lennybird

I confess being colorblind this took a little more scrutiny but was not I who downvoted lol.

Yeaaah velcro isn't usually my speed but I like the flex ones because they dry out so fast and are very lightweight. I have the heavier duty cargo ones they make that are all buttons no velcro.

Look I'm a dad which means cargo shorts are basically required apparel (ok, wore them pre-kids), but Lee Dungarees have always been good to me.

Applies to Republicans, Israel, and Russia.

And oh look, they all have the same goal.

True Bowman was the guy who pulled the fire alarm during a vote. There was also some pretty tame ethics stuff with Cori Bush that if not for the amplification from millions of dollars from AIPAC probably wouldn't have gone too far.

According to NYT, "Those two races became the most expensive in congressional history, because of AIPAC's cash infusion." (most expensive House primary in history, mind you). The damage of that money cannot be overstated.

There are many like that who if I'm being completely honest question how good faith their beliefs are that they seem so far removed from reality. On the other hand I recently met a person in real life who genuinely believes in a lot of this stuff and yet we see eye to eye on many other things so tough to say.

I have a limit to my patience with what I see are poor arguments but I do try to give a few replies of sincere discourse.

Just outlier DINOs.... Manchin & Sinema fucked Democrats the most on this. At least Democrats have been the only ones who attempted to stop the lazy filibuster threat.

Good riddance to Manchin and Sinema now that they're both out of the party.

Based on the past couple of months and internal reporting I really don't think either Harris or Biden like Netanyahu at all. I just think Biden and the Democrats overall have for so long been conditioned to protect Israel lest their high ground on right-wing extremism and antisemitism backfire and they lose Jewish-American votes or others sympathetic to Israel; so from a campaign perspective it can be perceived as zero-sum at best or worse a net-loss.

Then there's the power of AIPAC, who are almost solely responsible for both Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush losing their primaries because of their outspokenness on Gaza.

So I fully expect a Harris administration post-election will be far more cold to Netanyahu and take more decisive action, but not before. Which doesn't change much for me, considering in this dichotomous choice we all know Trump is far worse for the outcome of Palestinians.

There is one notable member of the squad absent at the convention, Rashida Tlaib. While Ilhan Omaar and AOC have endorsed Harris, she — the first and only Palestinian American in Congress — has yet to endorse. I do think it would be useful for Harris to meet directly with her.

Nevertheless I've been saying to my fellow advocates for Palestinians: The key to influencing administrative policy is side-stepping the administration and convincing your friends, family, acquaintances, and those on social media who are still sympathetic to Israel and who are ignorant to the atrocities they have committed. If you shift the polls, you will shift the administration who will perceive less risk in cutting aid to Israel. Even then from the administration's perspective, there is still significant risk because Netanyahu could just so happen to ignore intelligence on an impending attack on Israeli soil and if another October 7th-like attack happens following a withdrawal of aid to Israel from the US, then that is going to look very bad and sink the Democrats. Don't put it past Bibi to commit a false flag. That fucker is evil.

Maybe this is known but he's linkerbaanned from this community. I just so happened to notice when browsing the mod log one day.

I thought Michelle's speech was by far the best of the night, followed by Doug's and then Barrack's.

Oof. They realized they were spoiling the vote for Republicans more than Democrats and their little plan backfired hahaha!

See that's just it, I'm not the one criticizing submitters.

Throwing peanuts from the peanut gallery is easy. Being the change you want to see isn't. Start submitting to this community and let's see how you fair, Mr. 1-month-old account.

You should take your own advice.

Sometimes people need a taste of their own medicine.

Edit: Definitely struck a nerve. I wonder, does Lemmy have vote manipulation detection?