jimredhead 🍉

How long are we going to let the Sun Times pretend Fran Spielman is an actual journalist and not just a megaphone for corporate/right-wing interests? Any time one of those ghouls needs to scaremonger about progressive policies, bring in Fran to write some BS cover story about it.

and the headline is somehow not as bad as the article itself. CT is absolutely rotten.

Recent CPS school board drama:

1) it’s reported that a board member yelled “Free Palestine!” at another Jewish member unprompted
2) we get a full discourse cycle about it, including demands for her resignation
3) she says she yelled that because the other member was picking fight *about Palestine*

Actually, I did above. And you yourself just said that KH was guilty of supporting a genocide. So the choice your offering is genocide or.....genocide but with maybe some less harsh words? You're very committed to defending people who commit war crimes so I'm peacing out.

would he vote for an arms embargo to Israel?

You keep removing all responsibility from the Dem party and putting it on voters. Dems pay millions on consultants and polls- they know what will win. If they choose not to do that & instead support policies their base hates bc they hope you'll plug your nose and vote for them- that risk is on them.

"I don't support genocide-facilitators, unless...". See where the problem is here? If we show the Dem party this is non-negotiable, they might actually listen to us. Why would Dems risk it all on policy DEEPLY unpopular with their base? And why is that the voters fault? They know our red line.

so in your opinion, supporting/enabling a genocide is "not ideal". Do you think its a genocide? Do you support candidates who commit them? In your words "I expect a response".

I think for them the result is the same. Harris said her support for Israel was ‘ironclad and unwavering’. The genocide was already underway with Biden. Ok let me ask you- is supporting a genocide not a dealbreaker for you? What’s your red line? This was it for many ppl and she didn’t listen.

Is all you do is make excuses for politicians who don't give a shit about you? I know how elections work. People run for office- it is their job to get the most votes. They should do so by listening to voters. If they don't, that's on them. Kamala chose genocide. Was that not a problem for you?

KH was not failed by voters- she failed them. She chose her donors (insurance, real estate, AIPAC) over voters. Just because she said less horrible things about Gaza doesnt mean she would have done things any differently- she was actually really clear she wouldnt. Hold people with power responsible.

People who voted for Trump enabled Trump. No one needed a warning about who Trump is- we all know he's awful. It was HC and KH's job to make people vote for them. KH had several warnings that her position on Israel could cost her the election- she ignored them and lost. How is that voters' fault?

Exactly how is this an important reminder to people who didn't vote? Would this sway them? Just accept you like feeling superior. It's not in any way deserved- your candidate got fucking creamed by a corrupt pedo bc she couldnt stop genociding.

Blaming encampments for people not shopping as much in-person (a national trend!) is gross. Uptown has been hit hard- but Calhoun Square has been struggling for yeeeaaars and yet businesses keep forging ahead with...a DIFFERENT kind of mall than the one that failed before!

yes, I watched it, and it doesnt make what he said any less terrible. Keep at it with this condescending BS towards people who are unhappy with corporate/morally bankrupt Dems, it really worked out well for you the last couple of times.

Did you know you don’t have to be a smug asshole in service of a morally bankrupt politician who doesn’t give a fuck about you?

"“I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women’s sports,” Buttigieg told NPR." What about this is unclear? He validates TERF's narratives here. He cedes ground. Fuck him.

hey fuck you for giving up ground on trans rights. you are a soulless, disgusting clown who cannot be trusted to lead Dems out of the gutter.

does she thinks she works for CNN or something?

and we will still have liberals complaining about how "defund the police" was "stupid" and "harmful". Abolish these pigs.

better how? your candidate is in the exact same position as the Green Party one- not in office. scolding people into voting for shitty candidates who support genocide, threw immigrants and trans people under the bus, and suck off insurance companies seems to not work for yall, but keep at it!!!

She said she wasnt voting for a shitty candidate (one who is trying to take her rights away). I'd say that's directly connected to Dems putting up better candidates. Also you feel way too comfortable telling marginalized ppl who are being tangibly harmed by Dems policies to suck it up and vote blue.

but you understand the lesser of 2 evils is still evil, yes? and still puts us on a road to fascism- we just get to pick the speed. OR instead of enabling this bullshit, we can demand better candidates- ones who aren't owned by Israel, insurance companies, and real estate developers. Just a thought.

so...dems are putting their lives on the line to stop deportations by....thanking ICE?

Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn on X: "These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE. https://t.co/k2axTHuIET https://t.co/QLbNndU2Kd" / X These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE. https://t.co/k2axTHuIET https://t.co/QLbNndU2Kd

x.com/JonathanCohn...

"he did it the legal/humane way" is excusing evil, and ahistorical. If we cant accurately name the problem, we can't come up with a solution. And the problem is both Ds and Rs are responsible for the current situation- and we can't rely on politicians who are still too chickenshit to say Abolish ICE

jesus it sounds like yr bragging about deportations. they dont have to happen! he also certainly did NOT go the "humane" route, people like you just ignore this stuff when its your own party doing it. ICE didn't JUST become evil- they were evil under Biden and Obama- and both gave them more $/power

and she also bragged about increasing funding for border patrol and the law enforcement agencies that are brutalizing protestors right now. The situation we are in is only possible with a ton of help from Dems, and Kamala played a prominent role.

LOL plz show me an example of dems putting their lives on the line. What you're describing sounds more like the people out in the streets fighting ICE. you know, the same ICE that dems increased funding for every chance they got.

someone actually standing their ground on giving undocumented people healthcare is the soulless one? and you with the shrugging emoji is not?