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Nazis cannot be rehabilitated. They cannot be "imperfect allies." They have shown that they are willing to wipe out an entire country of people, and their supporters have shown that even if they don't like that, they view certain people as acceptable sacrifices.

Joe Perticone at The Bulwark:

Cracks in the coalition?

In the Trump era, it’s extraordinarily rare for elected Republicans to voice clear moral objections to the actions of the administration. Doing so is virtually a form of career suicide.1 But if you develop an ear for the subtleties of the Republican congressional patois, you can start to pick up an awful lot about how much disapproval is being quietly expressed within GOP circles—including when some of them have reached some kind of breaking point. The killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minnesota on Saturday, as well as the administration’s false, accusatory, and easily debunked account of the incident, has pushed some GOP lawmakers over the edge. House and Senate Republicans have broken party decorum and called for investigations into the shooting and even for ICE to leave Minnesota. Committee chairmen in both chambers have demanded that agency officials swiftly report to Capitol Hill for questioning.2

“Well, right now the video looks pretty damning,” Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), who is no moderate, said in an interview. “Obviously, we have to wait to get all the videos in before we make a final conclusion.” “A lot of these ICE officials or Border Patrol people are not prepared for this sort of thing,” Grothman added. “We have people coming from far and wide to demonstrate and disrupt things, which is just a recipe for disaster. But I think in the future, the Department of Homeland Security is going to have to do a better job of educating their people to make sure this sort of murder doesn’t result.” Sens. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) each called for an investigation into Pretti’s killing. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), a former Homeland Security Committee chairman, said he was “troubled” by Pretti’s killing, adding, ”As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary—both to get to the bottom of these incidents and to maintain Americans’ confidence in our justice system.”

“We must have a transparent, independent investigation into the Minnesota shooting, and those responsible—no matter their title—must be held accountable,” Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) said. “Officials who rush to judgment before all the facts are known undermine public trust and the law-enforcement mission.” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) went so far as to call the killing a violation of the Second Amendment, an angle that remains too sharp for most of his Republican colleagues to pick up. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, called a hearing for DHS oversight and requested testimony from acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott, and Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow. A hearing is set for February 10. Across the Capitol, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, demanded testimony from the same officials. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in March—still quite a ways away. Enough GOP lawmakers have spoken up about the Pretti killing that their colleagues who have remained silent no longer have the cover normally afforded by moving with the political herd. The most notably silent Republicans are in the party’s House and Senate leadership. In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been mostly offline since posting about meeting with Erika Kirk on Saturday; he has not posted about Pretti. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) did not weigh in on the shooting, but called Trump’s deployment of White House border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota Monday “a positive development.” Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), the chair of the House Republican Conference, coauthored an op-ed for Newsmax with fellow Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-Ariz.) declaring victory for Trump’s approach to immigration policy in his first year. The op-ed, published yesterday, did not mention Minnesota, and McLain hasn’t posted a link to it on any of her social channels.

Are we unable to have an honest conversation about the Israel-Hamas war? Yes, Hamas struck first. They must be disabled and degraded. The Palestinians, including Hamas, are not good faith negotiators, but the Israelis have not always kept their commitments as well.

American support for Israel revolves around an absurdity. The Netanyahu government will not relent in its assault on Gaza – or allow food and medical aid – until Hamas is destroyed. This is not genocide, they say, because they are only going after Hamas. Who is Hamas? Anyone in Gaza. And no one can leave.

Increasingly if one does not support the Netanyahu government 100 percent you are considered antisemitic. Discussion over.

Perhaps you've noticed that the US Senate race in Pennsylvania is still up in the air. The AP has called it for the GOP candidate but there are still quite a few votes not yet counted.

On Thursday, the Associated Press called the race in favor of former hedge-fund CEO Dave McCormick, who, in his second attempt at the U.S. Senate, challenged Democratic incumbent Bob Casey. Other news outlets such as NBC News, CNN, and the New York Times have yet to officially call the race. However, Casey, the three-term senator, has held off on conceding, citing the slim margin between him and McCormick as well as the number of outstanding ballots that have yet to be counted. Per the AP, Casey currently trails McCormick by 39,545 votes. [ ... ] The Casey campaign has pointed to a statement from Al Schmidt, the state’s secretary of State, who said Thursday that there are an estimated 100,000 ballots remaining to be processed. In addition to Election Day votes, the outstanding votes include provisional, military, and overseas ballots. In a Monday press release, the campaign noted that provisional ballots “broke overwhelmingly” for John Fetterman in 2022 at a larger margin than Casey currently needs to overtake McCormick. Fetterman would later go on to win his Senate seat over his Republican challenger Mehmet Oz. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday that the McCormick campaign had filed a lawsuit seeking to challenge tens of thousands of provisional ballots from Philadelphia, a traditionally blue city, as well as a request for a Republican observer for the processing of those ballots. The judge denied McCormick’s observer request, prompting his team to pull the other lawsuit which they could later refile, per WHYY. [ ... ] As the ballot counting enters a new week, Casey appears determined to hold out until the very last vote. “Our Commonwealth ran a free and fair election, and we are still waiting on the final results.  Our election officials will continue counting ballots and ensure that Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard,” Casey said Monday.