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Israeli officials suggested that the increased military aid was part of a deal to get Netanyahu to agree to the Gaza ceasefire deal. Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has said he’s pushing for the full implementation of the agreement, but the ceasefire is very fragile as Netanyahu doesn’t want to implement the second phase.

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[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

This will bring down the price of eggs.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 day ago

ah yes the age old solution of giving killers weapons so they stop killing. never fails.

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, giving Netanyahu even more bombs is totally the right way to bring about a ceasefire and definitely won't just lead to more Palestinians getting blown up.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (14 children)

People who refused to vote for Harris because of her stance on Israel - THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago

lol thats still less than what the democrats were giving to them. but a completely different reaction now that blue maga isnt the ones doing it.

you should stop having US political parties as your identity because they are all fascists.

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The only difference between Harris and Trump is that the latter can't keep his gaping orange maw shut. Well maybe she would have put in a few more military bases instead of casinos.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Tell that to trans kids, women who need abortions, minorities being fired as "DEI hires", and immigrants in concentration camps.

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 1 points 45 minutes ago

Stop using us (trans people) as a scapegoat for your bad politics. I'd appreciate that greatly.

[–] _lunar@lemmy.ml 21 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

she did nothing but indicate her intentions to do the exact same thing, just as biden before her

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I think they pretty clearly wanted the Democratic party to stop arming Israel, which did not happen, and probably wouldn't have happened if they were elected, either, given they made no promises on it and gave no real indications of course correction.

This is like if the guy on watch duty on the Titanic spent a year screaming about how they're heading directly for an iceberg, the captain did nothing, and then got mad at the guy on watch when the iceberg sank the ship.

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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (13 children)

There was no distinction between the candidates on this issue. Biden just sent $8 billion in arms less than a month ago. There were plenty differences between candidates, but this is not one.

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 15 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

If enough people voted, the Democrats would have given people free health care, stopped financing wars, torture and genocide, improve public transit, boost public education, and lowered the cost of groceries. If only enough people voted for the Democrats, they could be in power and bring change. They just need a super majority to install a welfare state and turn into pacifists. Of course!

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 20 points 23 hours ago

I get your sarcasm, but let’s be clear - Dems have had a supermajority 3 times in the past 25 years, and we got none of this shit. They’re full of crap when it comes to fulfilling campaign promises. Wish we could say the same for republicans.

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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 14 points 23 hours ago (8 children)

Well it's certainly an improvement over the eight billion the Dems just sent.

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[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Just curious, if Kamala did the same arms transfer shortly after getting elected; how would you respond or what would you do?

Would you assure others that she is working tirelessly on a ceasefire despite her vow to always give them the ability to defend themselves?

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[–] GlacialTurtle@lemmy.ml 13 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Fuck off you disgusting piece of shit. Imagine being such a dumb fucking cunt you attempt to scold random voters for the Democrats decision to support genocide and claim it's their fault somehow.

Hey, dipshit, who kept signing off on arms shipments the past fucking year? Hey dipshit, who declared a redline in Rafah only for nothing to happen? Who gave a deadline of 30 days for aid to increase, nothing improved, then they just meekly announced they weren't doing shit as punishment?

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yes this is a lot less than Biden sent.

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What I want is to replace First-past-the-post voting with STAR voting.

Imagine all the time you'd save from not having to go to every single thread to blame people literally unrepresented in government for the democrats failures.

Videos on Electoral Reform

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

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