(2024-02-13). Biden Not Reconsidering 'Unequivocal' Support for Israel's Gaza Slaughter. news.antiwar.com
(2024-02-13). Biden hosts King of Jordan to discuss Gaza deal. newarab.com 
President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II in Washington on Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages held in Gaza, and growing concern over a possible Israeli military operation in the port city of Rafah. | It is the first meeting between the allies since three American troops were killed last month in a drone strike against a U.S. base in Jordan. | Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the fatalities, the first for the U.S. after months of strikes by such groups against American forces across the Middle East since the start of Israel's war on Gaza.
(2024-02-13). Did Biden give Israel green light to assault Gaza's Rafah?>. newarab.com 
(2024-02-13). Biden says 'too many' Palestinians killed in Gaza have been innocent civilians. muslimmirror.com WASHINGTON : US President Joe Biden said Monday that "too many" Palestinians killed in Gaza have been innocent civilians, renewing concern over Israel pressing ahead with a military operation in the city of Rafah following air strikes. "Too many of the over 27,000 Palestinians killed in this conflict have been innocent civilians, including thousands of …
(2024-02-13). State of the Presidency: 46+25 = 47? counterpunch.org According to a report issued by Special Counsel Robert K. Hur on February 8, his investigation found "evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen." While the report also mentions "innocent explanations for the documents that we cannot refute," the argument against charging
(2024-02-13). With a green light from Biden, Israel commencing Rafah massacre. wsws.org Israel launched a massive aerial bombardment of Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, on Sunday night into Monday morning, killing over 100 people in a night of death and hellfire.
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(2024-02-13). 'Biden Netanyahu hakkƒ±nda kàºfàºrlຠifade kullandƒ±' iddiasƒ±. yenisafak.com ABD basƒ±nƒ± dikkat àßeken bir iddiayƒ± gàºndeme getirdi. NBC News'in Biden'ƒ±n à∂zel sohbetlerinde bulunan ve ismi aà߃±klanmayan be≈ü ayrƒ± kaynaƒüa dayandƒ±rdƒ±ƒüƒ± haberine gà∂re, ABD Ba≈ükanƒ±, yakƒ±n dà∂nemde Netanyahu'yu en az 3 à∂zel sohbetinde hakaret iàßeren sƒ±fatla niteledi. | Biden, à∂zel sohbetlerinde, ƒ∞srail'in ate≈ükesi kabul etmesi iàßin…
(2024-02-13). Joe Biden'dan ≈üa≈üƒ±rtan aà߃±klama: 27 binden fazla masum Filistinli sivil à∂ldàºràºldàº. yenisafak.com ABD Ba≈ükanƒ± Joe Biden, àúrdàºn Kralƒ± 2. Abdullah ile gà∂ràº≈ümesinin ardƒ±ndan Beyaz Saray'da ortak basƒ±n toplantƒ±sƒ± dàºzenledi. | Gazze'de ve Orta Doƒüu'daki gàºncel geli≈ümeleri kapsamlƒ± ≈üekilde ele aldƒ±klarƒ±nƒ± kaydeden Biden, Kral ile aralarƒ±nda yakƒ±n ve samimi bir ili≈üki olduƒüunu ve iki àºlke arasƒ±nda da ortak à߃&plusm…
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(2024-02-12). Trump Leads the Polls as US Doctor Says Biden Is Showing Clear Signs of Dementia. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-12). The World's Gyre. thealtworld.com Biden may see himself needing some 'grand victory', as much as does Netanyahu, Alastair Crooke writes. | The U.S. is edging closer to war with Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state security agency composed of armed groups, some of which are close to Iran, but which for the main are Iraqi nationalists. The U.S. carried out a drone strike in Baghdad, Wednesday that killed three members of the Kataeb Hizbullah forces, including a senior commander. One of the assassinated, al-Saadi, is the most senior figure to have been assassinated in Iraq since the 2020 drone strike that killed senior Iraqi Commander al-Muha…
(2024-02-12). Jordan's King Abdullah set to visit US and Canada. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Jordan's King Abdullah II will be visiting Washington later today to meet with President Joe Biden, where the two will be discussing "efforts to produce an enduring end to the crisis in Gaza". King Abdullah is also expected to visit Canada and meet with PM Justin Trudeau.
