🤨” #Israel has delayed a cabinet vote on a #Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal, blaming #Hamas for reneging on parts of the agreement – the group has denied this. A key party in Israel’s governing coalition has threatened to quit if it does not return to war after the first stage of the ceasefire.” https://www.cnn.com/webview/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-01-16-24?cid=ios_app
Via Acyn: In his farewell address, #Biden calls for: An end to dark money 18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform A ban on stock trading in Congress Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
💔💙👏🏻 Pres. #Biden “Now it’s your turn to stand guard - may you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith.
Via Scott MacFarlane: Sen Patty Murray (D-WA) statement after meeting with #RFKJr, “It takes no imagination to see how dangerous it would be to confirm RFK Jr. as Health Secretary, and it takes mountains of willful ignorance to ignore it.”
100s of employees at WaPo sent letter to Bezos asking for meeting..400 employees, incl many prominent reporters & editors…: “We are deeply alarmed by recent leadership decisions that have led readers to question the integrity of this institution, broken with a tradition of transparency, and prompted some of our most distinguished colleagues to leave, with more departures imminent,”
Washington Post Employees Plead for a Summit With Jeff Bezos
In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at ...
He’s waiting for January 20th. “ #Netanyahu’s office says ceasefire deal with Hamas has still not been reached and that the final details were still being sorted out. That comes after multiple mediators had said Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and the release dozens of hostages after more than 15 months of war”
AP News
Israel's Cabinet approves a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza
Israel's cabinet meeting comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said there were last minute snags in finalizing the ceasefire agr...
IDF begins preparations to partially withdraw from Gaza - sources to 'Post'
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
IDF prepares to withdraw from Gaza amid Israel-Hamas hostage deal | The Jerusalem Post
Some sources confirmed that the early stages of such preparations are underway, while others have not denied them.
She says she didn’t hear the famous phone call & now this?? Willful ignorance is clearly a prerequisite for Trump‘s thugs. Via Scott MacFarlane: Under questioning from Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Pam #Bondi says she's not familiar with Donald #Trump's claims that convicted #Jan6 defendants are "hostages" and political prisoners
NYT—Faiz Shakir, a former campaign manager for Senator Bernie Sanders, is jumping into the race for chairman of the DNC. He said his mission would be to redefine the Democratic party as the party of the working class.
“Exclusive: Aides to #Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department's workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, in a possible signal of deeper changes ahead for the diplomatic corps” - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-team-asks-three-us-senior-career-diplomats-resign-sources-say-2025-01-15/