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The history of America's unwillingness to sacrifice the profits of the U.S. defense industry to the rule of law, combined with the unique privilege enjoyed by the state of Israel, should have meant that U.S. support for Israel in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, was not surprising. Yet even the Israeli military expected the United States to allow them to carry out the indiscriminate bombing campaign only for a matter of weeks before reining in the scale of destruction, as the U.S. had repeatedly done in the past. Instead, the Biden administration violated American laws and bypassed Congress to rush an unprecedented $17.9 billion in weapons and security assistance to Israel, all while lying to the American public about working tirelessly toward a ceasefire.

Ex-Biden State Department official says even the Israeli military expected the US to only let them bomb Gaza for weeks, rather than unconditionally for a year and a half:

(debate show voice) what Cory Booker did was impressive to be sure but he also has the benefit of a modern, fiber rich diet and caffei—

Why F1 driver Yuki Tsunoda finally got his big Red Bull chance after years of waiting The pressure is on Tsunoda to deliver at Red Bull, but his driving form is in good shape.

In the history of Red Bull’s two-decade involvement in F1, no young driver has had to wait as long as Tsunoda before finally getting their chance to race for its senior team.

@lukesmithf1.bsky.social explains why ⤵️

at least this year baseball cannot ruin my mental health bc it’s already in the gutter after seeing a new fascistic horror every time i refresh any of my feeds!

wouldn’t be appropriate for my first post On Here™️ to be anything other than LETS GO METS 🥹 happy opening day everybody #lgm

Prem might be the most important journalist in America right now, the only person covering this story with the urgency it needs. Absurd that there isn't wall to wall coverage of this.

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

my analysis is that you can get away with not paying your bill for a really long time but eventually the power company will send somebody to shut your lights off

From my 2018 profile of Luka 😭

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I'm sympathetic to people who "Don't want to hear about politics all the time" but unfortunately "politics" for the average person will probably get much less abstract in the near term. It's going to get harder to get through a day without going "Wait it's legal for them to do that?"