Drop Site’s @JulianAndreone caught up with Republicans on Capitol Hill after the midterms to ask why their party fared so poorly and which issues they missed. Rep. Thomas Massie blamed the party for funding other countries’ wars and starting a new one of its own. “We were told no new wars, not that we’d be funding somebody else’s new wars and starting our own new war,” he said. The answers from others ranged widely. Rep. Lauren Boebert said Republicans had “a lot of wasted opportunities” and hopes incoming freshmen don’t take the bait, “because clearly America hates the way we do things up here.” Rep. Troy Nehls said it was “Congress’s inability to pass the president’s agenda,” pointing to bills passed in the House but sitting in the Senate.

💢 On Monday, dozens of Israeli settlers stormed an industrial zone in Beita, south of Nablus, and set fire to three bulldozers, several other vehicles and equipment belonging to stone-cutting workshops. Israeli forces raided the town at the same time. Beita Mayor Mahmoud Barham says 60 to 70 settlers carried out an organized attack that lasted only a few minutes, with preliminary losses of more than 10 million shekels. Business owner Asad Bani Mufleh says the zone is "a thorn" in the Israeli settlers’ side because it prevents them from expanding. “They’re basically trying to discourage people, trying to tell them that there’s no work here for you, no jobs here for you, just losses, just damage," Mufleh told Drop Site's Mutasem Sqf ElHait. Settlers have repeatedly attacked Beita’s industrial zone, burning facilities and vehicles and opening fire on Palestinians. Settler attacks across the occupied West Bank more than doubled in October to 1,369, including 353 in the Nablus governorate alone, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission. 📹 Mutasem Sqf ElHait

🇺🇸 Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Tuesday that if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer runs unopposed for majority leader, Democrats should withhold quorum, denying the caucus enough members to hold its leadership vote, until he presents a clear plan that members have a voice in. "Whoever wants my vote is gonna have to show me a concrete plan that's definitively different," she said. Slotkin, a moderate who has already called for replacing Schumer, rejected framing the fight as progressives versus moderates, calling it "team fight vs. team flight."

Rep. Adam Hamawy tells a seemingly incredulous CNN anchor that, when it comes to Iran, the United States is “making adversaries when we should be making friends.” @HamawyForNJ | @CNN

🚨 ISRAEL KILLS 7 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY, IN FRESH ATTACKS ACROSS GAZA Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, November 10, in a series of airstrikes and shootings across Gaza, continuing their deadly attacks more than a year after the October 2025 ceasefire agreement. According to Palestine Online, which cited medical and local field sources: ➤ Fadi Rajab Sabri Hajjaj, 43, and his son Abu Bakr, 13, were killed when an Israeli drone struck the roof of a building sheltering displaced families in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood. Fadi’s wife, Sabreen, 40, was also wounded. ➤ Three Palestinians were killed and eight others wounded in an Israeli airstrike reported in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood. ➤ Another Palestinian was killed when Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced people in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood. ➤ Thaer Hilmi Breika, 26, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. 🔹A five-year-old boy was shot inside a school sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis. Another child and a displaced woman were wounded by Israeli gunfire, while Israeli naval forces attacked Palestinian fishing boats, wounding a fisherman and destroying two small vessels. Families are being bombed in shelters, children are being shot in schools, and fishermen are coming under fire at sea. 🎥 Five-year-old Khalil Khalid Abu Hameed is fighting for his life after being shot in the abdomen while playing inside a shelter in Khan Younis, Gaza, according to footage by Palestinian journalist Ibrahim Qannan (IG: ibrahimqannan).

⚡️ New At @DropSiteNews: Progressives Lay the Groundwork to Force a Vote on Ending Some Arms Sales to Israel Rep. Delia Ramirez told Drop Site she is in discussions with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on bringing the Block The Bombs Act to the floor. Story by @PomTerkins 🔗

In 1973 Japan planted trees in concentric circles as part of an experiment in forestry spacing near Nichinan City in Miyazaki Prefecture. This is what they look like today from above