I am not caught up.
Imperialism
Israel
Palestine
Fig. 1. The ruins of a terminal at the Gaza airport. Image by Said Khatib (Agence France-Presse) on September 9, 2018, via the Times of Israel,[1] fair use.
Ishaan Tharoor notes that Israel’s colonization activities have led some observers to doubt the feasibility of a two-state solution for a decade. I’m not sure, but I think it might actually have been longer than that (though Ben Birnbaum’s article proclaiming “the end of the two-state solution,” from March 2013,[2] is the oldest I can find in my archive), and a pogrom conducted by settlers against Palestinians makes those doubts impossible to ignore.[3]
Ishaan Tharoor, “Violence in Israel puts spotlight on the ‘one-state’ reality,” Washington Post, June 23, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/06/23/israel-palestine-one-state-two-reality-violence/
Russia
Ukraine
Fig. 2. “Destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk are seen as part of the celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine in Kyiv, August 24.” Photograph by Gleb Garanich for Reuters, August 24, 2022,[4] fair use.
Francesca Ebel and Kamila Hrabchuk, “Delivering mail in war-ravaged Ukraine: ‘There are still people living here,’” Washington Post, June 22, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/22/mail-delivery-war-hulyaipole-ukraine/
Neoliberalism
Democratic (neoliberal) Party
Joe Biden
Hunter Biden
I get that stupid people do stupid things. Not all of them get to invoke a powerful politician, alleged to be sitting next to them.[5]
I was going to just let this pass. The Republicans obsessing with this have something else to pull from their eyes. I had forgotten that I have a page for Hunter Biden. It has now been updated with these stories.
Apparently, the investigation continues.[6]
Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein, “Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case,” Washington Post, June 20, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/20/hunter-biden-plea-deal/
Devlin Barrett, Jacqueline Alemany, and Perry Stein, “IRS whistleblower says Justice Dept. slowed, stifled Hunter Biden case,” Washington Post, June 22, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/22/hunter-biden-whistleblower-transcript-garland/
- [1]Agence France-Presse and Times of Israel, “20 years after its opening, destroyed Gaza airport embodies grounded peace hopes,” Times of Israel, September 12, 2018, https://www.timesofisrael.com/20-years-after-its-opening-destroyed-gaza-airport-embodies-grounded-peace-hopes/↩
- [2]Ben Birnbaum, “The End of the Two-State Solution,” New Republic, March 11, 2013, https://newrepublic.com/article/112617/israel-palestine-and-end-two-state-solution↩
- [3]Ishaan Tharoor, “Violence in Israel puts spotlight on the ‘one-state’ reality,” Washington Post, June 23, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/06/23/israel-palestine-one-state-two-reality-violence/↩
- [4]Reuters, “Ukraine puts destroyed Russian tanks on display in Kyiv,” August 25, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/ukraine-puts-destroyed-russian-tanks-on-idUSRTSALV9Q↩
- [5]Devlin Barrett, Jacqueline Alemany, and Perry Stein, “IRS whistleblower says Justice Dept. slowed, stifled Hunter Biden case,” Washington Post, June 22, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/22/hunter-biden-whistleblower-transcript-garland/↩
- [6]Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein, “Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case,” Washington Post, June 20, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/20/hunter-biden-plea-deal/↩