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Nov 4, 2023Liked by Aleks Chan, Samantha Grasso

Her and Omar are the two bravest reps I’ve seen in my life. Idk how they do it. Aside from Barbara Lee voting against both Afghanistan and Iraq, (especially the former) can’t think of doing something more guaranteed to have you labeled a traitor but also knowing you’re right.

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Cori Bush too

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lets hope Rashida Tlaib message grows and grows. And Biden and his advisors words and actions are remembered by the american public and the world politik. They must pay for these attrocities.

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I swear to God if that Stephen Breyer Ice Cream dude shows his face again ...

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I was just thinking "he better not stink up the place with his mealy mouthed milquetoast bullshit"

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Be cool with SBIC. Is he a supporter of Israel? Sure is. But he seems pretty much in-line with other typical liberal/progressive causes. Political purity doesn't strike me as a good way to continue to build coalitions and win elections.

Though...abortion seems to have made things interesting in Ohio...

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I'm posting on a fuckin' blog dude, not "building coalitions"

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Yeah I don't feel a need to "be cool" or be in coalition with genocide supporters thanks

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Your prerogative, of course.

Have fun with the next Trump Administration. Just saying that decisions have consequences, and sometimes being an adult is choosing the less shitty of two shitty options.

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wow what original sentiment. never heard anything like that before. You're quite a bold thinker. And this is all definitely relevant to me saying I disagreed with someone in the comments of a fucking blog

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Nope, not even remotely original (I think I saw it in a Tom Tomorrow cartoon from about 15 years ago). I make no pretense about my analysis of political issues, which is why I clean up hazardous waste sites for a living (c.f., the drums of radioactive waste off to the left of this message) and not working as a K-Street lobbyist or a Congressional staffer or writing oh-so-clever think pieces for Politico or Axios or The Hill. But it is shocking how many people have not made that "best of two shitty options" calculation.

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Hi readers

Just want to know if you are feeling the way I am re. what's happening before our eyes. I feel helpless and depressed. I don't understand how inhuman humanity is to sit by and watch the tragedies unfolding before our eyes and do nothing. How biased our leaders are. How anyone who's sane can maintain sanity. If our human fate is to kill each other over disputes I just as soon have our hawkish world leaders just press the nuke buttons and end this. I don't want to live in a world this cruel. Do you. We need to end conflict through wars and start using our words to resolve conflict.

Peace brothers and sisters.

* where are the peace makers*

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