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A song of peace silenced long ago, the rockets of war exploding today, and the legacies still to be written

I was given a bird’s eye perch at Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s funeral in 1995. One speaker, a close friend of Rabin, waved high above his head the bloodstained paper bearing the lyrics of the peace song the Israeli leader had sung just before he was assassinated.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lessons From the Bust That Followed Bill Clinton’s Economic Boom

Historian Nelson Lichtenstein’s new book details the price we have paid for free trade, deregulation and failed health care reform.

Capital & Main

Biden wants a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Is it still possible?

Biden is calling for a two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace. But the long-discussed framework is increasingly unpopular in the region. Here are some of its challenges — and alternatives.

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147 of Biden’s federal judicial appointments confirmed by U.S. Senate

President Joe Biden (D) had appointed and the U.S. Senate had confirmed 143 Article III federal judges through October 1 of his third year in office. This is the fourth-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since President Ronald Reagan (R).

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Lots of U.S. presidents have pushed for Middle East peace. Progress has been elusive

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.

WEKU

(Crypto) Empire State of Mind: Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly met with Bill Clinton and Kathy Hochul in NYC 2 months before FTX collapsed

Now, Bankman-Fried is back in the Big Apple—but for very different reasons.

Fortune

Jim Jordan, Newt Gingrich and history

Every Republican speaker since the rise of Newt has been an incompetent troll — or a felon. Jordan's no big change

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Who is Jack Lew? Biden’s Israel ambassador nominee prepares for confirmation hearing

In September, President Joe Biden nominated longtime Washington bureaucrat Jack Lew to serve as the US ambassador to Israel

The Independent UK

What are the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Recent events are the culmination of a decades-long clash in the disputed region of the Middle East

The Guardian - US

From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that has its roots…

France 24

Former U.S. Presidents Obama And Clinton Condemn Hamas Attacks On Israel

Statements issued by Obama and Clinton express solidarity with Israel and call for a just and lasting peace.

Zenger

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count for October 2023

Welcome to the Oct. 9 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia

Once shamed, forever a slut: give up girls, you’re doomed to stay in the internet spotlight

Monica Lewinsky, Rebecca Loos and others have no hope of fading into obscurity, even decades later

The Guardian - UK

Presidential pets can breed controversy. A dog was once suspected of being a spy

Historically, pets — everything from birds to cats to dogs — have been part of the White House. And Biden's dog Commander isn't alone. More than a few have ended up embroiled in some controversy.

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McCarthy's fall marks new low in the speakership's declining status

The status of the speakership has been declining for years. McCarthy's ouster is an extreme example in a sequence of events that have made the speaker more vulnerable — and thus weaker.

Evening Standard

Going Infinite review: The inside story of how Sam Bankman-Fried crashed to earth

Sam Bankman-Fried was just 24 when he delivered what looked to be the most profitable day in history for his employers, Jane Street Capital. He had devised an intricate system to predict electoral college votes in different states in the 2016 US election faster than they were called on CNN.…

Fortune

Janet Yellen and the man who invented the term ‘bond vigilantes’ disagree about what’s happening in the Treasury market right now

Ed Yardeni believes bond vigilantes are attempting to spike Treasury yields in protest against unsustainable fiscal policy—but the Treasury Secretary isn’t so sure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Once vilified and fodder for jokes, Monica Lewinsky now shines a light on self-bullying

A new public service announcement for was released in conjunction with Anti-Bullying Month, showcasing this often-taboo topic.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trial is about to start. Here's what you need to know

Sam Bankman-Fried faces seven criminal charges, including for defrauding investors. His blockbuster trial is set to begin on Tuesday, and he could face an over 100-year prison term if convicted.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Carter turns 99 as tributes come from around the world

Jimmy Carter will put off his usual Sunday practice of watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains

The Independent UK

Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world

The Guardian - UK

‘The climate is visiting a mental unravelling on all of us’: Charlie Hertzog Young on the dangers of activism – and staying sane on a dying planet

The teenage campaigner took politicians to task about the environment – but their apathy contributed to a devastating decline in his mental health. He talks about his recovery and the radical ideas we need to save the Earth

Chicago Sun-Times

Provocative ‘Deadlocked’ doc surveys the key Supreme Court appointments of recent decades

On Showtime’s comprehensive series, experts put the decisions of Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Rehnquist and other legal minds in context.

The Independent UK

Biden launches White House office committed to gun violence prevention. Advocates say ‘finally’

Newly launched federal office under vice president Kamala Harris will respond to epidemic killing tens of thousands of Americans each year, Alex Woodward reports

The Guardian - US

An impeachment-and-shutdown show will fuel the crisis in US democracy

The Biden impeachment inquiry and looming government shutdown show events once rare now deployed with increasing abandon

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