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Sunday, October 15, 2023

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GENOCIDE: Packed Gaza hospitals warn that thousands could die as supplies run low and ground offensive looms

Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.

Palestinians in the beseiged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by Hamas’ deadly attack last week.

Israeli forces, supported by a growing deployment of U.S. warships in the region, positioned themselves along Gaza’s border and drilled for what Israel said would be a broad campaign to dismantle the militant group. A week of blistering airstrikes have demolished entire neighborhoods but failed to stem militant rocket fire into Israel.

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Iran Warns It Will Intervene If Israel Launches Ground Assault In Gaza

Iran warned on Saturday that it will intervene in the Israel-Hamas conflict if the Israel Defense Force (IDF) launches a ground assault in the Gaza Strip, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to Axios.

Iran has supported and funded Hamas for decades and views the terrorist group as a proxy that can carry out attacks on its behalf.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Says No Thanks To Refugees From Gaza

As tens of thousands of Gazan refugees escape their homes in response to an Israeli evacuation order in anticipation of a potential ground invasion, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared on Saturday that the US should not take refugees from Gaza.

“I don’t know what Biden’s gonna do, but we cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees. I am not going to do that,” DeSantis, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination, said at a campaign stop in Creston, Iowa.

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman visits Orlando on Latino Prosperity Tour

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DeSantis Visibly MELTS DOWN Over Simple Trump Question In Brutal CNN Interview

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Local Palestinians rally in support of Gaza Strip victims

Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters marched the streets of downtown Tampa, decrying what they say is “the untold suffering of Palestinians.”

Organizers spoke out against local and state leaders, saying they have shown unbalanced support for Israel. They feel the plight of Palestinians along the Gaza Strip is being ignored.

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Friday, October 13, 2023

Trump’s supporters are quietly living among us

Many Democrats dread Donald Trump’s sprint to the Republican nomination and console themselves that his voters are almost exclusively coonskin cap-wearing, Capitol-invading, racist, supremacist deplorables.

But be afraid, my fellow progressives, because the real Trump voters are nothing like that.

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise Withdraws From U.S. House Speaker Race

At a conference meeting on Thursday night, Steve Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who holds the position of House majority leader, declared he was giving up on his quest to become speaker.

Following a full day of protracted negotiations with fellow Republicans that many deemed fruitless, the announcement was made.

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Social Security benefits to rise 3.2 percent

Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2 percent in 2024, marking a much smaller cost-of-living adjustment than the past two years amid cooling inflation.....MORE

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11th Circuit deals blow to DeSantis Admin on drag shows for children crackdown

A 2-1 decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a previous injunction that halted a new Florida law restricting children from attending certain adult live performances, such as drag shows. The ruling denied a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration for a partial stay on the injunction, originally put in place by U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in the final months of his presidency.

DeSantis’ lawyers had argued the injunction should be limited to Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary’s, which had filed the initial lawsuit. However, the court extended the ruling to all venues statewide.

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