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Fetterman issues ‘DO’ and ‘DO NOT’ list, doubling down on anti-violence message after calling out LA ‘anarchy’

Fetterman issues ‘DO’ and ‘DO NOT’ list, doubling down on anti-violence message after calling out LA ‘anarchy’

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who recently called out the “anarchy and true chaos” that has occurred in Los Angeles, doubled down on his anti-violence message in a post on Wednesday that featured a “DO” and “DO NOT” list. “WIN THE ARGUMENT,” Fetterman’s post on X reads, before the list, which indicates that people should not “loot,” light “s[—] on fire,” or “assault law enforcement,” but that they should “protest peacefully,” “organize to win elections,” and “call out destructive behavior like this.”  The tweet featured a photo of burning vehicles.  FETTERMAN EMERGES AS DEMS’ ‘VOICE OF REASON’ AS LA BURNS, CONSERVATIVES SAY Sen. Dave McCormick, R-PA., agreed with his Keystone State colleague. “Well said, John,” the Republican noted in a post on X. FETTERMAN CALLS OUT ‘ANARCHY’ IN LA, NOTING THAT DEMS FORFEIT ‘MORAL HIGH GROUND’ BY FAILING TO DECRY VIOLENCE Earlier this week, Fetterman declared in a tweet, “I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that. This is anarchy and true chaos. My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.” Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona agreed with Fetterman. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DETAIN ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS IN LOS ANGELES UNDER TRUMP’S ORDERS “I didn’t have agreeing with Senator Fetterman on my bingo card today but he’s not wrong,” Gosar noted.

Israel’s Netanyahu survives opposition bid to dissolve parliament

Israel’s Netanyahu survives opposition bid to dissolve parliament

Ultra-Orthodox parties in ruling coalition reach a deal on the divisive mandatory military service. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractious right-wing coalition has survived an opposition-backed bid to dissolve parliament after ruling lawmakers reached a deal regarding the divisive mandatory military service. The bill, which would have been a first step leading to an early election, was rejected early on Thursday by a majority of 61 lawmakers in the 120-seat Knesset, while 53 supported it. “I am pleased to announce that after long discussions we have reached agreements on the principles on which the draft law will be based,” Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein said in a statement. The opposition had introduced the conscription bill, hoping to force elections with the help of ultra-Orthodox parties angry at Netanyahu over the contentious issue of forcing religious seminary students of draft age to serve in the army. “It’s more than ever urgent to replace Netanyahu’s government and specifically this toxic and harmful government,” Labour’s opposition lawmaker Merav Michaeli said ahead of the vote. Advertisement While the opposition is composed mainly of centrist and left-wing groups, ultra-Orthodox parties, including Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), which are propping up Netanyahu’s government, had earlier threatened to back the motion. Military service is mandatory in Israel but under a ruling that dates to the country’s creation – when the ultra-Orthodox were a very small community, men who devote themselves full-time to the study of sacred Jewish texts are given a de facto pass. Efforts to scrap the exemption and the resulting blowback have intensified during Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza as the military looks for more soldiers to be deployed. Netanyahu is under pressure from his own Likud party to draft more ultra-Orthodox men and impose penalties on dodgers, a red line for the Shas party, who demand a law guaranteeing their members permanent exemption from military service. Netanyahu’s coalition, formed in December 2022, is one of the most right wing in the country’s history. Ahead of the vote, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich argued that bringing down the government during wartime would pose “an existential danger” to Israel’s future. “History will not forgive anyone who drags the state of Israel into elections during a war,” Smotrich told parliament, adding that there was a “national and security need” for ultra-Orthodox men to fight in the military. In the early hours of Thursday, Israeli media reported that most ultra-Orthodox lawmakers ultimately agreed not to support the proposal to dissolve parliament. Advertisement After the failed vote, the opposition will now have to wait six months to submit another bill. Adblock test (Why?)