(2024-02-12). 'There's no safe place in Gaza': Horror grips Rafah city. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Horrific scenes are emerging from Rafah city in Gaza, days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to launch a ground invasion on the last "safe zone" in the Gaza Strip.In a call with US President Joe Biden, Netanyahu was urged not to start a military operation in Rafah city "without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there".Al Jazeera reported that about 1.4 million Palestinians, or more than half of Gaza's population have fled to Rafah, which is near Israel's border with Egypt. Furthermore, the…
(2024-02-12). List of Emergency Actions: Hands Off Rafah! answercoalition.org 
The Israeli war machine and its backers in the Biden administration are poised to unleash the worst massacre yet of the war on Gaza — a full-scale attack on Rafah. Rafah is the last remaining region of Gaza that has not been invaded by the Israeli army, and the majority of Gaza's starving population has fled there. The ultra-densely packed population has nowhere left to go. | We need to act now to stop this attack from going forward, end the genocide, and win freedom for Palestine. Take to the streets! | List of protests: | Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7: 00 p.m., Israeli Consulate (1100 Spri…
(2024-02-12). These Are the Zionist Megadonors Helping Fund Biden's Reelection Campaign. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-12). Are Biden's "adjustments" to U.S. Gaza policy better late than never? peoplesworld.org 
As the old saying goes, "Better late than never." When it comes to the AFL-CIO joining in the call for a ceasefire in Gaza, it's true enough. After months of destruction in Gaza, the murder of over 28,000 Palestinians, and the issuing of ceasefire demands by many constituent unions and locals—UE, CWA, Flight Attendants, the …
(2024-02-12). House GOP Readies for Second Round of Mayorkas Impeachment Vote. truthout.org After failing to win an impeachment vote last week against a Biden administration official, Republicans have scheduled a "re-vote" on Tuesday in which a long-absent member of their House conference could potentially cast the deciding vote. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas survived an attempted impeachment vote last Tuesday by a vote of 214 House members in favor… |
(2024-02-12). Biden Not Reconsidering 'Unequivocal' Support for Israel's Gaza Slaughter. news.antiwar.com President Biden has no plans to alter his policy of "unequivocal" support for Israel's slaughter in Gaza despite claiming in private conversations that he's frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, NBC News reported on Monday. Sources told NBC that Biden had disparaged Netanyahu in private conversations with other people, including some campaign donors. The …
(2024-02-12). EU's Top Diplomat Slams US for Continuing to Arm Israel. news.antiwar.com Josep Borrell, the European Union's top foreign policy official, took a swipe at the US on Monday for claiming it's concerned about civilian casualties in Gaza while still supplying weapons to Israel to support the slaughter of Palestinians. Borrell was referencing President Biden calling Israel's military operations in Gaza "over the top" while not changing …
(2024-02-12). Bishop William Barber on the "Moral Case for a Ceasefire" in Gaza. democracynow.org 
Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, talks about "the moral case for a ceasefire" in Gaza and why he joined a group of Christian leaders for a vigil outside the White House in November demanding action from President Biden. "We must speak as one voice — Christians, Muslims and Jews — to say the indiscriminate killing of women and children in this war is immoral," Barber says.
(2024-02-12). "Worst-Case Scenario": Noura Erakat on Israel's Looming Invasion of Rafah. democracynow.org 
As the United States, the European Union and countries around the world are warning Israel against a ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, we speak with Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat. "This is disproportionate, excessive force that is meant to terrorize a population," says Erakat. "Israel must stop its genocidal campaign now." Erakat also responds to news that one of President Biden's top foreign policy aides has admitted the administration has made "missteps" in the Middle East, and discusses calls to stop arms transfers under international law to p…
(2024-02-12). "Our Children Deserve to Live": Mother in Rafah Desperate to Escape as Israel Prepares Ground Invasion. democracynow.org 
As Palestinian health officials say overnight Israeli strikes killed dozens in Rafah, where over 1 million Palestinians have sought refuge, we speak with a teacher trying to evacuate Rafah with her young children, who urges the U.S. government to stop the bloodshed. "My message to President Biden: We are innocent civilians, and we have no fault in what is happening," says Duha Latif. "Our children deserve to live a normal life like the rest of the world's children." Latif is
(2024-02-12). Headlines for February 12, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Strikes Kill 67 in Rafah; Two Hostages Freed in Raid by Israeli Special Forces, 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab Found Killed by Israeli Forces 2 Weeks After Desperate Plea to Aid Workers, Dutch Court Orders Halt to Exporting F-35 Fighter Jet Parts to Israel, "We Have Made Missteps": Biden Official Admits Errors in Gaza, Blasts Netanyahu Gov't in Private Mtg., Hundreds Protest Art Institutions' Complicity and Silence over Gaza, Forcing MoMA to Close Doors, Brown University Students End Hunger Strike, Will Continue to Demand Divestment, Talks Resume on U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq; Defense…
(2024-02-13). In Europe, Platform Workers Are Winning Limited Protections. popularresistance.org As the European Parliament heads toward fresh elections in June, there's one unresolved file on the desk of Brussels's politicians and technocrats. The European Union (EU) Platform Work Directive, an attempt to establish a unified set of labor standards for workers on digital platforms like Uber and Deliveroo, has turned out to be a thorny issue. | The EU's various institutions have been banging heads over platform work regulation for years now, unable to bridge conflicting interests and ideologies. If passed, the Platform Work Directive would establish a whole set of new rights relating to algorithmic management…
(2024-02-13). Washington Sets Stage For Delegitimizing The Venezuelan Presidential Election. popularresistance.org
(2024-02-13). Protests break out in Karachi over alleged ballot rigging. presstv.ir Despite PTI-backed candidates leading in Pakistan's election race, the party's supporters stage a protest outside the Election Commission in Karachi lamenting state interference in the polling process.
