In a satirical Instagram post, musical theater composer Daniel Maté lamented that Jewish dissenters’ efforts to “increase antisemitism” by denouncing Israel’s abuses of Palestinians were “not really working.” Rather, he joked, they were sparking favorable impressions of Jews from the broader pro-Palestine solidarity movement. He then facetiously suggested a new tactic — to find Jewish billionaires... Source ..read more

After President Joe Biden delivered a chilling speech telling pro-Palestine student protesters to back off on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has warned that the president may be isolating huge parts of his own base as he faces a moment that echoes the similar mass uprising against the Vietnam War in 1968. Affirming that pro-Palestine student protesters at Columbia University and over... Source ..read more

Senate Democrats reintroduced legislation this week that seeks to decriminalize cannabis across the U.S., just one day after the Biden administration announced plans to reschedule the drug to a less restrictive classification level. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act was submitted to the Senate on Wednesday by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Cory Booker (D... Source ..read more

On Thursday, self-described free speech absolutist Elon Musk proffered a new rule for nonviolent protesters: if they remove the flag of the United States and replace it with another country’s emblem, they should be required to be deported to that other country. The description of the removal of the U.S. flag alluded to protests by students at colleges and universities across the country against... Source ..read more

While campus demonstrators nationwide face police violence and repression for engaging in constitutionally protected speech and protest, nonprofit organizations that oppose Israel’s attack on Gaza are under a different kind of assault — a legislative one. In April, the House of Representatives passed HR 6408 by a vote of 382-11. This legislation would grant the secretary of the treasury broad... Source ..read more

In a move straight out of the fascist playbook, President Joe Biden delivered a speech on Thursday morning attacking the wave of pro-Palestine protests that have sprung up in college campuses across the country, smearing students for using tactics that have been employed by nearly every social movement in U.S. history to demand an end to Israel’s U.S.-backed genocide of Gaza. In his remarks... Source ..read more

During a campaign stop this week in Waukesha, Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in this year’s presidential election, indicated that he wouldn’t accept the election results if he loses. When questioned by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about whether he’d concede should he lose the election to his Democratic opponent President Joe Biden... Source ..read more

In a bold statement released this week, college Democrats broke from President Joe Biden and the party establishment by condemning the administration for its support of Israel’s “destructive, genocidal, and unjust” assault on Gaza and throwing their support behind the wave of pro-Palestine protests sweeping the U.S. The College Democrats of America, the Democratic National Committee’s official... Source ..read more

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives announced on Tuesday that they would vote to stave off a motion to vacate measure against Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a rare and questionable move that will likely prevent far right lawmakers from throwing the chamber into disarray for the second time in under a year. When a small group of Republicans had voted in October to... Source ..read more

House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve legislation directing the U.S. Department of Education to consider a dubious definition of antisemitism, despite warnings from Jewish-led groups that the measure speciously conflates legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with bigotry against Jewish people. House members approved the Antisemitism Awareness Act — bipartisan... Source ..read more