You don't think electing a guy who spent 50 years saying literally nothing would ever stop or even reduce his support of Israel has anything to do with Israel no longer listening to America?
Like, you know pretty much every modern president has been in this situation?
When it was Obama, he drew a hard-line and said if Israel didn't ease back he'd cut them off. Biden was pissed and publicly disagreed with him
But Israel backed down.
It's been happening all the way back to Reagan.
Biden is the only president Israel won't listen to, because Biden has spent a literal lifetime telling them they can do anything they want.
Can you not connect two steps of logic?
Did you think people honestly meant Biden was running around like Rambo committing war crimes?
I wish the moderates gave a shit about protest when they're in office.
When it's a Republican being protested they always cheer from the sidelines and say they would be there...
But they never mention why they're not actually there.
And when they're in office and have a chance to actually work with protesters to address concerns, they start rambling about how it's somehow antidemocratic and we have to shut the fuck up because protesting draws attention to the unpopular shit they're doing.
Like, that's the entire point of protests to draw attention to the unpopular shit our government is doing.
The moderates just forgot that what protestors are trying to do is enact change and not just hurt the poll numbers if whoever is in office currently.
All Biden has to do is listen
People always mad at others for having standards....
You can spend your time convincing them to hold their nose, or convincing politicians to be better.
There's still 6 months to the election, plenty of time for Biden to pull his head far enough out of his ass to still manage to beat trump. It legitimately wouldn't be hard.
But that's where time is best spent. Being loud and demanding more from the people who need votes to win.
Lots of people agree with Cardi on this, she's just got a microphone.
“I feel like people got betrayed,” Cardi said of Biden. “It’s just like, damn, y’all not caring about nobody. Then, it really gets me upset that there is solutions to it. There is a solution. I know there’s a solution because you’re spending billions of dollars on any f-----g thing.”
She also said she was concerned about artists of color getting “blackballed” for talking about Israel’s assault on Gaza.
“[America] don’t pay for endless wars for countries that have been going through s--- for a very long time,” she said. “There’s countries [where] kids are getting killed every single day, but because the [U.S.] won’t benefit from that country, they won’t help. I don’t like that America has this superhero cape on. We never did things to be superheroes. We did things for our own convenience.”
Americans have needed shit like a functional healthcare system for generations, 80 fucking years now republicans and moderate Dems have said we don't have the money for it. Even tho it would literally be cheaper than the current system.
But we just got billions laying around to fund a genocide?
If Dems want people to vote, they need to actually be a left wing party and help people. Not just be the absence of more damage. That is undeniably better than more damage, it just doesn't motivate voters.
Who the fuck listens to blue check marks on X?
Like, OP do you actually believe this shit?
If some 80s gogo Reaganaunt knew "one simple trick" to put profits up 7x he's sure as fuck not telling a single soul.
But this is the stupid shit they'd do if they had a financial incentive to push return to office, like long term investments in corporate real estate...
Some people just can't focus on two things, even if you can.
Like, people keep pretending Biden is some climate activist...
He blew straight past Trump's record fossil fuels production records and set his own.
And sure, less domestic use sounds good, but it would actually be better than shipping coal across the globe using fossil fuels before burning the coal.
I don't know if it's long term effects of COVID or what, but these last few years I'm constantly overestimating people.
So...
You're always using the same password for all your spam accounts...
But you won't just use one because you don't want to remember the password?
The ones thats the same for all of them?
And somehow all this seems not only like a good idea to you? But you think it's a good enough idea to brag to people about?
I hope you're trolling, because if this is serious and you're not a child, life is gonna be hard.
That's the same as 'ineffiable plans" in the other Abrahamic religions...
The vast majority of the time, if someone bitches about just one, it's because they're a hardcore version of a slightly different flavor of the same stupid shit.
The hotel surveillance video, obtained by CNN and released Friday, is reportedly from March 5, 2016, and compiled from multiple camera angles. The incident matched an allegation levied in Ventura's November sex trafficking, rape and physical abuse lawsuit against the hip hop mogul. The two settled the civil suit one day after it was filed.
Settlements aren't justice. It just means the wealthy can do anything they want and just cut a check.
The more wealth discrepancy the cheaper it is for them.
