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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.

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Are these motherfuckers TRYING to lose the election and thus democracy to a fascist conman?! 🤦

[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yes they are. They rather want Trump to win, than to end a genocide. And people are gaslighting themselves happily to suck up to the Dems instead of saying: "We will vote for you, but only, when you end this genocide and bring justice and peace to the people."

And the Reps are having a blast over it, because they know that the DNCs are their buddies in exploiting the normal Americans and murdering people outside the US.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Trump's the best thing to happen to Biden. He has a blank check to do whatever he likes, knowing full well the only response is "Trump will be worse"

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Genocide Joe is a fascist con-man. Anyone defending this is a hardcore tankie.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Correct, Joe Biden is the fascist here.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Lol, go ahead and vote for Trump. If you think what's going on now is "genocide", just wait and see...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What part of correctly identifying him as a fascist conman did you think looked like an endorsement? 🤦

And yes, Israel is by the official definition committing genocide.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I am shocked Biden went back on his word so quickly...

/s

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

meanwhile in the US, the government can't seem to find the money for continued funding of the ACP, a program providing internet and mobile services to the poorest people in the country, in a world where connectivity is pretty crucial to functioning in society

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

Austerity programs in the US have nothing to do with saving the government money. It's literally the goal to make life worse for working Americans, this making them more subservient to employers.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

fuck this goddam fucking system thats going to force me to vote for this old cunt

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Jesus tapdancing christ he just can’t fucking help scoring an own-goal. What the actual fuck.

I’ve been trying to be as magnanimous and politically pragmatic as I can, but this is straight up idiotic. Come the fuck on, Biden. You are going to throw the whole fucking election if you keep this up.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

When you think he might finally be correcting course, he just immediately goes and undoes it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We should start recognizing this genocide as an Israel and the USA one, not only Israel's.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

The people do, what makes it so much worse and really shows the monstrousness of the USA is that there was a palestinian teenager making music about his family amd life in an open air prison, occupied territory troubles and the like and he got picked up by a US music label and is there making music now. The US enabled his country to fall to shit only to then profit off his art he makes talking about how awful his life is amd how many cousins he has lost to Israeli aggresion.

Pure microcosm but it is heartbreaking what the US gets away with.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What a shocker. God, I wish I could afford to leave this country so that my tax dollars weren't funneled directly to this genocide.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You still have to pay USA income tax abroad unless you renounce your citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Not necessarily. There is a foreign earned income exclusion, so if you pay income taxes on it in the country where you're living you don't pay taxes to the US.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Weekly Biden gaslighting complete, quick ship some $700m in tank shells they ran out shooting at tent camps in Rafah!

The package disclosed Tuesday includes about $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, the congressional aides said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an arms transfer that has not yet been made public.

So that's 1.36 Billion.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

What's an extra $360m between friends and war criminals?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Biden doesn't want to win this election.

Do you get it yet? We have to move on past Biden if we don't want Trump.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Past Biden? No one else is even on all the ballots in all the necessary states to even come close to 270.

I'm just happy we don't have an idiot saying "Nuke 'em all to glass" like my conservative father.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Move where? If not Biden, then Trump this election.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If people didn't PTSD themselves into staying with Biden for the last 7 months we'd have a different candidate by now.

This election has the worst two candidates ever. If this isn't the time to jump ship then it will never happen.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

If people wont break the duopoly when the lesser of two evils turns into the lesser of two genocides then they will never break away. Nothing will convince these people to actually support other parties and Im tired of hearing them pretend that's not true.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

For real, Biden should not have been the candidate, and now we're stuck with him.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

Ben-Gvir: It’s time for a true solution to Gaza.

Biden:

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago

Fucking loser

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Feed me Seymour

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Another step closer to getting an orange criminal as president from 2025 to 2029. What an absurd joke. Don't make the majority feel like their voice isn't being heard for too long, it's never a good idea to do that.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

God damn it'd be great if we could stop supporting the fascist religious shitheads in charge of Israel.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I really hate doing this but where is that "protests work" guy?

I'm, like, not against you but everytime you celebrate when a politician does their lip service gag I lose more respect for you.

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