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21/03/2024

U.S. public opinion on Israel-Hamas war, as of end of last month:

1) Almost 60% of Americans say Israel’s reasons for fighting Hamas are valid, but fewer than 40% say that Israel’s conduct in that war has been “acceptable”;
2) Only 22% of Americans believe that Israeli actions in Gaza will make Israel “safer” than it was prior to Oct. 7;
3) While another 22% of Americans say that Hamas’ reasons for fighting Israel are valid, only 5% said that the way Hamas conducted its Oct. 7 offensive was “acceptable”;
4) 22% (why is it always 22%?) of Americans say that they are “closely following” news and events relating to the Israel-Hamas war. That number is higher for U.S. Jews (61%) and U.S. Muslims (41%);
5) Almost 60% of Americans say that they sympathize with the civilians on both sides of the war;
6) 50% of Americans support urgent U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza, while only 19% oppose such aid.

57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.

04/03/2024

Donald Trump will remain on the ballot. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the case before them does not fall within the jurisdiction of the judicial branch of government at all, and that the task of enforcing the 14th Amendment falls upon Congress alone. Because Congress, in the form of the Senate, failed to impeach President Donald Trump after Jan. 6, he will remain eligible as a candidate in the 2024 election. The ruling notes that Congress may still choose to rule Trump’s candidacy illegal, but to do so after the end of his impeachment trial would require a new act of Congress making it through both the House and Senate.

The Supreme Court overturned a ruling by Colorado's Supreme Court which stated Donald Trump cannot appear on the primary ballot.

06/01/2023

Two years ago today, the United States was attacked by a hostile domestic enemy seeking the violent overthrow of our republic and the installment of an unelected fascist dictatorship.

On January 6, 2021, our republic came within 30 seconds of violent collapse. A tiny handful of individuals—within those thirty seconds and for the rest of that day— prevented a bloody massacre inside of Congress itself, and helped prevent the assassination of high-profile targets including the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Leader, and well-known Senators and Representatives.

We owe the survival of our republic, the survival of the Legislative branch of government, and the survival of the idea of democracy in America to those few brave and courageous heroes.

Today, this enemy remains free. Although beset by innumerable lawsuits worth a total of more than a century in prison, he continues to live a life of relative luxury, and his name is still normalized by the US media as a kind of familiar pop celebrity.

The comfort, acceptance and naivete with which Americans continue to view this enemy is a key component of what makes fascism so dangerous in the first place.

Do not accept what you cannot change. Change what you cannot accept.

Never forget 1/6.

Always stay vigilant.

27/02/2022

Russia's war of territorial conquest in Ukraine has challenged the global security order and forced Western nations to present a united response in defense of international law. Today Ukraine submitted a lawsuit to the International Court of Justice against Russia for the invasion. Here is a brief overview of the conflict:

https://matthewrbishop.medium.com/ukraine-a-brief-explanation-643d7d5a302

A Brief Explainer on Ukraine