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Darkest Speaker election timeline:

• No speaker is elected for months
• Government shuts down
• Biden gets Congress to agree that military spending is national security and that they can vote on it without a speaker
• This becomes the norm and any non military spending is forever halted because there is never another Speaker
• All new laws are exclusively Executive Orders

Remember, no doomer

David Mencer, former director of Labour Friends of Israel, had an extremely normal one when invited on TalkTV to discuss the growing calls for Labour to back a ceasefire. Seriously, it has to be seen to be believed.

Kinda fascinating how so many of the "so much for the tolerant left" conservatives suddenly think it's completely fine to kill someone for being homophobic all of a sudden (here referring to people that argue the genocide in Gaza is okeydokey, because palestinians are about as LGBTQ-friendly as the average american)

Hezbollah says downed Israeli drone in south Lebanon

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it shot down an Israeli drone southeast of Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile, downing it in Israeli territory.

the date is 10/26/23, we are hearing about another 1/10th of a 9/11 occurring in Maine. There have been 30 or so 9/11's since 10/7/23 in Israel alone. Over 100 9/11's since this past 9/11. Even more if you were to count Palestinians. When will the 9/11's themselves wake up to their own 9/11? Every moment has become a worse tragedy since the last 9/11 and every 9/12 before me looks to become another 9/11 stretching into the abyss. Infinite, recursive 9/11. An inescapable cataclysm in which we are all embodied in the large, jet-fuel-drenched towers, suffocating amongst the melted steel beams. An infinite number of passenger jets are crashing into an endless expanse of financial headquarters. I am born each day at 8:46 AM. The world is watching. I die each morning at 10:28 AM as the North Tower collapse before me. The world grieves for me, but I only crave more blood. I open my eyes and I am born again. The date is still 9/11

Famous last words: https://nitter.cz/plovejet/status/1718348201504166161

I swear to God one of the most exciting parts about entering Gaza will be the fact I won't be on Twitter and seeing all the god awful takes on this conflict.

Rybar analysis on the prisoners situation.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 🇵🇸 The head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, while in New York, made an important statement that could change the situation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

▪️ Palestinian factions have announced their readiness to release non-military hostages to Iran.

▪️ In return, Hamas declares its willingness to negotiate through the mediation of Qatar and Turkey and demands the release of six thousand Palestinian hostages from Israeli prisons.

▪️ The Palestinians, who were once seen as terrorists by the international community, are now showing their willingness to negotiate and make a gesture of goodwill.

▪️ Russia and China have gained points by advocating for the release of hostages during the negotiations. Iran, Qatar, and Turkey are also involved in this process.

🔻The Israelis are now finding it extremely inconvenient to sell the narrative that the Palestinians are terrorists, especially since the population seems to have forgotten the events of October 7-8 amidst the extensive bombing of the Gaza Strip.

It is becoming more difficult to dismiss the need to negotiate with Hamas, as public opinion is shifting towards the belief that it is possible to engage with the Palestinians diplomatically.

In the course of the 19-day conflict, the role of the "aggressor" has shifted from the Arabs to the Israelis. While the former are striving for negotiations, the latter's behavior is becoming increasingly inappropriate.

the sun just rose in Gaza

Thousands rally in Chile in support of the Palestinian people

Thousands of people gathered on Thursday in Chile’s capital Santiago to rally in support of Gaza.

The country has the largest Palestinian diaspora community outside of the Middle East.

that's actually really interesting, Chile has that many Palestinians??

Iraq base with US troops again targeted by rockets: Report

Citing two security sources, the Reuters news agency says two rockets landed inside Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US and other international forces west of Baghdad.

US officials have said the base is among several in Iraq and Syria that have been targeted amid the conflict in Gaza.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the most recent attack or if there were any injuries, although top US diplomat Blinken earlier today broadly blamed recent attacks on US targets in the region on “Iran proxies”.

A Pentagon spokesman is expected to hold a news briefing later this afternoon; We will bring you more information about this when we have it.

from Al Jazeera. this is new I think

Ukrainian Rezident channel claims Zelensky is furious at Biden’s egregious $100B aid package because it’s too large as to be realistic and appears more a deliberate virtue signal or token attempt at help:

Ukrainian channel Rezident: Our source in the Office of the President said that the Office of the President considers the actions of the Biden Administration destructive regarding financial support for Ukraine for 2024. Instead of a realistic relief package for our country, the White House is asking for record amounts that will definitely be blocked by the Republicans. All these actions are aimed at disrupting financial and military assistance to Ukraine in order to agree with the Kremlin to freeze the conflict in our country along the front line.

So the stabbed in the back theory being floated here is that Biden is hoping his big bazooka funding request for Ukraine will fail so he can wash his hands of the blame. That he intentionally made a proposal the house republicans won’t accept.

From https://open.substack.com/pub/simplicius76/p/sitrep-102423-avdeevka-victories

IDF tanks are storming Gaza from all eastern and northern directions. A major battle is currently taking place in the area of the separation fence.

In more fascist infighting news, look at how Charlie Kirk had to carefully thread the needle in order to not have his audience split between "I hate Jews more than Arabs" and "I hate Arabs more than Jews" factions: https://nitter.cz/charliekirk11/status/1716471746063466882. It's extremely telling he waited until today to even address the church bombing.

