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Green Party candidate Jill Stein is gaining ground among Muslim-American voters in three critical swing states: Michigan, Arizona, and Wisconsin, according to a recent poll by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Stein leads Vice President and Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in these states, with 40 per cent support in Michigan, 35 per cent in Arizona, and 44 per cent in Wisconsin. This surge in popularity appears tied to Stein’s vocal criticism of US support for Israel during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ronald-reagan-former-staff-back-harris-walz-ticket/
cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/22143953 > Have to avoid paying taxes anyway possible.
theintercept.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20362954 > Cody Bloomfield > > September 13 2024, 6:00 a.m. > > "Treating the Stop Camp Grayling protesters as terrorists is the latest episode in a worldwide trend of governments smearing climate and environmental activists as terrorists — an ongoing Green Scare. Misapplication of the terrorism label frequently serves as pretext for invasive surveillance and sustained scrutiny."
www.middleeasteye.net
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20358918 > By Ayah El-Khaldi > > Published date: 13 September 2024 16:05 BST
www.ndtv.com
A 58-year-old man detained in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump has said in an interview in 2023 that he planned to recruit potential Afghan soldiers through Pakistan to fight in Ukraine against Russia. "We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan since it's such a corrupt country," he was quoted as saying by the New York Times. During Sunday's attack, Trump was on the course, a few hundred yards away, when Secret Service personnel spotted Routh concealed in the bushes and opened fire, law enforcement officials were quoted as saying by the New York Times.
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www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20334119 > Nikhil Singh > > Fri 17 May 2024 07.00 EDT
theintercept.com
The Iraq war — sold on lies and bungled in its prosecution — has become the embodiment of American hubris in the 21st century. Today, those same diehard war hawks — the very people who planned and carried out the Iraq invasion — are proudly throwing their full support behind Vice President Kamala Harris in the November presidential election. These hawks say they’re endorsing Harris largely to stop Donald Trump — citing his conduct and “chaotic leadership” — but these prominent conservatives are backing the Democratic nominee because their visions for U.S. foreign policy increasingly appear to be aligned. The Democratic and Republican parties are more unified than ever in their commitment to preserving American hegemony and preventing the multipolar world from emerging. The party’s 2024 platform also reflects this rightward shift. A section from the 2020 platform on ending forever wars and opposing regime change was completely removed in 2024. The Democratic Party went from calling for an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war in Yemen to championing the Biden administration’s plan for a normalization deal between Israel and the Persian Gulf monarchy — a plan that could also put American lives on the line to protect the Saudi dictatorship for decades to come.
zeteo.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20325317 > Prem Thakker > > Sep 13, 2024 >
www.middleeasteye.net
Speaking during an event at Chatham House in London on Friday, Prince Turki - who led Saudi Arabia’s intelligence for over two decades - called on Washington to deny Israel financial and military support. “A lot of financial help goes to Israel from the United States,” the 79-year-old, whose father King Faisal ruled the kingdom between 1964 and 1975, told reporters and foreign policy analysts in the British capital. He stated that “Israeli lobbyists” enjoyed tax-free status in the US because they were considered to be “philanthropic or humanitarian”, rather than as representing the interests of Israel. He urged for such tax exemptions on pro-Israel groups to be withdrawn by the Americans in light of the ongoing conflict.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5680856 > I'm just surprised that we're at the point where even Legal Eagle is spinning this story. > > Makes me worried for how this New Cold War will affect the country.
www.theguardian.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20296443 > Melissa Hellmann, Gloria Oladipo and Adria R Walker > > Fri 13 Sep 2024 07.00 EDT
By Brett Wilkins September 12, 2024
The Pentagon says the modelling must "include former Eastern Block [sic] countries" and "regions beyond eastern Europe and western Russia".
theintercept.com
> These hawks say they’re endorsing Harris largely to stop Donald Trump — citing his conduct and “chaotic leadership” — but these prominent conservatives are backing the Democratic nominee because their visions for U.S. foreign policy increasingly appear to be aligned. The Democratic and Republican parties are more unified than ever in their commitment to preserving American hegemony and preventing the multipolar world from emerging.
inthesetimes.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20298716 > UCLA students arguing that Zionism is a First Amendment-protected religious belief have joined a powerful right-wing legal project. > > Raphael Magarik > > September 13, 2024 >
www.presstv.ir
Surveillance video shows a man setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in the US city of Boston, purportedly in protest of the regime’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza. The incident happened around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, outside the Israeli consulate which is across from the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Boston. The person’s identity, motives, and condition are currently unknown. But his action is reminiscent of Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC in February 2024 to protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
