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  • Two former Israeli prime ministers join forces against Netanyahu in upcoming elections

    05/01/2026 11:18:08 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 16 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Apr 26, 2026
    Two Israeli political heavyweights on Sunday said they would join forces in elections scheduled for later this year in an effort to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid served as prime ministers in a rotation agreement as part of a coalition government they formed in 2021, ending 12 years of Netanyahu’s rule. Now they plan to merge their parties into single faction headed by Bennett, calling it a partnership between the center and the right. Bennett said if elected, the new government on its first day would establish a state commission of inquiry into the...
  • Geren wants Las Vegas in Texas

    02/16/2005 7:52:07 AM PST · by Dubya · 44 replies · 1,829+ views
    Star-Telegram Austin Bureau ^ | Feb. 16, 2005 | R.A. Dyer
    AUSTIN - Casinos with Las Vegas-style gambling -- blackjack, craps, roulette -- could pop up all over Texas under a proposal being floated by state Rep. Charlie Geren. The gambling plan, perhaps the most ambitious yet discussed during the 79th Texas Legislature, would require multiple voter referendums: one statewide, to amend the Texas Constitution; and then others, by voters in every county where gambling comes under consideration. "Just like Las Vegas" is how Geren, R-Fort Worth, described the proposed legislation. Whether to expand gambling has become one of the most contentious questions before Texas lawmakers -- and the source of...