NEWSOM's CHINA SURPRISE VISIT & FALL OUT .

He should make a stop in San Francisco to see the fruits of his policies.
I had no idea Israel was on the way to China. Pretty sure Israel isn’t located in the pacific.

Here comes the presidential bid....He ruined California, and people were dumb enough to still vote for him. He most likely assumes he is immune to the consequences of his own actions, as has been sadly shown in the past. Maybe he will visit the Taliban, North Korea and Hamas to discuss climate cooperation, promote bilateral economic development and tourism and encourage cultural exchanges next.If you think he can work with China you need to think again. China will want something in return. That would mean on Californians money spent for China. This is the best case scenario. The worst is he gives out a lot without one thing in return, or some empty promises.  (1)>>>BUT WAS NEWSOM WEARING A MASK IN CHINA because of COVID ...NOPE !!!. The California people are not paying state taxes for Newsom to visit China. China is the affairs of the US President and the Federal Government. Newsom should focus on California not China. The Federal Government should send Newsom a Cease and Desist Letter.Why wear a mask in a normal restaurant when you could just go to French Laundry with your wealthy buddies instead? Why re-open public schools when your kid is in private school?My question is why?? I understand China, the amount of cargo from there into California ports is mind boggling. Is the Switch Near?The move by Newsom to visit China and meet up with Xi has many political commentators speculating Newsom will replace Biden as the Democratic Nominee in the upcoming 2024 presidential race.Newsom himself is BIG a publicity stunt, and a bad one that is. He says one thing to look good, and then does the opposite. We all could see this clearly during the lockdowns. (2)>>I live in California. Trust me, Newsom is like nuclear waste.Governor Gavin Newsom Has Surprise Meeting With China President Xi Jinping. You mean switch Biden out for Newson in 2024! That's got to be a joke! I'm not sure that move is going to help the Democrats any - once the campaign heats up and Newsom's California utopian nightmare is fully exposed to the electorate.California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday after being warmly welcomed by other senior leaders in a display of friendliness that stands in sharp contrast to the dialogue between the United States and China in recent years.The governor is on a weeklong tour of China where he will push for climate cooperation."Remarkably positive" - He's playing you like a fiddle, you idiot. Xi is telling you exactly what you want to hear, and he'll go right back to business as usual. It's amazing how inept and incompetent these lying, grifting politicians are. He went to discuss "climate change." How pathetic and embarrassing. Newsom’s trip as governor, once considered routine, is drawing attention as it comes after years of heightening tensions between the U.S. and China. Ca is the worst state in nation on affordability. Many everyday items are banned from purchase in CA. There is a special tax on almost everything (paint, lumber, gas, ammo !!!!). It never ends ! Who would want that ? Gavin Newsom flew to China on a plane powered by fossil fuels, then drove an electric vehicle powered by fossil fuels, all while fear-mongering about climate change.Days before his trip to China, Newsom stopped in Israel to meet up with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visit a hospital in Tel Aviv.Newsom’s multiple diplomatic foreign meetings is a clear sign the Democratic Governor is eyeing a future presidential run run either in 2024 or 2028.They rigged elections twice. They control the process and won't stop now. (3)>>>Rumor I heard was that Biden will be the candidate and Newsome VP. Biden will retire within the first 6 months. Then the hammer will come down. Gun eradication (not control), censure, forced re-education, massive tax hikes, gas rationing, etc. All for our good-Don't forget.Any sensible person would be asking why in the heII is a state governor having meetings with a foreign leader? Especially when said leader is in charge of a hostile opposing nation?Was this meeting sanctioned by the State Department, does the idiot in chief even know that his team is transitioning leaders? Just like Obama, going to see and making promises you cant keep before you even have the job. Letting Xi know the replacement is just as Clueless as the sad old man in the office now.I'd have him "escorted" to the capital to answer a few questions. Consent to said questioning would be unnecessary, and the questioning itself would be lengthy, invasive, and quite uncomfortable.Gov. Newsom is traveling to Israel and China to benefit no one but himself.He is the most selfish politician to ever come out of California.This is exactly what you would expect from the man who, during the pandemic, ordered the closure of restaurants, then went to a private dinner at the most expensive restaurant in the state.  It is also what you would expect from the man who ordered that public schools be closed, but who put his children in private schools that remained open.By going to Israel and China, not as a tourist, but as Governor of California, Gov. Newsome is interfering with the foreign policy of the United States at a time of great peril.  His timing could not be worse, nor more irresponsible.  It's hard to view Newsom's trip to visit Xi as anything other than preparing for his anointment for the Democratic nomination.They will try to make it seem like he is making the visit on behalf of CA, but Governors of states don't meet with world leaders like this.Someone should ask Biden what he thinks about a US governor meeting with XI...I would love to hear he incoherent take on the topic.