(2024-02-13). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. counterpunch.org 
(2024-02-13). Cashing in on Racist Bail. counterpunch.org 
Most Americans have not considered "cash bail" as critical to equality and freedom. The term is an esoteric one but is increasingly central to the ongoing battle over racial capitalism, policing, and mass incarceration, especially in an election year as critical as 2024. Here's what cash bail means: When arrested by police on suspicion of
(2024-02-13). Infighting in Pakistan's ruling elite intensifies following shock election result. wsws.org The PTI of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan won the most seats, even though its candidates were obliged to run as independents.
(2024-02-12). Pakistan: The Generals Plan Fraudulent National Elections. transcend.org 7 Feb 2024 – Pakistan is in the midst of fraudulent national elections. Progressive nations produce new, educated and intelligent young people for progress in future-making. But Pakistanis are stuck to fight the old bags and few inept generals for their survival and future-making.
(2024-02-12). NATO and EU respond to Trump's warning. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reacted to former US President Donald Trump's remarks, cautioning that allies failing to meet their financial commitments to NATO might not be defended in the event of a Russian attack.Stoltenberg, in an interview with Norwegian TV channel TV2, stated, "Any suggestion that allies won't support each other would harm our security. Regardless of the presidential election outcome, I expect the US to remain a strong and loyal NATO ally."The EU also voiced its concerns over Trump's comments. European Council President Charles Michel, in a message on his X account,…
(2024-02-12). Navigating election security: federal agencies at a crossroads. nationofchange.org In a dimly lit Situation Room, the fate of U.S. election integrity hangs in the balance. Federal officials are at a crossroads, navigating the murky waters of AI threats and potential violence.
(2024-02-12). Pakistan Elections: The People's Verdict. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-12). Do You Want to Subsidize Rich People's Political Contributions? counterpunch.org 
In prior decades we used to try to restrict the ability of the rich and very rich to buy elections. We have limits on campaign contributions to candidates and political parties. Until the Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Citizens United case, corporations were prohibited altogether from contributing to politicians and political campaigns. This is no
(2024-02-12). Democracy Now! 2024-02-12 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for February 12, 2024; "Our Children Deserve to Live": Mother in Rafah Desperate to Escape as Israel Prepares Ground Invasion; "Worst-Case Scenario": Noura Erakat on Israel's Looming Invasion of Rafah; Race, Gender, Class: Bishop Barber, Economist Michael Zweig on Poor & Low-Wage Voters in 2024 Election; Bishop William Barber on the "Moral Case for a Ceasefire" in Gaza | Headlines for February 12, 2024; "Our Children Deserve to Live": Mother in Rafah Desperate to Escape as Israel Prepares Ground Invasion; "Worst-Case Scenario": Noura Erakat…
(2024-02-12). U.S. questions Pakistan election process amid Imran Khan allies lead. mronline.org 
This comes as candidates aligned with imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan maintained a lead in election results thus far.