Maybe write Joe a letter or something?
I mean, if nationwide protests don't work, I wouldn't get my hopes up for a letter.
But it won't hurt, so go for it.
CoD doesn't do dlc anymore, it does "battle pass".
You can earn enough coins to buy the next one, but they're counting on irresponsible kids spending those coins, having to buy more, and getting hooked on the skins.
That's where they make the money.
The battle Royale part has been free for years, and they give it as much attention as the parts you pay for.
Everyone should at least watch some of this.
Here's a good part where Biden says if he's elected president he'll codify Roe v Wade
https://youtu.be/Fz45sMb4js8?si=s3MRoazjKtng01Td&t=3241
Like Stern, I'm not sure why Biden thinks he can do that as President, or if he can why he hasn't done it yet.
I just wish Biden would do real interviews with journalists who would make him give real answers and not puff pieces with people desperate to seem legitimate by having the president on.
I gotta admit tho, I didn't think Biden would even do something like this.
So obviously, fuck Teslas.
But it says she didn't used the manual release because she thought it might somehow hurt her car?
And she didn't update it for 6 years and choose waiting for a Chick-fil-A order was the right time, even tho she expected it to take 24 minutes?
Like, what kind of Chick-fil-A takes 24 minutes to make an order, she knew it would be ready before it's done.
This is one of those situations where there's no victim, she's an idiot but Tesla's suck
Yeah, better than nothing, but wouldn't have been enough.
Another example why it never pays off to go after moderate solutions. Republicans will fight everything equally as hard, so why not actually try for a lot?
At least then when things actually make it, they cause a difference
Is Dem leadership out there on the bully pulpit talking about how many more seats we need and where we should focus?
No?
They're not? They just stopped talking about?
Like, this shit is literally what party leaders are supposed to be doing, instead Hakeem Jefferies are Chuck Schumer are running around talking about how funding Israel's genocide is so important and painting peaceful protesters as the real villains. As is Biden.
The president and Dem leaders in the Senate and House don't represent the priorities of their voters.
Moderates are not on on the same side as Dem voters.
National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said the legislation was intended to “score political points, not help Israel.”
“President Biden will take a back seat to no one on his support for Israel and will ensure that Israel has everything it needs to defeat Hamas,” she said. “President Biden is also strongly on the record for the protection of innocent civilians. Most Americans agree on both these points, Israel has a right and obligation to protect themselves, but they must do so while avoiding civilian casualties.”
Americans are mostly for the protection of innocents, that's why we keep protesting for him to stop enabling a genocide...
If my name was Joe Biden and I controlled the federal government, yeah, I could do all that...
Trump's openly talking about doing that for the wrong reasons, just charging anyone who doesn't like him and throwing them in jail.
There are valid reasons here:
Sedetion and acts against the federal government. Hell, I'm sure we can throw some conspiracy charges in there, maybe some racketeering?
Did you know we have this place called Gitmo where we don't even have to give people trials for this shit?
I was actually there before, the iguanas are cool, but it's incredibly depressing. The people stationed there get turnt up when another ship comes in tho, everybody that could had taken the day off and were waiting at the bar just to see some new faces.
But there's a lot of people imprisoned there that have done far less to damage America than Alito.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
You think "making SC justices accountable" wouldn't get more Dems elected?
FDR was progressive enough and voters knew he was trying to help, that people got him that kind of supermajority.
Granted, the "moderate" Dems still stopped him from passing universal healthcare 80 years ago, but at that point voters would have eventually replaced them.
Instead the "moderates" took power and convinced voters trying is pointless, and now they pretend to be surprised when turnout is bad.
That's kind of the whole rub with "moderate" Dems. They have to walk a right rope where just enough people are politically engaged to beat Republicans, but not so many that theres no excuse for not doing shit.
It's like when that NBA guy was betting for his team to win, but not beat the spread. So he'd make "mistakes" in the game and fake injuries.
You lose more when you're not trying to win by as much as you can. But if you get more money (campaign donations from billionaires and corporations) it's what you care more about than if the team gets a W.
It's a mindfuck that Rudy is 2 years younger than the president.
I hate that attitude...
