Hassan El-Tayyeb of the Friends Committee on National Legislation returns with an update on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the growing movement to end U.S.
Ralph - I have a question, what is the number of dead, if it were published or made known , that you think would trigger enough outrage in Congress or the populace for it to take action to stop it .... if it had been published at 100,000, would that have been enough? 200,000? 300,000? - what makes you think that 500,000 would do it ... I would really like to know, what is the "magic" number that would trigger it ... Considering that it is known there is a genocide, by all criterion, that is going on, how big must that genocide be before we say NO!
Now there is an interesting idea, impeaching SC justices - these Justices, in their furtherance of the concept of a "unitary executive", who, in essence, has not only sidelined Congress as one of the 3 co-equal branches of Gov't, but, in essence, has sidelined the roll of the SC itself in deciding "what the law is", the SC has essentially tossed the Const. into the trash .... As it has gutted Congress and itself, why bother going through the motions of going "up the chain" of the judiciary, just so the Pres can be rubber stamped, "officially"
So Bruce, do you have such articles of impeachment written up - and have you talked to any member of Congress about them - It seems to me that Congress, unless all of its members have been beaten into submission, would at least give them a hearing. The practicality of how to bring it about would be an interesting topic worth pursuing. Did the members of Congress (both Ds and Rs) who voted to confirm those miscreants intend that the decisions of this Court would be the outcome of their votes - did they understand that this Court is making them irrelevant the "business" of Gov't, that both they and the Court are simply appendages of the Pres.. Do they realize that all those folks who ran around with "No Kings!" signs the other day weren't kidding ...
David Cay Johnston has been sounding a lot of alarms on Trump; with Mark Thompson he discussed what would be coming with a nuclear bomb hitting an "enemy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSCF24wl0G4 A military dictatorship would follow, we are well on the way for some form of that happening. Another good interview with Johnston on the big ugly bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2st-8ruMQ
A magnificent program on the Gaza genocide and nuclear proliferation and nuclear war. How to stop the genocide in Gaza? Hassan El-Tayyeb discusses his work and that of the AFSC. Like the Holocaust, there seems to be no way to stop the juggernaut of both Israel and its allies, including its main supporter and supplier of armaments, the US. We’re dealing with authoritarian and lethal regimes who care nothing for the lives of innocent children, women, and men who are noncombatants. Absolutely beyond belief that a space for humanitarian removal of injured children won’t be supported!
I’ve written and protested and it seems to me, after a lifetime of activism and protest, that nothing can stop these fools and murderers.
In relationship to nuclear proliferation and the almost total lack of international arms agreements, similar arguments, in comparison to genocide, can be made that humankind has reached its nadir, and when the last major arms agreement ends, then the situation becomes worse than it was in October 1962 when there were at least a few adults in the “rooms” of power. We not only have no adults in those rooms now, we have several intellectually challenged imbeciles!
For any caring to read about my comparison of July 4, 1981, and July 4, 2025, please go to my article “The Fourth” at The Last New Leftist. I need readers and commentators...https://thelastnewleftist.com/the-fourth/
I believe monsters are "on" the way....A culture of voyeurs, not a needed correlation between war crimes, Constitutional crimes and pushback--an insidious and building mendacity that will stop at nothing to deliver more and more damage to society's conscience, orderly process and sanity. Trump and Netanyahu were scheming to actually drop a nuclear bomb on Tehran I believe--what stopped this were warnings within the Trump circles, Putin's and others' warnings--even the Christian-Zionists realize the limits of power, reckless abuse of social norms and the putative mandate of the Maga program to put "America first". Trump signaled his possible plans with his "Unconditional Surrender!" demand as well as demand that Tehran be emptied in advance of the "Bomb". The hideous recklessness will continue, new and devastating increases in crises lie ahead, there will be no safe haven, no "safe place", no "peace" for the wealthy. The dollar will collapse, the US reputation will continue to plummet, Trump the former socialite and attention grabber was infuriated at being the target of legal threats and financial death sentences that the best and brightest were aiming at him, he was in severe jeopardy a year ago and he will never permit the inevitable consequences of all his recklessness and unlimited capacity for shamelessness. He and Netanyahu are even now scheming for another and if it were possible yet far greater perfidious assaults on international outrage.
Mr. Nader, I understand that you and others believe protesting and urging Congress to impeach Trump is the best way to restore some normalcy. However, like I said here before, it’s too late (I hope not). They didn't go this far to dismantle American democracy just to go back to the way it was. The Trump administration is evolving into an authoritarian regime modeled after Hungary. Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader, came to the Heritage Foundation (the crafters of Project 2025) to collaborate with them on crafting a plan to keep Trump – or a Christian Nationalist – in power. That’s why I believe it’s too late.
Here is an article that shows how Orban has stayed in power:
Peter Marki-Zay, the challenger to Orban for Prime Minister of Hungary in the last election 3 years ago, said that Orban could have defeated Jesus Christ.
