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[–] aleph@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago

An irony that 100% of Christian Nationalists will never appreciate.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 71 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. Decades of Cold War propaganda, an incompetent news media, and a binary, two-party duopoly that positions itself as "the right" versus "the left" have all worked together on this one.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

More bullshit from the DNC. Luckily the judge appears to have dismissed the complaint, which means the Greens are still on the ballot in Wisconsin.

The DNC has subsequently filed a lawsuit in response. The author of the complaint, David Strange, says the Greens should not be on the ballot because

the Green Party can't nominate presidential electors in Wisconsin because no one in the party is a state officer, defined as legislators, judges and others. Without any presidential electors, the party can't have a presidential candidate on the ballot

All this pretty rich coming from the party that is allegedly out to "save democracy".

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Musk sycophants coming to his defense in the comments by quoting "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" 🤦‍♂️

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

... at a police association, of all places 🤦‍♂️

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Absolutely. Add capping campaign spending, overturning Citizens United, and making it easier for alternative political parties to get on the ballot to that list, too.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Except Kamala crumpled under pressure and dropped her support of a fracking ban and M4A.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/14/kamala-harris-changes-policy-positions/

These days, no one knows what she stands for. Her campaign seems happy to be riding on pure vibes for the time being.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This doesn't come across as a "Zionist" mod persecuting you for criticisms of Israel, this comes across as a pretty squabble involving two people who should know better, quite honestly.

People criticize Israel in News & World News all the time; it really depends how you go about it.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Same here, although I confess I wasn't blown away by this one. I often find that while Ghibli films always crush it on the imagination front, the writing can be hit and miss. I understood the autobiographical origin of the plot, but there were several parts that felt underdeveloped or poorly explained. Overall, was good but definitely not up there with Mononoke or Spirited Away, imo

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Humans are perfectly capable of dividing themselves into factions and fostering hatred of the other without religion, don't you worry.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

The post title seems to be satirizing a common argument between factions on the left / centre-left. It can generally apply to various issues (say, universal health care or police reform) but US support for Israel is the current point of contention.

One side is advocating just to make sure Kamala gets the presidency and Trump is defeated, after which point (they say) she can be pressured to 'move left' on the subject of Israel, which would mean to enforce an arms embargo on Netanyahu in order to put a halt to the killing in Gaza.

The other side (which is the position being advocated by this meme) are saying no, it doesn't work like that with Democrats -- they profess to be in favor of change and progressive values but once in power, they'll be under the boot of big money donors and lobbyists in Washington. If you want to pressure on Kamala on Israel (they say) the time to do it is now, while she's desperate to get elected.

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