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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Election Night in the Country Sees Incumbent Governors Win Reelection Races, Democrats Flip Virginia House

Townhall: On Tuesday night, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear won another term as Kentucky’s governor. He defeated Republican Daniel Cameron, who currently serves as the commonwealth’s attorney general (Townhall). Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) wins reelection (CNN). New York Times: Democrats flipped the House of Delegates and maintained control of the State Senate (New York Times).

Ohio Enshrines Radical Abortion Legislation

Townhall: On Tuesday night, Ohio voters passed Issue 1, a radical amendment that removes all restrictions on abortions. It was also carefully crafted so as to remove parental rights not merely on minors having abortions, but also on gender transitions. This is because the ballot initiative’s text purposefully discusses how the amendment establishes “an individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion” as well as referencing “legal protections for any person or entity that assists a person with receiving reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion” (Townhall). The vote was 55 percent yes to 44 percent no (NPR).

Iran Uses New Missile Against U.S. Troops in the Middle East

Spencer Brown: Just weeks after the Biden administration allowed sanctions on Iran’s missile program to expire, a collection of its supported terrorist proxies operating collectively as the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” announced that it now has a “medium-range missile” intended for strikes against U.S. troops on bases around Iraq and Syria (Townhall). Joe Truzman: The so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it revealed, today, for the first time, that a medium-range missile of the “al-Aqsa 1” model entered service, as it was launched to target the American bases in Iraq and Syria, including some other areas (X). Reporter Lara Seligman: The number of attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria rose significantly over the weekend, from 30 to 38 in total, according to Pentagon Pres Secretary: number of service members wounded also rose, to 46 in total, as troops continued to report injuries from the Oct 17-18 attacks (X).

U.S. Sends $320 Million of Military Aid to Israel

Wall Street Journal: The Biden administration is planning a $320 million transfer of precision bombs for Israel, arranging a major weapons deal as President Biden and senior officials press Israel to do more to protect civilians in its military campaign in Gaza. The administration sent formal notification on Oct. 31 to congressional leaders of the planned transfer of Spice Family Gliding Bomb Assemblies, a type of precision-guided weapon fired by warplanes. Under the agreement, weapons manufacturer Rafael USA would transfer the bombs to its Israeli parent company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for use by the Israeli defense ministry, the correspondence says. The plan also includes the provision of support, assembly, testing and other technology related to the weapons use. It follows a $402 million transfer of the same weapons that the administration first sought congressional approval for in 2020 (Wall Street Journal). Times of Israel: Israel says its offensive is aimed at destroying Hamas’s military and governance capabilities, and has vowed to eliminate the entire terror group, which rules the Strip. It says it is targeting all areas where Hamas operates, while seeking to minimize civilian casualties. The precision air-to-surface weapons system would help to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza, as well as allow Israeli aircrafts to strike from longer ranges (Times of Israel).

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Censured for Defending Anti-Semitic Chants

CNN: The House passed a GOP-led resolution on Tuesday to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over comments critical of Israel and in support of Palestinians amid Israel’s war against Hamas. The move amounts to a rare and significant rebuke of the Michigan Democrat, who is the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. The vote was 234 to 188 with four Republicans voting against and 22 Democrats voting in support of the censure resolution (CNN). Axios: The full phrase — “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” — has long been associated with Palestinian resistance and calls for self-determination. The slogan has also been adopted by Hamas, a terrorist organization whose constitution explicitly seeks to destroy Israel. Palestinian American writer Yousef Munayyer argued that the phrase is not inherently anti-Semitic or genocidal, saying it simply calls for “a state in which Palestinians can live in their homeland as free and equal citizens, neither dominated by others nor dominating them” (Axios).

