Claire McCaskill (R) should have zero say in how the Dems function at all. Bernie votes more with them as an independent than she does as a Dem.
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House passes resolution on hate 407-23, created from Democrats' reaction to Omar's comments (only Republicans vote against)
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She's rich and she's white. All she needs to be validated for...anything really.
I wish there was a way to have a strong political party that truly cared about minority rights and issues.
The Black Panther Party! Which was met with heavy State violence and incarceration. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a bilateral coalition greenlighting that.
We can have a similar party but who amongst us is ready to die?
Meanwhile while Dem's are trying to shift the focus away from the actual Issues Ilhan Omar brought up about Israel turning this into an identity politics issue:
Israeli home demolitions this week (not even the totality of it):
~ Israel demolishes Palestinian village for 141st time
~ Israel demolishes 4 greenhouses
~Palestinian forced to demolish own home (to avoid fines)
~Israel demolishes Palestinian homes near Haifa
Israeli home demolitions this week (not even the totality of it):
~ Israel demolishes Palestinian village for 141st time
~ Israel demolishes 4 greenhouses
~Palestinian forced to demolish own home (to avoid fines)
~Israel demolishes Palestinian homes near Haifa
the entire point of the Trope Policing that Ilhan Omar has been subjected to is to make the definition of antisemitism so amorphous, malleable, and ever-shifting that it's impossible for anyone to speak up about what Israel is doing without knowing if they'll be accused of antisemitism, consequently creating a massive chilling effect around the entire subject. That's not everyone's conscious intent, but it's the only conceivable outcome IMO
I highly doubt that. We know a vast majority of these Democrats are paid money by AIPAC and know exactly what they're trying to achieve with these tactics.
And this is why keeping pressure is important.
Its not likely to change anything for the Palestinians in the short term, but we need to make criticizing Isreali atrocities a viable political move for future change.
This all rests on Ilhans political career, they are trying to make an example out of her and if they succeed, the message will spread to the entire political landscape.
For once we have a politician brave enough to stand her ground, this is a once in a blue moon opportunity.
no, there definitely are Jews who genuinely perceive her comments as antisemitic. I wish there weren't and I think they're completely wrong, though!
The party of Hate
Are there any people of color on the Republican party?
Well put.
I was so confused by the framing of this thread right from the start. That was never what was newsworthy.
Kirblar was excited when the vote results came out and rushed to make a thread. But the GOP being hateful fucks isn't news. The more pressing issue was the treatment of Ilhan by her own party.
Thank you! Somebody is sane still. This was all a big distraction/PR event.
While I don't think anyone is surprised that Republicans are ok with bigotry, to have 23 of them actually put their names to it on the House floor is absolutely newsworthy and is being covered as such by other outlets.
Dude was so happy that he could deflect from the real issue with the Democrats.
With "allies" like this who needs enemys
The bill is DOA on the Senate floor. What's there to talk about?
Not defending the veracity of the resolution, but to claim the House is wasting their time when they could be coming up with more meaningful policy is disingenuous at best since nothing they put out has a shot at actually passing through the Senate and getting Trump's signature, including the most recent gun control bill that actually passed with bipartisan support in the House.
The only effective thing the Dems in the House can do at this time is committee work and weilding their subpoena power. Otherwise everything else is a moot point including this non-binding resolution that has had the unintended effect of forcing 23 Republicans to explain why they don't support anti-hate measures. "It should have just been about Omar's comments" doesn't really translate well when someone immediately just looks up their voting record and sees a "No" vote on this.
Not surprising. The first thing the fucking Senate did this year was the anti BDS bill.
It's insane. They are trying to make an example out of Omar by labelling her comments as anti semitic. How else can you criticize Israel for what it's doing now? Every statement someone makes will be misconstrued this way now.
Pelosi continues to suck. Let's all remember that she and Schumer shamed Rep. Waters after she called for direct actions when everyone learned that Trump was tearing apart families at the border.
Redemption!
As far as Peposi, people love her for that tumblr friendly image of her being condescending to 45. But even that didn't mean shit.
