Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

Via @emptywheel:

WOWOWOW.

It must really suck for all those people whose full time job it is to **report** on Congress who should have known better about this being an "offset."

Surely they're all crafting apologies for their subscribers right now?

Jake Sherman:

🚨 BREAKING -- CBO says the #House's #Israel aid bill is not offset at all.

Will add $12.5B to the deficit in the next decade.

Cuts to IRS will decrease revenue by $26.7B

Hamas is not in the West Bank. Hamas has never been in the West Bank. It is Palestinian land occupied by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military.

Yet, since October 7 alone, the IDF & Settlers have killed at least 125 Palestinians, the US Govt knows this, and has offered nothing more than "strong urging" to stop evicting and killing innocent civilians.

Where is the accountability??

Obviously Republicans aren’t acting in good faith but in case yall were wondering.

CBO says the House Israel bill will add $12.5 billion to the deficit. #Politics
#CBO

The House bill to “fund” Israeli aid is idiotic. By pulling 14.3 billion in enforcement funds from the IRS, it results in a loss of revenue of $26.7B according to the just released CBO report. That means it will cost us $12.5 billion over a decade. Far from paying for the Israel aid, it costs us another $12.5 billion MORE. This bill should go NOWHERE.

#vote

Based upon nothing but US media coverage you’d think the only war going on right now was in Gaza. Let’s not forget about Ukraine people.

Oh Ken Buck isn’t running again? Outraged with his party? OKAY THEN FUCKING CHANGE PARTIES. No? Go get a cushy job that’ll undermine democracy from the private sector then you Bucker

Tomorrow's SCOTUS argument is a reminder of the single thing I hate most in IP and it's not what you may think if you've followed me for a while: "Trademark" registrations where the alleged mark DOESN'T FUNCTION AS A TRADEMARK.

Republican members of Congress unanimously chose Mike Johnson to be their speaker knowing who he is and what he did. His role in the 2020 election, his election denialism and hostility to voting rights are well known among his peers. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/a-big-lie-ring-leader-becomes-speaker-of-the-house/

Introduced in 1973, Ethernet is the best way to wire your computer to a network. But it was very expensive, costing thousands of dollars for an interface board. Intel's 82586 chip (1982) simplified the interface, dropping network prices to "just" $1000. Let's look inside... 1/14

“The level of humanitarian assistance that has been allowed into Gaza up to this point is completely inadequate and not commensurate with the needs of people in Gaza, compounding the humanitarian tragedy.” - Statement from UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Ron DeSantis is getting a lot of criticism for wearing heel lifts in his boots, adding several inches to his height, ostensibly to avoid being emasculated, and I just want him and his team to know that I support the governor's right to gender-affirming practices.

Two things are true:

There's been an explosion of really vile #antisemitism, some coming from pro-Palestinian protesters. It's terrifying.

Calls for a ceasefire and condemnation of Palestinian civilian deaths are being labeled antisemitism, even when they come from Jews. It's slanderous.

These things feed into each other.

It's a terrible time to be a pro-Palestinian, anti-occupation Jew. We're really getting hit from all sides right now.

#israel #gaza

There are multiple definitions of “witch” across cultures over time.

But on #Halloween, this a spooky reminder that throughout history, a witch often meant a woman with opinions and an independent life persecuted by the patriarchy for not fitting in.

Here is the first act of the new right-wing Republican leadership of the House: As a condition of aiding Israel, they insist on defunding the IRS’s ability to go after rich tax cheats.

Not sure why that isn’t getting bigger play in the mainstream press.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/31/israel-ukraine-congress-senate-austin-blinken/a47a753e-77a2-11ee-97dd-7a173b1bd730_story.html

Antiwar and antisemitism seem to have bacome the same thing.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/31/gaza-innocent-palestinians-silenced-sacked-free-speech

What about a laptop with an e-ink display on the outside side of the screen, so you can full-on customise your machine at will?

A $19B valuation is based on the hopes and fever dreams of Twitter evolving into PayPal when it’s actually becoming Elon’s version of Truth Social.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938969/x-twitter-valuation-19-billion-employee-shares