alt-text: there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop. I have to eat better and also avoid a plague. my rent went up $150. I’ll need to pick up more shifts. Twenty people died in Rafah this morning and every major news outlet is stretching the limits of passive voice to suggest whole families may have leaped up through the air at missiles that otherwise had the right of way. I just got a notification that my student loan payments are starting up again and my phone isn’t charged. My cousin got COVID for a fourth time and can no longer work or walk or even feed himself. The person across from me on the L train seems to fashion themself a punk rock revolutionary, but they’re not wearing a face mask, and that’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes me want to steal batteries. Fascists keep winning primaries for both parties, and I think I gained a few pounds. The CDC just announced there are no more speed limits on highways, and I think this Ativan is finally hitting. The NYPD farmer’s market only sells bad apples, have you heard that one? Listen it’s warm today, too warm for March. But I don’t have time to think through the implications because there’s laundry to do and a genocide to stop.

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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Fascists keep winning primaries for both parties

Fuck off.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You’re in the right. Doomerism that “both sides are just as bad” is what Republicans want people to believe. Did Biden lead an insurrection? Not that I’ve heard of. Thinking both sides are just as bad is a childish perspective.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They are bad though. On the one hand a Palestinian lost all 60 members of his family and several thousands died. On the other hand a Palestinian would have lost all 60 members of his family and several more thousands would have died. It is hard for that Palestinian to appreciate the difference and infinitely harder for his family to appreciate the difference.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Biden is pushing for a ceasefire and sanctioning settlers, while Trump said that Israel should "finish the problem".

    If you consider a Palestinian who hasn't lost their family yet, there's a pretty obvious difference between the two candidates.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    He literally sanctioned 3 settlers, and hes been lying for weeks now about how this supposed temporary truce is happening any minute now. Meanwhile he continues to offer vocal and physical aid to Israel.

    Fuck off with the bidenoganda.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was more than 30 settlers in the first batch, and it was clear that they wouldn't stop there.

    And it's Hamas that is delaying the truce at this point, because they either don't know where their own hostages are, or the hostages are all dead already and they don't want to admit it.

    Fuck off with your lies.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    President Joe Biden handed down financial sanctions against four Israeli nationals last week who were allegedly connected to violence against civilians in the West Bank amid the Israel-Hamas war.

    https://abcnews.go.com/International/israeli-settler-sanctioned-biden-speaks/story?id=106988009

    It was 4 not 3, and certainly not 30. 4 people who were never going to go to the US or using US banks cant do so. Big fucking deal. Bidens an absolute flog whos doing nothing of substance.

    And its not even connected to Israels current genocide in Gaza, which neans it does nothing to help end what he supports Israel doing.

    Go on liar, prove this wrong.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Turns out my source was also counting other countries, so fair enough.

    This month, the US, British and French governments placed sanctions on more than 30 Israeli settlers for acts of violence and incitement against Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/04/israel-settler-violence-sanctions

    Still, a ceasefire agreement has been proposed, and Hamas is the reason it hasn't happened yet.

    Also keep in mind that sanctions need to be ramped up gradually. That gives people time to change their behavior instead of immediately being punished by brand new policies, and it makes the sanctions relevant for a much longer period of time. If you go straight to 100% and your targets just get used to it, then you can't use that card anymore.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
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    Hamas doesn't get to say "we don't know where any of the hostages are" and then follow that by saying "the ball is in Israel's court". That's fucked.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Gaza is levelled, 30,000 people are dead, millions are starving to death, communications have been cut, and you cant even move around freely without being murdered by Israeli soldiers.

    How dare they not have the logistics in place to know everything!

    Genocidal nazis like Israel dont get to demand shit. And still Biden supports them.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's the single most important thing for Hamas to know. When they say they don't know, it just means they tortured, raped and killed all of the hostages, but they don't want to admit to it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Stop spreading IDF propaganda.

