Author: nick

[ad_1] Despite widespread public opposition in Europe to Israel’s genocidal violence, Ursula von der Leyen is only concerned with the human rights violations of states viewed as Western adversaries, writes Ramzy Baroud.  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on March 24, 2022. (European Parliament, Flickr, CC-BY-4.0) By Ramzy BaroudZ Network European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has every right to condition European relations with any other country or bloc on respect for human rights. That, of course, would hold true if she genuinely cared about such values herself. In response to the June 19 signing of the memorandum of understanding…

Read More

[ad_1] Iranian negotiators are scheduled to meet with Qatari diplomats in Doha this week, with Tehran rejecting White House claims that they would also meet with American negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, as talks to end the Iran War entered their 13th day on Tuesday. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tuesday that the Iranian side has no plans to meet Kushner, Witkoff, or any other U.S. official “at any level in the next few days.” Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Doha on Tuesday, with Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari indicating that the envoys will not be…

Read More

[ad_1] How long will it take for America’s Jewish population to begin politically realigning? Israel is the sticking point: It has stuck America’s Jewish population between Democrats’ increasing opposition to Israel and American Jews’ historical support for Democrats. This divergence of reality from legacy has real implications for American politics. America’s Jewish population has long been a stalwart supporter of the Democrat Party. The 2024 presidential election was no exception. CNN’s exit polling found that 78% of Jewish voters supported Kamala Harris; only 22% voted for Donald Trump. The Jewish partisan split was greater than that for any other religious…

Read More

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: While many are celebrating the Supreme Court’s narrow victory preserving birthright citizenship, it is important not to lose sight of the broader picture. This was only one case, and one constitutional protection. The same Court continues to issue decisions that expand corporate power, weaken voting rights, erode protections for workers and immigrants, and concentrate ever greater authority in the hands of the wealthy and politically powerful. Defending birthright citizenship was the constitutional minimum—not a reversal of the Court’s broader trajectory. As this Common Dreams article argues, the struggle to defend democracy and equal rights is far…

Read More

[ad_1] Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David and Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler. They’re all sitting front row at the Knicks game with their million dollar tickets and they’re all part of the cult.  Someone was asking Jerry Seinfeld about Palestine as he was leaving the game:  What up, Seinfeld?  What up?  Can we get a free Palestine?  Hahaha… Palestine doesn’t exist… ROTFLMAO Well, you don’t exist, Jerry. Neither did the gas chambers or the lampshades or the soap. Six million. Your whole identity is a bunch of made up baloney, a sham, a hoax.  The whole lot of them are.…

Read More

[ad_1] Critics of the growing plant-based meat business say that unless a burger began with a heartbeat, it has no right to be called “meat.” Even as cattlemen-backed state laws on the topic are being struck down by courts, both federal lawmakers and their counterparts in Europe are contemplating legislation to ensure that “meat” is a label reserved for foods carved from once-living creatures. As Florida legislator Dean Black (R–Nassau), a cattle rancher, put it: animal-free meat “is not meat…it is made by man, real meat is made by God Himself.”  History is full of examples of established companies pleading…

Read More

[ad_1] Joshua Scheer Birthright Citizenship Survives—for Now. The Project to Redefine Who Belongs Continues. In a 5–4 decision issued on June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees U.S. citizenship to nearly all children born on American soil, regardless of whether their parents are in the country legally or only temporarily. The Court struck down President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States if their parents were undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, concluded that the Constitution’s…

Read More

[ad_1] The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling on Tuesday. Three conservative justices––John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett––joined Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Kentaji Brown Jackson in finding that the children of illegal aliens and temporary visitors are citizens under the 14th Amendment.  President Donald Trump had signed an executive order on January 20, 2025 instructing departments and agencies not to issue U.S. citizenship to those born to temporary visitors or to those unlawfully present in the United States. The administration argued before the court that illegal…

Read More