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Because the voices of us Muslims don't matter. See, the article stating that Congresswoman Tlaib said that she's felt really hurt about how the Dems treated Omar is now drowned under the 'But look at the GOP making a fool of themselves, lol'
The story is never about the Muslims. We're just props.
I know, I'm sorry. As I said earlier, the dems are more than happy to parade around a first time progressive black muslim congress woman until she starts actually talking about progressive ideals, and then its time to shut up and fall in line.
Gideon Levy, Remi Kanazi, and Phyllis Bennis were on Democracy Now! today, talking about this. It's refreshing among the sea of shitty op-eds from WaPo and NYT.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/3/8
Remi Kanazi is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvg4LknKsZ0
https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/3/8
Remi Kanazi is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvg4LknKsZ0
Hey, the African American community (and its intersections with the Muslim community) warned us a long time ago. White "liberals" are going to have to put their money where their mouth is if they want a truly diverse big tent coalition. This shit is infuriating.
Incredible. She turned a Democratic own goal into an anti-lobbying bill targeting the Sauds.
OMG is this real.
Even if she gets primaried that is hardcore winning.
When Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Trump hate you you're doing shit right.
Why is she trying to shift the focus away from the dems leadership? That's the most important thing
/s
A part of me wants to say it's actually pretty easy to be Omar going ham on these countries because....I mean fuck, the last 70 years of Israel fuckery and 80+ years of subservience to Saudi Arabia as they both commit atrocity after atrocity is pretty easy for anyone who knows how to read a damn book.
....And then another part of me instantly wants to kick me ass for thinking that because she's quite literally the only congressperson with the iron will and resolve to force a mirror in our faces and realize that we're more like Dorian Gray than we'd like to admit.
It's easy to rage on a keyboard likeI we do, but it's another thing to do it in the public sphere in a position of power inside a country full of war mongering psychopaths and in a world intent on destroying itself, but only after it kills off we plebs on the ground who will be doing most of the dying.
Anyways, after Obama and Slick Willy, I'm really trying not to put politicians on a pedestal. Not trying to repeat mistakes in the past on these tribal cults of personalities where I'm excusing atrocities or justifying some really bizarre statements because they're on my team. But I really, really love Ilhan Omar and hope she keeps it 75 - I say 75 because let's admit it can never be 100. Not even "God damn America" is keeping it 100 and she hasn't said anything close to that, even if it's right (which it would be).
Ninja edit: jesus fuck that stream of consciousness. I'm out for the night
....And then another part of me instantly wants to kick me ass for thinking that because she's quite literally the only congressperson with the iron will and resolve to force a mirror in our faces and realize that we're more like Dorian Gray than we'd like to admit.
It's easy to rage on a keyboard like
Anyways, after Obama and Slick Willy, I'm really trying not to put politicians on a pedestal. Not trying to repeat mistakes in the past on these tribal cults of personalities where I'm excusing atrocities or justifying some really bizarre statements because they're on my team. But I really, really love Ilhan Omar and hope she keeps it 75 - I say 75 because let's admit it can never be 100. Not even "God damn America" is keeping it 100 and she hasn't said anything close to that, even if it's right (which it would be).
Ninja edit: jesus fuck that stream of consciousness. I'm out for the night
She likely will get primaried after this, the question is - will she be able to protect herself in her district to keep her seat? That remains to be seen. Then, assuming she does manage this, somehow how translate this into action in congress.
This is the easy part, the hard part is hurting them back and surviving.
Can anybody TLDR me on HR1? If there's another thread on that a link would be nice too.
At least it's better than the first iteration in that it basically condemns all bigotry, but it's still a bad look that it was originally supposed to be slapping down Omar for comments that weren't actually antisemitic.
To their credit, even the CIA regard the Iran coup as a massive blunder in hindsight. Iran being the way it is now is, sadly, a combination of Britain being pissed that Iran's PM was nationalising its oil and cold war-era US fears of Iran moving towards communism.
