The thing about the "Israel wants Trump" argumemt is that I think what #Israel wants even more than #Trump is to not have a #US#POTUS be seen to lose reelection for supporting Israel.
And I don't say that as some kind of checkmate, just a consideration I haven't seen brought up before.
from #TheIntercept #Apple Matches Worker Donations to #IDF and Illegal Settlements, Employees Allege
In an open letter, a group of Apple workers, former employees, and shareholders are calling on the company to halt donations to nonprofits linked with #Israel's war effort.
The bill could be used to crush legitimate debate about #Israel, its policies, and #American policies toward it—policies that have given rise to one of the greatest acts of genocide since the #Holocaust.
"We are going through some weird stuff right now. But we have gone through weird stuff before, and I do think that we can learn from it, and that we urgently need to."
"We were innocently sitting around the house with our captives doing the dishes for us when those nasty Israelis kicked in our front door without even knocking. Rude! How dare they?!"
"We as the people are drawing the red line today to say enough is enough," said a protester from the #PalestinianYouthMovement. "It's time for an arms embargo, and it's time to end this."
I'm so fed up with mods falling for the #aipac "holocaust inversion" bullshit, I'm going to start reporting all #Israel apologist posts as "supporting violent ideologies."
Demonstrators said that if President Biden would not draw a “red line” after #Israeli forces began an assault on #Rafah, they would draw the red line for him.
In a new Social Science History article Robert Lieberman argues that the study of US politics shares origins, concepts & methods with the field of comparative politics. Recognizing this helps us understand the current crisis of American democracy & governance.
Open access! https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2024.5
“I believe that Trump can be placed among a long line of demagogues who possess the skills needed to tap into the fears and anxieties of a group of people that perceives itself as marginalized, at risk and not in control.”