What Israel is doing in Lebanon is unambiguously genocidal against Shias. And it is unambiguously an attempt to reoccupy and even annex a huge part of the country. It’s infuriating that we’re pretending that there’s a ceasefire. And even more infuriating that Western media continues to turn a blind eye to Israel’s endless colonial expansion and insatiable hunger for Arab land.
The House voted today on a new measure to fuse elements of the Israeli and US militaries, particularly on the cyberweapons front. Section 224, as its known, is included in the National Defense Authorization Act. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced an amendment to strip it from the bill. Watch as a stream of Republicans and Democrats stand up in support of the enhanced cooperation. Only Rep. Sarah Jacobs (D-Calif.) joined Khanna, and the measure failed in a voice vote. Watch:
Inertia is working in their favor (because they support Israel and Trump’s support for their endless regional slaughters) but have to vaguely gesture towards opposition so all they have—again—is quibbling over process and paperwork
I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.
I keep telling all the communists this: you guys wanna talk theory to people while their eyes glaze over. Gets you nowhere. Your best pitch: show them this video and then explain that if you get your way, you’ll have her and everyone like her picking fruit for ten years before assigning them to a waste treatment plant. That one’s free.
NEW: Buried within the Senate Intelligence Authorization Act is a provision to increase intelligence sharing with Israel and impede the president's ability to reduce cooperation in the future.
Netanyahu is moving away from US financial assistance because it will be replaced with JOINT DEFENSE cooperation. When politicians like AOC agreed the US shouldn’t give weapons to Israel anymore, this was AFTER Netanyahu already said it. This NDAA is framed as DEFENSE. Few politicians vote AGAINST Israel defense. If this bill passes, the US Military will become one with Israel’s military.
We can talk about the failures of “Woke 1” and how ridiculous and performative everyone was but I will always keep in mind how eager every public institution, business, and politician was to try to kneel to social upheaval when they thought our boot was on their throat