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Critically Important News Articles - Analysis

1. Hamas cannot be called by NAME.

NEWS BRIEF: "You Are Not Hamas – You Are Just a Spoiled American Brat Indoctrinated by Liberal Nonsense,"

"Nothing an American college student espouses today, would have more than a 24-hour shelf life, in any major Muslim country on the planet— this is the rule. A few conservative and Christian schools may be an exception to the rule, but most liberal Ivy League and graduate schools would come under the rule, in fact they are what prove the rule. While NYC Mayor Adams is a solid Democrat, he has declared that not all the protestors are part of NYU Columbia."

Exactly who do these students think they are?

They certainly cannot think of themselves as 'Hamas', since they do not live up -- or down -- to the level of activity and agenda that the REAL Hamas claims as their own.

"Is raping women, slaughtering babies, and torturing the elderly now part of the liberal curriculum at Columbia?"

Indeed, adding this cannibalistic behavior to Hamas is the one characteristic which has been added to this "Free Palestine" movement since the unmitigated slaughter of 10/7!

What are these students, by the way?

You are only a spoiled American BRAT.

Do these radical demonstrators realize that their mutual hatred for the Jew is virtually the only factor they can claim to have in common with Hamas.

"Reason Magazine says, ' Gay and transgender people—both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—face an extraordinary level of persecution'. Adding, 'Indeed, gay and transgender people—both in Gaza and the West Bank—face an extraordinary level of persecution, persecution that may result in a years-long prison sentence or even death'.”

"If you are gay, you should be hiding. It’s so hard. I was so scared. Scared from everything you know?”

"They could hide or they could die."

"The spirit of Hamas may lure the simple minded, but the truth of Hamas will be death to all who think it is sweet."

2. HAMAS offers a a 5-year ceasefire for a Palestinian statehood!

NEWS BRIEF: "Hamas offers 5-year ceasefire in exchange for Palestinian statehood," World Israel News, April 25, 2024

"A senior Hamas official said the terror group is open to a five-year ceasefire and would be willing to lay down its weapons should an independent Palestinian state be established along the borders of pre-1967 Israel ... Hamas would disarm should a two-state solution come to a fruition, but added that the terror group would become part of a Palestinian army."

When on Earth did this frightful statement erupt?

"The Hamas representative said that the terror group would partner with the Palestinian Authority, its longtime political rival, in order to form a government for a newly-established Palestinian state. Notably, al-Hayya said that said state would encompass both the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria – meaning that the Israeli government would need to conceding that territory."

To get over this territory ceding hurdle will require the mighty hand of the newest ally the Palestinian Cause now celebrates: President Joe Biden!

3. Trump continues to be pummeled with "Lawfare"

NEWS BRIEF: "The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post', LAWFARE, December 8, 2023

I find it easy to misstate the kind of legal trouble in which Donald Trump finds himself simply because he is facing such an enormous number of indictments. But, Trump is facing them head-on and winning so far.

As of December 8, 2023, these are the legal battles which Trump is facing:

"Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes compared and contrasted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s narrow interpretation of former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity argument in the civil context and Judge Tanya Chutkan’s total rejection of Trump’s claims of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution in the Jan. 6 case.

"On the Lawfare Podcast, Natalie Orpett sat down with Jurecic, Roger Parloff, and Wittes to discuss the D.C. District Court and D.C. Circuit Court rulings on Trump’s presidential immunity:

"Matt Gluck shared Judge Chutkan’s order denying Trump’s motions to dismiss the Jan. 6 case on presidential immunity grounds and other constitutional bases.

Parloff laid out the key arguments that led Judge Sarah B. Wallace to rule Trump could not be disqualified in Colorado under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and the main counter arguments that will determine the decision’s upcoming appeal.

Caleb Benjamin shared a lawsuit filed by Oregon voters seeking to disqualify Trump from primary and general election ballots in the state under Section 3.

Anna Bower discussed new details that raise more questions about the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s investigation into unauthorized access to voting equipment in Coffee County, particularly the failure to interview attorney Robert Cheeley.

On this week’s episode of “Lawfare Live: Trump’s Trials and Tribulations,” Scott R. Anderson sat down with Bower, Parloff, and Wittes to discuss Judge Chutkan's rejection of Trump's motions to dismiss the Jan. 6 criminal case, the status of lawsuits seeking to disqualify Trump under Section 3, updates from Fulton County, and more:

"Hyemin Han shared the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s decision partially affirming and partially vacating Judge Chutkan’s limited gag order on Trump.

Katherine Pompilio shared a Nevada indictment charging six ‘fake electors’ with felonies for their alleged roles in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state.

On the Lawfare Podcast, Wittes sat down with Bower, Kyle Cheney, and Parloff to discuss Rep. Scott Perry's (R-Pa.) text messages that were revealed in a filing in D.C. district court, happenings with gag orders on Trump, developments in Colorado Section 3 litigation, and more:

"On the Lawfare Podcast, Pompilio sat down with Bradley Onishi to discuss his book entitled, “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next,” his personal experience as a former White Christian nationalist, Jan. 6 rioters and religious symbols at the riot, how Trump fits into all of this, and more:"

"Alex Joel discussed how the potential expiration of FISA Section 702 could make it easier for the U.S. government to conduct surveillance of U.S. citizens abroad.

"Alistair Simmons discussed data brokers collection of American students’ data, its harms to students’ privacy, and ways for policymakers to address the problem.

"On the Lawfare Podcast, Stephanie Pell sat down with Matthew Tokson to discuss how federal and state agencies have begun to purchase location information and other consumer data, the main arguments for why the purchases do not violate the Fourth Amendment, his responses, and his recommendations to courts, legislators, and government agencies on the issue:

"Ivan Krstic discussed the ease with which data centralized in service providers’ cloud infrastructure can be stolen and argued for widespread adoption of end-to-end encryption to combat this threat.

