Week in Review: Who Refused to Report Trump's Offer to Big Oil?

 

Saturday, May 18, 2024 ■ The Week in Review 'Shameful': 16 Dems Help GOP Pass Israel Security Assistance Support Act Even if the bill passes the Senate, President Joe Biden has threatened to veto it. excerpt:  The House vote was 224-187, with only three GOP members opposing the legislation—Reps. Warren Davidson (Ohio), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), and Thomas Massie (Ky.)—and six Republicans and 13 Democrats not voting. The Democrats who supported the bill are Reps. Matt Cartwright (Pa.), Angie Craig (Minn.), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Don Davis (N.C.), Lois Frankel (Fla.), Jared Golden (Maine), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), Greg Landsman (Ohio), Jared Moskowitz (Fla.), Frank Pallone (N.J.), Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), David Scott (Ga.), Darren Soto (Fla.), Thomas Suozzi (N.Y.), and Ritchie Torres (N.Y.). "These are the fringe extremists of the Democratic Party." "These 16 House Democrats just voted with Republicans to ignore U.S. human rights law and fast-track weapons to Israel," the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project said on social media, listing the lawmakers. "Shameful." By Jessica Corbett • May 16, 2024 'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI "The good news is—actions like this by the USA or European countries taken under pressure from the pro-Israeli lobby or Israel itself smell of sheer panic and desperation," the renowned author said. By Brett Wilkins • May 16, 2024 11,000% Return: Trump's $1 Billion Offer Could Yield $110 Billion Windfall for Big Oil A new analysis explores the possible payout if fossil fuel companies—who have already shown a willingness to put a price tag on the value of planet Earth—agree to the presumptive Republican nominee's election year "quid pro quo" deal. By Jon Queally • May 16, 2024 'Jail Time Should Seriously Be Considered,' Pocan Says of Big Oil Price Fixing "I would recommend 'Orange Is the New Black,'" said the Wisconsin Democrat. "We're feeling it at the pumps and clearly this kind of behavior, we know, isn't isolated." By Jessica Corbett • May 15, 2024 Cable News Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs "The most under-covered Trump story is his complete selling-out of the American people on issues they care about most," one political insider said. By Olivia Rosane • May 15, 2024 excerpt:  Major cable news networks Fox News Channel, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC all failed to cover former President Donald Trump's promise to Big Oil executives that he would reverse President Joe Biden's climate regulations if they donated $1 billion to his campaign, according to an analysis published by Media Matters for America late Tuesday. When the news first broke, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch wrote, "You won't read a more important story today." Yet, in the four days after the story broke, it only received 48 minutes of cable airtime—all on MSNBC. "The most under-covered Trump story is his complete selling-out of the American people on issues they care about most," Jesse Lee, a former Biden communications adviser, posted on social media in response to the report. "If gas prices go up soon, these same networks that ignored Trump's $1 billion oil bribe will cover it constantly—and crucify Biden." "He is basically saying he's going to destroy the planet that our children... are growing up on just if these guys will write him a check." Veteran Human Rights Leader Has Seen Enough: Israel Perpetrating Genocide in Gaza Israel's "sustained policy of obstructing the movement of humanitarian assistance into the territory" pushed Human Rights Watch co-founder Aryeh Neier to view the assault on Gaza as a genocide. By Julia Conley • May 14, 2024 Citing Ethnic Cleansing, US Army Major Resigns Over Israel's Assault on Gaza "As the descendant of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing," wrote Maj. Harrison Mann. By Julia Conley • May 13, 2024 Israel 'Has Gone to War Against the Entire Palestinian People': Sanders "Any objective observer knows Israel has broken international law, it has broken American law, and, in my view, Israel should not be receiving another nickle in U.S. military aid," Sanders said. By Olivia Rosane • May 12, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion Why Did the US Spend $320 Million on a Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza? Instead of U.S. President Joe Biden marking a red line in the sand demanding that Israel allow aid into Gaza via ground transportation, his inept diplomatic team sent out a plea for help to the U.S. military. By Ann Wright • May 16, 2024 House Democrats Support for MAGA Mike Johnson Is a Weakness Not a Strength If they want to win, House Democrats should have let House Republicans depose their own leader for the second time this year and demonstrate to voters the chaos of keeping Republicans in charge. By Miles Mogulescu • May 16, 2024 Ten Higher Education Lessons Authoritarians Fear What right-wing reactionaries—many with powerful positions at our colleges and universities—fear most is that students become less controllable and more willing to challenge unjust social arrangements. By Michael Schwalbe • May 16, 2024 Attacks on Social Security, Medicare Shows Who Wants Americans to Work Longer, Die Sooner What America desperately needs is a beefed-up, fair Social Security and Medicare system that serves all Americans, not just the ones who can afford to retire without a worry. By Lynn Parramore • May 15, 2024 A Make-or-Break Moment in Humanity's Perilous Journey The polycrisis marks a historic inflection point in the story of civilization. Once we’re past a rapidly approaching moment, society won’t be able to maintain business as usual, even with significant reforms. The only real solution will be for humanity to inhabit the planet differently. By Richard Heinberg • May 14, 2024 Macklemore’s Understanding of Palestinian History Beats Hillary Clinton’s Her recent placing of all the blame on the Palestinians is typical of inside-the-Beltway Goy Zionism, and is profoundly ahistorical. 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