Kaelik
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Kaelik
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any/all. Communist.
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more specifically: it created a situation in which the laws permit the government to do a ton of things that voters don’t think they ought to do (or ought to do sparingly), while prohibiting immigrants from doing things voters think they can and SHOULD do to “get legal”
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Pro-Israel talking points are basically contingent upon you never reading about anything that has ever happened. It is not like we revolted against the British in 1936, or were immediately suppressed politically by the Jordanians from 48 to 67 or engaged in civil war in 71, or fought Egypt in Gaza.
Cancelling my patreon if this is about your favorite Ghilbli movie The Wind Rises, and the tattoo is a A6M Zero.
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right, even if you buy some explanation that exonerates platner from ever having held nazi beliefs, the way this was handled was so clumsy and poorly thought out that it casts extreme, disqualifying doubt on his ability to run a campaign or succeed in office.
This is a situation where the (non) coverup (until way way too late) is far worse than the initial indiscretion. The judgment and communication skills - or rather extreme lack thereof - displayed in his and his team’s responses are even more obviously disqualifying than the tattoo itself.
It’s so bizarre not to deal with it. Had he told this story about his past and how his views had changed, with the tattoo already removed or covered, I think a lot more people would have given the benefit of the doubt.
You are trying to invoke a semantic argument to avoid the substantive one, because Mamdani is great, and the only reason Jefferies, Schumer, and you oppose him is because you are all bigots.
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a “more normal” GOP has never existed and probably never will. this thread is about how big the democratic tent needs to be and i propose that the older and more normal folks simply Get Used To It and accept that the future of america’s left-wing party needs to actually be left-wing.
and justify it on the merits.
This is a classic case of no difference between good or bad things.

Mamdani is entitled to the endorsement of democratic members because he's good and deserves the endorsement.

If someone wanted to propose some policy that he needs to address to get their support, they should have to spell it out
issued an executive order banning 100% of asylum seekers from the country.

Trump just moved further right. It didn't suddenly get the bigot vote.

But that's all irrelevant to this actual point, which is that the legal term for something isn't relevant to the reality.
You don't need to win republican votes to win elections.

Also every democratic president has tried to move right on immigration to finally achieve this goal and it's never worked because republicans just move further right.

Biden tried to pass a bill giving Trump everything he wanted, and then
The actual US laws refer to them as unauthorized immigrants.

This fucking dumbass (reporter? heckler?) is basically doing the thing where they pretend that Trump's executive orders change the language of statutes passed by congress.
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Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.
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Do you know someone that is an ICE agent? Tell everyone! Kick their wife out of the book club! Tell your kids to stay away from their children! They alone are not invited to the party! Shun all those fuckers, make them know Dad's profession is unacceptable. He will quit or lose his family in the end
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Americans need to reconcile that this is pretty much what the Obama-era drone strikes were. Any time a prior administration abused its power and it was greeted by a shrug because “we’re the good guys” - this is why you shouldn’t do that.
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The worst part about Bernie's absolutely atrocious immigration statements is that his father, like my grandparents, WAS AN IMMIGRANT who came here BEFORE modern immigration law. Hell, even then, my grandfather had to wait to get naturalized because he was listed as a member of the "Hebrew" Race.
(still conditional on what they did while in the army as well, "I'm sorry" not an escape clause for your time in death squads, but like, if they sat at a base and never killed anyone or they got reprimanded for not following orders to kill squad, then we can talk.)
I'm willing to accept "veterans" provided they explicitly say "yeah I made a bad decision as an 16-18 year old when I joined, and everything I did was wrong, I'm sorry" and but somehow no veteran has ever said that even a single time.
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This report from an ultra right wing Israeli news channel sympathetic to Ben Gvir and Smotrich reports that Ben Gvir and Israel Katz are explicitly urging the IDF to shoot unarmed children
‼️ Israeli ministers argue over shooting Palestinian children near Gaza “Yellow Line”

Israel’s Channel 14 reported a heated cabinet session over how to handle Palestinians approaching the “Yellow Line” — the invisible divide stretching across all of Gaza and splitting it in half, that Israel...
If you think Shaun is infamous for having bad takes on American politics I am forced to conclude that you are exclusively composed of bad politics.
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oh no, to be clear, I’m saying it both as a matter of conviction because it’s good and correct to care more about internationalism and anti-imperialism than some idiot Demsoc AND because I was right all along hth
you can see it in the left too, people more committed to internationalism and anti-imperialism over domestic democratic socialism had already flagged the Blackwater thing and are now hammering that to say they were right all along. which isn't a matter of genuine conviction, just priorities
Do you have any evidence for this claim you just made up out of nowhere?
I think it's like that canadian billionaire who tweeted about how mamdani should meet with him to "discuss the economy" they value getting to call the shots more then the actual money.
Don't be silly bernie understand the complete impossibility for someone else to run who doesn't have a nazi tattoo.

They dont have enough time! The primary is in 225 days! That's practically tomorrow!
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After a lengthy period of difficult reflection, I have reluctantly decided to endorse my own party’s nominee. Despite being overwhelmingly popular with voters, I will be extremely careful to frame my endorsement using bad faith language cribbed directly from their opponent’s attack ads