rivki.bsky.social
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Cause his current coalition wouldn't sign on to the provisions around Gaza/WB, right?
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I'm so confused. Obviously Trump isn't constrained by logic, but how would that work logistically or politically? Is Netanyahu agreeing to dissolve his coalition in exchange for immunity so that a new coalition government could sign the agreement to end hostilities?
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There are people in the American south who are still angry about losing the so-called "War of Northern Aggression," and who still oppose Black liberation and equality. That anger isn't legitimized by the fact that their ancestors really did suffer in that war.
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The Nakba happened because the Arab nations around Israel attacked and lost a war. It was a tragedy for the displaced, but Zionism is not violent because Israel defended itself. Unless you think Jewish sovereignty is intrinsically violent because Jews are supposed to be eternally subjugated.
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What "entire senior Democratic establishment"? Cuomo got endorsed by Pelosi and Jeffries and Schumer and Gillibrand and Hochul and Biden and Harris...?! Oh wait, none of them endorsed Cuomo? So the "entire senior Democratic establishment" is Bill Clinton?
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We're here to represent the people of this country, and we won’t be intimidated by threats or retaliation.
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Noooooooooooo!!!!!! Ella!!!!!!
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Is there any opponent with a chance to put together a winning coalition?
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The consensus is that the actual bomb hadn't been built, but that Iran was weeks away from enriching enough uranium for ~8 bombs. How close should they be allowed to get?
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I also think the international consensus relied on the belief that Israel would eventually take care of the issue, without any (or at least minimal) risk taking by all of the nations that didn't want the IRI to have nukes.
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I think it was not just bipartisan consensus, it was international consensus. All of which was based on the fact that everyone (outside Israel) feared immediate negative consequences of action far more than the potential for a nuclear IRI, which was always vaguely in the future.
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Maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought they (particularly Hayes) were talking about Trump taking *insincere* liberal positions as part of his "say things people like to hear" campaign strategy. So, promising to preserve Medicare, etc, while being obviously intent on gutting it.
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Why? Why would you....
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And finally, for now, is an interesting conversation with David Albright, head of one of the most serious independent nuclear watchdog NGOs, ISIS, about the prospects of Israeli action against the Iranian nuclear program.
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Legit? 😂
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It's also such a pat, prepared gotcha moment. It's not something he'd organically know - it's clearly a talking point carefully cherry-picked to avoid discussion of the realities of the Second Intifada.
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My typo is staring me in the face. So, samsies.
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He's a toddler. Maybe someone can distract him with some goldfish.
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The retirement homes are going from elderly people to elderly people. I could be wrong, but I feel like that segment of the market was much much smaller in the 80s.
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No, this is specifically about people who homebuyers, not homeowners.
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How much of this is an artifact of older Americans downsizing or buying into retirement communities? If the elderly used to stay in the same house until they died, but now they move in retirement, that could affect the averages.
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Would you trust Trump to negotiate something with major impacts on your security?
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Fantasies about what a Congressional minority can do. The majority has a lot of power. The GOP refuses to use it.
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It's the same issue for eldercare or nursing, anything that requires hands-on care. It's expensive to employ a person, most Americans can't afford to. Even when split between multiple families, it's pretty prohibitive for many (and that's not taking into consideration the families with 2+ kids).
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Isn't analyzing medical imaging one of the things AI actually is good at? pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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So the Islamic Regime has no agency? They never wanted nukes, they were forced to seek them? Were they forced to supply Russia with drones and missiles? Forced to wage proxy wars in Syria and Yemen and Israel? Forced to murder their own people for daring to dissent or show their hair? Poor puppets.
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This is very helpful! Thanks!
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Ok, that link didn't work
Maybe this one? www.instagram.com/p/DKxY2yYS43...
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She's got one over on insta, not sure why it wasn't posted here. www.instagram.com/p/DKxY2yYS43...
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They can't bring another motion to dissolve the Knesset for six months? That sucks. I wonder if that includes a no-confidence vote against Bibi.
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People want to cast Trump as Javert, but anyone who knows the story knows that Trump is Thenardier. Javert is an antagonist but not a villain, because he is loyal to his own version of an ideal. Thenardier is the pure villain, the man without any ideals. There's a song about that, too.
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If Dems had done that after Jan 6, wouldn't that have made all the legislation Dems got done under Biden impossible?
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Yes. 100%
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If you have a platform you could choose to elevate those who are taking action or indicate what next steps you think would be better or messaging you’d rather see or share something that gives people hope or even do nothing which would be better than dispiriting bullshit that isn’t true. UGH
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My condolences for your loss.
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Trump has a cult of personality - they portray him as a god/king. People who defend Biden from accusations of dementia don't think he was perfect, and certainly don't worship him, they just think he's being unfairly maligned after significant accomplishments.
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We've had this discussion before, I don't think either of us changed our minds, so I'll leave it here. I will say that bringing the Trump-Musk feud back to Biden isn't serving an anti-fascist interest.
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Biden was the president, he had a shit ton of responsibilities. And Biden didn't look the other way on insurrection, Trump was investigated and prosecuted. You're just mad that Biden didn't extrajudicially arrest and imprison Trump. But we elected Biden because we like rule of law.