Reading

As harrowing new accounts of systemic sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers come to light, the media shifts its focus to amplify Israel's latest claims against Hamas instead.

The post Systemic Rape Allegations Against Israel Meet a Deafening Silence appeared first on MintPress News.

Chuck Schumer weighs in on DNC chair race This is new (Politico): Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer is endorsing Ben Wikler to lead the Democratic National Committee, a boost for the Wisconsin state party leader in a race that has drawn little attention and few big names. Schumer’s endorsement — shared first with POLITICO — comes as Democrats prepare for a month-long campaign to run the DNC, with four candidate forums in January. Following the party’s bruising losses in November, members of the committee will elect their new chair on Feb. 1. Schumer, the most prominent Democrat so far to weigh in publicly on the race, called Wikler a “tenacious organizer,” a “proven fundraiser” and a “sharp communicator” in a statement. He emphasized Wikler’s work in 2024, when Democrats in Wisconsin held on to their Senate seat and flipped 14 state legislative seats, even though Kamala Harris did not win the state. “Ben has what Democrats need right now — proven results — and that’s why I’m backing Ben,” Schumer said. Kudos to Wikler, 43, who I met in 2019.

Coincidences or not? As authorities investigate Wednesday’s New Orleans truck attack on Bourbon Street and the Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, one odd detail links the two. Or doesn’t. Both vehicles were rented using the peer-to-peer rental app, Turo. Axios reports that Clark County/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said “there was no immediate indication of a connection between the two events, but ‘we are investigating every aspect of this.’ “ The New York Times reports: The owner of the Ford pickup truck used in New Orleans recognized his vehicle when he saw footage showing the truck and license plate on the news. He had rented the truck to a 42-year-old Army veteran who then used it to ram into crowds on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more. […] In Las Vegas, the police said during a news conference that the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Hotel’s lobby entrance, killing one and injuring at least seven others, was also rented from Turo.

Originally published December 31, 2018.

1. Learn to play the pianoforte moderately well. Stick to duets.

2. Stop taking long walks in the rain while underdressed.

3. Throw out the expired smelling salts. Replace promptly.

4. Avoid rakes with jaunty names that start with W. Perfect sideburns are not indicative of mature relationship potential.

5. Love my sisters but be slightly more interesting and intelligent than they are.

6. Forgive my father for mangling the line of inheritance.

7. Ignore my mother’s marriage advice. Especially if it involves a not-so-distant relation or anyone in the clergy.

8. Seriously, stick to that thing about the walks. Consumption’s the worst.

9. Argue less about who’s taking which carriage. We’ll all get there eventually.

10. Prepare witty discourse before the ball. Don’t get caught off guard mid-quadrille while not quite touching the man I hate right now but might marry.

11. Stop moaning about how poor I am in front of the servants.

Allegations of price collusions among the potato cartel reveal the new, sophisticated methods food corporations are using to keep prices high.

The post House of Plastic Audiobook appeared first on Doctor Who Magazine.

The post The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted Audio Drama appeared first on Doctor Who Magazine.

The post Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Faithful Friends Audio Drama appeared first on Doctor Who Magazine.

The post Zygon Century: Infiltration Audio Drama appeared first on Doctor Who Magazine.

The post Dalek Mega-Prize appeared first on Doctor Who Magazine.

The post Blu-ray Bundle appeared first on Doctor Who Magazine.

Source - Patreon

Source - Patreon

Source - Patreon

ABC News: Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it was investigating a fire at the entrance to the tower. The public was told to avoid the area, though the police noted the fire had been put out. The driver pulled into the valet area of the hotel and the vehicle exploded, according to an official. The driver is apparently dead and, so far, the only casualty from the incident. Seven bystanders had minor injuries, authorities said. Investigators do not know what caused the blast, such as whether something was wrong with the vehicle or whether something external prompted it. Determining what was behind the explosion is the key focus of the probe. An official briefed on the probe told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck had a load of fireworks-style mortars onboard. Investigators are urgently working to determine a motive and whether the driver intended to set off an explosion and why. You CANNOT make this shit up.

Will they finally catch on? I keep saying that reality is going to bite Trump eventually. I refuse to believe that his con game isn’t going to catch up with him and I don’t think for a moment that he’s got some kind of magic that transcends all reason. He’s a very lucky guy who happened into the political world at a time when celebrity, social media and right wing propaganda outlets were ascendant in our society and he exploited it like the grifter he is. But the cult he built is like all cults — it’s strong until it isn’t. And its strength is about to be tested. The New Republic’s Robert McCoy took a look at the weird phenomenon as well as the possible reckoning ahead: Consider these archetypal dispatches from the 2024 campaign trail. “A lot of people are happy to vote for [Trump] because they simply do not believe he will do many of the things he says he will,” an October New York Times “campaign notebook” entry observed.

Here’s a virtual toast to your flourishing in 2025. But more so than any other year, our wishes should not just be from person to person, but rather wishes for societies – and the society of societies, global humanity. I haven’t felt so gloomy about politics, broadly defined, in a very long time. A genocide […]

Danny Shaw has been traveling to Cuba since 1995 in support of the country’s socialist revolution. Unsatisfied with the official proclamations and guided tours for international leftists, he embarked on a project of first-hand ethnographic research across the country over the decades. With a command of Cuban Spanish, Shaw wandered off the beaten path, independently evaluating conditions in the country. Surveying the perspectives of some of the most marginalized populations in Havana, he assesses their responses to the US unilateral […]

The post Will the Cuban revolution survive the storm of 2025? first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Will the Cuban revolution survive the storm of 2025? appeared first on The Grayzone.