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Decatur Fire Department determines fire at gender clinic was intentional (decaturish.com)

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Rodriguez’s trip ended when a late afternoon meeting with Arab American leaders was canceled after everyone invited — between 10 and 15 people — declined to show up.

Other activists went beyond simply not showing up for Rodriguez, as leaders from “Abandon Biden,” a movement discouraging voters from supporting the president in November, spoke to hundreds of people at a local mosque in anticipation of the campaign manager’s visit.

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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign manager traveled to suburban Detroit on Friday, where many Arab Americans are enraged over the administration’s Israel policy, and found a number of community leaders unwilling to meet with her — exposing a growing rift between the White House and key groups often otherwise loyal to Democrats in a critical swing state.

Julie Chavez Rodriguez led a group of campaign advisers to the Dearborn area, as part of her ongoing effort to meet with core supporter groups around the country.

She spoke throughout the day with some Arab American community leaders. But Rodriguez’s trip ended when a late afternoon meeting with Arab American leaders was canceled after everyone invited — between 10 and 15 people — declined to show up.

Other activists went beyond simply not showing up for Rodriguez, as leaders from “Abandon Biden,” a movement discouraging voters from supporting the president in November, spoke to hundreds of people at a local mosque in anticipation of the campaign manager’s visit.

Both developments highlight the acute challenges the president’s campaign faces as it tries to sure up support among Arab Americans, whose votes will be key in Michigan during November’s election but who have turned on Biden given his full-throated support for Israel in its war with Hamas.

Community leaders said that Rodriguez originally came to Michigan planning a larger meeting with Arab Americans but settled for the series of smaller gatherings, including the one where no invitees ultimately showed up, because of pushback to the original plan. Assad I. Turfe, a deputy Wayne County executive, said he was tasked with coordinating the original meeting, but that it was abandoned due to lack of interest.

Turfe said he reached out to more than 10 Arab American and Muslim leaders after being contacted by the Biden campaign on Wednesday. The leaders then spoke with community members, Turfe said, who made it clear they did not want them meeting Rodriguez.

“I don’t believe that the Biden administration, at the senior top level, understands how big of a problem this is and how upset and angry the community is,” Turfe said.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has inflamed tensions between Jews and Muslims around the world. But it has had especially deep resonance in the Detroit area, which is home to several heavily Jewish suburbs and to Dearborn, the city with the country’s largest concentration of Arab Americans.

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud took to X, formerly Twitter, to sarcastically note Rodriguez’s trip while criticizing Biden for urging congressional approval of fighter jets to Turkey.

“Little bit of advice — if you’re planning on sending campaign officials to convince the Arab American community on why they should vote for your candidate, don’t do it on the same day you announce selling fighter jets to the tyrants murdering our family members,” Hammoud wrote.

The mayor’s office confirmed that he was invited to meet with Rodriguez but didn’t accept. Two Democratic state representatives, Alabas Farhat and Abraham Aiyash, were also invited but unable to attend.

“It’s unrealistic to expect that political conversations will resecure our support for the president when only a ceasefire can truly reopen that door,” Farhat said in a statement, referring to calls for halting the fighting in Gaza.

Aiyash, the second-ranking Democrat in the Michigan House, said he’s reached out to Biden officials multiple times to discuss the escalating tensions in his state’s Arab American community. He said he’d yet to hear from them, even as Chavez Rodriguez visited.

“The conclusion that I’ve drawn from this is they don’t really see this as a legitimate problem,” said Aiyash, who is also the state’s highest-ranking Arab or Muslim leader. “And it’s disturbing at best and, at worst, it’s extremely dismissive and disrespectful.”

A person familiar with Rodriguez’s schedule, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details that weren’t made public, said the campaign manager held multiple meetings across suburban Detroit that have been in the works for weeks. They included talking with elected officials and leaders from the state’s Arab and Palestinian American, Hispanic and Black communities.

Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News, met with Rodriguez at the paper’s Dearborn headquarters for an hour and a half and said it went “very well.”

