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Friday, February 7, 2025

Monday Mourning Doomscroll: Where Good Vibes Go to Die

 

Monday Mourning Doomscroll

Where Good Vibes Go to Die

Theology Pugcast

Today Chris shares some thoughts on techno-utopianism — namely, what characterizes it? He proffers six distinctives and asks the guys to reflect with him on them. He suggests that while very few people would say they’re on board with all six, most people seem to at least think that technology inevitably makes the world a better place. But is that necessarily so, or are we presented with a set of tradeoffs when it comes to technology?

Monday on Antiwar.com

Today’s daily podcast with news editor Dave DeCamp summarizing today’s news at Antiwar.com.

News

Viewpoints

Dave DeCamp on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Northern Gaza —

Scott brought Dave DeCamp on Antiwar Radio to talk about Gaza. Decamp updates Scott on the latest moves by Israel that suggest a plan to permanently move people out of their homes in parts of Gaza. They also talk about DeCamp’s interview with a doctor who had been embedded in Gaza, some concerning developments as Trump makes appointments for his second term, China’s new F-35 style fighter and more.

Democracy Now! Daily Digest
A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González

Monday, November 11, 2024
democracynow.org

Headlines →

Ex-ICE Dir. Thomas Homan, Trump’s Pick for “Border Czar,” Says U.S.-Born Children Could Be Deported

Trump Poised to Sweep Swing States; Democrat Gallego Defeats Trump Ally Kari Lake in AZ Senate Race

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Not Resigning Before Biden Leaves Office

FBI Probes Racist Text Message Campaign Against Black Americans Referencing Slavery

Israel Kills Dozens of Members of the Same Family in Jabaliya as Genocidal Attacks Continue

Israel Kills at Least 4 More Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Lebanon, Including 10 Paramedics

Kremlin Denies Reports of Trump-Putin Call as Ukraine and Russia Both Launch Drone Strikes

COP29 Kicks Off in Azerbaijan; Summit Leader Secretly Filmed Negotiating Fossil Fuel Deals

Greta Thunberg Shuns COP29, Calls for Protests Against Azerbaijan Human Rights Abuses

Amsterdam Police Crack Down on Pro-Palestinian Protesters After Israeli Hooligans Wreak Havoc in City

Haiti’s Interim PM Ousted by Transitional Council as Violence, Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

Train Station Blast Kills 26 in Pakistan; Thousands Rally to Demand Release of Former PM Imran Khan

Stories

“Hate Has No Place Here”: Black Americans Slam Racist Texts Promoting Slavery After Trump’s Election

The FBI is investigating a spate of racist text messages targeting Black Americans in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory last week. The texts were … Read More →

“A Campaign of Genocide”: Noura Erakat Speaks to Ta-Nehisi Coates About Israel’s War on Gaza

Thousands attended a Palestine Festival of Literature event about “America and the War on Palestine” at the historic Riverside Church in New York Sunday, featuring … Read More →

“Complete Charade”: Qatar Withdraws from Ceasefire Talks, Middle East Prepares for Trump Presidency

We speak with Dutch Palestinian analyst Mouin Rabbani about the latest developments in the Middle East as Israel continues its deadly assaults on Gaza and … Read More →

Mouin Rabbani on What Really Happened in Amsterdam Between Israeli Soccer Fans & Local Residents

Dutch Palestinian analyst Mouin Rabbani discusses the violence that broke out last week between visiting Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters in … Read More →

Inside the Battle Over Trump’s Foreign Policy
Jay Solomon reports on the fight for the State Department. Plus: The new MAGA coalition, Michael Shellenberger on California’s anti-crime backlash, and much more.

By Oliver Wiseman

November 11, 2024

Van Gogh

CHARTBOOK substack

Russia mega oil merger

Moscow is working on a plan to merge its biggest oil companies into a single national champion, a deal that would tighten President Vladimir Putin’s grip on global energy markets and Russia’s wartime economy. Under one scenario being discussed, state-backed giant Rosneft Oil would absorb fellow state producer Gazprom Neft — a subsidiary of natural-gas exporter Gazprom — and independently-owned Lukoil, people familiar with the discussions said. All three are under U.S. sanctions.

