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.
I wish there was a way to have a strong political party that truly cared about minority rights and issues.Malcolm X warned us about these Democrats. The faster minorities and White Leftists take over the power structure, the better off America will be. Kick these donuts to the curb.
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.I wish there was a way to have a strong political party that truly cared about minority rights and issues.
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
And this is why keeping pressure is important.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
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.
Well put.Because the whole thing is a front to prevent discussion of the insane support the US gives to Isreal.
The old guard is scared shitless that the younger generation is starting to notice and trying to shift discussion.
This is a turning point, we could finally push for a break down of the political taboos of questioning the "unwavering support" to a genocidal state or we could just accept a bit of embarassment on the dems side and agree that "antisemtism is bad"
The latter not gonna do jack shit for the palestinians who daily face crimes against humanity.
The second option would silence any questioning of why billions of US taxpayer dollars is going to a functioning state with a strong economy and run by war criminals.
The second option silences any question of why law makers are curbing their citizens freedoms for a genocidal state.
Which one would you prefer?
I was so confused by the framing of this thread right from the start. That was never what was newsworthy.Can we please remove the whole "only republicans voted against" from the title?
I feel this only distracts from the real event, which was the attempt of the democrats to smear Ilhan and silence any criticism of Isreal backfired , that's the gist of the whole story so far.
The fact that the GOP is racist as fuck is nothing but a footnote and an accepted fact of reality.
We already have posters who believe the main take away from this that "hooray, we condemned anti semitism"
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.I was so confused by the framing of this thread right from the start. That was never what was newsworthy.
Can we please remove the whole "only republicans voted against" from the title?
I feel this only distracts from the real event, which was the attempt of the democrats to smear Ilhan and silence any criticism of Isreal backfired , that's the gist of the whole story so far.
The fact that the GOP is racist as fuck is nothing but a footnote and an accepted fact of reality.
We already have posters who believe the main take away from this that "hooray, we condemned anti semitism"
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.I was so confused by the framing of this thread right from the start. That was never what was newsworthy.
Agreed.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.
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.
That's fair. It doesn't mean they couldn't have been drumming up discussion and support for HR1. It's been quietly shut down by McConnell and no one noticed. HR1 is supposed to be their first big bill! Where's the talk?
a bold move, defending this charade because "congress got nuthin better to do"
"The incident that happened with, I don't think our colleague is anti-Semitic, I think she has a different experience in the use of words, doesn't understand that some of them are fraught with meaning, that she, what, didn't realize."
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
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.
I was so confused by the framing of this thread right from the start. That was never what was newsworthy.
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.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.
It's important to listen to those who feel impacted — but also important to go beyond surface appearances. Waldman's Washington Post article, "The dishonest smearing of Ilhan Omar," not only lays bare the dishonest dual loyalty charge, it also reflects on history.
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.
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.
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.Another fun reminder,the US actually overthrew the democratically elected leader of iran and put the pahlavi monarchy back in power
Who was then overthrown by the current theocracy esque govt
Gotta love it