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(1)>>>BUT WAS NEWSOM WEARING A MASK IN CHINA because of COVID ...NOPE !!!. BESIDES NOT wearing a Covid mask .Newsom involving himself with international relations is unconstitutional. He should know better. But since he decriminalizes the criminal activities, what else is new? No governor should be engaging in international relations. That is the job of the Federal government. "The states are not sovereign "states" under international law, since the Constitution does not vest them with a capacity to conduct foreign relations. They are specifically prohibited from entering into any treaty, alliance, or confederation (see Article 1, § 10). Back home, the trip has been attacked on a variety of fronts.Newsom has faced some criticism for press access, as the Chinese government decided to shut American reporters out of Newsom’s meeting with Xi.Meanwhile, the California family of a Christian pastor who has been detained in China since 2006 said Newsom should take any possible opportunity to argue for his release.Newsom’s office said David Lin’s detention came up during a series of meetings in Beijing, as did human rights violations and anti-democratic efforts in Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere. His office didn’t specify which Chinese officials Newsom spoke to about those issues.  I  have no  respect for Newsom. It's Biden's job to IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH CHINA . Not a good time to go to China, especially with China supporting Russia with the war in Ukraine.This is a big stunt , what I have seen already he seems to like China , he is vary impressed with how the CCP under Xi has modernized China . It should not shock people if comes BACK with BIG IDEAS for CALIFORNIA . (2)>>I live in California. Trust me, Newsom is like nuclear waste. Californians often have no idea how astronomically hard they get raked over the coals when it comes to anything. The state itself is //broke// and desperate for money! Bleeding money. Expect to be audited every single year, as they scrounge for money. The tax rate the more money you make, is ridiculous. We got nailed //regularly// for about 35-30 percent taken off our bonuses and end of year and we were the middle to upper middle of "middle class"  I don't have to go to the Ukraine to know there is a war going on there. There are copious videos and articles online concerning the demise of California  - and San Francisco in particular. This plight in San Francisco is not new news - it has been a direct result of the asinine liberal DemocRatic stupidity for years and continues to get worse.Of course the surrounding area is nice bit going into San Francisco is an absolute shitty disaster. Homeless people sleeping outside on the sidewalks, homeless people being told to leave the entrance of the restaurant I was in because they were begging customers for food, got yelled at a homeless person when sightseeing the golden gate bridge because he was sleeping under a cardboard box threatening to stab me in the throat if I didn't let him sleep. The people are the worst too. Tesla owner rolls up in the parking lot to skate the scenic views and I mentioned how tesla had a recall or something of the sort to a friend and the girl called me a "dumbass fucking bitch." Gas so expensive it's unbelievable, Uber driver was even complaining how he wants to get the hell out of there. Who the fuck cares about an in-n-out it was so busy cops showed up to patrol, stupid $3 for a mediocre cheeseburger like it's the best thing ever.I'm not even getting political and how shitty their policies are as well. (3)>>>Rumor I heard was that Biden will be the candidate and Newsome VP. Biden will retire within the first 6 months.  Or if anything where to happen to Biden before the election. I had this thought just this morning. If Dems don’t have a plan B for the election should anything happen to Biden, we’re fucked. And Kamala is absolutely NOT the answer.Gavin would at least have a fighting chance. I’ll remain hopeful that Biden can see through the election and also his next term. I really doubt Biden is going out before the election, but of course it's smart of dems to have a contingency plan. Completely agree that Kamala is not the answer. She would get absolutely destroyed as even most dems don't like her.The probability that he will actually finish a 2nd term, or the probability that an 80 year old will make it to 86, is 58%. So he has a 42% chance of dying before finishing a 2nd term, barely better than a coin flip. This does leave out health and wealth effects, and just represents the average 80 year old.My takeaway from this is that Newsom is positioning to run for president in 2028. Governors don't report to the president, so the only reason they can "send him" is because he wants to get into the national spotlight to get more national recognition.

I'll try to use a crystal ball , what's NEXT ???

 

“Time” magazine explains: “The predictions of Nostradamus . . . tend to be rediscovered during turbulent historical eras​—such as now, when many Western Europeans are worried about faltering economies and superpower conflict.” And the French newsweekly “Le Point” said: “Fear is becoming a market. One hundred days after having brought Mitterrand to power, our citizens are paying $20 a copy to shudder in horror.”The world has been shaken by seismic economic shifts in recent times, with the soaring cost of living affecting everything from food to fuel.  (1)>>Nostradamus seemed to have seen this coming with his grim prediction: ‘So high will the bushel of wheat rise / That man will be eating his fellow man’. Let's predict what the end of this war will be!!! . The situation across the world at the moment is pointing much more to Cold War 2 than WW3. Proxy civil wars, propaganda, misinformation, rise in nationalism, ideological and culture wars etc.  (2)>>Another World War, if it happens, will not see nukes dropped or troops on the ground. There’s no need. The world’s major actors have hackers and drone operators who can bomb key targets, turn off the electricity and water supplies and so on until an enemy country dissolves into anarchy and collapses. I don't think this war qualifies as WW3.To me it feels like a new Crusade. It's a Holy War, even if we claim it is 'terrorists'. It's Jihad for them. (3)>>Everything that has happened in Israel/Palestine for the last 70-odd years probably qualifies as another part of the same war, tbh. Britain et al set the region up to be a powder keg...it's just a question of when the whole thing goes off. Maybe were finally going to see it blow soon. Then America's involvement will be the proxy"Christian Nation" for Britain, assuming they're out of the business of war in the Middle East. But still definitely not enough countries to be a World War yet. Everyone writes his predictions ، I really want to know.   Next time I'll try to use a crystal ball instead of logic and deduction. I disagree with nothing you said, but am surprised that you seem to be surprised that I didn't rely on some esoteric method.  (4)>>Prediction of the day. Biden will install a National Draft before Nov 2024. He will get in into more war to TRY to prevent Trump from winning. Joe Biden is on track in starting war war 3. But didn't they all say Trump was going to start war war 3. So how's that prediction going for the Trump haters ?I'm wondering given the US response and political climate doesn't mean the unofficial plan is to just let this thing tear through us . Obviously more well to do states can play the shelter in place / reopen game but I feel like for the GOP base states they might just let the hospitals get overrun and rely on propaganda to paper over it.I also disagree about trump inciting a civil war , its 2023 , the non Trump faction could just destroy the eastern interconnection of the US power grid and the fights over in one night. Also the GOP has everything to lose in that scenario, even if they won the immediate brain drain of basically all the educated people and anyone with money would leave them the victors over a total shitheep. Prediction: (5)>>As the Israel-Palestine war rages, Russia will draw the US into the conflict using its proxy Hezbollah. Putin will turn the tables on Biden and will apply the same strategy that the US is using in Ukraine.  This is when the forever wars began in earnest, it’s also when the term “conspiracy theory/theorist” began to get thrown around as an accusation rather than an intellectual exercise and it’s when the elites began to systematically gut the middle class. War tax, healthcare, the cost of education, all became ways to launder money from the middle class into the pockets of the rich. US and China don’t want a world war so it won’t happen. Too much to lose and little to gain.  (6)>>The proxy wars will continue indefinitely but a world war isn’t in the cards. They can't have all the major players fight each other in a hot war without using nukes or too many people would start to question if nukes are or were ever even real (either way, no refunds). They have to keep the nuke scam and pysop going so there will be a fake nuclear attack. We'll all see it on our screens with the mushroom cloud or air burst and everything. Any witnesses claiming it was a just a plain old conventional bombing will die mysterious deaths and accounts will be banned for misinformation.The only question remains which city will they dynamite and who will they blame for the fake nuke? I'm guessing a west coast American city to blame China or east coast city to blame Iran. But that's anyone's guess right now. The people that are saying "not gonna happen" and post about our interconnectivity have their heads in the sand and probably know little about economics, geopolitics and couldn't find Israel on a map. (7)>>The US is almost bankrupt, the world is de-dollarizing rapidly and China is ascendant. The US needs to do something fast or its days as the sole superpower will be over. (8)>>But the US isn't pulling the strings. Those that do are using the above to manipulate the US into actions that will set off a much more sinister chain of events.There are forces at play that are literally manipulating events to happen just as laid out in the Bible because they are insane and want to wipe out most of humanity to usher in paradise, not with JC in charge, but them. Kennedy was the last true POTUS we’ve had. Everyone since then has been a pawn of the masters of the universe.

