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Who said change is easy? Those who challenge entrenched interests will always have a difficult road ahead.

But it's not impossible. Civil rights activists achieved change, LGBTQ activists achieved change, even wack-job anti-abortion activists achieved change. So can Gaza activists.

A Gaza ceasefire did get some discussion. Sanders and AOC, both high profile speakers, promoted a Gaza ceasefire in their speeches. But Americans aren't interested enough in Gaza to justify a speaker who will mainly or exclusively be discussing that topic.

And yes, Americans are more interested in rescuing hostages than helping war victims. Not just in the abstract, polling consistently shows that Americans overwhelmingly view Hamas as evil but are more evenly divided regarding Netanyahu. It might seem unfair, but don't blame the DNC. That's our national mood, which the DNC will respond to. If Gaza activists want that to change then they will have to do more work.

It's not completely ignored. Several speakers have mentioned Gaza in their remarks, including high profile speakers like AOC.

It's not important enough to get a speaker dedicated to the issue. The same is true of most other issues.

The time for making your case was during the primary season. That's when Democratic voters decide which issues are most important to them.

Time and again, Democratic voters indicated that women's rights and housing are among the most important issues. Gaza isn't.

If Gaza activists had succeeded in convincing voters that Gaza is more important than women's rights, then DNC speakers would be discussing Gaza instead of women's rights.

Also no farmers or housing developers will speak at the convention. Even though most Americans think food and housing prices are more important than Gaza.

Harris/Walz recognize that the most important issues in this election are women's rights and Trump's corruption, and their list of speakers reflects that.

Notably absent from Walz’s speech was any real substance on foreign policy

It's not the VPs place to introduce policy proposals, that's the job of whoever is at the top of the ticket.

That said most Americans rank Gaza low on their list of priorities, so expect Harris to focus on issues they find important like women's rights and housing.

Lots of laws are very fact dependent. For example, if a patient dies during surgery then the doctor potentially committed malpractice.

Generally the courts, not journalists, get to tell you if something is or isn't against the law.

Sanders is older than Biden. So if running Biden was elder abuse...

If it's so easy, then why are so many people terrible at it?

One reason that it's never used is that a lot of lawyers suspect banning negotiation with anyone, even a foreign power, violates the First Amendment.

And if it's used against the Trump then the SCOTUS will surely agree.

The majority already has the power to "make em stand and talk". They generally choose not to in order to avoid wasting everyone's time.

The Logan Act was passed in 1799. A grand total of two people were charged with violating it, and none were convicted.

Those fun facts are never going to change. Prosecutors should find something else to charge Trump with, it won't be hard.