I appreciate your reporting and that of other Substack writers on current events often overlooked by mainstream media. However, could you also invite guests who can provide information that will help us stay safe when situations become really bad.? For instance, there is already one concentration camp in El Salvador, and more are likely to be built both there and in other locations.
LIVE From PROTEST Outside Florida ICE Prison Where Haitian Immigrant Died
US citizens can also experience this situation. These Gulags and concentration camps are not being constructed to eliminate gangs.
Thanks for allowing me and others to vent without being a paid subscriber. Most of these Substack writers don’t allow you to comment unless you’re a paid subscriber.
One last thing, can someone please explain to me why this individual, whom I had so much admiration for, is still silent on what has taken place since Trump took office, again? I first saw this individual on TV in 1986. It was a morning show. He was pitching his book: The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition. I called B&N to see if they had it in stock and got it the next day.
About twenty years ago, I was hospitalized for pulmonary thrombosis. Unfortunately for me, I had two doctors who didn’t look at my test results. I was sent home from the ER with a pain medicine prescription. Anyway, the first doctor that I saw called me the next day. She had reviewed the test results and asked if I wanted to come back in. I thought to myself, "If I want to come back in?" "What kind of question is that?" The night before, I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t take in a deep breath. When I got to the hospital, I found out why. The pain in my lower leg was due to a blood clot. I was pissed because they tried to cover it up.
When I was finally admitted to the hospital, I was lying in bed, and two individuals came to mind: God and Gary Null. I prayed to God to help me get out of the hospital alive, and then I thought to myself, if this was due to my diet, I would go to one of Gary’s retreats and make a lifestyle change. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to go because my employer at the time let me go. I was only there for a couple of months.
Ralph - I have a question, what is the number of dead, if it were published or made known , that you think would trigger enough outrage in Congress or the populace for it to take action to stop it .... if it had been published at 100,000, would that have been enough? 200,000? 300,000? - what makes you think that 500,000 would do it ... I would really like to know, what is the "magic" number that would trigger it ... Considering that it is known there is a genocide, by all criterion, that is going on, how big must that genocide be before we say NO!
Now there is an interesting idea, impeaching SC justices - these Justices, in their furtherance of the concept of a "unitary executive", who, in essence, has not only sidelined Congress as one of the 3 co-equal branches of Gov't, but, in essence, has sidelined the roll of the SC itself in deciding "what the law is", the SC has essentially tossed the Const. into the trash .... As it has gutted Congress and itself, why bother going through the motions of going "up the chain" of the judiciary, just so the Pres can be rubber stamped, "officially"
So Bruce, do you have such articles of impeachment written up - and have you talked to any member of Congress about them - It seems to me that Congress, unless all of its members have been beaten into submission, would at least give them a hearing. The practicality of how to bring it about would be an interesting topic worth pursuing. Did the members of Congress (both Ds and Rs) who voted to confirm those miscreants intend that the decisions of this Court would be the outcome of their votes - did they understand that this Court is making them irrelevant the "business" of Gov't, that both they and the Court are simply appendages of the Pres.. Do they realize that all those folks who ran around with "No Kings!" signs the other day weren't kidding ...
David Cay Johnston has been sounding a lot of alarms on Trump; with Mark Thompson he discussed what would be coming with a nuclear bomb hitting an "enemy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSCF24wl0G4 A military dictatorship would follow, we are well on the way for some form of that happening. Another good interview with Johnston on the big ugly bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2st-8ruMQ
A magnificent program on the Gaza genocide and nuclear proliferation and nuclear war. How to stop the genocide in Gaza? Hassan El-Tayyeb discusses his work and that of the AFSC. Like the Holocaust, there seems to be no way to stop the juggernaut of both Israel and its allies, including its main supporter and supplier of armaments, the US. We’re dealing with authoritarian and lethal regimes who care nothing for the lives of innocent children, women, and men who are noncombatants. Absolutely beyond belief that a space for humanitarian removal of injured children won’t be supported!
I’ve written and protested and it seems to me, after a lifetime of activism and protest, that nothing can stop these fools and murderers.
In relationship to nuclear proliferation and the almost total lack of international arms agreements, similar arguments, in comparison to genocide, can be made that humankind has reached its nadir, and when the last major arms agreement ends, then the situation becomes worse than it was in October 1962 when there were at least a few adults in the “rooms” of power. We not only have no adults in those rooms now, we have several intellectually challenged imbeciles!
For any caring to read about my comparison of July 4, 1981, and July 4, 2025, please go to my article “The Fourth” at The Last New Leftist. I need readers and commentators...https://thelastnewleftist.com/the-fourth/
Why doesn’t the US or the world care? Monsters are in the way!
We do care. But getting people to sign petitions is like pulling teeth from a hen.
