The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats.
— Read on apnews.com/article/france-louvre-evacuation-written-threat-4a578db9a587d14619dd6be0f4d4cf10
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At least three states are moving forward with plans for larger, pricier prisons, with proponents of such facilities citing the need to address issues of overcrowding, poor sanitation conditions and a lack of mental health resources in the current facilities.
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did Hamas somehow, some way, get inside information about Israel from Donald Trump.
— Read on www.palmerreport.com/analysis/something-stinks-2/52544/Iran is almost certainly involved up to their necks. But some point out that information may have been given to Russia, who may have given it to Iran. An Alternet writer believes this. They say: “Iran almost certainly got the information from Russia. And who gave it to Russia? Sure looks like it was Donald Trump, at the request of Putin.”
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Three of the most prominent Muslim broadcasters on MSNBC have, for various reasons, been moved out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel.
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the excruciatingly complicated predicament in which Israelis who publicly oppose the occupation have found themselves. In Israeli society, which has invented myriad ways to keep the occupation invisible, their expertise is their ability to see the causal connections between the occupation and violence directed at Israeli Jews. But, at this moment, if the activists focus on these causal connections, or if they focus too much on crimes perpetrated against Palestinian civilians, now and in the past, they risk being irrevocably marginalized in their own country.
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The crypto lobby has made some recent strides in its quest for legitimacy — the House is on the cusp of passing industry-blessed legislation — but is facing growing resistance from lawmakers energized by digital currency’s role in financial crimes.
Hamas was an early adopter of using cryptocurrencies for financing, according to TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company. Though most of the group’s funding comes from other sources, groups linked to Hamas have continued to solicit donations through crypto since its weekend attacks, per TRM.
Crypto is seen as a potential tool in financial crimes because it allows individuals to move money outside the traditional banking system with pseudo-anonymity and the use of decentralized platforms
Digital wallets linked to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad received up to $134 million since 2021, according to crypto analyses cited by the Wall Street Journal.
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Thursday 12 October 2023
Netanyahu
- Israel’s Dialogue Center notes that Netanyahu 86% surveyed claim that the attacks were the result of a failure of leadership by the Netanyahu government.
- As was pointed out on the YOUNG TURKS podcast, Israelis are at least honest about what happened. Americans, after 9/11 lionized George Bush and Giuliani.
- Netanyahu is a liability and must go. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/war-netanyahu-liability-must-go-israel-palestine-hamas
- Shocking list of crimes linked to Netanyahu https://www.thedailybeast.com/shocking-list-of-crimes-linked-to-benjamin-netanyahus-new-israeli-government
- Netanyahu is Israel’s worst enemy (22) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/15/netanyahu-israel-western-allies-religious-coalition
- Majority blames government https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-767880
- Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/31/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-northern-ireland-palestine
- Netanyahu’s Right Wing government https://www.vox.com/world/2023/1/20/23561464/israel-new-right-wing-government-extreme-protests-netanyahu-biden-ben-gvir
Law, Power, and Justice 