WHAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR THIS GRATUITOUS MOVE—OTHER THAN TO PLEASE SOME ISRAELI LEADERS
A vote is supposed to take place today on Repubs’ bill to expand the definition of antisemitism. However, House Dem leaders said they aren’t whipping members to vote one way or the other.

Not that I can think of any.
However, Gym Jordan is apparently giving him a run for his money [as the saying goes].

Never was, is not, never ever will be.
This notion has been created to bully people. Moreover, semites in the genuine sense mainly include the Palestinians themselves. The term was essentially hijacked by interested & selfish quarters.

Given that backdrop, I guess, he doesn't qualify--at least not in the eyes of his admirers.

BAN REMOVED
United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

WTF is this exhibitionism for? More business?

TOO INTENSE
At Columbia University a first-year accounting student who said he was not involved in the protests, said he opposed the university’s decision to call in police. “This is too intense,” he said. “It feels like more of an escalation than a de-escalation.”

OVER 1000 STUDENTS ARRESTED
There have been confrontations with law enforcement and more than 1,000 arrests. In rarer instances, university officials and protest leaders struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life and upcoming commencement ceremonies.

They don't want all voters to turn up. Hence the various machinations to suppress voting.

To escape from his duties there he has taken residence at the Capitol.

The most racist--but with the least common sense.

This is precisely who & what they are.

Sounds fair enough.

DELUSIONS DRIVING
The delusions behind Biden’s plan for Middle East peace: the problem bedeviling Biden’s hopes for the Middle East remains the same one that Trump failed to address: The relationship between Israel and the Palestinians. [WaPo]

US campus protests: History has shown repeatedly that the young have always been right scroll.in/article/106726… via Scroll.in

US campus protests: History has shown repeatedly that the young have always been right scroll.in/article/106726… via Scroll.in

LIES & STRONGARM TACTICS ARE ISRAELI WEAPONS ALWAYS
Arwa Mahdawi: Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza? Nothing screams ‘covering up war crimes’ like insisting that there should absolutely not be an independent investigation: TG

RIGHT EXTREMISTS
Cas Mudde: Let there be no doubt that the current attacks on US universities are a major political victory for the far right. Not only do they mobilize and unify the conservative base, they also divide that of the liberal opposition. [TG]

FINALLY!
Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines: The proposed settlement will effectively end more than 700 lawsuits filed after the 2021 recall of millions of the company’s widely used sleep apnea devices and ventilators. PP

It's so evident that there's no need to elaborate what the sign says.