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(1)>>Nostradamus seemed to have seen this coming with his grim prediction.  It seems, though, that Nostradamus knew this was coming in 2023, given his prediction of "a great war" for this year. It was over 450 years ago that the French philosopher wrote his most famous work, 'Les Propheties', which is a collection of 942 poetic quatrains which have later been linked to a number of real-world events in our time. "Seven months the Great War, people dead of evil-doing," he wrote, predicting this for 2023.Many assumed that he was predicting an escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine, but now it seems it was a preview of the current events in the Middle East. Interestingly, the narrative finds a chilling echo in the long-dead prophet Nostradamus’ book Les Prophéties, where he predicted a ‘great war’ in 2023. Some interpret this as a reference to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The uncanny coincidence of this unfolding reality with Nostradamus’s prediction has lent an air of eeriness to the entire scenario.The only way religion plays any role here is that it's inspiring killing in the name of bringing about Armageddon, with America and its largely evangelical legislators cheering it on and Muslims trying to exterminate Jews and Jews bulldozing and murdering their way to the Temple Mount so the right building can go up so they can murder animals for blood magic purposes.(2)>>Another World War. The other problem i have with a view like this is that if there ever is a WW3, you could certainly say that you're right in the sense that literally all of history is by definition "the path towards the future", but without you giving a more concrete description of the causation, this is kind of lacking meaningful insight. You could just as easily go back in history, with the Iraq War, 9/11, heck go all the way back to the Paris Peace Treaties that ended WW2 as "the path to WW3", just as you could describe history starting at the treaty of Versailles as "the path to WW2", but all you're really doing is describing history with minimal actual predictions or insights. The Americans are preparing the evacuation because they know what is coming. It is their "script", they are involved.The US is preparing steps for mass evacuation of its citizens from the Middle East. Guess what usually happens afterwards? The Biden administration has to be stopped somehow, otherwise we'll find ourselves on the precipice of a world war the likes of which history hasn't seen. So are there any events from the past to illustrate where , how we got here ? 2017-2020: Trump serves as POTUS, and long story short, he kind of makes the US less friendly/diplomatic in general. His reign is accompanied by a general increase in political polarization across all sides of the (US) political spectrum.2020: COVID happens, which disrupts life all over the globe, and ruins China-US relations even further (and honestly, China-alot of countries relations as well). Around the same time, China wins in Hong Kong.2021: Biden becomes POTUS, withdraws US from Afghanistan after too long.Early 2022: Russia goes crazy and invades Ukraine. US + NATO support Ukraine. Russia doesn't do so well at first, thank goodness, but gosh, it seems that they're persistent.Late 2022: ChatGPT comes out. Beginning of the Great AI Revolution or whatever you wanna call it. We are probably underestimating the ramifications of this on the economy. 2023, present: Palestine invades Israel. Lemme check, looks like Russia is still invading Ukraine. Sigh.2024-2030, future: China invades Taiwan? Realistically it'd probably go even worse than Ukraine, but the million dollar question is, would that honestly stop China from trying? Definitely even more political polarization.Regardless, I should probably note that I don't believe for even a second that anyone's actually going to call it World War III. The very idea of a World War III would probably be frightening enough for the world to shy away from calling that. Also refer to how all of the US's war involvement after World War II has been euphemistically and unofficially declared as "police actions" and the like - Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East. Even Russia's "fake" invasion of Ukraine was a "Special Military Operation." But we all know it's war by another name.(3)>>Everything that has happened in Israel/Palestine for the last 70-odd years probably qualifies as another part of the same war, tbh. Its 5 thousand deaths (since 2008), the 10's of thousands are the wounded.Killed for the last 70 years of conflict. Within Israel, sure, but international opinion among the citizenry of Western countries has been shifting towards sympathy towards the Palestinians in the last few years. Whenever politicos try to talk peace through the fog of war there will always be some looking to set fire to the enemy and undermine the talks. The strength of any terrorist organisation leads directly from how well they frame their cause. And being an underdog cornered by a superior force is an easy bag for desperate people on the losing side. This attack on Israel is not anything about Palestine. It’s about hurting Israel. And hurting Israel ends up hurting Palestine one hundredfold. TECHNICALLY. Hamas fires rockets that are very weak and easily intercepted, Israel is wiping out entire streets and apartment blocks with the most powerful and advanced weapons around. Also, Gaza is a densely populated strip of land. What it shows though is that killing tens of thousands of Palestinians isn't making Israel safer or Hamas more tame.Yet Israel is the “victim”More like Israel buys our shit from Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon and congress wants to keep selling them shit and keep the money pumping US is literally the merchant of death in the middle east. Americans are blind to the evil and atrocities our government commits. Israel is not an ally, Israel is our dog fighting in the ring and were the sick fuck egging the dog on. (4)>>Prediction of the day. Biden will install a National Draft before Nov 2024.We aren't even building up our troops we already have to fight in Ukraine. Why would there be a draft? This really scares me about the future of political discourse, or rather the lack thereof. When you can't trust that the things that come out of politicians mouths even actually come out of their mouths, voting loses all pretensions of not being tribal.  Sending US troops to Ukraine would be the worst case ontario. NOW US TROOPS could be headed to Israel instead with a much greater conflict . Take your pick. Biden brought back the cold wR why wouldn't the draft be next. Could be messaging, could be China, could be war in Russia, could be money. The Pentagon has reported that the U.S. Army is predicted to be 15,000 recruits short of its 65,000 recruitment target at the end of the year. The Navy is 10,000 recruits short of its 38,000 recruitment goal. The Air Force is 3,000 short of its 27,000 recruitment target. The Marines are the only branch on par with their recruitment goals. Interestingly ENOUGH , am sure that we are headed for something BIG , as the year rolls on Biden will do a BIG DISTRACTION possible with these escalating proxy wars that a such a draft could appear out of the blue.