Yes, Susan Collins and Janet Mills

https://archive.is/N9y0k

If I’m being very generous, this dude was in straight up denial about all his buds being Neo-Nazis for a looong time. I guess it’s possible all those crayons blocked a lot of his critical thinking lol. Working for Blackwater is still by far the most damning, I’d need to hear an authentic condemnation of all the merc shit He’s done to really believe that he’s not a fascist or that he’s at least reflected and reformed.

It’ll be interesting to see how many ppl in Maine will choose this guy over the incumbent, and whether this kind of background matters at all to the electorate as long as the policies being advocated for actually address affordability

What a psychopath

I’d just make sure whatever filter you choose can filter out PFAS. I think that’s the most important aspect, besides lead of course

I’m not so sure about that

Ken Martin, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needs to stand up for the Jewish community and for Israel.

“It is so important right now for our party to stand up with the Jewish community, to continue to stand up for Israel, to continue to stand up for humanity and to not forget who we are as Americans,” Martin said in remarks to a Jewish Democratic Council of America conference in Washington, calling the Jewish community “really, really an important part of our coalition.”

• https://archive.is/U9a58

Today, Democratic Majority for Israel President & CEO Mark Mellman released the following statement:

“Congratulations to Ken Martin on his election as the next DNC Chair. DMFI’s leadership spoke with him before his election and he assured us that he supports a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and reminded us that his support for that alliance has been longstanding. Ken will be an excellent leader for our Party and will help Democrats achieve victories across the country.”

• https://demmajorityforisrael.org/media/press-release/democratic-majority-for-israel-congratulates-ken-martin-on-his-election-as-dnc-chair/

Genocide Don at it again

Would you find supplying Nazi Germany defensive weapons during the Holocaust to be acceptable?

Of course not, because those defensive weapons are still used to embolden their genocidal actions

I look to see if the product in on the BDS list. The No Thanks app makes it as easy as a search or barcode scan

Destabilizing Iran has been a major part of the US vision to reshape the middle east in it’s own favor, in order to retain hegemonic control and move the theater to China

It’s also been Israel’s goal since the 1990s, and Israel is an fundamental to US foreign policy in the region

Maybe kimchi? That sounds pretty fire as a topping for orange chicken tacos

That’s addressed in detail in the 3rd and 4th link

No, when asked about specific policies the majority of people still support progressive policies. How the poll questions are worded are incredibly important to how people respond

Not to mention the morality side of it

There are others, but I’d say these are the top in terms of credibility, investigative journalism, and reliability

That said, it’s still best practice to cross verify reporting

The Intercept

Democracy Now

Common Dreams

ProPublica

Mother Jones

Jacobin

Zeteo

Drop Site News

Al Jazeera

+972 Magazine

Human Rights Organizations

Edit: adding Counter Punch

I recommend just listening to him yourself and making up your own mind instead of whatever bullshit that dude is saying

https://youtu.be/ozffkhL2kjU&t=1

More Americans support mass amnesty over mass deportation. It’s just never even mentioned by the Democratic party as an option. Instead they ran on being the ‘more competent’ anti immigration option

He’s discussed how he did this to learn more about the process, and only because he’s in a position of privilege being a public figure which gives him some measure of protection.

He has stressed that normal people should never talk to ICE or the police, except to clarify if they are being detained or to request a lawyer.

@Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world has been a consistent and unconditional ally of Palestine, quit coping

Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists

The vast majority of people want a weapons embargo and an end to the genocide, even a majority of Republican voters.

The reality is that the US is funding genocide. That by the requirement of both international law and domestic law, they have an obligation to cease all weapon transfers to Israel. That’s on top of the popular position and morally correct position of opposing genocide.

Anyone making excuses for why the US needs to continue funding Israel is supporting this genocide.

I do appreciate that discourse is more viable on Lemmy than the corporate alternatives, I only see that as getting more important as corporations like Meta and Google crack down on fact checking and anti-fascist discussions.

I have my criticisms of the moderation on both the .ml and .world side of things, but at least the fediverse is flexible and fluid with the different instances. A lot of topics concerning imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and socialism have nuances that are important to cut through (all) government and corporate disinformation. But even here a lot of that nuance is overlooked in the larger or team-sporty communities.

Hopefully educational discussions will continue to gain prominence on here and brigading/group-think will be frowned upon and discouraged. This kind of FOSS social media is a great opportunity to grow global solidarity and class consciousness. Which is become ever more critical as global capitalism lashes out with fascism against (at first) the most vulnerable

Thanks, the fact that he completely ignored the bolded text in my initial comment was a dead giveaway they don’t actually give a shit about the morality of the situation.

The boycott list exists for a reason, as explained in detail on the BDS website. I abide by it as much as possible, amd is not on the list while Nvidia and Intel are. Since I had to get a Google phone for grapheneos, second hand one at least prevented me from handing money to Google.

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but that doesn’t mean people can’t utilize the BDS movement to inform them on how to avoid the companies that contribute the most to Israel’s genocidal apartheid state.