Trump promises to ‘fill out’ Abraham Accords as he hosts iftar dinner

President Trump, hosting an iftar dinner at the White House to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said his administration was “keeping our promises to the Muslim community” by bringing peace to the Middle East.

“My administration is engaged in relentless diplomacy to forge lasting peace in the Middle East, building on the historic Abraham Accords, which everybody said would be impossible,” he said, referring to efforts to normalise relations between Israel and Arab states.

“And now we’re going to start filling them out,” he added.

Trump also thanked American Muslims for voting for him in “record numbers” and said “I will be there for you” as president.

Since coming to office, Trump has angered Muslims at home and abroad by repeatedly pushing for the permanent displacement of Gaza’s population as part of a plan to redevelop the Palestinian enclave into a holiday destination.

Rights groups have said Trump’s proposal is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

The Abraham accords which led to Oct 7.....

Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers to appear in New Jersey court as fight for release continues

The Associated Press news agency reports that Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers are expected to appear in a New Jersey court later today as they fight for his release from federal custody.

Pro-Palestinian student activist Khalil, 30, has been held in southern Louisiana state since his arrest on March 8 in New York as part of the Trump administration’s policy to deport foreign students who support Palestinian rights.

Khalil is a legal US resident and married to an American citizen.

The court fight in Newark will continue one that began in New York City, but which was transferred after a judge determined a federal court in New Jersey was the proper jurisdiction for the case. Among the first issues for the new judge is whether to keep the case or transfer it again.

The Trump administration wants the case moved to Louisiana where Khalil is being held in an immigration detention facility.

A growing number of university students and faculty across the country have been arrested for their pro-Palestinian views, had their visas revoked, or been prevented from entering the US.

They include an Iranian student at the University of Alabama, a Turkish student at Tufts University in Massachusetts, a Korean American student at Columbia University, a Gambian student at Cornell University in upstate New York, an Indian scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and a Lebanese doctor at Brown University’s medical school in Rhode Island.

The US doesn't seem to understand that the line has already been drawn - Moscow's influence stops at the border of Ukraine. The war doesn't end until Moscow is pushed back behind that line.

On the Palestine-Israel side, the US has lost its freedom of speech. If you say something the government doesn't like, they will arrest you, possibly even throw you into a concentration camp. Trump is building one right now in Cuba so that they don't have to follow humanitarian laws.

Stupidity has overtaken the US government. And this stupidity has led to an entirely infantilized approach to politics and foreign relations by MAGA.

Writer Dietrich Bonhoeffer warned of the dangers of stupidity and the stupidity of people in groups... before he was thrown into a concentration camp and executed by the Nazi regime.

Protests outside US court in support of detained activist Mahmoud Khalil

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Newark, New Jersey court where a judge heard arguments in the case of detained activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to remain ‘behind bars in Louisiana’ for now

The lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have been talking to the media. A couple hundred demonstrators have gathered outside the courthouse. There’s a lot happening, but the action is really inside the courtroom where lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil were arguing that his case, fighting his attempted deportation, should remain in New Jersey.

A New York judge already decided this much in sending the case from New York to New Jersey, but the judge in this case really grilled both sides about the details of jurisdiction, whether or not this is the proper place.

The government would like to see Khalil’s case moved to Louisiana, that’s where he is currently being held. They have argued that they have the right to deport whomever they deem a threat to US foreign policy interests, even a legal permanent resident like Mahmoud Khalil. The lawyers for Khalil have accused the government of venue shopping to try to get him to a judge that may be more favourable for their views.

They were also hoping to argue to release Khalil on bail today to be here closer to his wife, who is due to give birth next week. The judge said that he cannot decide that until he decides whether or not this is the proper venue. He grilled both sides on that issue, into detailed legal arguments. He said he’s going to make a decision as soon as possible.

Until then, Khalil will remain behind bars in Louisiana.

The people the US is trying to deport over their pro-Palestinian views

The Trump administration plans to deport non-citizens who hold pro-Palestinian views or who are perceived to have been critical of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Here is a list of the people we know the US government has targeted:

If they don't make a deal there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before," Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker during a phone interview.

@LegitHyperbole

So good to have an anti-war president, isn't it? 

*Trump rips up nuclear deal with Iran in his first term, setting back all progress and pushing them back to Russia*

Trump in his second term: If you don't make a nuclear deal with us, I'm going to bomb the shit out of you.

Republicans called this fella an anti-war, peaceful President, a guy who would stop wars, but so far...

• Israel has gone back to committing genocide after the Trump pushed (but Biden created) peace deal between Israel-Hamas lasted less then a month and now has completely broken down.
• Russia has scoffed at Trump's peace proposals, broken them, openly mocked Trump and the war continues.
• Trump has threatened to bomb Iran.
• Trump has threatened to invade Panama.
• Trump has threatened to invade Greenland.

When America's biggest adversary aren't afraid of it (China, Russia) it picks on the weaker guys to fake toughness.

This is that freedom of speech that I hear so much about in America, that Americans love screaming in our faces: "We're so much more free than you!" until you criticise Israel, then you have plain clothed thugs kidnapping you and throwing you behind bars. Or if you're mean to billionaires like Elon Musk. Not even allowed in America now if you're critical of the Trump admin, now onto social media spying. Lol.

To add, Trump has vastly stepped up bombing Yemen, picking on the weakest of all.
Encouraged Israel to keep violating the Lebanon ceasefire deal, escalating tensions there again.
And Syria is heading the same way with increasing demands from the US in line with Israels request to keep Syria weak and decentralized.

https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-lobbies-us-keep-russian-bases-weak-syria-sources-say-2025-02-28/

Meanwhile JD Vance and his wife had to cut their trip short from visiting multiple locations in Greenland to just visiting the military base because Greenlanders fucking hate them and were planning mass protests, Lol.

Expert on Fascism Explains Why He’s Getting Out of America Right NOW, Offers Chilling Warning

Jason Stanley, a Yale University professor with expertise on fascism, has announced his plans to move to Canada, and warns that The United States is on a clear path towards a “fascist dictatorship.” He explains that a major warning sign is educational institutions’ willingness to capitulate to the Trump administration’s attack on pro-Palestinian students, which he argues is being used as a pretense to destroy democracy. We’ll discuss Stanley’s reasoning and warning in this video and talk about why Senator Chris Murphy believes we’re currently in a state of “quasi-martial law” under Trump.

Bernie Sanders Compares Graphic From Trump Campaign Email To Holocaust-Era Antisemitic Propaganda



At today's Senate Health Committee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called out a Trump 2024 campaign email and compared it to Holocaust-era antisemitic Hungarian propaganda.

'Incredible’: Trump admin reportedly deports man over autism awareness tattoo



Mother Jones reporter Noah Lanard spoke with families of those detained in a Salvadorian prison. In one case, the Trump administration accused their loved one of having a gang tattoo. The family says it’s a tattoo for autism awareness.