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Just another casual reminder that the reason the aid isnt making its way to civilians in Gaza is because of Hamas. They consider all aid their property, and anyone trying to get that aid will, at best, be beaten.

Neither of these are a surprise at this point. The UNWRA is completely complicit, if not actively engaged, in terrorism with Hamas.These locations are absolutely legal military targets at this point, and good on Israel for taking them out.

No, it really isnt.

Good. Biden finally decided to do the right thing and get the aid moving back to Israel. It took less than week for him to change his mind and do the right thing by sending this aid to Israel. Looks like there are no strings attached to it either.

Seems appropriate

Putin is plotting ‘physical attacks’ on the West, says GCHQ chief https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/14/putin-plotting-physical-attacks-west-gchq-chief/ "Vladimir Putin’s Russia is preparing “physical attacks” against the West, the head of GCHQ has warned, as British and American intelligence officials laid bare the dual threat posed by Moscow and Beijing. Anne Keast-Butler, who was appointed to lead Britain’s signals intelligence operations last May, used her first major speech to highlight the immediate threat posed by the Kremlin and the “epoch-defining” risk posed by China to the UK and its allies. The GCHQ director told a gathering of cyber security experts in Birmingham that her agency believed Moscow was looking to go further than attacks simply in cyberspace. The signals agency is “increasingly concerned about growing links between the Russian intelligence services and proxy groups to conduct cyber-attacks – as well as suspected physical surveillance and sabotage operations”." The source is sketchy, but it follows a lot of other talk in the last couple of weeks about Russia making a move against NATO. Germany is talking about mandatory conscription again. Eastern European nations are saying its time to ramp up military readiness. Some in NATO are growing louder in their calls for sending actual troops into Ukraine. It also ties in to shortly after Speaker Johnson received a briefing by the CIA and moved quickly to pass the military aid package. Something has shifted to cause this kind of rhetorical swing from "its a proxy war" to "prepare for direct conflict".

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-offering-intel-on-hamas-leaders-whereabouts-if-israel-drops-major-rafah-op/ US said offering intel on Hamas leaders’ whereabouts if Israel drops major Rafah op "The Biden administration has reportedly offered to give Israel “sensitive intelligence” on the whereabouts of senior Hamas leaders if it agrees to hold off on a long-promised major military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. The Washington Post quoted four unnamed sources as saying that the United States “is offering Israel valuable assistance if it holds back, including sensitive intelligence to help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels.”" Woooooooooow. This is a whole new level of backstabbing. Biden is now apparently trying to convince Israel to not go into Rafah by saying that we have info on where the Hamas leadership is. Which begs a crazy question, if we actually do know this why the hell haven't they shared this already? Biden is bitching about casualties and the scale of the war but is apparently withholding intelligence that would both lead to more targeted strikes as well as ending the war faster. Its just unbelievable. If we actually have this intelligent then he is actively hampering the war effort while guaranteeing it expands in scale, all while bitching about just that happening.

It was incredible out here. I stood outside for a couple of hours watching it. Just crazy to see the sky moving like that. Never seen anything like that in my life. Now I want to go to Iceland and watch it up there

I just checked and I think we are seeing some of it here. Theres a little sunset haze still, but it sure looks like theres this greenish pinkish thing just north of me in the sky.

That sucks! Hopefully it clears up soon.

Its been super cloudy here all week, and now its bright blue skies. Im really hoping this holds. Im right on the edge of where they think we should be able to see it.

Europe is seeing it really hit right now.

https://www.newsweek.com/geomagnetic-storm-warning-coronal-mass-ejection-1899232 Basically, the largest solar storm since 2005 is going to hit Earth tonight. There's risk of power outages and stuff, but the most likely outcome is that the Aurora is going to be visible from huge chunks of America. And by huge, I mean basically anyone north of the gulf coast actually has a chance to see the aurora tonight. If you live somewhere with clear skies head outside tonight and look north. You actually might be able to see the Aurora.

Fetterman really is one of the best Senators in the country.

This feels like a "no shit Sherlock" kind of thing. GOP nominated an absolutely batshit insane woman who is going to get crushed because she is batshit insane.

The IDF needs to finish the job.

Hamas says no budging from already-rejected hostage deal offer as Cairo talks break up https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-says-no-budging-from-already-rejected-hostage-deal-offer-as-cairo-talks-break-up/ "Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and free hostages kidnapped on October 7 appeared to break up with no discernable progress, as the terror group said it had no intention of budging from a proposal already rejected by Israel. With negotiations seemingly once again stuck after the sides had appeared close to an elusive agreement earlier this week, Egypt said both Israel and Hamas would need to show “flexibility.” Izzat El-Risheq, a member of Hamas’s political office in Qatar, said Thursday that the Hamas delegation had left Cairo for Doha, Qatar, where its leadership is based, after affirming it was sticking with the terms it had agreed to Monday. A senior Israeli official said the Israeli team had also left after handing mediators a list of its reservations about the Hamas proposal." Who could have possibly seen that coming. Even before Biden stabbed Israel in the back Hamas was refusing to negotiate. Their latest "offer" was to trade dead bodies for fighters who have been taken prisoner while keeping the living hostages. It was a joke then. Now that Biden has given them breathing room they have even less incentive to try and negotiate. The only way this ends is with Israel going into Rafah and ending Hamas.

Not necessarily related to the election, but a big deal for gun rights in America.

Not disagreeing with you at all on that point.

So not only has Biden abandoned Israel for Hamas, but he signed arm sales waivers to bypass congressional prohibitions on arms sales to nations who are also trying to destroy Israel. Qatar is where most of the Hamas leadership is currently living a life of luxury, and Lebanon is home to Hezbollah, another terrorist organization who wants to destroy Israel. Its truly amazing just how far Biden has gone in just 48 hours to stab Israel in the back to appease the Hamas wing of his base.