(5)>>As the Israel-Palestine war rages, Russia will draw the US into the conflict using its proxy Hezbollah. The United States is no longer the undisputed hegemon in the Middle East. A diminution of the American role has invited regional power projection by Russia, Iran, and Turkey and long-term economic statecraft moves by China. The United States aims to preserve such core interests as regional stability, counterterrorism, nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, energy security, and Israel’s security. China, Russia, and the United States bring dissimilar capabilities and goals to their respective policies in the Middle East, a region that is undergoing a profound transformation. Biden’s motivation for the escalatory deployment is, reportedly, strategic deterrence, meant to ensure that “no enemies of Israel can or should seek advantage from the current situation”. But historically, Israel has never allowed any foreign boots on its soil, and is in no need of the US armadas to take on Hamas. The administration of US President Joe Biden has gone even further, providing Israel with more arms and ammunition, dispatching its most modern and sophisticated aircraft carrier, the Ford, along with a number of destroyers to the Eastern Mediterranean, and beefing up other forces stationed in the region, enough to start World War III.In less than 48 hours after Hamas' attack we're seeing the spectrum of the American left start to tear itself apart over its inability to accept that both the Israeli treatment of Palestine and Hamas genocidal platform can be bad at the same time. Biden's support for Israel will increasingly hurt his relations with the left wing as Israel's merciless bombardment of the Gaza Strip pulverizes cities and civilians. This will erode Democrats' advantage in the election next year, and therefore undermine support for Ukraine, and weaken Israel once they blast their way through the sympathy people currently feel for them.Hamas is backed by Iran which is allied with Russia. US military strategists have been expressing growing concern over the military coordination between the two countries and how they may be expanding their reach in the Middle East.(6)>>The proxy wars will continue indefinitely but a world war isn’t in the cards.  I'm reminded of an old joke from stand up comic Nato Green about getting arrested protesting on the first day of the Iraq war. He talked about how they all got put in a big holding cell for hours and you'd think there'd be some solidarity, "but no, these are leftists we're talking about, so we immediately started arguing about whether we opposed the war for the right reasons and divided the cell along ideological lines. This section is for the pacifists, that one is for the anti-imperialists, that one for anarchists, and then there's that guy who was there for composting."  That being said, Hamas attack is a win for Russia as it strains resources and attention. But as for support, only one party cannot make up its mind where it stands. I know Democrats aren't hopelessly fractured, I said that was what Russia would like them to be by November. And Israel is a really effective wedge issue for the Democratic party and has been for decades. I'm not saying this has already happened, I'm doomsaying.This puts the GOP in even more of a bind to support more foreign military action funding. They have been strutting around trying to pretend to demand support for home programs (that they don't even want to fund) as the expense of foreign involvement but now they have to approve of foreign involvement to Israel. It makes them look even more like hypocrites. This just means the US will move towards more pro Israel and more anti-Iran. I think this gives move leverage to the Dems to tie Ukraine funding to Israel funding. The Democratic party will be at each other's throats over the War in Israel/Palestine in a few months. (7)>>The US is almost bankrupt, the world is de-dollarizing . The national debt continues to soar. At over $31.7 trillion, it has more than doubled in a little over 10 years. If the debt doubles again in the next 10 years, it will reach a staggering $62 trillion, nearly three times greater than current GDP. Will the federal government ever slow its spending? Will the U.S. remain solvent in the coming years? In short, de-dollarization entails a significant reduction in the use of dollars in world trade and financial transactions, decreasing national, institutional and corporate demand for the greenback. This would diminish the dominance of the dollar-denominated global capital market, in which borrowers and lenders around the world transact in dollars. There are two scenarios that could erode the dollar’s status. The first includes adverse events that undermine the perceived safety and stability of the greenback — and the U.S.’s overall standing as the world’s leading economic, political and military power. For instance, increased polarization in the U.S. could jeopardize the perceived stability of its governance, which underpins its role as a global safe haven. (8)>>But the US isn't pulling the strings.“Pulling strings” is an interesting idiom to use here. I usually hear it used to mean that one party will help another by making use of their influence with a third party.I think the "string pullers" at the top of the Pyramid are probably people, The sad thing is that the majority of Americans are walking around oblivious to any of this, with their heads in the clouds not thinking about anything but themselves and what the next best phone is on the market...pitiful! (and I used the term loosely), who we don't even know about, and stay far removed from the public eye. Globalism is the source of all our most serious problems throughout the world/society. And even this woman being mentioned, is not the top of the food chain, she is merely a regional manager/facilitator...The real top dogs are those of groups such as the WEF, Blackrock, the Federal Reserve, and more and this is not only related to the USA, it is throughout the entire free world. and they control all of the media, MSM, the entertainment industry, social media, and the public education systems...I think people have realized the entire presidency is controlled a couple months into Biden”s presidency.As, I believe are most of the other Neo Cons and Libs that seem to be directing US foreign policy. I'd be saying the same thing if they turned out to all be part of the Skull and Bones fraternity, or any other common factor. So it's not about a racial animus on my part, just an interest in what guides these policies tgat could have dangerous outcomes. There is a "puppet master." A formal conspiracy isn't required where interests align. All of these people think alike, so of course they act alike and they don't need to coordinate to work to help each other. They might, and sometimes they do, but it's not necessary. Most "conspiracies" really are .