Source: Costas Paris in WSJ

A Palestinian Scholar Explains Why Kamala Harris Lost
Yousef Munayyer breaks down everything the Dems did to tank the election

KATIE HALPER AND AARON MATÉ

“Trump did not convince a lot of Biden voters to become Trump voters,” says Palestinian-American scholar Yousef Munayyer in his postmortem of the Democrats’ disastrous performance in the 2024 election. “Harris failed to convince Biden voters to become Harris voters. And that ended up deciding this election.”

The Democrats, Munayyer explains, led four years of economic hardship for the working class and continued to double down on their support for a genocide in Gaza. “This was a change election. People wanted something different.”

And when Democrats showed up with nothing, voters stayed home. “For some people,” he tells us, “it was just a moral question. There was just no way that they could cast their ballot for someone who could not say that what was happening [in Gaza] was wrong, let alone do something about it.”

The Biden-Harris administration’s enabling of Israel’s genocide even disillusioned voters who don’t care about the Middle East.

“And whether you care about Palestinians or don’t care about Palestinians,” Munayyer explains, “the fact that your government seems to be more concerned with issues thousands of miles away than the issues that impact you at home reinforces the message that these people don’t get me. They don’t care about me.”

So why, if it’s such a losing message, did Harris stick so tightly to her support for Israel?

“The only sort of rational explanation for doing this is that parties don’t just think about one election. They think about their ability to be competitive over many elections over time. And for that, money is more important than votes. If they were facing the choice between risking several hundred thousand votes in some of the key states or potentially losing major contributions from pro-Israel donors for the next generation, maybe they calculated that they’ll take the loss here.”

Subscribe for the full interview with Yousef Munayyer on how Democrats allowed Trump to claim the mantle of being the anti-war, working class champion, Israel’s recent confirmation of its plan for ethnic cleansing in Northern Gaza, and a terrible victory-lap video in which AIPAC brags about how much it influenced US elections.

Plus, catch this week’s Thursday Throwdown: Dems Shoot Themselves in the Face (with the help of Dick Cheney)

Election Autopsy: What Does Corporate Media Have to Say for Itself??
The blame game begins on the first Monday Mourning since Election
 Day

Footage by a teenage YouTuber shows Tel Aviv Maccabi hooligans attacking Dutch police while pelting private homes with stones and hunting victims with metal pipes. The video offers the clearest evidence yet Israeli ultras provoked the violence which gripped the city.

A November 8 video report by a 16-year-old who publishes YouTube reports under the moniker “Bender” provided extensive on-the-ground footage of a mob of armed Tel Aviv Maccabi ultras hunting victims, throwing metal poles at police vehicles, threatening journalists, and even being detained after attacking undercover police officers.

MAX BLUMENTHAL AND WYATT REED·NOVEMBER 10, 2024

“Fascism” gets you only so far.

This was an angry election; none of that “which candidate would you rather have a beer with” stuff here. Trump is an angry man representing angry constituents. Harris was angry that things were not going her way and constantly expressed the Hillary-esque idea “How could I possibly be losing to a guy like Trump?” Both sides prioritized personal attacks over policy. At times it felt like elementary-school playground stuff, name-calling, but in the end it was much more serious than that. Harris lost because she tried to make “Trump is a fascist” her closing argument, and no one was listening anymore. The girl had cried wolf for the last time.

And Liz Cheney — in what alternate universe did it seem like a good idea to bring in the Cheney family to help support a Democrat with progressive followers? Dick is personally responsible for the deaths of millions and Liz does not believe in abortion (or she didn’t used to, anyhow). Where are the Democratic votes in that pile of war-mongering neoconism?

When asked whether Trump or Harris “would do a better job” of “defending against threats to democracy,” 43 percent picked Trump, while 40 percent chose Harris. This was the same result when Biden was the nominee. While over half said that threats to democracy were important to them, the voters trusted Trump (44 percent) more than Biden (33 percent) to protect democracy.

Ted Gioia's "The State of the Culture, 2024": A Glimpse into Post-Entertainment Society

  The State of the Culture, 2024 Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it’s not pretty) The President delivers a ‘State of the Union...