While Siblani said he received pressure to cancel the meeting, he felt it was important because Rodriguez made the effort to come to the community and listen.

“She was very attentive, and she was listening. We looked each other in the eye and I told her exactly what’s going on,” Siblani said. “And she said she would take it to the president.”

Still, the separate, larger meeting scheduled for late afternoon on Friday with Arab Americans saw everyone invited cancel, the person familiar with Rodriguez’s schedule said.

Her trip was part of the Biden reelection campaign’s — and the administration’s — continuing dialogue with core constituency groups. Senior Biden campaign staffers have had similar meetings and roundtable discussions with such groups across the country and in key swing states since last fall, the person said.

But political tensions are running higher in Michigan than many other places — and the chilly reception Rodriguez received from many suggests a growing political headache for Biden in a key state.

“People in the community, like community leaders, don’t want to meet with Mr. Biden,” said Dawud Walid, the executive director of Michigan’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Imad Hamad, director of the American Human Rights Council in Dearborn, said that many community leaders were reluctant to meet with the Biden campaign unless it was to discuss “practical steps that give the community a reason to reconsider.”

Hamad added that many in the community felt that Friday’s visit was more about political optics than achieving real understanding of activists concerns because “none of the people who have been the most vocal were approached or invited” to meet with Rodriguez and her team.

Meanwhile, hundreds gathered at the Islamic Center of Detroit for a Friday prayer service led by prominent civil rights activist Imam Omar Suleiman. Afterward, leaders of the “Abandon Biden” movement spoke to the crowd.

Biden “has lost the Muslim and Arab vote. “Every poll indicates that,” Suleiman told The Associated Press. “And if you were to speak to any person in this mosque, you would hear the exact same thing,”

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BBC: Japan bomber may have been found after 50 years (www.bbc.com)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia_Anti-Japan_Armed_Front

➡️ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/max-res-anti-japan

https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/25-self-defense/east-asian-anti-japan-armed-front-a-tale-for-these-times-by-chelsea-szendi-schieder

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New Statement from Biden on the US-Mexico Border (hexbear.net)

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Just going to post this cartoon from 2016 which is unrelated

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Biden vows to ‘shut down’ an overwhelmed border if Senate deal passes (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Jury rules Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages for defamation (www.cnbc.com)

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(24 January 2024) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY TIES RED SEA BLOCKADE TO GAZA BLOCKADE, BACKS HOUTHIS IN MOSCOW MEETING — DANCES WITH BEARS (johnhelmer.org)

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https://johnhelmer.org/russian-foreign-ministry-ties-red-sea-blockade-to-gaza-blockade-backs-houthis-in-moscow-meeting/

https://web.archive.org/johnhelmer.org/russian-foreign-ministry-ties-red-sea-blockade-to-gaza-blockade-backs-houthis-in-moscow-meeting/

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The Ansarallah Counter Terrorism Force has (In Full Complicene With Article 1 of the UN Charta) Succesfully intercepted a Angloidian Oil Shipment to the Fascist Israeli Regime. (hexbear.net)

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The Extremist Petrostate of Texas has been put under a Energy Blockade by the Biden Junta. (hexbear.net)

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President of Honduras is committed to the refoundation of the country (www.plenglish.com)

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ICJ full text order, summary & opinions re israel genocide hearing (hexbear.net)

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Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)

Full text: Order of 26 January 2024

Individual judge opinions

All the documents relating to this case are on its ICJ webpage

@aaro@hexbear.net provided an overview in the comments

The full text of the operative clause of the Order reads as follows: “For these reasons, THE COURT , Indicates the following provisional measures:

(1) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article II of this Convention, in particular:

(a) killing members of the group;

(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and

(d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

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(2) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall ensure with immediate effect that its military does not commit any acts described in point 1 above;

[...]

(3) By sixteen votes to one, The State of Israel shall take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip;

[...]

(4) By sixteen votes to one, The State of Israel shall take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to address the adverse conditions of life faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip;

[...]

