Date: December 21, 2023
Host: Jim Schneider
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Due to a special Christmas edition of Crosstalk tomorrow, Jim moved up the News Round-Up broadcast. Here’s a selection of stories from the program:
–The Colorado Republican Party is planning to withdraw from the state’s primary election and move to a caucus system if the ruling against having President Trump on the ballot stands.
–The California Lieutenant Governor is calling for former President Trump to be barred from their primary ballot.
–Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick suggested that the chaos on the border could be grounds to remove President Biden from the state’s 2024 ballot.
–Senator Marco Rubio posted on “X” that the U.S. has put sanctions on other nations for doing exactly what the Colorado Supreme Court did against President Trump.
–The Satanic Temple now has a display at the Michigan State Capitol.
–A Pennsylvania school attempted to execute damage control after issuing a memo instructing bus drivers to remove Christmas decorations from their vehicles, to stop wearing anything related to the holiday and to avoid playing Christmas music.
–The Israel Defense Forces are reportedly close to completing their ground offensive in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, having significantly dismantled the presence of Hamas battalions in the region.
–The head of a Gaza hospital has admitted to Israeli forces that Hamas used his hospital to advance its military operations since the hospital is a safe place.
–Israeli Defense Forces soldiers in Gaza managed to reach the home of the leader of Hamas, shortly after he fled the scene.
–The IDF reported that suitcases with funds amounting to near 1.3 million U.S. dollars was found in the home of a senior Hamas member.
–Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official and spokesman for the organization, has said that their leadership is steadfast in its decision to insist on a cease-fire in Gaza before holding negotiations on a new prisoner swap which would see innocent Israeli hostages freed in exchange for convicted terrorists.
–Hamas is currently fighting to keep on ruling Gaza and the opportunity to re-group, re-arm and destroy Israel which is why it’s pleading for a cease-fire.
–The U.S. and its allies have announced a multi-national task force that will address the issue of Houthis repeatedly launching attacks from Yemen against commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
–The Biden administration is obsessed with four post-war scenarios for Gaza: (1) Israel reclaims some measure of control over Gaza. (2) Hamas remains in power. (3) The Palestinian Authority, another terror group, takes control over Gaza. (4) A U.N. peacekeeping force secures the area.
–The steps leading up to the Lincoln Memorial were vandalized with red colored graffiti reading, “Free Gaza.”