When the English told wealthy American smugglers that they'd have to pay the taxes they should have always been paying, did this wealthy Americans say "there's nothing we can do?"
Nope.
The paid people to dress up as Native Americans, threw some tea into a harbor, and created their own country.
When they said we were a democracy, but only wealthy white males could vote, did women and other races just accept it because that was the rule?
No, they fought for decades to be included.
So when I see another American throw their fucking hands up and say we can't try to fix a problem because the problem is legal....
Where did you learn that shit?
This is motherfucking America where the only rule that can never be changed is "might makes right".
Conservatives 100% operate under that rule and nothing else. If they can get away with something, they can do it.
You think if they needed to they wouldn't throw a SC in jail and sit someone else in that chair?
If we want to fix the country we need to stop being the only ones caring about the rule book and checking it before we do anything.
Arrest Alito's ass for sedetion and acts against the US government.
Oh ,don't worry.
We asked them if they need oversight. And every single SC judge said there's no reason any of them need oversight.
Which is apparently enough to convince moderates Dems that we don't need to do anything
It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer on hold earlier in the month.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15415020
> >The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday. > > >It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold this month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.
It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer on hold earlier in the month.
>The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.
>It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold this month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Legal doubts remain about the insurance company posting Trump's $175 million bond in his New York fraud case.
>"But the Trumpian part is that even though, or perhaps because, it may be part of a Trump scam, Knight now too may be on the hook for $175 million as it won't automatically get out from underneath its own proffered surety."
>Hankey, a billionaire, has already said that his company will be able to post the money for Trump.
>He was reacting to a comment on X by lawyer Dave Kingman, who wrote that Knight will not be able to post the $175 million.
>"Understand that Knight Specialty has a problem. This bond cannot be approved. Under the CPLR [Civil Practice Laws and Rules] the surety will remain obligated under the bond until a replacement bond is filed. Trump is unlikely to get a replacement bond. Knight Spec will be liable AND Trump won't have a stay [on enforcement]," he wrote.
Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals.
The bond Trump is posting with the court now is essentially a placeholder, meant to guarantee payment if the judgment is upheld. If that happens, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will have to pay the state the whole sum, which grows with daily interest.
If Trump wins, he won’t have to pay the state anything and will get back the money he has put up now.
Not sure if anyone can help, but there's a user I've tried to block I don't know how many times now, but I still see their comments and they reply to one of mine about once a week. Not just a single reply, they tend to reply to multiple comments each time they do it if I don't respond.
Which is really annoying because unusually don't pay attention to usernames.
Obviously the first thing I tried was unblocking and blocking again, but it never sticks
Not sure if it's related, but whether I have them as blocked or not, their profile always show 0 comments/posts.
Also they're from kbin if that matters.
Is this just a glitch? Any known ways to actually block that account?
Appearing in appeals court against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, Donald Trump argued he was 'presidentially' immune from criminal charges alleging he conspired to subvert the 2020 election.
The stark question was posed to Trump’s attorney John Sauer by Judge Florence Pan: Was a president immune from prosecution for any unlawful act, at all? Could a president order his political rivals to be assassinated by Seal Team 6 as an official act? Could he sell pardons at his pleasure if he saw fit and then face no consequences for his actions?
“He would have to be impeached and convicted first,” Sauer replied,
The respected Jewish leader in Detroit died in a random home invasion at her home near downtown in October, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The poll found 50% of Democrats approve of how Biden has navigated the conflict while 46% disapprove — and the two groups diverge substantially in their views of U.S. support for Israel. Biden’s support on the issue among Democrats is down slightly from August, as an AP-NORC poll conducted then found that 57% of Democrats approved of his handling of the conflict and 40% disapproved.
The judge said Chief Judge Markey gave her permission to disregard a court rule. That judge "has been dead for 17 years and has not been a member of the Court for 32 years," noted the council.
>Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive, angry, combative, and intimidating”; “bizarre and unnecessarily hostile”; making “personal accusations”; “agitated, belligerent, and demonstratively angry”; and “ranting, rambling, and paranoid.” Indeed, interactions with Judge Newman have become so dysfunctional that the Clerk of the Court has advised staff to avoid interacting with her in person or, when they must, to bring a co-worker with them.