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“That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy,” said Biden privately, according to Woodward. “He’s a bad fucking guy!”

Reads like a bloody Onion article.

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"But we'll still give him whatever he wants. That AIPAC there frightens me"

[–] [email protected] 97 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Literally...

This comment didn't happen yesterday, it was months ago. And Biden still hasn't changed.

And it still hasn't stopped Bibi from pushing for trump

There is literally no benefit for loyalty to a facist government, the second you're not 100% with them you're 100% against them. It's the same way trump acts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

And it still hasn’t stopped Bibi from pushing
There is literally no benefit for loyalty to a facist government, the second you’re not 100% with them you’re 100% against them.

Agreed.

This comment didn’t happen yesterday, it was months ago. And Biden still hasn’t changed.

Biden is almost out anyways. Here's hoping this will be different once Harris has a freer hand.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There has been a change in what he says.

But yeah, still nothing on what he does.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There has been a change in what he says.

Has there?

I'm not talking backroom comments like this, I mean public statements

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's publicly accusing Israel of supporting Trump. He didn't publicly accuse them of anything before that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do you happen to have a link?

I searched and couldn't find anything, but searching anything with "Biden, trump, Israel" kind of floods the results

[–] [email protected] 86 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

AIPAC and Citizens United are actually frightening.

https://abcnews.go.com/538/pro-israel-groups-spent-big-oust-squad-members/story?id=113675889

https://apnews.com/article/cori-bush-aipac-house-race-missouri-568c1a84974b8ba176a8d27a8375de42

They are able to change the outcome of races with seemingly unlimited money. A spend of 8.4 million in a Missouri primary is absurd, and likely is a drop in the bucket of what is spent influencing the presidential race.

I don't think there is a way to fix this either, since the people that should be writing laws to prevent it are the ones benefiting the most.

I imagine this is also happening in Republican primaries, so one can't just vote differently to address the root cause. Both republicans and Democrats seem to be tripping over each other to prove what a friend they are to Israel. It's really weird and stressful to be a US citizen right now.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s really weird and stressful to be a US citizen right now.

I can't even begin to express how stressed I've been over this.

Anyone that has the misfortune of recognizing they've been encountering my comments of pure exasperation lately will attest to that...

I'm generally a pessimistic person, but I truly believe Trump is going to win this and the heritage foundation is going to be able to implement their plan to solidify control of the government.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Don't give up hope. Harris is up +4 in Pennsylvania

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Its pretty damn sad that we are being told to enthusiastically settle for the, "nothing will fundamentally change" candidate, in the face of obvious genocide and war crimes. But its hard to argue with the idea that a dem centrist beats a gop candidate. I wonder if that will ever change, or are we now permanently stuck voting for 5% better than fascism in every election.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We definitely need to keep hope, but unfortunately the way polls have worked out it's like +4 is actually -2 when the real results come in.

There was an article I read the other day about polling accuracy and they essentially said even just one week out polls are generally only 60% accurate. While I'd love to believe that gives more room for Harris, I think the more realistic scenario is that people are ashamed to admit they're voting for Trump so he's just showing lower support in polling than really exists. :(

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hope someday Americans realize that its not scary muslims that are America's enemy, its the zionists, and it always has been since partition.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I mean that's simply because Muslims don't have an effect on America's policies or population for the most part. Any Abrahamic religion is problematic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So you're saying Israel actually controlling the US?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In a roundabout, totally legal way, yes they are. Technically it is a US organization that wants to strengthen US ties with Israel, so it's totally not foreign influence /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The last person to push AIPAC to be registered as a foriegn lobbyist group was Kennedy. He was murdered shortly afterwards. Unfortunate coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This is very important info.

I find here on Lemmy folks don't often consider these types of second order consequences.

It's very ugly but it has to be considered.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

I remember an Malaysian ex-Prime Minister was denounced by George W. Bush for saying that the Jews are ruling the world by proxy. Saying it’s the Jews is definitely extreme, but with these organizations and what we’re seeing playing out politically, it’s hard to say there’s no truth in what that PM said.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

four million in donations (that we know of) buys A LOT of loyalty.