"Ashley Deeks discussed why the U.S. and China have failed to make progress toward an agreement to keep autonomy out of nuclear command-and-control systems.

"On the Lawfare Podcast, Gluck sat down with Bill Wright to discuss what President Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) means for tech companies that rely on AI, the relationship between tech companies and the U.S. government, whether collaboration among companies in the AI space is possible, and more:

"Alyza Sebenius discussed China’s increasingly threatening cyber capabilities, including advancements in its ability to target U.S. critical infrastructure, conduct economic espionage, and execute digital information operations.

Pompilio shared a grand jury’s indictment of two Russians for crimes related to an alleged Russian government hacking campaign aimed at influencing the U.K.’s 2019 elections.

Anderson and Orpett discussed the Justice Department’s indictment of four Russians for war crimes they allegedly committed against a U.S. citizen in Ukraine—the first ever war crimes prosecution by the department under the War Crimes Act of 1996.

Gluck shared the Justice Department indictment against four Russians for alleged war crimes.

Chile Eboe-Osuji, former President of the International Criminal Court, discussed the legal concepts of “proportionality” and “self-defense” and how to think about them with respect to the Israel-Hamas war.

Han shared a letter to the United Nations Security Council from Secretary-General António Guterres regarding the Israel-Hamas war that invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter.

Zoe Kreitenberg discussed the critical role missile defense systems have played in the Israel-Hamas war, particularly in protecting civilian life and deterring larger-scale conflict.

In an installment of Lawfare’s Foreign Policy Essay series, Jessica Davis discussed Hamas’s financial network, why it is so difficult to disrupt, and how to counter it going forward.

Thomas Renard and Joana Cook discussed the security repercussions of the Israel-Hamas conflict for European nations, including a rise in antisemitic and anti-Muslim incidents and an increased threat of violent extremism and jihadi terrorism.

On Rational Security, Anderson and Jurecic sat down with Wittes to discuss Ukraine’s counteroffensive and waning U.S. and European support for Ukraine, the Houthis targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Trump’s two big legal losses in cases relating to Jan. 6, and more:

We do apologize for the length of this missive, but one of the key points was exactly this: Trump is consistently facing this kind of intensive minutia, and he cannot ignore it because there is nothing to it! After all, these challenges are legal documents and must be dealt with in a legal manner!

And, that takes money and time, both badly needed on the 2024 Campaign Trail!!

4. Are our elections actually valid?

NEWS BRIEF: "Are Our Elections Legally Valid?", Canada Free Press, April 25, 202

"Many US citizens have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Given the disturbing details that have emerged such as bloated voter rolls, algorithms creating fake voters (New York Citizens Audit), canvassing efforts showing 20% of mailed ballots were not validly cast (Defend Florida 2021 canvassing efforts), US election systems software being written in Serbia, and more recently in Georgia, a Fulton County Election Board member testifying that no signature verification was performed on their 147,000 mail-in ballots, it is no wonder why."

"The completed Florida Scorecard shows over 560,000 potentially invalid or suspect registered voters."

"While some may excuse this as 'sloppy maintenance', it is actually a violation of the National Voter Registration Act".

"As if one major law violation isn’t bad enough, it gets worse. The Florida USA data team took a deeper dive and reviewed these voters’ voting history and found there were over 117,000 votes cast in the 2022 General Election by these voters with suspect registrations. "

"The blank ballot numbers reported by counties had no correlation with the number of ballot pages And as if these violations were not enough, there’s more. You may have heard about an issue surrounding what are called 'Blank Ballots'.”

"I have found no official documentation supporting this definition. "

"Submission of Blank Ballots -- The Florida Division of Elections reported 88,635 blank ballots in the 2022 General Election per their official report on Overvotes and Undervotes'.

What remedies exist to correct this dishonest elections?

" USA will also be making demands for them to correct the issues and follow the law. Should they refuse, USA has an answer and will follow by taking legal action against these and other invalid elections."

5. The picture of future Law Enforcement:

"The paranoid premise of the story is simple enough: In the far-flung future, crime has been abolished by preemptive arrests. The use of advanced technology and severely retarded human beings with precognitive abilities ('monkeys') has enabled the creation of a "pre-crime" police force, which rounds criminals-to-be up and tries them for crimes that they would have committed in the future. WHEB they are found guilty -- not if -- they are either sent to detention camps or exiled to frontier planets." ("Prophecy and Paranoia", by Jeremy Lott, June 17, 2002, reasonline.com)

Of course, no human being on the planet can be arrested, tried and convicted, of a crime that person has not committed. (At least,who has not committed YET!)

Punishing ‘Future Crime’ is ‘how they’re going to get you'

NEWS BRIEF: "Orwellian Canada wants to put you in prison BEFORE you commit a thought crime ," New York Post, February 29, 2024

"The chillingly titled Online Harms Act was introduced in February by Justice Minister Arif Virani ... the law will endow Ottawa with powers that would make Big Brother jealous."

What kind of transgression could possibly created that would rival the most repressive dictatorship!

"Pxxxxd at your girlfriend? Tell the government she’s likely to commit a hate crime and have her house-arrested."

Communist governments have used this concept quite regularly to strike fear and intimidation deeply into the hearts of its people. But, its use as a political weapon gives this kind of police power its greatest weapon.

"Worse, one provision in the bill would “increase the maximum penalty specifically for advocating genocide from 5 years to life imprisonment.”

We’re sure a law that criminalizes “advocating for genocide” could never be twisted to criminalize support for Israel. The pro-Hamas left will have a field day."

"In short, it would be the end of free expression in Canada. "

|Things have not gotten that bad in America … yet."