by jpitney | Oct 9, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Higher Education, Israel
Jewish News Service: Jews for Liberation is one of dozens of Harvard student group signatories to a joint statement of Harvard “Palestine solidarity groups on the situation in Palestine.” “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely...
by jpitney | Oct 8, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Getting back to the “revolt” against Speaker Joe Cannon in 1910, he too was the victim of a disgruntled group within his own conference. In that instance, progressive members of his party were impatient with Cannon as Rules Committee...
by jpitney | Oct 7, 2023 | Foreign Policy, International Relations, Israel, Nixon
Hamas attacked Israel on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. In 1973, Richard Nixon prevented Israel’s annihilation. From the Nixon Foundation: Richard Nixon’s role, and that of those within his Administration, in the Yom Kippur War has been credited...
by jpitney | Oct 6, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Impeachment
Katherine Doyle at NBC: Days before Rep. Matt Gaetz led an effort to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, Gaetz and Rep. Matt Rosendale, a fellow Freedom Caucus member, denounced as a political stunt Republicans’ high-stakes effort to impeach President Joe Biden,...
by jpitney | Oct 5, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Republican
Mark Strand at The Hill: Before electing another Speaker, Republicans need to remove the Sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the position. At the very minimum, the Republican Conference should pass a party rule that would require a “majority of the majority” to...
