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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 2h

Americans Have No Idea Who Their Government Is Bombing

What percentage of Americans even realize that Trump has bombed Somalia nearly a hundred times this year? I doubt it’s even one percent.

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Americans Have No Idea Who Their Government Is Bombing, And Other Notes

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 2h

The people who own the media *really* want Trump to remain president

The Economist @economist.com · 22h

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

Trump 2028

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

econ.st

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 16h

Så vidt jeg forstår (uden på nogen måde at være ekspert) har det meste frugt den effekt i en vis grad, og æbler skulle bare have den i højere grad end f.eks. bananer.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 17h

There is SO much junk social science around introversion and extroversion. And a lot of hostility. Hell, I’ve even heard podcasters and YouTubers who are all about tackling junk social science, harp on and on about how introverted they are.

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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 18h

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 17h

You voted for a candidate who pledged to continue to provide *unconditional* military aid to Israel.

I didn't vote for "a guy who promised" anything because I didn't have a vote in that election.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 17h

No, that is a lie. You have been VERY clear that your black and white position is that America MUST continue to provide Israel with weapons, no matter what. And that it would be "nonsense" to do the same for the Palestinians being murdered by Israel.

Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

I did not "vote for this". I am not an American citizen, clownface.

And we are not talking about hypotheticals, but about the belief that YOU have expressed.

You are the one justifying sending bombs to Israel to use against a population deliberately kept defenseless. YOU own that.

Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

What are you talking about?

We are talking about your belief that Israel should be provided with weapons while they are engaged in genocide and that Palestinians should NOT be provided with the means to protect themselves.

Nothing else.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

Why did you?

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

Biden bypassed Congress to send MORE bombs to Israel.
He buried reports of war crimes against Palestinians.

Are those the actions of a helpless lil boy with no power who is being bullied by the opposing party?

Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

I am saying that you cannot end a genocide by siding with the perpetrator.

Whereas you appear to be saying "we should side with the perpetrator, help them in every way we can while we lament that The Diplomats haven't found a solution"

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

You have spent *hours* telling me that you, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are all to the right of Ronald fucking Reagan. That whereas HE was willing to pressure on Israel to stop a war, you think Israel should be enabled and protected.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

I am saying that you cannot "solve" this as long as you insist that Israel should be given everything it wants and shielded from all consequences.

Do you know how Reagan solved a similar situation?
He threatened to stop military aid to Israel. And that stopped them.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

But it is not nonsense to ship weapons to Israel in the middle of a war?

I don't give a shit about your "candidate". We are talking about your belief that a country engaged in genocide should be given weapons with which to continue it, and the victims should not be given means to defend themselves.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

"No, they didn't murder innocent Palestinian children because we gave them the weapons and legal and military protection, they did it because The Diplomats weren't able to do their job"

That is fucking reprehensible.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 18h

And honestly, "I'll give the genocidal regime weapons with which to carry out a genocide while I wait for the diplomats to convince them to stop" strikes me as deeply dishonest behavior. It's just a way to shift blame for the actions of your consequences.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

If the starting point is "we will give you everything you want and protect you from the consequences no matter what you do" then you have no leverage to influence their behavior.

What will the diplomats do when Israel *wants* to continue the genocide? You've already pledge to do Israels bidding.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

Diplomats are not magicians. They can't cast magic spells.

All they can do is trade favors if you do what we want, then we'll do something you want. Or if you do what we *don't* want then we'll do something you don't want.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

What do you mean, mutually assured security? You just said it would be, and I quote, "nonsense" to provide Gaza with the same defensive weapons that Israel is given.

What would be "equal" about it?

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

Does Palestine not also need an Iron Dome to protect them from a neighboring ethnosupremacist state?

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

Ikke bare det, han var også på SAMME FUCKING FESTIVAL I MOSKVA sammen med Jan E. Jørgensen.

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

Yeah, I missed that: when did Harris say she would protect and defend Gazans?

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Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

As long as America continues to provide the weapons with which to do so, and to shield Israel from legal, diplomatic and military consequences, they have no reason to stop.

Saying "I would like you to stop but as long as you continue I've got your back and will do your bidding" does not work.

Jesper Alf 🇵🇸 @jalf.dk · 19h

The thing about diplomacy is that you can't make someone stop doing what they want without making it in their interest to stop.

Israel *wants* to destroy Gaza and you reject anything that could give them a reason to stop.

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