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From its ally, sian cnn, senior white house kevin Top White House officials are now doubling down on the president s ultimatum. We heard from them continue to hear the white house and Administration Officials warning against the Ground Invasion of rafah and theyre really channeling President Bidens view that us weapons should not be used to support a mission that in their estimation is illadvised and very, very bloody. Those concerns were conveyed earlier today in a phone call between the Us National Security adviser, jake sullivan, and his counterpart in israel. And i think this phone call is significant. Its the first time that weve seen a call like this announced between the white house and the government of israel since President Biden delivered that ultimatum and cnn that he would not provide certain Weapons Systems to israel if a Ground Invasion moves forward, the white house says, in that Call Sullivan and his counterpart discussed alternatives to a Ground Invasion of rafah. The
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misinformation networks but also frankly that it s now wrapped up sort of anti-semitism, anti-immigrant sentiment, it s somehow now wrapped up in the american flag by these people as if that you know, that term patriot has always been a really beautiful and important term has completely been co-opted by a lot kind of weekend warriors are, you know, attacked the tap tol and are apparently, you know, now praising the taliban. you re absolutely right. it s one of the things about this entire movement that frustrate me the most. it s that co-optation of all the symbolism and language and patriotism of what it means to be an american. and of course they worked that, went through through their own views of this concept of real americans, ie, white people who look like them. and it s just absolutely a theft from this country and all of the
southern poverty law center as, quote, the thumb and forefinger joined together in a circle. the remaining three fingers splayed out behind. i want to bring in ben kesling, who has had afternoon opportunity to contact both academies. what else might it be than that? the west point annapolis officials say there is no way to know what that hand sign was until they find out the intent of the cadets. this is one of the things about that particular hand sign that has made it get coopted by white supremacists is that it has such common means, whether okay or there is a typical college game where you hold it up, and if somebody sees it, they punch you in the arm. those have nothing to do with white supremacy. but you also have this white power co-optation that s