• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Thanks for all the purple underlines. They really helped keep my attention for the 10 seconds it took to read this – a feat otherwise impossible.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    Please, nobody kid themselves. This extinction level event scale Dem win was all about affordability (tariffs, diesel prices, etc). The magats that turned on Trump could not care less about the genocide in Gaza.

    That said, this win is going to put in place more progressives. The seeds of MAGA were planted during Bill Clinton’s administration. Don’t give up just because we did not fully wipe out the corpo dems. Keep primary’ng them the fuck out. Keep making noise!

    I wrote yesterday that I’d stop complaining for a day. Well, the day passed. I time to get back to work.

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    I first learned about Zionism and AIPAC in 2011.

    As disappointing as this is? It’s still fewer candidates than before. A growing number of candidates are winning without AIPAC money.

    In fact, money spent had no correlation with success in this midterm. Republican donors outspent democrats by 2-5 times.

    It’s not close to done, but politicians are paying attention. That’s my take away.

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      I agree. We’re heading in the right direction, and now we have to make the elimination of Israeli influence a major priority.

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        Its a multi-stage process and I can see it taking a long time, but much of it can be done in parallel.

        I think the first thing, the hardest thing, is decoupling military hardware and software. Then halting arms sales and funding. Then, sanctions.

        But they can at least start in parallel.

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    Israel’s influence in America is at an all time nadiar. Yet still, some people insist that Israel is still in charge. Their source? Israel’s own propaganda. This is why conspiracy people can’t be taken seriously.

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      A few years ago people would clutch their pearls when I talked shit about Israel until I clarified the difference between Israel and Judaism. Now it seems more people are seeing right through the emphatic support from these paid politicians.

      Israel’s influence is waning but they still have a lot of power, though

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    They left it vague on purpose now that their lobbying is actually TOXIC to their preferred candidate. They want to diminish the revolt.

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    We fought MAGA to a win, only to find Israel standing right behind them. Now we have to battle AIPAC, and they’re much smarter, and more ruthless, than MAGA.

    Dems have to stop taking money from Israel, and Israel has to be cut loose from our economic support. Without our support, they would have had to learn to live with their neighbors by now. Instead, our support has allowed them to be arrogant and hostile.

    Now they are trying to control America, and that can’t happen. Time to cut Israel loose, and all Democrats should support that.

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    So 157 Republican seats in the house and 44 Republican seats in the Senate is 201 candidates.

    Fetterman, Jeffries, Schumer, Wasserman Schultz, Booker makes 206.

    Figure out the 29 other ones to get rid in the Blue Rinse in 2028. When the first tsunami didn’t clean them all out, you swish out the last bad taste with a Blue Rinse.

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      I personally think this is EXACTLY what they want. They put this out so people like you and me would feel despair.

      What matters is that you use this as fuel to push harder for separation from foreign influence.

      Citizens United was such a bad ruling. It has allowed legal bribery for far too long.

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        American’s need need to keep the momentum.

        It will take bipartisan support for bills to bypass Trump’s veto. As such American’s need to pressure representatives from both parties on an individual level.

        Reframing politics from right vs left is paramount. Rich vs Poor isn’t working. But AIPACs vs Americans just might.