Good on you, keep it up. We simply cannot wave our hands at these people and dismiss them, they represent a majority of voters in the country. When they start seeing cracks in the facade, we need to engage them thoughtfully and with kindness to wedge those cracks open even more - until they’re able to see past the hatred and ignorance and towards a future that is beneficial for all Americans.
Literally everything you said is just dumb hater bullshit. You added nothing to the discussion.
That information is available from the CRS; unfortunately it really isn’t completely clear in the way you’re suggesting because of the role of the Senate - in the few instances where the Senate has voted on a bill that includes provisions relating to Israel, they have been part of some other enormous bill, often in bills that were already contentious on their own.
The article linked makes it clear that these Senators understand that America is complicit and they’re using their limited power to call attention to the issue.
There are no single issue voters in Congress, and certainly none who place the affairs of Israel-Palestine over the issues that the voters in their districts care about. That these two men took the time to travel to the other side of the world and return to share their finding should be celebrated, held up as an example, not treated with derision.
While your rhetoric sounds geared in favor of ending the genocide, you’re either not considering the above or your goal is to cause further division. It’s unclear if you consider yourself to be a Progressive, and I’m not suggesting you do or don’t, but for those of us who do use that label, ask yourself: when elected leaders take steps towards our ultimate goal (ending the conflict/genocide), is that worth encouraging or discouraging? Progress is defined by incremental positive change over time, changing everything all at once is a revolution.
Conflict in Palestine has raged cyclically for millenia, and while I understand the outrage, it sounds like the demand is for these two Senators, 1/50th of the Senate, from the party that currently holds no power in any branch of government, to single-handedly solve the conflict. Anything less is a failure. How could anybody possibly meet that standard? Just for sharing this report, both of these Senators will face an uphill battle in their next election as Israel funds their opponents’ campaigns. It is therefore unsurprising that so many politicians have given up on this issue, realizing that the costs vastly outweigh the benefits.
@[email protected] - you seem to have a lot of feelings about this issue, which is awesome. Instead of being enraged about it online, insisting that the entirety of the Congress is fully aware of the intricacies of this issue and therefore complicit, perhaps channel some of that energy into making positive change? Amplify the messaging from these Senators, whose report you seem to wholly agree with, and become a thorn in the side of the other 98 Senators who, frankly, probably don’t know enough about this issue.
Learn more about the way that Congress operates; did you know most Congresspeople spend a majority of their time fundraising? It makes sense if you think about it, but unfortunately it leaves an insufficient amount of time to focus on the issues they need to make tough decisions about. Instead of assuming maliciousness, assume ignorance, because the average person is not evil, just lazy. Congress too. It’s shitty, and it should be different and better, but it’s the system we’ve got until someone like you has enough rage-fueled energy to make positive change.
It’s too bad there isn’t a way to use something like a flipper zero to compromise the cameras and simply disable them, or insert malicious video files into their network…
Oh I agree that you won’t be able to fire your shotgun in a large urban area, but if you’re someplace less densely populated I can imagine being able to drive up from behind in the middle of the night…
It’s too bad there isn’t an easier way to deal with this problem, especially in the instances where the cameras are being installed without consent.
Akin to having foreign adversaries set up a spy network within our borders, and instead of being punished for it, many law enforcement agencies are choosing to buy the subscription plan!
Anyone have any intel on how well these cameras hold up against buckshot?
What do you think the letters LLM stand for, pal?
We’ll have to fight like hell or we won’t have a country anymore
You might be a daft fucking idiot but at this point as long as you get out and vote for someone who isn’t a fascist, I could be convinced to share enough drinks that we forget our differences.
The racists and bigots (Heritage foundation and plenty of others) have been working on this shit literally since Reconstruction and we’ve been able to rebuff their insane ideas for over a hundred years. Then, after 4 years of insanity under Trump, culminating in a global pandemic, Jan 6, and election denialism, we get Joe Biden.
What steps do you think would be appropriate to take as the most powerful leader in the country in 2021 to help the country heal and avert future calamities like these? From the top of my head I can spout off a long list but accountability for Trump and those who enabled him are at the top of the list.
Why didn’t Joe take decisive action to fix our broken political system? Why did he allow Merrick Garland to slow roll the “investigations” for 4+ years and ultimately do nothing? How could he and Kamala run on a campaign of, “save the country from the fascists” and yet do nothing to save the country themselves? The Supreme Court ruled, during Joe’s term, that the President has absolute immunity for any actions taken as president. How could Joe’s administration get this kind of power while facing down a planned fascist takeover and DO NOTHING?
You’re coming at me like I’m “blind and stupid” while suggesting that Joe was the second coming of Christ in America, and I’m here to tell you that he simply did not perform his constitutional role to do everything in his power to maintain the Union. I like the guy, but he fucked up.
Project Nazi 2016-2025? Bruh, who controlled the government 2020-2024? Clearest troll yet. Unreal.
Stop rejecting the facts simply because they are unpleasant.
I am righteous in my displeasure with Sleepy Joe and the larger Democratic establishment that enabled MAGA to thrive. Are you so blinded by your hatred for MAGA that you’re unable to objectively evaluate the results from the election?
Look, I would have voted for 4 more years of Joe in a heartbeat, I voted for Kamala; but a majority of Americans voted for our current path. I do not think this is the best path for our country, but I also won’t pretend this happened in a vacuum. The Democrats steadfastly refuse to consider their own failings, and that includes lining up behind Joe Biden when his administration was polling in the gutter.
Fascism isn’t looking great but Americans clearly aren’t willing to vote for democracy on its own merits when the democratic leaders don’t have a policy that resonates with voters.
Tl;dr it’s not because I’m fascist that I call Joe sleepy, it’s because I demand better from our leadership. If that gets under your skin then you’re part of the problem.
Lmao I’m a MAGA? You’re a clown. 🤡
So we agree, rich douchebags took over our democracy while Sleepy Joe sat back and did NOTHING to stop it. Jan 6th? Trump sees no consequences. Numerous other indictments for Trump? No need to rush. Musk buying votes in PA? Seems fine.
All the while Joe sits around insisting he’s strapped in and ready for another term. He got elected on the premise that he would be a 1 term president then decided he was comfy, in spite of incredibly clear polling numbers showing that his policy was remarkably unpopular. Then Kamala picked up the mantle and when she asked what she would do differently? No notes.
Policy-wise Joe was better than most but politically he gave away the country to the fascists.
Sleepy Joe is a big part of the reason we’re in this mess to begin with. I say fuck him, he had his chance to earn a better nickname.
5x the property tax rate for all vacant housing?
This is the clearest explanation for Disco Elysium I’ve ever read, thank you.
Lovely, thanks for the reminder on massgrave. I made the switch to Linux and haven’t looked back, but there are some games that require root kits that I’d like to play so I was considering virtualizing Windows and this would be perfect.
A buddy of mine works for a fortune 500 company that started giving out MacBooks as the standard hardware this year. Apparently you need to jump through a bunch of hoops if you want to run Windows. I was shocked to hear it but Microsoft deserves to be humbled.