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READ: Trump’s 20-point proposal for peace in Gaza Strip, ending Israel-Hamas war
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5527504-read-gaza-strip-ceasefire-trump-israel/
Trump has a list of what indicates domestic terror. It includes anti-Christianity and other things that Americans are allowed to believe and voice. This is way overboard and is how you use “terrorism” to strip away people’s rights and arrest political opponents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxOokFcTOe8
“At the beginning of the war, the Taliban were almost completely routed, and the U.S. military could have left from a position of strength. The new Afghan republic announced that it had an offer from the Taliban to surrender in exchange for amnesty and a chance to participate in politics. But the Bush administration turned down that offer, settling for nothing less than total, unconditional victory.”
This “peace deal” is a demand for Hamas’s surrender. Hamas surrendering may bring peace, but I generally wouldn’t call a demand for surrender a ‘peace deal’.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/29/trump-touts-peace-plan-for-israel-hamas-has-not-agreed-00584857?cid=Connatix&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nname=illinois-playbook&nrid=00000164-8481-d4a7-a5fc-9ecfc4730000
Sometimes, for wars to end, leaders on the losing side have to decide that they love their kids more than they hate their enemy. Hamas hates Israel more than they care about the lives of Palestinians, so Hamas refuses to surrender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br3FD3Rt5-Q
In interviews, some Israelis reveal that they support the war, and their concern for Gazan civilian deaths are not a high priority.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp8mM1YiOEo
“Washington’s proposal to link Israeli withdrawals with Hezbollah’s surrender ignores decades of political entrenchment and risks fueling wider conflict.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/12/u-s-plan-to-disarm-hezbollah-is-a-diplomatic-dead-end/
“The RICO Act allows prosecutors to define more or less anything they want as a mafia organization, and the charges are nearly impossible to defend against, partly because the government can seize the defendant’s assets before trial, making it impossible to pay a defense lawyer.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/18/what-does-it-mean-for-trump-to-designate-antifa-a-terrorist-organization/
The Kirk shooter so far seems to have no connections to anti-facist groups. “right wing” violence kills far more people than “left wing”. Of course, most left wing people and most right wing people have nothing to do with any of this violence.
Designating drug gangs and then domestic organizations as “terrorist” organizations could lead to persecuting political opponents not because they are somehow funding, or a part of, a terrorist organization, but because they are political opponents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuftWWI3uM4
‘No evidence’ found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk’s shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-evidence-found-yet-ties-090000648.html