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In a move that is risky politically and personally, and one that shows just how much is at stake, President Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday. The trip, in addition to showing unity, is intended to serve several key purposes. First, before agreeing to the trip, the Biden team demanded that Israel agree to safe zones and a plan for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. Second, the president is pushing Israel to have a plan for what happens if they are able to remove Hamas from power. Third, the president wants to emphasize to Israeli leaders the importance of minimizing civilian casualties. And Fourth, critically, the president wants to ensure that other actors don't take the opportunity to start a much wider war in the region. Ben Rhodes does a good job of explaining the hours of negotiation that led to Biden's visit. 2River Jordan Up Sh-t CreekI know there's a working theory that having Jim Jordan as Speaker would gravely damage the GOP and cost them the House, and be a net win for Dems. My take is that having the despicable, election-denying, Jim Jordan—a flame-thrower and a liar who has never authored a bill that has passed the House—as Speaker is too high a price to pay for any political gains. His assent to that position would be a tragedy for America, a serious threat to the 2024 election, and shame in front of the world. On the first ballot, Jordan failed to get enough votes for the speakership. Let's hope the same holds true when the House votes again. Here's the latest from CNN. 3The Poles and the Polls"Even if you don’t live in Poland, don’t care about Poland, and can’t find Poland on a map, take note: The victory of the Polish opposition proves that autocratic populism can be defeated, even after an unfair election. Nothing is inevitable about the rise of autocracy or the decline of democracy. Invest your time in political and civic organization if you want to create change, because sometimes it works." Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic (Gift Article): Poland Shows That Autocracy Is Not Inevitable. 4Lunch Counter Productive"While many nations have adopted more-nutritious school meals and stricter advertising standards, pizza sauce and french fries still count as vegetables for schoolchildren in the United States, and U.S. food companies remain virtually free to advertise to youngsters any way they like." Big pharma is coming up with some ways to address diabetes and obesity in America, but we're not doing much about the root cause. WaPo (Gift Article): How Lunchables ended up on school lunch trays. The dominance of food lobbyists is enough to make you lose your lunch. 5Extra, ExtraCounter Strike: We're not hearing as much about the Russian invasion of Ukraine this week. Here's some news from that front. "The Ukrainian military on Tuesday used U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles to strike nine Russian helicopters in eastern Ukraine, after Washington secretly shipped the weapons in recent weeks ... Biden had been hesitant to deliver the Army Tactical Missile System for fear of escalating the conflict. The transfer indicates the administration’s calculus has changed after a slow-moving Ukrainian counteroffensive." And Politico takes you Inside Biden’s decision to secretly send longer-range U.S. missiles to Ukraine. Meanwhile, not everyone is shunning Putin. NPR: Putin begins visit in China, underscoring Moscow's ties with Beijing. 6Bottom of the News"Starting Oct. 26, the carrier will implement a boarding process that puts window-seat passengers in economy class on the plane ahead of their peers in the middle and the aisle." United making revolutionary change to its boarding procedure. (This is logical. Revolutionary would be providing enough legroom so getting into a window seat wouldn't be so difficult.) Get a copy of my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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