Comprehensive petition covers US, Gaza Authoritarianism and Fascism..
https://chng.it/xbHFfDgcMN
Signed
Thank you Nathan
Thanks. I know lots of us do. Some of us , most of us are brainwashed by either side.
Thanks Nathan. Sometimes it's hard to see our hand right in front of our face
Anti Authoritarian and anti Fascism Petition.
https://chng.it/xbHFfDgcMN
I believe monsters are "on" the way....A culture of voyeurs, not a needed correlation between war crimes, Constitutional crimes and pushback--an insidious and building mendacity that will stop at nothing to deliver more and more damage to society's conscience, orderly process and sanity. Trump and Netanyahu were scheming to actually drop a nuclear bomb on Tehran I believe--what stopped this were warnings within the Trump circles, Putin's and others' warnings--even the Christian-Zionists realize the limits of power, reckless abuse of social norms and the putative mandate of the Maga program to put "America first". Trump signaled his possible plans with his "Unconditional Surrender!" demand as well as demand that Tehran be emptied in advance of the "Bomb". The hideous recklessness will continue, new and devastating increases in crises lie ahead, there will be no safe haven, no "safe place", no "peace" for the wealthy. The dollar will collapse, the US reputation will continue to plummet, Trump the former socialite and attention grabber was infuriated at being the target of legal threats and financial death sentences that the best and brightest were aiming at him, he was in severe jeopardy a year ago and he will never permit the inevitable consequences of all his recklessness and unlimited capacity for shamelessness. He and Netanyahu are even now scheming for another and if it were possible yet far greater perfidious assaults on international outrage.
Hope the AFSC has excellent Security Detail for EACH of its Members.
DCs ZioNaziCONgress has already tried to criminalize Church Groups that
oppose the ZioHeretic EXPROPRIATION of Judaism and their
RabidlyRacist, NaziApartheid TERRORISTState
On point my friend
Mr. Nader, I understand that you and others believe protesting and urging Congress to impeach Trump is the best way to restore some normalcy. However, like I said here before, it’s too late (I hope not). They didn't go this far to dismantle American democracy just to go back to the way it was. The Trump administration is evolving into an authoritarian regime modeled after Hungary. Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader, came to the Heritage Foundation (the crafters of Project 2025) to collaborate with them on crafting a plan to keep Trump – or a Christian Nationalist – in power. That’s why I believe it’s too late.
Here is an article that shows how Orban has stayed in power:
How Viktor Orban Wins
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-viktor-orban-wins/
Peter Marki-Zay, the challenger to Orban for Prime Minister of Hungary in the last election 3 years ago, said that Orban could have defeated Jesus Christ.
https://www.newsweek.com/hungary-orbanjesus-christ-marki-zay-1697557
Can you invite Maria Ressa to your podcast? I saw her this past April on Democracy Now.
As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model to Crack Down on Free Press
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/24/trump_war_on_press
I appreciate your reporting and that of other Substack writers on current events often overlooked by mainstream media. However, could you also invite guests who can provide information that will help us stay safe when situations become really bad.? For instance, there is already one concentration camp in El Salvador, and more are likely to be built both there and in other locations.
LIVE From PROTEST Outside Florida ICE Prison Where Haitian Immigrant Died
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_5tZN5t7uw
US citizens can also experience this situation. These Gulags and concentration camps are not being constructed to eliminate gangs.
Thanks for allowing me and others to vent without being a paid subscriber. Most of these Substack writers don’t allow you to comment unless you’re a paid subscriber.
One last thing, can someone please explain to me why this individual, whom I had so much admiration for, is still silent on what has taken place since Trump took office, again? I first saw this individual on TV in 1986. It was a morning show. He was pitching his book: The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition. I called B&N to see if they had it in stock and got it the next day.
About twenty years ago, I was hospitalized for pulmonary thrombosis. Unfortunately for me, I had two doctors who didn’t look at my test results. I was sent home from the ER with a pain medicine prescription. Anyway, the first doctor that I saw called me the next day. She had reviewed the test results and asked if I wanted to come back in. I thought to myself, "If I want to come back in?" "What kind of question is that?" The night before, I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t take in a deep breath. When I got to the hospital, I found out why. The pain in my lower leg was due to a blood clot. I was pissed because they tried to cover it up.
When I was finally admitted to the hospital, I was lying in bed, and two individuals came to mind: God and Gary Null. I prayed to God to help me get out of the hospital alive, and then I thought to myself, if this was due to my diet, I would go to one of Gary’s retreats and make a lifestyle change. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to go because my employer at the time let me go. I was only there for a couple of months.
Bruce Fein is wrong.
Judicial Review is an implied power if and only if the opinion is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive with respect to the US constitution.
Bruce Fein belongs in hell , or at least the dustbin of history.
Why do you make such a nasty cheap shot?
I think Bruce is great and I am glad Ralph has him on his show