    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240304-audio-recording-shows-israeli-hostages-calls-for-help-before-being-shot-by-israeli-soldiers/

    For all we know Israel has killed them like it did with those 3. How can anyone tell with Israels indiscriminate terror bombings.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The 23-page report said the team also found “clear and convincing information” that some of the women and children taken back to Gaza that day by Hamas as hostages were subjected to “rape and sexualized torture and sexualized cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.” There were “reasonable grounds to believe,” it said, “that this violence may be ongoing.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/04/hamas-rape-un-report-hostages/

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    it just means they tortured, raped and killed all of the hostages

    Back that up.

    What you posted does not prove the propaganda you've said above.

    Oh and...

    UN experts say they have seen “credible allegations” that Palestinian women and girls have been subjected to sexual assaults, including rape, while in Israeli detention, and are calling for a full investigation.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/claims-of-israeli-sexual-assault-of-palestinian-women-are-credible-un-panel-says

    it just means they tortured, raped and killed all of the hostages

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Back that up.

    I just did.

    Palestinian women and girls have been subjected to sexual assaults

    I haven't said a single word to defend Israel's actions, and I'm not going to. That's also fucked up.

    That's why it's a good thing that Biden has started to change US policy toward Israel.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That’s why it’s a good thing that Biden has started to change US policy toward Israel.

    But he hasn't.

    He's done the equivalent of the slap on the wrist of a completely different person (i.e. not the genocidal government).

    Meanwhile he has given that very same genocidal government guns, money, and diplomatic immunity.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Pressuring Israel for a ceasefire, starting on new policies for sanctions, airdropping aid into Gaza, meeting with Netanyahu's political rival Benny Gantz, and the few critical statements the white house has made about Israel are all things that the US would not have done in the past, and absolutely would not be doing now if we had a Republican president.

    And there's more coming. No way it ends here.

    The goal is to change Israel, not to destroy our relationship with them, and there's a myriad of reasons for that.

    That doesn't mean that nothing is changing.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    What you are saying is an atrocity; I agree with you wholeheartedly. Regardless, I will still be voting against the person who led an insurrection and who paved the way for women to lose their rights to bodily autonomy in Roe v Wade. It’s an easy choice.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Although your best option is Biden and I wouldn't say otherwise even as someone not receiving any benefits from his good internal policies, Biden still is a fascist.

    He has been a practical one, by which I mean he mixes good domestic stuff with genociding halfway across the world, whereas the Orange Jello is a principled one, having done and still aiming to very bad domestic choices and genocidal fascism at both domestic and international domains.

    So yeah, fascists keep winning primaries for both parties, but you still have a choice to pick the international fascist over full-time fascist.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    international fascist

    "Fascisms is when you kill people!". Joe Biden is a lot of things that leftists do not like, neoliberal first among them. Saying he's a fascist is absolutely asinine and has no basis in reality. You're watering down terms that have clear definitions.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Right? Sure, Biden is a milquetoast, but he’s not spilling hate speech or mandating violence on minorities. Sure he’s complicit in the genocide, but there’s nothing he can really do.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    but there’s nothing he can really do.

    Fuck off.

    He can easily dictate foreign policy and ensure his office is not using language supportive of Israel. He can openly condemn their actions. He can stop getting his Secretary of State to shield them at the UN. He can not fast track weapons to them. He can not push immigration bills that also have $14.1 billion in aid of Israel tacked onto them. And thats not even the half of it.

    To act like PotUS is some powerless position in regards to US support for Israel is asinine.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Sure he’s complicit in the genocide, but there’s nothing he can really do.

    Lol I hope this is a joke because it's a good one.

    [handing fresh magazines to a school shooter] yeah sorry kids there's nothing I can really do, it's a complicated world out there you know

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Nothing at all. Just keep supporting everything Israel does, keep blocking any resolutions helping the Palestinians at the UN, keep funding the genocide. No, nothing at all he could do about any of that.

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