Pretty damn tone deaf of Biden to post that we dont leave anyone behind not even 12 hours after doing just that to the American hostages held by Hamas.

Biden’s Israel threat slammed by pro-Israel lawmakers, mainstream Jewish groups https://jewishinsider.com/2024/05/bidens-israel-threat-slammed-by-pro-israel-lawmakers-mainstream-jewish-groups/ Some selected quotes from Democratic lawmakers: "Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) told Jewish Insider before Biden’s interview, addressing previously disclosed moves by the administration to pause certain arms sales, that Hamas has little incentive to agree to a hostage deal. “The hope by now is that we would have gotten to a ceasefire and the Rafah operation would not have been necessary in exchange for at least some hostages. But the problem is there’s no pressure on Hamas,” Moskowitz said. “If Hamas is watching American television, which I guarantee you they are, they’re seeing more division and their power growing in this country, which means less pressure on Hamas… The only pressure that is left is the military pressure.” Moskowitz said that delaying arms sales is “not helpful to get us to a ceasefire” because it shows Hamas “we don’t need to rush, there’s no pressure.”" "Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), speaking to JI moments after the Biden interview, emphasized that funding appropriated by Congress for Israel legally “has to be spent, has to be obligated, has to go.” Sherman said the administration has latitude to “slow things down for a while,” but emphasized, “[Biden] came to this Congress and he said pass legislation… you can’t come to members and get them to vote for your bill, your package, and then throw away part of the package.”" "“How in the hell do you criticize Israel for being imprecise in its bombing and then refuse to deliver them what they’re willing to pay for to make the bombs precise?” Sherman said. “I mean, my god.”" And a quote from one of the better Senators in America at this point. Its clear to everyone who isnt part of the Hamas wing of the party that this is a disastrous move. Biden is going to lose more support than he gains by trying to appease the Hamas wing of his party. Biden has fucked this up so badly that its hard to put into words. All because hes more worried about losing the votes of the Hamas wing of his party than about ending a terrorist organization. A vote for Biden is a vote for Hamas.

Biden accused of helping Hamas as Israel fumes at threatened weapons freeze https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-accused-of-helping-hamas-as-israel-bristles-over-threatened-weapons-freeze/ "A threat by US President Joe Biden that some arms shipments will be frozen if the Israel launches a planned offensive in Rafah was met with swift denunciation from government figures in Jerusalem on Thursday, who indicated that the military would push ahead regardless. The comments from Biden also sparked harsh criticism against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by chief opposition rival Yair Lapid for what he said was the government’s “failed management” of ties with Washington. In the US, some American Jewish groups and US lawmakers spoke out against the move and others indicated it was unlikely to go beyond words. Former president Donald Trump accused Biden of siding with terrorists. In an apparent initial reaction from the Israeli government, Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on social media platform X that “Israel will continue to fight Hamas until its destruction.” “There is no war more just than this,” he added, without directly referencing Biden’s remarks. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated bluntly that the strong American opposition would only reinvigorate Israel’s drive to eliminate Hamas. “We must continue this war until victory, despite, and to a certain extent precisely because of, the opposition of the administration Biden and the stopping of arms shipments,” he said in a statement. “We simply have no other choice that does not endanger our existence and security.”" Like I said, this only guarantees that Israel takes the gloves off and really goes for the kill in Rafah. Bidens moronic thinking he can put pressure on Bibi to stop totally ignores that the entirety of the Israeli government, and overwhelming majorities of its people, want to fight Hamas and finish them once and for all. Israel has been holding back trying to work with the US, but now that Biden has abandoned them, why hold back? Theres already reports this morning of armored columns moving into Rafah beyond the previously identified evacuation zones. Bidens decision just made this so much worse because he is more concerned about the Hamas wing of his party than he is Israel. A vote for Biden is a vote for Hamas.

So this was a lie. Biden has just condemned the hostages to whatever horrible fate Hamas decides for them. Its an absolutely atrocious abandonment of American values and our promise to an ally. Whats sad, and lost, in this abandonment is that it just increased the length of the war and likely radically increased the number of civilian casualties. Its no surprise, at all, that shortly after Biden said this Hamas said they would no longer concede to anything in peace negotiations. Why should they? Biden is now in their corner. Israel either accepts the terms Hamas provides, or there is no peace. Israel isnt going to do that, so now they have to resort to more primitive means of waging the war. Israel has a shitload of "dumb" bombs and munitions that they now will have to resort to using. Rather than precision strikes that minimize civilian casualties these bombs get dropped in the general area of a target to take out larger areas just to get the target. All those civilian causalities now can be laid directly at Bidens feet. Throw in the tanks and infantry moving into Rafah and this is going to get truly tragic, and Biden just guaranteed that its going to get worse. We shouldn't be surprised sadly. Biden has been wrong on every single foreign policy decision of the last 30 years. Likely peaking with this, but a close 2nd was his belief that the raid on Bin Laden was wrong and we shouldn't do it. Biden also committed an established impeachable offense in this move. And we can use his own words to prove it. Simply change Ukraine with Israel and every word of that tweet applies. Biden is illegally withholding Congressionally approved military aid to Israel because he wants a political favor from Israel. Biden caved to the Hamas wing of his party, committed an impeachable offense, abandoned a key ally, and signaled to the world that "ironclad" only goes as far as his electoral chances all in one move. Its just a stunning retreat from everything America is supposed to stand for. Its also clear that Biden cares more about Hamas and the Hamas wing of his party than he does Israel. A vote for Biden is a vote for Hamas.