CONGRESS AND CHAOS .

Hearing Gaetz complain about Jordan being “

knifed by his fellow

 Republicans” is beyond parody.

Beyond the obvious agreement McCarthy made which is the sole reason for his ouster, this charge is coming from the party who shuts down the government as an extortion tool all the time! In fact, the reason  (1)>>Gaetz motioned to vacate was because McCarthy worked with Dems to NOT shut down the government. Wasn't there a lot of cursing and shit talking in the house today? In the latest sign of House chaos, the temporary speaker is threatening to quit.  LIKE I SAID BEFORE ...... For the most part Republican and Democrats have the same foreign policy.Yes, its "Funnel all the money into the military industrial complex", On that they can always agree upon.  I'm skeptical. His situation may be precarious, but he did manage to thwart the 'freedom caucus' and avoid the shutdown they were trying to force on purpose. I don't buy into the idea of hoping for a shutdown just so the GOP looks bad.   (2)>>Who's going to get the next wave of BILLIONS of Dollars ???? Ukraine or Israel ???? THE IRONY NOW.Washington D.C has the biggest problem right now . President  (2.1)>>Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico ...border & Israel .  So barring some unforeseen development, a Speakerless House will be unable to undertake any legislative activity whatsoever. With the ousting  of Kevin McCarthy by Matt Gaetz, my readers you have to put on your THINKING CAPS on . (3)>>It's all on purpose to create enough CHAOS in the American Government so any deal on the spending crisis on the Debt Ceiling could be stopped , while the U.S. Deficit under Joe Biden grew to another 1 trillion dollars . SO FAR , Tempers reportedly flared behind closed doors, with Republicans directing their ire at a familiar target: Matt Gaetz, whose successful push to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker has stalled Congress for nearly three weeks. Juliegrace Brufke of Axios reported that McCarthy screamed at Gaetz to sit down when Gaetz moved to the microphone while the party was deliberating, and that Rep. Mike Bost “almost lunged” at the Florida congressman. Melanie Zanona of CNN also reported that Bost “got all emotional,” (4)>> “was cussing at him,” and telling Gaetz “it’s all his fault,” citing a member in the room. Zonona added that members were also yelling at Jordan for supporting the push to appoint McHenry as a temporary Speaker, and that the situation also got heated over the harassment members who opposed Jordan have been subjected to. My favorite part of this, and there are many parts, is how the GOP continues to deny they are at fault for this. How the mouth pieces continue to deflect and lie.Democrats are there voting for Jeffries in unison. They didn’t spark this, they kept the government open for a bit by working across party lines for the betterment of others, and that is the catalyst to swoop in and vote McCarthy out.This is conniving bullshit and D level villain behavior. Condiment Man would squirt mustard on the house run away and still vote to keep McCarthy as Speaker.This is ALL the fault Republicans, all of it. The death threats are not coming from Dems. This in fighting is you, all you! You own this!

IT'S GREAT , WHY WE NEED NO SPEAKER .

Well, just from my point of view, I think the belief in institutionalists in the GOP has been unfounded since the days of Unitary Executive Theory and other right wing attempts at circumventing the Constitution. I was pleasantly surprised to hear an interview recently with a House member from Arkansas of all places advocating for following the process, regardless of the result. (5)>>Still, this is not a new monster that the GOP has created. It's been a long time coming, and I think anyone who really follows this stuff could have seen it coming since the "ah shucks" populism of George W took root.With the removal on October 20 of Jim Jordan as House Republican Speaker-Designate (the GOP conference’s nominee to become Speaker), replacing previous House Speaker-Designate Steve Scalise, who in turn sought to succeed actual House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there’s absolutely no way to tell who if anyone will be able to muster the 217 votes necessary to seize the slippery gavel that McCarthy was forced to relinquish on October 3.I told folks the biggest challenge to giving him more powers or electing him to Speaker was that he is a sane person and no sane person wants this impossible job.He has one responsibility right now: gavel in the election of the Speaker, and even just this job is like herding feral cats. (6)>>The extreme instability of the situation means it may be a good idea to look at what would happen if the House is Speakerless for an extended period of time.The one critical piece of business that the House must deal with is annual appropriations, the measures required to authorize all but the most essential government spending. Right now the federal government is operating under a stopgap spending bill which was the immediate cause of McCarthy’s demise after he negotiated it with the Biden administration and Senate Democrats and then passed it in the House with more Democratic than Republican votes. It expires on November 17.  Yes. It's so against the interests of their own party, it's insane.Man it's wonderful that they can't all get along. The longer and harder they squabble, the more the institutionalists will be ready to get behind a Democrat to get something done. I think they'll have to choose a more moderate democrat though.I expect them to give in a couple weeks into the shutdown. It should be nonstop public dysfunction til then.

