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Canada to Recognize Palestinian State at the U.N. General Assembly Canada joins France and Britain in taking similar steps, after months of increasing criticism of Israel by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada said on Wednesday that it would recognize Palestine as a state, if the Palestinian Authority commits to making certain changes including holding elections. Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had received assurances that such changes would be carried out in a call with the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and plans to formally recognize Palestine during the United Nations General Assembly in September. βThe deepening suffering of civilians leaves no room for delaying coordinated international action to support peace, security and the dignity of human life,β Mr. Carney said following a cabinet meeting largely focused on Gaza. In recent days, Mr. Carney and others in his government β as well as leaders in France and Britain β have condemned the growing humanitarian crisis and rising starvation in Gaza, which Mr. Carney blamed on Israelβs refusal to cede control of aid to international organizations. Gaza health officials say dozens of people, including children, have died of starvation in recent weeks. The dramatic policy reversal by Canada follows similar ones by France and Britain, increasing the pressure on Israel to end the nearly two-year-old war in the Gaza Strip. Israel swiftly condemned the announcement.
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A lot of big talk in this OpEd appearing in today's NYTimes about Texas Dems being fed up with this redistricting push and ready to fight. We'll see. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/texas-redistricting-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ak8.u5o2.cYpSX-B798Xd&smid=url-share
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One pet idea that I've held for the past 20 years and think could get the ball rolling on some reforms would be to increase the number of representatives, which used to happen regularly with each Census as the nation's population grew. Congress capped the number of House seats at 435 in the 1920s. So, when the nation was founded, the typical rep served 35,000 people. By 1910, that had grown to 1 rep per 210,000, while in 1950 it was 345,000. In 2000, it had risen to 650,000, and today, it stands at over 760,000. Adding a bunch of seats would break up these massive districts that allow our unrepresentative State legislature (which has the same population growth problem) to manipulate these massive districts that span from Denton to Dalhart or San Antonio to El Paso, that emphatically do not represent "communities of interest" while also increasing the cost of elections and almost guaranteeing that your representive does not have you and your neighbor's best interests in mind. I don't know if the Texas Constitution allows for an expansion of the State Lege, but the US Congress absolutely could pass a law allowing expansion to happen.
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Gerrymandering is just another form of disenfranchising voters. It's a one-two punch. I'm sure you probably know a bunch of folks who don't bother to vote because they think know their votes won't matter. And they're right if they live in a part of a city that's appended to a largely rural district. So, people get tired and turned off from voting and having to wait in long lines, while the rural folks can just pop in and vote in a matter of a couple of minutes. All of this then affects statewide and national elections, and that's partially why Texas has such a shitty voter turnout rate that's kept the state red the last 30 years.
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They'll have drones.
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It's an interactive map, so you can zoom in to find your place: https://dvr.capitol.texas.gov/Congress/0/PLANC2308
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Cedar Park/Leander won't even be an afterthought for dear ol' Pete.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
bolverk replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
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One way to think about it is that the Electoral College system, itself, is one big gerrymander. The elections ARE rigged.
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I think they did this as a sick joke, but downtown Austin and the Capitol Complex are included in TX-10, the same district that will include College Station.
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Thereβs a decent shot the next Democratic Presidential Primary election will involve Senators from the above list or the following, and the decision to keep giving arms to Israel will absolutely influence my vote, just as the vote to support Bush's invasion of Iraq did. Right now, I'm becoming a big fan of Chris Murphy. VOTED TO NOT GIVE ARMS TO THE IDF: Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) Dick Durbin (D-IL) Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Tim Kaine (D-VA) Andy Kim (D-NJ) Angus King (I-ME) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Ben LujΓ‘n (D-NM) Ed Markey (D-MA) Jeff Merkley (D-OR) Chris Murphy (D-CT) Patty Murray (D-WA) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Brian Schatz (D-HI) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Tina Smith (D-MN) Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) Raphael Warnock (D-GA) Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Peter Welch (D-VT)
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To keep score IN FAVOR OF CONTINUED ARMS SALES TO A MILITARY COMMITTING GENOCIDE (at worst) OR ETHNIC CLEANSING (at best): Michael Bennet (D-CO) Cort Booker (D-NJ) Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Chris Coons (D-DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) John Fetterman (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Maggie Hassan (D-NH) John Hickenlooper (D-CO) Jon Ossoff (D-GA) Alex Padilla (D-CA) Gary Peters (D-MI) Jack Reed (D-RI) Jacky Rosen (D-NV) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Mark Warner (D-VA) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Ron Wyden (D-OR) DID NOT VOTE: Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) Mark Kelly (D-AZ) Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
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Big City Texas is being disenfranchised by Rural Texas. DFW: 2-3 voices vs. 8-9 Houston: 2-3 vs. 7-8 San Antonio: 1 vs. 4
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Northern Travis and southern Williamson counties, this is who your future Congress critters will actually represent. Only the core of Austin will really have its voice heard. Everyone else in the area will be ignored. One voice against five others. The extreme nature of this gerrymander truly is taxation without representation.
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Gazans are too busy dodging bombs and bullets while starving to death to do much protesting at this point.
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Mystery solved. The report states that it was a personal beef between the two and not politically related. https://www.wxii12.com/article/virginia-councilman-set-on-fire-lee-vogler-danville/65553800
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That whole area from northern Travis County up to Georgetown is fucked on the proposed map. Say you get in your car from North Austin and head up to Ikea. You start out in TX-37, drive a couple of miles through TX-10, then a couple more in TX-11, maybe pass one Exit in TX-17, and you finally reach your destination, only a few miles away in TX-31. Communities of interest, eh? Western Travis/Round Rock is paired up with Livingston in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Round Rock/Pflugerville hangs with Midland/Odessa. Cedar Park/Round Rock goes along with Corsicana. Yeah, buddy.
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Doggett is TX-37, which will be Austin. Casar is TX-35, which will be Seguin, Floresville, La Vernia, and Karnes County. Either Casar has to move or primary Doggett and fight over Austin.
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That's great, it starts with an earthquake
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Israel is well on its way to being seen as a rogue state by most of the world, and it seems Israeli extremists are determined to make that happen. Yesterday, @Satchel posted this conversation between Jon Stewart and Peter Beinart elsewhere from Monday night. Itβs very much worth the 18 minutes as it hits on so many of the points weβve all been making, but from a Jewish perspective.
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I was more or less agnostic, leaning toward disbelief until the last couple of weeks, but now I'm starting to become converted into a believer.
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"There are two peoples living between the river and the sea, not one, and they are entitled to separate states in which each of these peoples enjoys the full panoply of civil and human rights." Britain and France Have Pledged to Recognize a Palestinian State. What Would It Mean? The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israelβs conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say. Britain on Tuesday said it would recognize a Palestinian state if Israel did not reach a cease-fire agreement on the war in Gaza by September. Prime Minister Keir Starmerβs move followed Franceβs announcement last week that it would officially acknowledge Palestine statehood. Both announcements reflect the deep frustrations by both nations with Israelβs conduct of the war in Gaza, analysts say, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and left a population of about two million in a state of extreme privation and hunger. They also came in response to Israelβs actions in the occupied West Bank: Its military activity there has displaced Palestinians en masse this year, settlement plans have expanded, and violence by settlers against Palestinians has risen since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel ignited the war. That assault killed about 1,200 people and led to the abduction of about 250 others to Gaza. The announcements raise questions about what the recognition of a Palestinian state would mean and what it can actually do. Countries that have recognized the State of Palestine. If the UK goes through with it in September, you have to think Canada, Australia, and New Zealand aren't too far behind.
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