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55 House Democrats Urge White House To Pressure Israel On Palestinian Aid
13Oct By adminNo Comments
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55 House Democrats Urge White House To Pressure Israel On Palestinian Aid

Dozens of House Democrats are urging President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure Israel into taking steps to limit harm to Palestinian civilians trapped and struggling to flee their increasingly ravaged homes in the northern Gaza Strip. The 55 members of Congress took care in their letter to condemn Hamas’ brutal attack that left more than 1,200 in Israel dead, calling it the “worst perpetration of violence inflicted on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.”The group outlined five specific priorities for the Biden administration, emphasizing international laws on warfare, the swift facilitation of humanitarian aid and the importance of denouncing hate on either side of the conflict.Signees include several of the House’s prominent progressives, such as Reps. Pram...
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The Pope’s Coming Vatican Showdown with American Conservatives
18Sep By adminNo Comments
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The Pope’s Coming Vatican Showdown with American Conservatives

Pope Francis’s “apostolic journey” to Mongolia earlier this month had the unexpected consequence of bringing Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a singular and controversial French Jesuit scientist who died nearly seventy years ago, into the news cycle. As it turns out, Teilhard’s theology of cosmic spiritual progress is a useful way to understand the challenges that Francis is currently facing, as he and the Church prepare for a global synod next month in Rome. There, three hundred and sixty-three clerical and lay leaders representing two rival conceptions of the Church will encounter one another for several weeks of behind-closed-doors dialogue—a process that is meant to be amicable but may lead to open conflict prior to a second session next October.The main question surrounding the Pope’s jou...
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Justice Democrats Faces More Staff Reduction In Latest Layoffs
17Aug By adminNo Comments
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Justice Democrats Faces More Staff Reduction In Latest Layoffs

The prominent progressive group Justice Democrats laid off three more members of its staff this week, adding to a contraction of its workforce that began in mid-July.Departing staff members held either administrative roles or positions at the group’s political nonprofit arm, Organize for Justice, according to Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for the group, which led a number of successful primary challenges against moderate Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 landmark win in New York City.Andrabi did not provide a formal statement about the development or additional details about the layoffs or the exact day when they occurred. He also declined a request for an interview on the staff changes.Amid fundraising struggles, Justice Democrats had already laid off nine out of...
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Layoffs At Justice Democrats Raise Worries For Progressives
3Aug By adminNo Comments
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Layoffs At Justice Democrats Raise Worries For Progressives

From 2018 to 2020, the activist left experienced something of an electoral renaissance. It started, of course, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then an obscure primary challenger, ousted Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), the chair of the House Democratic Caucus. The scope of the change was most evident, though, in how her win ― and the victories of the other left-wing candidates who would jointly come to be known as “The Squad” ― pushed many mainstream Democrats, including President Joe Biden, to the left.That ideological shift was, in turn, all the more remarkable because it was propelled by Justice Democrats, a small, millennial-run group that emerged from the ashes of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ first presidential run to recruit, consult and, if necessary, finance progressive primary challenges.Just o...
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Leftist London Mayor Sadiq Khan Urges UK Men to Force a Woke Anti-Sexism Codeword on Their Friends – RedState
23Jul By adminNo Comments
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Leftist London Mayor Sadiq Khan Urges UK Men to Force a Woke Anti-Sexism Codeword on Their Friends – RedState

The Mayor of London in the U.K. is pushing a progressive campaign meant to convince British men to call out their friends for committing sexism or misogyny, particularly with the words they use. It’s a continuation of a PSA-type narrative that Mayor Sadiq Khan introduced in 2022 called “Have A Word.” But now, it’s morphed into a hashtag campaign, with Khan urging men to police their friends (mates) with an anti-sexism codeword: My new campaign recognises that male violence against women and girls often starts with words. I’m determined to ensure that men and boys feel empowered to call out their mates when their behaviour crosses the line. #Maaate #HaveAWord — Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) July 21, 2023 Sadiq Khan has launched a new campaign telling men and boys to say...
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