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(1)>>Gaetz motioned to vacate was because McCarthy worked with Dems to NOT shut down the government.  Another wrinkle though, after the motion to vacate, another member can make a motion to table -- that means the motion to vacate is set aside. I think this is the path most likely to lead to Dems casting a vote that protects McCarthy. They're not voting to keep him (technically), just voting to not deal with this nonsense. Why is it if democrats make a mistake and get blamed for it it hurts them for a long time, people quickly lose trust in them, example this whole Menendez thing could really hurt them. but some Republicans can make mistakes do awful things and then get re elected or just walk it off like nothing happened.A government shut down before elections (this is why the plan only covered 45 days, it nudged it past this year's elections) is not a good thing for anyone. Especially if there isn't a replacement speaker any time soon (which given the situation isn't unlikely).As a rule people don't care why you stabbed them, they just care they you did. The GOP may be hurt more but it be ballsy for the democratic party to, at large, to opt for this.Gaetz actively annoys the crap out of McCarthy (like trying to remove him from speaker), doesn't get along with large portions of his own party, and his sex trafficking shit means McCarthy has the excuse to keep anyone from voting no just to screw with him. He's in shorts more embarrassing, and more annoying, then Greene.(2)>>Who's going to get the next wave of BILLIONS of Dollars ???? Ukraine or Israel ???? THE IRONY NOW. Jesus that's a lot of money/goods/weapons.We are led by politicians who work for lobby groups. They place more emphasis in supporting foreign governments and citizens instead of us. A third part of my country's GDP. Well, you see, all of our politicians are owned by the military industrial complex and none actually care about you. However, they will all lie to your face so you hear what you want to hear. Erm, not exactly. There's a way for the House to push a bill through. Basically a vote needs to be taken to let the temporary speaker act on a specific bill. It's not something that even gets discussed much, because being unable to elect a speaker is... Rare In fact it's why the two aid packages are being combined. The hope is that enough people want the Israel aid to happen that they'll stop complaining about Ukraine and it'll go through.(2.1)>>Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money .I don't understand how we can just give away 100bn yet can't pay workers a living wage what the actual fuck. Yes I understand there are problems out there yet we have issues right here in the USA. There's a war waging south of the border.Homes are expensive af. Wages stagnate Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: they got money for war but they can't feed the poor. On top of the $4 billion paid annually to Israel?That would be a huge jump whatever proportion of that is Israeli.Any of it going to rebuild Gaza?Why do we always stick out nose in other countries business? 100B could go a long way here in the USA for our starving children, our homeless, our VA, Student loans… idk maybe I’m selfish but I don’t get why we can’t let them figure out their own problems.(3)>>It's all on purpose to create enough CHAOS in the American Government so any deal on the spending crisis on the Debt Ceiling could be stopped. Political debates over the debt ceiling and government shutdowns can be confusing for the public. This primer is intended to clarify the difference between the debt ceiling and a government shutdown while underscoring why the current situation is so fraught.Debt ceiling confrontations, unthinkable for most of US history, have become a feature of modern American politics. Only a few decades ago, the debt ceiling was adjusted as a matter of routine. But increasing polarization of American politics has made the debt ceiling a powerful weapon of political brinkmanship—waiting until the last minute to raise it.he most concerning scenario would entail the government failing to make scheduled payments of interest and principal on existing US debt because the government would have run out of cash to make those payments. A default in such payments would damage the standing of the federal government in financial markets and diminish the perceived trustworthiness of US debt in the eyes of worldwide participants in financial markets. Global financial markets might plunge into uncertainty and chaos, with unknown—and unknowable—consequences.(4)>> “was cussing at him,” and telling Gaetz “it’s all his fault,”.   All of the Democrats voted against that rule change that McCarthy allowed as a condition of gaining the Speakership.  But Matt asked them to help him oust McCarthy, and broke the rule that they never asked the Dems for anything. Won’t it be hysterical if a centralist GOP nominee, asks the Dems to vote him/her in. He also could have put the funding for ukraine vote up before the speaker one.But he did speaker first to try to for e dems to vote for him by using ukraine funding as leverage because he knew if dems didn't save him they knew there wouldn't ever be another speaker. The fact that the fights are being reported on by the participants, so all the world can see, only underscores the amount of dysfunction. I'm sure heated arguments occur on both sides, but the Democrats know better than to allow them to leak out in real time. McCarthy scolds Gaetz in GOP meeting: ‘Sit your ass down’. They are dysfunctional, corrupt and inept as he is. Nothing gets done because of infighting and fracturing of the party. GOP and Maga GOP are not the same. It's like oil and water.McCarthy tells Gaetz in GOP meeting: ‘Sit your ass down’-The Hill“Gaetz added. “I’m not a very emotional person, I’m a lawyer by trade”Funny, Gaetz has no experience as a lawyer except as a defendant in DUI, sexual assault & extortion charges. McCarthy could have made a deal with the democrats and won the first vote. What heinous concession are the democrats asking for? They want the ability to bring bipartisan bills to the floor for a vote. That’s it. Republicans have an extremely shitty rule where when they have the majority in the house, they will only bring Republican-majority pre-approved bills to a vote (so, shitty Republican bills only). They are subverting the will of the people. Fuck McCarthy and literally every Republican in Congress (and elsewhere too) .They don't want any laws passed anyway while Biden is in office because that might make him look good in some way and help him win re-election. Their whole agenda is to create chaos so Trump will win again because the general public is perceived as so unaware of how the political process actually works and will always blame the President and his party when things don't get done.(5)>>Still, this is not a new monster that the GOP has created. It all started when they alone decided to do brinkmanship politics with the government shutdown. Then some didn’t like it when they didn’t drive over that cliff. In other democracies, if this happen it would trigger a new election. That tempers members of a parliament from feeling adventurous. So I would say that the whole Gaetz-McCarthy thing is mostly due to a flawed implementation of a parliament. But within that flawed implementation, Gaetz is obviously a lit match in a tinder factory.That has got to be one of the absolutely least self aware arguments ever made. That has been their party’s only tactic since Obama, to the point that obstruction, delay, and shutdown are their primary governing strategy. Do you think they may actually be starting to realize how much they suck?I know it’s actually worse than that. They know how damaging it is to the American people, but literally can’t get past the political theater in order to govern because they were never there to govern in the first place. The theatrics is why they were there, and that’s what they are doing. Hire drama queens, get drama. (6)>>The extreme instability of the situation means it may be a good idea to look at what would happen if the House is Speakerless for an extended period of time.  It's just funny that this attempt by Gaetz has probably ended Jordan's chances of ever getting to the speakership. Gaetz is holding a bloody knife in his hand as he complains about Jordan getting knifed. Yeah, it happened in 1855-1856. The lead up to the Civil War was just pure political chaos.They weren't able to elect a Speaker for two months.What happens is that... the House can't pass any laws. So the country can't pass any laws. Which basically leaves us without a functional government. 1923. I read it took somewhere around 2 months back then! That's why this is so hilarious and embarrassing for these "conservatives". They just continue to perpetual of MAGA politics. I digress, they cannot assign committees and even finish swearing in members of the house without leadership. If they take all year, they will get NOTHING done (which in actuality is a good thing, keep them infighting and we'll (moderates, who make up 65% of the country still) keep the ship straight). So conspiracy theory: Of the 18 of the 20 Republicans who originally voted against McCarthy (Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Good, Rosendale, Bishop, Brecheen, Cloud, Clyde, Donalds, Gosar, Harris, Paulina Luna, Miller, Norman, Ogles, Perry, and Roy) are members of the Freedom Caucus with Jordan. Gaetz also voted for Jordan, though not actually a member but instead just associated with them. For ballots 1-8 most of them voted for either Biggs, Donalds, or Jordan (or Trump for Gaetz). Some voted for Hern for a couple ballots (who is not Freedom Caucus but if Gaetz voted for him that tells you all you need to know). Then the last 6 hold outs (Biggs, Beobert, Crane, Gaetz, Good, and Rosendale) voted for either Hern, Jordan, or Biggs before voting present to end things. And what did Jordan do this whole time? Like the "team player" he is Jordan voted for McCarthy all 15 rounds and always talked about unity. He kept telling people to vote for McCarthy.Fast forward to the motion to vacate and you have some familiar names in Biggs, Crane, Gaetz, Good, with Buck and Rosendale being new Freedom Caucus additions. The only outliers are Burchett and Mace.In both of those votes the only ones who aren't election deniers are Brecheen, Roy, Mace, and Buck (though he did sow doubt prior to the election).Finally we're at the Speaker votes and we put our tinfoil hats on. Who gets put forward against Scalise? Jordan. And when Scalise gets pressured to step away by Trump and his supporters it's Jordan who steps in. Jordan, who is Freedom Caucus through and through and yet has really toned down going into both votes as if he's trying to appear reasonable. And I think that was the plan all along. Jordan has established himself as a stand out Republican, even if it's not for actually doing his job as a legislator, but he also is known for his aggressive personality. So I believe that the far-right has been waiting for an opportunity to attempt to put one of their own, a prominent, far-right, very pro-Trump, election denier, in the position of Speaker and who better than Jim Jordan? Clearly they wanted an opportunity to remove McCarthy, since they're the ones who pushed to get the one member vacate rule, but they knew whoever they put up in earnest had to be appear reluctant and party focused. So Gaetz took on the role of villain (a rooenhe was spawned to play) which would let Jordan be the hero that saves the conference. If it wasn't for those pesky no spine RINOs...