NBC Hides Truth of Jewish Man Being Murdered by Palestinian Protestor

Townhall: Are we back to this game again? The media sanitized and obfuscated how a Jewish person died amid the Israeli-Palestinian issue. On November 5, Paul Kessler, 69, was killed after a physical altercation with a pro-Palestinian activist. Physical injuries were inflicted on Kessler, who died of internal injuries the following day. NBC News’ headline goes as follows: “Man dies after hitting head during Israel and Palestinian rallies in California, officials say.” It was a homicide—NBC knows this but pussyfooted around it for the sake of keeping a particular narrative intact. He fell because someone bashed him in the head. That’s a homicide (Townhall). End Wokeness: An old Jewish man was just murdered by a pro-Palestine protestor in Los Angeles. This is the current headline on NBC (X).

Jim Jordan Reveals State Department Used Stanford University to Police Online Speech

National Review: The State Department “outsourced” its social-media censorship operations to Stanford University researchers ahead of the 2020 election, according to a new House GOP report. The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department worked directly with a group of academics known as the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to “monitor and censor Americans’ online speech in advance of the 2020 presidential election,” according to a report published Monday by the House Judiciary Committee and its Weaponization Select Subcommittee. Led by researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory, the EIP coordinated with the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) to guide censorship decisions on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook in the name of protecting election integrity (National Review). Rep. Jim Jordan: Here’s how it worked: EIP “stakeholders” (including the federal gov’t) would submit misinformation reports, EIP would “analyze” the report and find similar content across platforms, EIP would submit the report to Big Tech, often with a recommendation on how to censor (X).

Russia Withdraws from Arms Treaty with NATO

Just the News: Russia on Tuesday withdrew from the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe treaty, causing the United States and its NATO allies to suspend the major agreement, which limited the number of military vehicles and weapons that could be deployed in Europe. The U.S. will formally suspend its participation in the treaty on Dec. 7, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said. Other NATO allies are following suit at different paces. The treaty was signed in 1990 and it eliminated the Soviet Union’s military advantage in Europe by placing equal limits on the amount of military equipment that NATO and members of the U.S.S.R.’s Warsaw Pact could deploy between Russia’s Ural mountain chain and the Atlantic Ocean, according to the Arms Control Association. Equipment impacted by the treaty included heavy artillery, tanks and combat aircraft (Just the News). Hill: Russian President Vladimir Putin has also suspended a major nuclear arms treaty with the U.S. and revoked the ratification of an atomic weapons testing ban. Russia’s Foreign Ministry, which said over the summer the decision to withdraw from the CFE was finalized, claimed it was impossible to negotiate with the West on the treaty (Hill).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Suspends March Elections

Hill: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Monday address that it is “not the right time for elections” in Ukraine as the end of his five-year term approaches. Zelensky argued in his Monday video address that Ukraine should not have to deal with elections as it continues to attempt to fend off Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022. He previously had not ruled out Ukraine holding a presidential contest next year, though elections are currently suspended in the country under martial law. Presidential elections in Ukraine are scheduled to take place every five years, with the next one slated for next March (Hill). Wall Street Journal: The president had faced some calls to hold elections next year, including from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who said it would be a testament to Ukraine’s commitment to democracy. Zelensky said in his address that the country needed to focus on the war and that political disagreements should be put aside, as Russia would seek to take advantage of any splits (Wall Street Journal).

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Glamour Magazine Announces Trans Model "Women of the Year"

Real, biological and feminine women are being replaced. Fox News: Glamour Magazine ignited controversy after naming transgender model Geena Rocero one of its “Women of the Year” last week, naming the model among a group of those meant to “honor their favorite feminist heroes and game-changers in their field.” Critics on the platform were quick to lambast the decision, with one branding it as “regressive” and many characterizing it as a way of diminishing womanhood to an outward appearance. The decision follows a stream of other biological males who have won titles traditionally offered to biological women, including two pageant winners in Portugal and the Netherlands, where transgender winners took home the crown and will later appear in the Miss Universe pageant (Fox News). Townhall: Rocero’s recognition as a “Woman of the Year” from Glamour is the left’s latest attempt to erase women. Earlier this year, “transgender” influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a man who believes he is a woman, was awarded “Woman of the Year” at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards (Townhall).