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IT’S TIME TO STOP TALKING ABOUT ZIONISM AND ANTI-ZIONISM Over the last few days I’ve been called both a Zionist and an anti-Zionist, by myself in a friendly way and by there in not so friendly ways. Thus confirming that both terms are practically meaningless. For two reasons. The first is that the the range of meanings for both of them is now too great. The meaning of Zionism ranges the ideas of Martin Buber and Ahad Ha-Am to Itamar Ben-Gvir. That is from those who wanted to create a Jewish community in the Land of Israel / Palestine living together with Arab to those who want a confederation of two states to those who want two independent states with civil rights for all who live in each state to those who want Israel to control the whole land with Palestinians living under the dominance of Israel to those who… Continue reading

I have seen some folks on Facebook with a fairly large following making utterly wrong and irresponsible claims about the No Kings protests. They are wrong. Our country, our future, our kids,  need you to come out tomorrow.  Find an event here. 1. I don’t there is much danger to attending the protests. I see absolutely no evidence that Trump intends to invoke the insurrection act and send either national guard units or federal troops anywhere that are not already there. The federal government can’t do this quickly and without warning. As far as I know,  federal government does not have Star Trek style transporters than can move thousands  of troops into a city without there being obvious movements that we and the press will see. As long as the protests are peaceful, I don’t think either the police in most places let alone federal forces will interfere with them.… Continue reading

Income and wealth are highly concentrated at the top in Pennsylvania, a situation that has worsened greatly in recent decades. Pennsylvania voters rightly believe that corporations and wealthy individuals aren’t paying their fair share to fund the government services and infrastructure we all depend on. In November and December of 2022, Data for Progress conducted a survey of registered voters nationally to gauge voter support towards state action to ensure that profitable corporations and the wealthy are paying their fair share of taxes. The national survey was then used to estimate opinion at the state level for Pennsylvania, using a machine learning model trained on nationally representative survey responses linked to a commercial voter file. There is no question that Pennsylvania’s voters are supportive of statewide policies that require those at the top to pay their fair share. Voters are looking to Pennsylvania’s elected leaders to hold corporations accountable and create… Continue reading

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