jesse

going hot dog mode

[jesse @duck_dad]

I went on Dave Zirin's show @EdgeofSports on @TheRealNews to talk about standing in solidarity with Palestine at the Olympic trials, the call for the IOC to ban Israel, and encouraging more athletes to speak up. Full interview here https://t.co/aTTWi4jsdC

[jesse @duck_dad]

@Sarah_pdx I’m sorry that these are the hazards that you have to deal with but honestly this is really funny

[jesse @duck_dad]

Insane amount of ground covered by Tate Taylor from 30m. Unbelievable top end for a high schooler

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Noah Lyles 🇺🇸 9.95s (0.6) 100m season opener at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo!

Tate Taylor 🇺🇸 2nd in 10.04s, followed by Jake Odey-Jordan 🇬🇧 in 10.09s.
https://t.co/UEdlWKoFOb

[jesse @duck_dad]

@ZakirSpeaks I didn’t know it was a big deal. My track coach used to take us here after a meet every year in college and we loved it, only because it was kind of wet and gross

[BDS movement @BDSmovement]

A new talking point from an Israel lobby group in the US, aligned politicians, is extremely dangerous, and even more insidious than the positions of AIPAC.

The US public wants an end to complicity in Israel’s genocide, apartheid and illegal military occupation against Palestinians — now.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

If someone is proposing what is, in effect, a Leahy law to enforce current Leahy Laws (& both are determined by the US state dept which is, by def, a party to the genocide in Q) ask yourself: what would another meta-Leahy law accomplish? Other than kicking the can down the road?

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

That anyone could simultaneously think Israel is committing a genocide AND have a position that any future arms sales needs to be determined by an elaborate and boutique set of IHL findings doesn’t make any sense. Clearly an arms embargo here should be immediate and categorical

[jesse @duck_dad]

@RileyTX FAA and Leahy don’t apply to direct commercial sales. I don’t understand where people in the comments here are saying applying Leahy would be a de facto arms embargo. That’s just plainly not true! https://t.co/lmkH15sXWS

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass Point 1 is important - that’s a key takeaway we’ve had on Portland’s SIOC

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass thing for DSA to publicize, because 1. It rewards her for taking a bolder position 2. It does more to hold her to it and 3. It meaningfully differentiates her from the many others who have come out against foreign aid

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass It’s possible that I’ve missed something, but I think this is a meaningful distinction

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass For example - you’ve said that AOC supports an arms embargo, but as far as I can tell, she hasn’t actually made a statement to that effect. She supports ending aid and said she supports the Leahy law, which doesn’t apply to direct private arms sales from US manufacturers

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass Alright well I’m sorry about that. I’ve been frustrated about this, because it does feel like you’ve dismissed the point that I and other people are trying to make, which is that this position stops well short of a victory

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass So no, I won’t “put a pin in it”. THAT is condescending.

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass I think we should probably endorse AOC in 2028. That doesn’t mean we should lose sight of key organizing goals. And the point is that AOC, Ro Khanna, Ryan Emmanuel publicized this specific compromise position all on the same day. I think that’s worth scrutinizing

[jesse @duck_dad]

@jefglass Do you know what an embargo is, and why this is different from that?

[jesse @duck_dad]

A lot of people appear to be admitting either:
1. they believe that American companies should continue to be able to build weapons for Israel
2. they don’t know what the word “embargo” means