Antony Blinken might claim to play the blues, but Danny and Derek have to deliver…the news. This week: in Palestine/Israel, the latest round of Gaza ceasefire talks (0:42), Netanyahu panics over a potential International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant (6:54), and Blinken backs off of a threat to use the Leahy Law against IDF troops despite evidence of human rights abuses (10:39); Colombia announces that it will cut diplomatic ties with Israel (15:26); Saudi Arabia pushes for a security deal with the US (18:58); in Sudan, an imminent RSF attack on El Fasher in North Darfur (24:01); the US agrees to withdraw forces from Chad (25:26); Dutch PM Mark Rutte may be in line to become secretary general of NATO (28:33); new US sanctions will target Chinese firms supplying Russia (30:46); Ukrainian forces are falling back in Donetsk (33:10); in Haiti, a surprise PM appointment sparks dispute (35:04); and a New Cold War update featuring the potential addition of South Korea and New Zealand to AUKUS (37:09) and the Solomon Islands parliament’s election of a new PM friendly to China (39:50).
It's time for Blinkin to pay his dues for posing as a bluesman and shill for Israel, I think a war crimes trial and some hard time with real bluesmen will do.
Since it’s likely we’ll be hearing his name more often, I’d like to note that it’s pronounced /ruh-tuh/ like in burden.
Big ups from the Netherlands, please pray for our right wing coalition talks to implode.
It's time for Blinkin to pay his dues for posing as a bluesman and shill for Israel, I think a war crimes trial and some hard time with real bluesmen will do.
As always thank you for the excellent analysis of the news.
Derek is CIA? Next we'll find out the pod is funded by NED 😭
That's 'The Goddamned News' to you sirs, good day.