The last time Palestinians tried the whole Gandhi/MLK non-violent protest thing, which was a year after you were first elected to Congress, the Israelis responded by gunning them down in cold blood, and you completely ignored it.
Greece and the rest of the PIIGS watching germans in the midst of deindustrialization blame China for being too competitive, using their industrial efficiency and state capacity to strangle the economies of smaller nations,
Scahill: "Did Palestinian forces have a right to attack those military bases?"
Khanna: "No..."
Scahill: "Did Israel have a right to drop a single bomb on Gaza in response to October 7th?"
Khanna: "I believe Israel had the right..."
Scahill: "It's a double standard."
We interrupt your smugness-orgy to remind that Janet Mills: stable, reliable, conventional, impeccable pedigree, college educated,,got FUCKING STOMPED (SEVENTY TWO PERCENT!!!) in the primaries to “unstable, “unvetted.” That’s your “brand!” It fucking sucks dick!
I’m trying to imagine being 20 years old and being ordered to torture an elderly celebrated physician who’s being endlessly detained without charges. Most would refuse that order. It’s an indictment of Israeli society that they seem to have no problem finding people to do it.
Tomark off the 250th, we present the greatest gift of all: a grotesque spectacle of decline, the undeniable suspicion thatAmerica is a steep decline, so you can feel special to bear witness to The End of History. Enjoy, you lucky so-and-sos!
Guy who goes to an "abolish Capitalism" protest but its becoming increasingly clear he wants to replace Capitalism with a Minoan/Mycenaean style palace economy
i think the US political system is sort of back to front in ways that confuse a lot of people. despite the fact that the candidates are formally badged as Democrats, it might be more accurate to say that DSA is a party and the Democrats are an NGO
The thought-terminating cliches, hand waving and mopey sectarian deflection can no longer paper over these obvious and glaring and increasingly undeniable contradictions. The problem is too many liberal voters, unlike liberal institutions and leaders, take liberalism seriously