(5) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall take effective measures to prevent the destruction and ensure the preservation of evidence related to allegations of acts within the scope of Article II and Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip;

[...]

(6) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall submit a report to the Court on all measures taken to give effect to this Order within one month as from the date of this Order.

omissions by "[...]" are just the names of each judge and whether they approved or dissented.

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Drone attack on major Iraqi gas field plunges Kurdistan region into darkness (thecradle.co)

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LIVE: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks after ICJ orders Israel to prevent acts of … GENOCIDE (Fuck Reuters) (www.youtube.com)

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ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza but not to end war (and write a report about it) (www.bbc.com)

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Summary of the ways Israel is still not allowed to do genocide:

Israel must take all measures to prevent any acts that could be considered genocidal - killing members of a group, causing bodily harm, inflicting conditions designed to bring about the destruction of a group, preventing births

Israel must ensure its military does not commit any genocidal acts

Israel must prevent and punish any public comments that could be considered incitement to commit genocide in Gaza

Israel must take measures to ensure humanitarian access

Israel must prevent any destruction of evidence that could be used in a genocide case

Israel must submit a report to the court within one month of this order being given

This was after reading into the official record a litany of evils which they seem to be accepting as undisputed facts.

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25 Republican governors back Texas in escalating border standoff with US government (www.bbc.com)

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Republican governors in half of the US have backed Texas in an intensifying standoff with the federal government over illegal immigration.

The Supreme Court ruled this week against Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has strung razor wire along miles of the frontier with Mexico.

But the Republican has vowed to add more razor wire to crack down on what he calls an invasion.

A record 225,000-plus illegal migrants crossed the border in December alone.

On Thursday, 25 Republican governors released a joint statement of solidarity with Mr Abbott for "stepping up to protect American citizens from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our country".

The latest border flashpoint focuses on a small stretch of the Rio Grande River that has become one of the busiest spots for migrants crossing illegally from Mexico.

As part of his Operation Lone Star, Mr Abbott has sought to block or deter entry into his state, including by installing about 30 miles (48km) of razor wire barriers along the city of Eagle Pass.

On Monday the Supreme Court handed a victory to the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in its standoff with Texas.

The justices ruled by 5-4 that US Border Patrol, a federal agency, could cut or clear out the concertina wire set up by the Texas National Guard.

The justice department had argued the fencing hampers the work of Border Patrol agents in that it poses a danger to both migrants and law enforcement. Some of the illegal migrants have cut themselves on the wire.

Appearing on Fox News on Thursday, Mr Abbott said: "Because the Biden administration has really, truly abdicated its responsibility to secure the border and enforce the laws, Texas, very simply, is securing the border."

He has posted photos of the Texas National Guard laying down new razor wire along the river.

The move does not appear to violate the Supreme Court order, which granted permission for the removal of existing wire, while saying nothing about adding new barriers.

Democrats are urging the president to take a tougher stance against Texas.

"Governor Greg Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border," congressman Joaquin Castro wrote on X, calling for federal control over the guardsmen.

Governor Abbott is also facing legal challenges from the Biden White House over his orders to install floating barriers in the Rio Grande and to jail thousands of migrants on trespassing charges.

And, as the governor continues to bus migrants to Democratic cities and states, pressure is mounting on Mr Biden to take drastic action to stem the flow of arrivals.

Last week, Mr Biden said he was "ready to act", but argued lawmakers on Capitol Hill must first agree on significant policy reforms.

The prospects of a grand bargain, however, in either chamber of Congress, let alone both, appear slim.

Republicans in the US House of Representatives are currently leading an effort to impeach and remove the president's top border official, Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

An emerging bipartisan border deal in the US Senate meanwhile faces objections from right and left.

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican White House frontrunner, has reportedly pressured allies to kill the bill to avoid giving Mr Biden a win in an election year.

Immigration is a central issue ahead of the November 2024 general election, with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire delivering primary victories to Mr Trump in part due to their concerns over the border.