The head of the World Health Organization said the agency had lost touch with its staff in Gaza, as well as its health facilities, health workers and the rest of its humanitarian partners on the ground. “This siege makes me gravely concerned for their safety and the immediate health risks of vulnerable patients,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the W.H.O., wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/27/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news/c5a17168-c7b8-548e-984d-85aafb17ddc5?smid=url-share

The war’s toll so far:

Live updates: Israeli planes strike targets as US seeks more time to free hostages | AP News

I might misrember things but didnt American POWs complained about horrible conditions and then it was revealed that was just the living standard of vietnam thanks to the war?

I guess we're at the "collateral damage" phase of the war.

I heard the phrase for the first time on American tv news ~1 minute ago.

Pentagon confirms 21 US personnel injured in attacks on Iraq, Syria bases

US Central Command has told Al Jazeera that the US personnel “received minor injuries due to drone attacks at Al Assad Airbase, Iraq and Al-Tanf Garrison, Syria” from October 17 to 18.

”All members returned to duty,” the Department of Defense command said in a statement.

Bases housing US personnel in Iraq and Syria have come under repeated attacks since the beginning of the Irael-Hamas war, raising the prospect of the US being pulled into the conflict.

Earlier this week, Blinken said: “if Iran or its proxies attack US personnel anywhere, make no mistake: We will defend our people, we will defend our security – swiftly and decisively.”

none dead

Multiple Israeli Raids now reported from various locations of the Gaza Strip

This might be starting.

These Raids are still ongoing but new incursions by the israeli army at different locations in the gaza strip are being reported.

These are a "special kind" of raids as reported by one source.

Israeli raids with CAS on hand

Remember when some Ukraine Bros painted the road in front of the Russian embassy in the UK as the Ukraine flag and started crying when cars drove over it.

>Lula: This is not war, it is genocide

National March for Palestine: Saturday, Nov. 4 in Washington, D.C.

Let's send a message to Genocide Joe

Footage shows crowds, displaced people at threathened al-Quds Hospital

Aerial footage of al-Quds Hospital shows significant gathering of displaced individuals seeking refuge in the hospital’s courtyards.

Hospital authorities report receiving five warnings from the Israeli army, with warnings that the premises will be bombed imminently. The hospital is located in Tal al-Hawa, in Gaza City, and affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent. Hundreds of citizens have flocked to the hospital as it continues to admit victims of the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Gaza.

The footage, shot hours before the Israeli threats and obtained by Al Jazeera on Sunday, also reveal the presence of ambulances and medical teams stationed at the hospital’s entrance. The hospital is sheltering 12,000 displaced civilians, with a majority being children and women.

Sounds like a misfired PIJ rocket is going to go off soon, why would the PIJ do this

Baltic Pagan is instant

Today, the top Israeli commander for the occupied West Bank, Brigadier General Avi Bluth, in a meeting with secular leaders, said that ‘we have now taken our gloves off in our war with Hamas in Judea and Samaria’ – that’s how Israel describes the occupied West Bank.

He went on to say we’re going to see more offensive operations to cleanse – in his words – ‘terrorists nests’ like we saw being done in the Nur Shams camp. I’m referring to a raid last week by the Israeli military on that camp – 14 people were killed, including two children aged 10 years old.

they're going to 'cleanse' ~~cockroach nests~~ terrorist nests. totally not fascists btw.

Various westerners are coming to terms with technology not actually being a magic element that makes one side invincible.

Chuds but I think the fact they're discussing something we've all been saying for years is notable.

Israeli media: Initial report about a soldier who was captured during Israeli army activity in the Bureij camp in Gaza!

Confirmed in Israeli media, at least 1 soldier was captured by Hamas during this operation.

Israeli Communications Minister announced severance of ties with Space X due to Musk's decision to use Starlink systems in Gaza - Reuters

https://streamable.com/c7kjyu

🔴 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:

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Steadfast, steadfast...Gaza will not bow! Our resistance is a continuous benefit until the defeat of the occupation and liberation.

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Note:

The video features a Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades fighter on the first day of Al-Aqsa Flood: "From east of Khuza'a, we say to this zionist enemy, liberation is certainly close."

It also features a compilation of Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades operations in the last two weeks, and excerpts from PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Jamil Mezher's speech on October 17th:

"We tell this criminal enemy: No matter how many bloody massacres you commit, our people will not leave, but will remain steadfast and firm on their land. Our people will not leave, regardless of the sacrifices made."

"We call upon the masses of our people in the West Bank, Al-Quds, and the 1948 territories to rise up in a comprehensive intifada against the occupation."

"We urge the Arab masses to mobilize en masse to the squares and fields and besiege the US and zionist embassies in their countries."

"Despite the bombardment, destruction, and genocidal war waged by the enemy against our people, and despite the American and Western complicity, our people and our resistance are achieving heroic feats. They will pave will pave the way for the decisive victory."

"The battle continues, and victory is certainly an ally of the Palestinian people and their valiant resistance."

Israel is doing the "source: trust me bro" thing again but they now don't even hand over the materials about the claimed atrocities to journalists in fear of them maybe examining them.

Slovakia announces the end of military aid to Ukraine

The Czech Republic wants to leave the UN because only 14 countries support genocide.