respect," Budding Theocrat House Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday rushed to clarify that he didn't mean transgender persons. Johnson signaled support for a resolution by South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace to block the first openly trans member of Congress, Delaware Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, from women's restrooms at the Capitol. The Associated Press reports:

"'This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing,' McBride said. 'We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars.'
"Rep. Katherine Clark, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, quipped that House Republicans are already 'off to a great start.'
"'What are they talking about there, on day one, is where one member out of 435 is going, where she is going to use the bathroom?' the Massachusetts lawmaker said during a press conference Tuesday. 'That is their focus?'"

Even if Mace's resolution is adopted this year, before McBride's swearing-in, it will have to be reintroduced and passed next year to be in effect for the next Congress, according to the Washington Post.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • Putin Tweaks Russian Nuclear Doctrine to Allow for Nuclear Response to Conventional Strikes President Joe Biden, meanwhile, "has authorized the provision of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine," ignoring appeals from "a wide range of anti-mine advocates who say the risk to civilians is unacceptably high." via the Associated Press, the Washington Post, and the Guardian.
  • Hong Kong Court Sentences 45 Democracy Advocates to Prison Meanwhile, Jimmy Lai, publisher of the defunct newspaper Apple Daily, testified in his own defense yesterday in a "national security" trial that threatens to put him away for life. via the Washington Post, the Guardian, and the AP.
  • California Measure to Raise Minimum Wage to $18 Narrowly Fails "'Proposition 32's failure to pass is disappointing for all Californians who believe that everyone who works should earn enough to support their families,' said Kathy Finn, president of UFCW 770." via the AP and Politico.
  • SpaceX Botches Rocket Landing with Trump Watching "'Elon, like [Donald] Trump, doesn't give a shit about what people think about him, and [Donald] Trump finds that refreshing,' said a person who has watched him and Musk interact recently. 'Elon is probably the only other man in the world who can truly relate to [Donald] Trump." via the Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Times.

SOME NUMBER

73 percent

That's how many Philadelphia precincts saw a lower voter turnout this year as compared to the 2020 general election, NBC News reports. The same trend held true in Detroit and Milwaukee, suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign underperformed by failing to inspire the Democratic Party's base to turn out. That said, Donald Trump's popular vote lead is shrinking across the US as Western states complete their vote counts, the Nation reports, belying his claim of having won "an unprecedented and powerful mandate."

ON THE SHOW TODAY

11/20: It’s Hump Day! Sam speaks with Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, to discuss what may to be come in terms of foreign policy in Trump's 2nd term. Then, he speaks with Gregg Gonsalves, associate professor of epidemiology at Yale University, to discuss his recent piece in The Nation entitled "The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump."

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PARTING WORDS

"When I came to this [trial] and gave up anonymity, my children were ashamed to have the name Pelicot. But I have grandchildren who are called Pelicot. I want them not to be ashamed to have the name. I want them to be proud of their grandmother. I want people to remember Madame Pelicot, not Monsieur Pelicot."

-- Gisèle Pelicot, responding to a question from the defense counsel for her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, yesterday at his trial in Avignon, France. Over a decade, Dominique drugged Gisèle and invited dozens of men to rape her in a shocking, high-profile case that's forcing a conversation about changing "the macho, patriarchal society that trivializes rape," as she put it in her closing statement.

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