(2024-02-12). Washington Promotes Opposition Candidate Setting the Stage for Delegitimizing the Venezuelan Presidential Election. dissidentvoice.org Despite continuous US-led hybrid warfare to overthrow the socialist project, this month marks the 25th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro has successfully forced the US to de facto engage with it, although Washington still maintains the fiction that the defunct 2015 National Assembly is the "last remaining democratic …
(2024-02-12). Race, Gender, Class: Bishop Barber, Economist Michael Zweig on Poor & Low-Wage Voters in 2024 Election. democracynow.org 
As the 2024 election heats up, the Poor People's Campaign has launched a 40-week effort aimed at mobilizing the voting power of some 15 million poor and low-wage voters across the United States ahead of the November election. The campaign's first major coordinated actions are set to occur outside 30 statehouses on March 2, just days before Super Tuesday. "Statehouses are where the political insurrections are taking place," says Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. The "enormous undertaking" is in response to "an enormous economic and moral…
(2024-02-13). Trump backs North Carolina GOP chair, daughter-in-law Lara Trump to lead RNC. geo.tv 
Trump has also asked one of his campaign's senior advisors, Chris LaCivita, to assume role of COO at RNC…
(2024-02-13). Selected Articles: Bombshell: Treasury Department Admits Targeting 'MAGA' Finances Without Due Process. "Milking January 6 For All It's Worth" globalresearch.ca 
By The Orwellian censorship regime is nearly beyond parody, as the feds were reportedly interested not just …
(2024-02-12). Is World War III on the horizon or has already begun?>. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – As conflicts flare up worldwide, especially in places like Gaza, the Middle East, and beyond, there's talk about the possibility of a third world war. Leaders and experts are worried, but they're also trying to figure out if it's really going to happen.Former US President Donald Trump recently warned about a potential third world war, especially after an attack on a US military base. Others, like William Burns from the US intelligence agency, also think things in the Middle East are getting really tense.People in power, like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the US and Defense Secretary Grant Shapps in…
(2024-02-12). Putin Debunks Tucker Carlson's Warmongering Anti-China Propaganda. popularresistance.org The US TV host Tucker Carlson set off a political scandal by traveling to Moscow this February to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. | This provoked a debate in the media, which — as is so often the case in partisan US politics — completely missed the forest for the trees. | Liberal war hawks like Hillary Clinton portrayed Tucker Carlson as a traitor and "useful idiot" of Putin. | Democrats have been blinded by their obsessive hatred of Russia, and are utterly incapable of seeing what is happening geopolitically. | In reality, Carlson and other Donald Trump allies in the Republican Party have…
(2024-02-12). Book Review: Trump, the 'Chosen One'. progressive.org In "American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times," André Gagné details the New Apostolic Reformation—and how its leaders helped Donald Trump ascend to power.
(2024-02-13). Anti-Imperialism In The US Today: What It Is And Is Not. popularresistance.org Fidel Castro, the world recognizes as a historic anti-imperialist figure, repeatedly warned that the main danger to humanity is US imperialism: "There is an enemy that can be called universal, an enemy whose attitude and whose actions…threaten the whole world, bully the whole world, that universal enemy is Yankee imperialism." He fought to build a world united front against imperialism, of the world's peoples and countries to oppose the barbarous actions of US imperialism. We see that anti-imperialist unity right now with United Nations votes and worldwide protests against the US-Israeli slaughters in Gaza, in…
(2024-02-13). SA deploys 2900 troops to eastern DRC. sanews.gov.za SA deploys 2900 troops to eastern DRC | South Africa is to deploy at least 2 900 members of the South African National Defence Force to assist in the fight against illegal armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the deployment in line with fulfilling South Africa's international obligation towards the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to support the DRC. | The deployment comes as the DRC battles Tutsi-led M23 rebels whose attacks and advances in recent days, is threatening the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma. | According to medi…
(2024-02-13). Why the Marshall Plan ? cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-13). Essential polling shows support for a democratic economy, proportional representation. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-13). President of Mexico Proposes 20 Constitutional Reforms With Focus on Social Justice and Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Saheli Chowdhury — Feb 12, 2024 | The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced a package of 20 constitutional reforms, with a focus on social justice, participatory democracy, and combating "white-collar crime." | The president
(2024-02-13). Thailand: Opposition Move Forward Party faces dissolution. wsws.org Last month's ruling lays bare the anti-democratic character of the Thai state apparatus, which is not prepared to countenance a public discussion about any reform of the monarchy.
(2024-02-13). Opposition grows against pro-government thug attacks on Sri Lankan SEP members. wsws.org "The Alton Plantation Workers Action Committee strongly condemns this assault, and we consider the attack against SEP members, who are in the forefront of the struggle for workers' rights, as an attack on the basic democratic rights of all workers."
(2024-02-13). Chicago blocking protests at Democratic National Convention in August. wsws.org With just one group of protesters permitted and more rejected, the Democratic Party is making clear its intent to prevent the DNC from becoming a forum for opposition to their policies, including banning strikes.
(2024-02-12). What Is the Democrats' Playbook? Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-12). Stop the invasion of Rafah! workers.org 
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza is reaching another turning point. As if in competition for war criminal of the decade, Benyamin Netanyahu has doubled down on his threat to invade Rafah, at Gaza's southern end. That's after driving most of the 2.3 million Palestinians out of the north and middle . . . |
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(2024-02-12). North Korea Must Be Ready to "Occupy" South — Kim. dissidentvoice.org 
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivering a speech at the Ministry of National Defense in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 76th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army. © STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP Pyongyang must be prepared to seize South Korean territory in the event of an "emergency," North Korean leader …