WILL BIBI Netanyahu SURVIVE ?

HAMAS KILLED THE PEACE .
AND BIBI Netanyahu  Ruined  
THE ISRAELI NATION .

So the last major Intel failure in Israel led to the Yom Kippur War which was not Israel's best moment. The fallout basically ended Mapei's dominance of Israel politics and led to the rise of Likud. The recent killings of Israeli civilians are horrific. There can be no justification for the slaughter of innocents, whether in Israel or Gaza.  (1)>>BIBI Netanyahu made probably the worst mistake in Israeli history . AS far as the Israeli intelligence given warnings of possible Hamas attacks from the CIA ,EGYPT Bibi sat on this for almost a month before shit hit the fan and many innocent Israelis died .   It would seem that Israelis will hold Bibi accountable for fanning the flames and failing to secure the nation.One man  (2)>>(Bibi) alone couldn't make this disaster happen, others had to concur and stand down in various ways. They will band together to prevent any investigation concluding (much like what happened w/ 9/11 Commission).  I think this may be it for him when the smoke clears.Especially since we already know that while his was fighting with protesters the US was sending Intel an attack was being planned.Let’s look at other facts. How in the world,did Israeli intelligence services miss an attack of this scale completely? They literally have spies and informants everywhere,particularly in Palestinian Territories. Apparently Egypt had warned them 10 days ago that something big was coming.  (3)>>Let’s not forgot that Netanyahu was facing historic protests due to his judicial reforms which was causing a huge schism within Israeli society. Nobody will be talking about those reforms for a while now. It's more likely that US intelligence agencies planned to let the attack occur so they could use it as justification to further their own ends. This is exactly what happened when they used 9-11 to enact the neo-cons plan to invade Iraq.They knew.

DESTROY GAZA . Israeli Bibi Government wants to wipe out Palestinians . Perfect excuse for the unpopular (4)>>Netanyahu to consolidate power and put Gaza under complete submission. "Gotta break a few eggs" is the favorite slogan for the sadistic "ends justify the means" types. But historically in Israel people have held the leader to account for intelligence failures and its not clear to me that there is a clear difference in the perception of patriotism between the right and left the way there is in the US.Also one critical factor that remains to be seen is the fate of the hostages. I think it was 15 years ago or so, but Israel traded over 1000 prisoners to get one hostage back. Making sure everyone comes home is extraordinarily important. Now, this attack may have hardened that perspective....I'm not sure. But if those hostages are killed.....I could see Bibi getting blamed with significant political and personal consequences. This strains credulity to me that a state that is in a constant uh mode of alert with multiple warnings from outside intelligence agencies would have not doubled down on security at that time now I maybe I'm wrong I I'd have to hear the argument that he made but that fact pattern yeah combined with their motivation to get Palestinians out of that region suggests to me that they probably let it happen well . (5)>>It would seem that Israelis will hold Bibi accountable for fanning the flames and failing to secure the nation. I think this may be it for him when the smoke clears. The public is being played for fools while the military-industrial complex enriches itself. As if Israel ever was the underdog with the backing of all the Western superpowers. It’s incredible how an oppressor can have such a victim mentality, he most likely believes his own lies. Can you hate the state of Israel without hating Jews, yes. Can you hate salafists and other religious extremists without hating all Muslims, yes. Can you hate Putin while reading Dostoyevsky, yes. Does acknowledging that both Russia and Ukraine has issues with corruption and neo-nazi groups make you support an offensive war and war crimes, no. I’m starting to lean more and more towards the old Russian futurists. Burn it all down to build something better. He has gotten exactly what he wanted,to butcher more Palestinians and steal more land and build more illegal settlements.

BIBI Netanyahu the Dictator as BEST.

Israel has an extensive history of false flags. They have absolutely no real interest in peace, because conflict is their pretext for expansion and colonization and bilking aid dollars.So I think Israel would let a couple hundred ravers get shot to glass Gaza City? Absolutely.They almost got away with sinking the USS Liberty to get the US into a war with Egypt, with absolutely no consequences for them.I think a Netanyahu went from being five minutes away from being called a dictator in his own country to a Father of the Nation? Don’t worry about his party, he will keep it together. There is no politician in Israel at the moment (or in foreseeable future) who can really take on him. Also, globally speaking, Israel has been slowly but steadily becoming more and more of a villain for everyone in the civilized world. I don’t know if this trend has been reversed completely, but it is certainly set aside for a while.Israel has some of the best intelligence services and their mossad is 100% on point. This will likely be  (6)>>the end of Netanyahu after the war is over though. Same type of intelligence failure happened in 1973 which essentially forced the resignation of the PM, Golda Meir, after the war.They are the gold standard for national defense. No way in hell that Israel was unaware that this was coming.

