[I have otherwise run out of things to say trying to defend myself as an American Jew who opposes the Israeli government, wants peace for all, and suffering for none.....]
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
@general-sarcasm22.bsky.social
It's not "Captain" -- I was promoted ---- Misanthropic mutant ex-investment banker; liberal Xennial with Keynesian inclinations; childless Jew-ish cat father (with like religious affiliation); and heteropessimist demisexual with attachment issuesโฆ ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐๏ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
[I have otherwise run out of things to say trying to defend myself as an American Jew who opposes the Israeli government, wants peace for all, and suffering for none.....]
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
This message is powerful.
05.08.2025 01:14 โ ๐ 3690 ๐ 1026 ๐ฌ 114 ๐ 30We are already an authoritarian country. Weโre not working to prevent it; weโre now workingโฆto get out of it.
05.08.2025 01:19 โ ๐ 10129 ๐ 2665 ๐ฌ 297 ๐ 123I can't even (belatedly) respond to that as it is a. filled with hate speech (what exactly is "murderous, racist Zionist propaganda"?), b. based on your "listening to Jewish people" (context? and describe what? the Hamas attack on Oct 7th??), c. still irrelevant; as a Jew, I support peace for ALL
05.08.2025 02:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Why didn't Todd Blanche talk to the victims to get the names of the perpetrators?
04.08.2025 16:58 โ ๐ 13723 ๐ 3857 ๐ฌ 683 ๐ 231โHow about we throw in a $50K signing bonus?โ
04.08.2025 16:57 โ ๐ 474 ๐ 172 ๐ฌ 26 ๐ 11This is just embarrassing.
04.08.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 6238 ๐ 1328 ๐ฌ 266 ๐ 86Amen!
04.08.2025 16:27 โ ๐ 4461 ๐ 1087 ๐ฌ 89 ๐ 33People really donโt like bullies, Greg.
cc: all Republicans
Texas Democrats arenโt running away from anything. Theyโre fighting, with every tool they have, to save our democracy.
Kudos to each and every one of them for taking this stand. We should be inspired by their courage and reminded that tyranny is only possible if we submit to it.
NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott's legal threat against fleeing Democrats may not have the teeth it appears โ it could take months to resolve and is not certain to work even if he wins in court.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
"America we have a problem. The largest democracy in the world and yet a Texas governor would bend a knee to Donald Trump because he's afraid to lose an election fair and square."
04.08.2025 02:05 โ ๐ 5883 ๐ 1614 ๐ฌ 121 ๐ 47Accurate. ๐ฏ
04.08.2025 02:04 โ ๐ 549 ๐ 160 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 4an important piece by @afalkhatib.bsky.social
(depressingly important for those with extremist views and mentally incapable of considering any future in which BOTH Palestinians and Israelis live in peace...."the two-state-solution...shows the way forward")
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Oh, one more thing:
the objective is peace for everyone โ not โdeath to Israelโ and not โdeath to Palestineโ.
We are ALL human beings, whether you want to acknowledge that or not โ- and ALL human beings deserve to live in peace, free of oppressive, destructive regimesโฆ
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
If youโd like to direct your righteous indignation appropriately, I suggest looking squarely at the government of Israel and the de facto rule of Hamasโฆ..
thanks but no thanks, for your utterly meaningless survey.
I donโt need it to validate my support for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Astute observation.
03.08.2025 19:50 โ ๐ 19705 ๐ 3314 ๐ฌ 4213 ๐ 1023The most corrupt White House in ๐บ๐ธ history. Pay for play. Selling the country for parts. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
03.08.2025 19:36 โ ๐ 8043 ๐ 3770 ๐ฌ 308 ๐ 173California, donโt worry about tsunamis. If I was going to sweep anyone into the ocean, it would be Florida. Iโve been meaning to return Mar-a-Lago to the sea for a while.
03.08.2025 18:57 โ ๐ 8937 ๐ 1063 ๐ฌ 471 ๐ 52"We will impeach and remove the president for his many crimes" seems like a good midterm election pitch to me idk
03.08.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 17531 ๐ 3257 ๐ฌ 171 ๐ 213Just like how Trump not testing for COVID didn't make a million people not die from it.
03.08.2025 19:07 โ ๐ 5256 ๐ 1233 ๐ฌ 131 ๐ 26Miller with the ultimate self-own for the Trump admin.
03.08.2025 17:50 โ ๐ 1191 ๐ 202 ๐ฌ 97 ๐ 17"The Israeli Government has to realize"...
Do not make the asinine mistake of conflating the people of Israel w/ the government of Israel.
Are the people of the United States = the government of the United States?
A: Fck no -- one can support a nation's people w/out supporting the govt; I do!!
Bring it, b*tchesโผ๏ธ
While Trump and Texas Republicans scheme to steal the House for life, Newsom is planning to flip the table in California, and every blue state should be planning the same.
Enough of Dems playing nice or being a doormat for Republicans.
๐จ Concord, NH, handled their business yesterday, running white nationalist out of town. ๐๐ผ The right side of history, my friends. ๐๐ผ
03.08.2025 18:11 โ ๐ 12657 ๐ 3416 ๐ฌ 753 ๐ 328The Hatch Act, you say?
and Jack Smith, fmr Head of DOJ's Public Integrity Sect., who has decades of experience leading investigations into public corruption and war crimes, with a reputation for moving investigations along 'without an agenda', is the target?...
www.politico.com/news/2021/11...
I love America and am proud of much that this nation has accomplished.
But, undeniably, we now face a brutal set of crises, headed by the decline of democracy and deterioration of the rule of law.
How did we get here? I explore this in my new book. More info here: https://sites.prh.com/reich