The debate between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis talked about social issues, foreign policy matters, education, health care, and other issues. The common theme in that debate is that each of them accused the other candidate of either lying or misinterpreting their political positions. Donald Trump held his own town hall discussion on FOX News (which is a pro-Trump biased network). The truth is that Nikki Haley wants to put a more compassionate conservative face, but her views are very far right. Ron DeSantis is overt in his extremism, his book bans policies, and his pro-MAGA agenda from him being Governor to him being a GOP candidate. The Haley and DeSantis debate (which took place on CNN) was very personal as both of them accused each other of lying because they want to get more votes in trying to win primary caucuses. The debate didn't mention information on Trump's anti-democratic actions and indictments. Fundamentally, DeSantis and Haley desire a massive change but it's a change that is the opposite of the progressive blessings that many take for granted in American society.
The International Court of Justice will hear arguments against Israel for allegations of genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Supporters of Israel abhor this charge (calling it a blood libel) and many defenders of Palestinians love this policy. These proceedings were initiated by South Africa in a formal complaint that was filed on December 29, 2023. South Africa said that the onslaught of Israeli armed forces against the civilian population of Gaza was genocidal in charity because they said it was carried out to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. The ICJ complaint has 84 pages of densely spaced text with 574 footnotes. Over 21,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, and over 1,200 Israelis have been killed in the conflict too. The complaint said that Israel laid waste to vast areas of Gaza destroying over 355,000 homes. South Africa accused Israel of targeting courts, libraries, religious sites, schools, housing records, graveyards, etc. Nissim Vaturi of the Knesset said that he wants to erase the Gaza Strip from the face of the Earth. Giora Eiland, an Israeli Army Reservist major general said that he wants to create a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Biden administration's John Kirby said that the South African complaint is meritless, and without basis in fact. What is the truth? You can look at Gaza now to see the truth. The truth is self-evident. What Hamas did to Israelis was evil, deplorable, and disgusting. What the Palestinians are suffering in Gaza in the West with massive bombings, occupation, and land displacements is evil too.
John Pilger, one of the most anti-war journalists in modern history has passed away. He was one of the first journalists to expose the Vietnam War as blatantly neo-colonialism and criminal. His documentary of The Quiet Mutiny was shown in 1970. It showed young working-class people with no desire to kill Vietnamese people and were hostile to the U.S. government and their commanders. The documentary won seven awards. This documentary was taboo in America back in 1970. Pilger made more films about the Vietnam War exposing the sham character of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords. Pilger reported on the U.S. funding and arming of death squads targeting popular movements including the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Pilger defended Assange for the WikiLeaks exposure of U.S. war crimes and human rights violations under the guise of "the war on terror." Pilger exposed Internet censorship.
There are closing arguments that were made in the Trump civil fraud trial. The New York State Attorney General Letitia James gave her statements after 5 pm. EST on Thursday after the closing arguments ended. She said that the personal attacks against her by Trump don't bother her. She said that the evidence is here that Trump inflated numbers and committed massive financial fraud. The New York state Attorney General said that no one is above the law, despite power and wealth. The New York State Attorney left after giving a brief statement because she felt confident that the jury would decide in her favor. Trump said that the case was a witch hunt before the judge cut him off. New York Attorney Letitia James is seeking $370 million in damages to bar Trump from doing business in the state. She accuses Trump and his adult sons including his company of defrauding banks and insurance companies by inflating the value of Trump's assets. The case dealt with intent and the details of the financial issues.
Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to nine federal charges for being accused of failing to pay more than 1 million in taxes and filing fraudulent forms with the IRS. The federal judge will set the trial in June 2024. Hunter Biden appeared in court in Los Angeles, California. Special Counsel David Weiss is bringing up the case, and this is the 2nd criminal case has brought against Hunter Biden. Many Republicans are exploiting this case to try to target the President for revenge after Trump experienced impeachment twice. There are US and UK airstrikes against Houthi forces in Yemen.
By Timothy
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