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Mini stories:
- This is so random, but I saw that former President Barrack Obama made a surprise visit to The British version of the White House, 10 Downing Street. It appears he was visiting their Prime Minister, but no one seems to know why! Interesting. The international relations nerd would love to be a fly on the wall for THAT convo.
- Three mini stories to do with Israel and Gaza:
- Israeli negotiators are headed to Qatar to start yet ANOTHER round of talks for a ceasefire and hostage release… This comes after Hamas dropped ONE of its demands last week…
- But going hand in hand with that, our second mini story, is that a key Hamas military leader, is said to have been killed by Israel in Gaza in a recent airstrike. This information was shared with the New York Times under anonymity because the Israeli military leader who revealed this, was not authorized to do so. But this inches Israel closer to their ultimate goal in Gaza, to take out Hamas.
- And then in our final Israel update, Netanyahu is said to be sending an Israeli military team to Washington D.C., to strategize about Rafah. You see, Netanyahu STILL wants to invade, as that his where they believe some remaining Hamas operatives are hiding… But that’s also where like, HALF OF GAZA has taken shelter… So with them invading full force, it’s just not possible. From a practical standpoint, there’s no way to be able to differentiate Hamas from civilians in such a densely populated area… And Biden has straight up said he doesn’t agree with Netanyahu invading without a plan for protecting civilians… So it appears Netanyahu, who’s popularity Waynes by the day it seems, is sending representatives to Washington, to build a plan. We’ll see what they come up with.
- Content warning: this story involves disturbing details
- MILLIONS of Afghanistan’s children, are malnourished after YEARS of lingering drought
So we have been talking about DROUGHT in Afghanistan on this podcast for literally YEARS… Because it’s been going on in Afghanistan for literally YEARS. And after so many years, literally MILLIONS of children there, right now, are malnourished… with zero relief on the horizon. You see, with the climate, we tend to hit these tipping points where land becomes unworkable… And that’s where a lot of Afghanistan has found themselves. Areas that used to be literally FILLED with lakes and water, and now bone dry… And while the people there pray for rain, many are leaving for greener pastures and those who are poorest, without means, are left to battle the elements alone. People are so in debt in these places, that debtors are threatening to take people’s children – daughters as young as 4 for marriage or worse. There is literally an area nicknamed “one kidney village” because so many people had sold their kidneys on the black market, to try to pay back debts and save their children. But many families have also lost their children. Not to debtors, but rather to famine and drought. People are dying there of thirst and starvation… Which was always a prediction, but that will never diminish the tragedy of what we are seeing play out before our eyes.
It seems like Doctors Without Borders is doing INCREDIBLE work there, and is a lot of these people’s only hope. They provide not only food and water but also medical care for people and children who are starving to death. If you’re interested in donating, we will add a link in our show notes to their donation page. But I also encourage you, not just to donate to put a band aid on the bullet hole, but let’s stop the hemorrhaging by healing our earth and supporting groups and causes that help our planet and thus, human beings, thrive.
- Peter Navarro
So if you guys remember, there were a number of Trump allies who defied Democrats and did not show up for various hearings about Trump? Well, one of those characters was a man by the name of Peter Navarro. He fought the charges in court, and lost. He made one last ditch effort to avoid jail time this week, but that too failed, and thus, he has reported for his four month prison sentence, at 74 years old, for Contempt of Congress.
- Two Biden updates
+Biden issued an executive order to study women’s health… He has pledged $200 million to researching conditions like Menopause and endometriosis as well as conditions that tend to affect women MORE, that have not been studied enough like rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, that women tend to experience following menopause. Amazing. And Jill Biden certainly had her hand in this because she has focused on Women’s Health as First Lady.
+Biden also just got a pledge of $120 million from League of Conservation Voters… This puts his OUTSIDE party fundraising at a GRAND TOTAL of over $1 BILLION. Damn. That’s got to be some kind of a record. A lot of environmental groups have backed Biden, because they say he has actually not done enough to spread the word about his track record on the environment! They want to see him toot his own horn in this category, and they said he’s been too quiet about all that he has accomplished. Whatsmore, a lot of Trump’s actions actually set us back in terms of our battle against Climate Change… Trump championed COAL throughout his Presidency, one of the most destructive substances in use right now and pulled us OUT of the Paris Accord, a global effort to halt climate change as a collective. So that’s a huge reason why Biden is now flush with cash… Meanwhile, much of Trump wealth is tied up in his on-going court cases.
And that, is the News Du Jour!
Today, I wanted to leave you guys with the quote:
“Karma has no menu, you get served what you deserve.”