NOTES AND COMMENTS : (1)>>BIBI Netanyahu made probably the worst mistake in Israeli history . Well he was just a couple months ago busy trying to overthrow their current judicial system and effectively install himself as a dictator which everyone was pretty upset about. I wouldn't be surprised if the current "intelligence oversight" was a last ditch attempt to consolidate power but he'd have to be pretty monstrous to do that so I doubt that was actually the case. If he manages to overcome hamas entirely and drive out the last of the Palestinians I could see that rallying support for him. The only thing that makes sense given the conflicting intelligence reports and the shocking brutality of the attack is Hamas’ forces went out of control. It seems plausible their plan was to attack IDF bases as a diversion while kidnapping civilians to be held for ransom. There’s no way Iran would’ve signed off on what happened or Netanyahu would’ve let it happened. But instead of a professional army, Hamas had a poorly trained rabble of angry young men. And like always has happened in warfare, they went out of control and massacred civilians. Now everything’s escalating out of control and there’s no clear way out.(2)>>(Bibi) alone couldn't make this disaster happen. My whole thing is that Bibi has been known for being an authoritarian. If he does something bold to appease hard liners, he might get to keep office.  What’s the end game for allowing an attack to take place though? This surely isn’t a good thing for Netanyahu’s government? It’s going to tear his party to pieces, just think Israel may have the world on his side right now, but surely there will be hardliners within his party and government that will push hard for them to fully occupy West Bank. If they were to occupy West Bank surely the international opinion would sour and if he doesn’t move to occupy then he’s just facing down dissent within his own party. Not to mention the fact that now Lebanon may feel emboldened to make a move. I just don’t see what the upshot in not acting on such intelligence would be it seems like a lose/lose/lose situation.  Yes. It was a double holiday. Your surprise shows how little you know about the history. They literally did the same thing on Yom Kippur 50 years ago. That president was removed from office. Seems pretty stupid to do the exact same thing but worse and not only expect to keep your office but think it’s going to somehow help.The rave was in a forested area right outside of Gaza which isn’t very populated.The electric fence was disabled from inside Israel and then hit with bulldozers to open room.(3)>>Let’s not forgot that Netanyahu was facing historic protests due to his judicial reforms which was causing a huge schism within Israeli society.   JUST & months ago Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied against the government's judicial plans on Saturday night, in what organisers said were the biggest street protests in Israel's history.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the changes - which would curb the power of courts - will restore balance between the branches of government. Opponents say they threaten democracy.  Israel is shifting into a fascist apartheid state, that's not some weird phrasing, its what the UN says and if the UN is telling you, your'e going too far, you have really fucked up.  The demonstrators, mostly Israelis, carried Israeli flags that said, “Free in our land,” a line from the national anthem, and chanted, “Democracy or rebellion” and “shame” to the beat of a snare drum.“If there won’t be equality, we’ll take down the government, you came down on the wrong generation,” they chanted, in a refrain from the protest movement in Israel.He mainly wants to severely weaken the supreme court's checks on the government.For example, the supreme court can now overturn certain actions by the government on account of being "unreasonable". Netanyahu wants to cancel that.The Supreme Court can overrule any law by the Knesset (the Israeli legislature) with the reasoning that it is unconstitutional (Israel doesn't quite have a constitution, but it does have a set of basic laws that serve as a proto-constitution). Netanyahu wants to make it harder for them to do so (need a bigger majority) and also give the Knesset the ability to override this decision with a simple majority.Judges are picked by a committee which includes politicians, lawyers and judges. Netanyahu wants to change the composition of this committee making it more political, so the ruling party has a majority in deciding who can be a judge.(4)>>Netanyahu to consolidate power and put Gaza under complete submission. "Gotta break a few eggs" is the favorite slogan for the sadistic "ends justify the means". In a video statement posted Monday to X, formerly Twitter, Belarra called on the Spanish government to launch a petition for the ICC to investigate Netanyahu over allegedly "carrying out a planned genocide in the Gaza Strip" in retaliation for the October 7 surprise attack by Islamist militant group Hamas. The apocalyptic scenes and sounds in Gaza are proof that a cruel, occupying army is intent on achieving its overarching aim: the annihilation of what remains of an already shattered slice of land and the indiscriminate killing of helpless, exhausted children, women and men.Over decades, a succession of immune Israeli governments and their useful proxies, the rampaging settler militias, have waged incremental genocide, bit by bit, with the explicit approval, consent, and encouragement of Western governments – who, in a predictable show of performative solidarity with a ruthless ally – have bathed their tourist attractions in blue and white or the Star of David.The final and most crucial factor is international support. After speaking to President Biden, Netanyahu reported back that Western leaders had “promised Israel would have freedom of action to continue this battle.” No official U.S. statement has directly urged Israel to show restraint.  Ethnic cleansing and genocide can happen anywhere. It happens when international powers provide carte blanche, a blank check or signal of unconditional support in the face of expected violence. The Israeli military is now launching what it has called an “extensive attack” on Gaza. One need only listen to the words of those in charge to fear that ethnic cleansing may be afoot. “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday as he announced a complete siege of Gaza, blocking any food or water. More than 300,000 Palestinians have already been displaced. Without a hint of irony, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told civilians in Gaza to “get out now.” But under siege, Gazans have nowhere to go.  From Netanyahu's public address to the people of Israel:"We’re hitting “our enemies with unprecedented force,” he went on, but “I stress: It’s only the beginning. Our enemies have only just begun to pay the price. I won’t detail what will come next. But I’m telling you, it’s only the beginning.”He has already broken international law. Proportional response is what is needed, not scorched earth.(5)>>It would seem that Israelis will hold Bibi accountable for fanning the flames and failing to secure the nation. In any event he hopes to transform this moment to his own maximum advantage (his calls for a "unity government," like his saber-rattling, seem transparently self-serving).Netanyahu is talking of a prolong war which means time buying for his term. Ordinary people on both sides of the question are paying a horrid price for Bibi's neuroses, and his colossal vanity.The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister, who has prided himself on his vast political experience and irreplaceable wisdom in security matters, completely failed to identify the dangers he was consciously leading Israel into when establishing a government of annexation and dispossession.Netanyahu and by proxy the US are largely to blame, as the US pretends it's on some moral high horse in Ukraine while it enabled Israel to impose apartheid upon the Palestinian people. It was only a matter of time and now Israel has it's excuse to openly massacre Palestinians, now with media coverage that will obsess about the war while it ignores the oppression.(6)>>the end of Netanyahu after the war is over though.  An overwhelming majority of 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack from Gaza is a failure of the country's leadership.Four out of five Jewish Israelis believe the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to blame for the mass infiltration of Hamas terrorists into Israel and the massacre that followed, a new Dialog Center poll released on Thursday found. Obviously it’s one poll and being taken immediately after the attack but Israelis seem to be firmly blaming Bibi for allowing this attack to happen. Netanyahu should’ve expected an attack. It was the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War - the single most predictable day ever for an attack. Egyptian Intelligence reportedly warned Israel days in advance that they suspected this.Instead, Netanyahu divided and distracted the country with his judicial power-grab, pulled troops away from Gaza, and was totally distracted and caught off guard by the attack. Far more Israelis were killed because of it.Israelis get this, and when the dust settles, there will be accountability in government over this travesty. Starting with the PM. This conflict is very complicated and comprises multiple groups behaving in understandable and human ways which unfortunately result in mass human suffering. What can the population of Gaza, overwhelmingly younger than 30, reasonably do about Hamas? Are they really responsible for their parent's failures? Can they be expected not to radicalize when they live in abject poverty and their families are killed? Can Israelis be expected to have sympathy for their plight when they indiscriminately fire rockets at them and have spent the past 70 years fighting for their annihilation? Can they be expected to give up settlements when they were rewarded for withdrawing from Gaza by the ascendance of Hamas? The sad reality is that both sides have been too traumatized to care about the trauma of the other.