They do lose in the short term for sure.
I'd be inclined to argue that the George Floyd protests resulted in positive change, though.
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They do lose in the short term for sure.
I'd be inclined to argue that the George Floyd protests resulted in positive change, though.
Literally the 4 first links when I google "biden protests iran".
He and his militarized police have used very similar rhetoric and tactics that those oppressive regimes regularly use.
Did I miss federal police officers doing stuff at protests? Seen loads of state and local police but I am not aware of federal militarized police being used.
Who exactly are the President's militarised police?
There are none. These are local cops coming in by request of the University administration who want the tent cities removed from their campus. The students can still protest off campus and elsewhere.
It's not about reality, it's about narrative. What these people want to see. Which bizarrely is equivalence between literally not deploying federal forces and saying peaceful protests are good, and leaders who regularly execute dissidents.
Yes, quite. But Genocide Joe is cracking skulls!!!
On that we can definitely agree.
Palestinians are prone to violence and they hate our children more than they love their children. feckin hell...
even though he has his youtube videos and "UN watch" ready to go, he didn't recognise a very famous quote from golda meir! thought that was funny...
Relentless right-wing wins with the democrat president and senate cheering it on
This offsets Marge Green teaming up with the squad in opposition to the anti-semitism bill.
Since they were voted down, I'll say this while it's still legal:
Israel is a racist endeavour
Since they were voted down, I'll say this while it's still legal:
Israel is a racist endeavour
I think Marge genuinely opposed it because it would prevent extreme right wingers from saying anti-semitic things. Protecting her base and all.
To add, it was more than the Squad this time, about 70 Dems and 40 GOP. Nowhere near enough for a blatant restriction on the 1st amendment. We'll have the wonderful irony of American college professors being allowed to say - and publish in popular newspapers! - that the US is foundationally racist, but saying the same about Israel will get them fired.
She's probably more concerned her Jewish space lasers comment would come into question.
Her speech - like all speech - is still 1st amendment protected.
This bill targets universities - professors calling Israel an apartheid state, a university having a SJP/JVP chapter, student protestors etc. - since they receive DoE federal funding, that will be stopped under the terms of this bill. Universities will fire those professors, ban those chapters, expel those students, etc so that they are safe for Jewish students.
With the existing ideological tilt of the mainstream media and politicians, and social media companies outside Twitter (and with TikTok set to go) collaborating in "safety"-based censorship, it will effectively drive any fundamental criticism of Israel (beyond "Netanyahu isn't making good decisions") out of all discourse.
I'll be interested in the Right's long-term response to codifying the Israel exception into federal law in the name of anti-semitism, while "US is racist" is still permitted in mainstream circles. It could get ugly in a couple of different ways.
FBI could be construed that way I guess
Unless there's mass violence related to things happening on federal property, its the local cops like NYPD/LAPD etc. that get called by the schools to remove tent encampments on school property.
That's not strictly true, most speech is protected but not absolutely everything
I may be mistaken, but LEO can call for assistance from the FBI can they not?
The deep state was just Israel all along.
Tell me I just watched a Voight video? The acting seemed the same.
When do they send homelander in?
Tom Cotton, Republican senator.
Outside of stupid stuff he has said and done, I mostly remember him from when he made his first run as a Senator of Arkansas. I was attending business in Memphis, which is still a distance from the border between Tennessee and Arkansas, and yet his campaign ads on the radio reached all the way to Memphis.
Well the senate is the legislative branch of the government, so practically yes, he is part of the government.
Thanks. Yes, that what I thought he was. A GOP member of one of the government branches.
is so dystopian that someone with certain degree of government representation can speak in those terms, whichever ideology.
He's a part of the Republican minority in the US Senate, which generally means he has no power to do anything other than talk big at pressers.
The filibuster says hello.
A filibuster wouldn’t pass what he’s proposing, which makes it all little more than hot air.
Compared to opposition parties in the UK, the Senate minority wield serious power and influence.
" You are trashing your future. And look, I‘m not against you protesting, but you must understand in today‘s economy with AI technology, you just killed your career," O'Leary said "
I think we can now put to bed the denialism and petulant demands to show the numbers of violence is being used against protestors.
Locally and all the way up to Biden, any moral authority they had has evaporated.
Riot police fire rubber bullets at pro-Palestinian protesters
https://news.sky.com/story/us-campus-protests-live-violent-clashes-erupt-on-ucla-campus-13126732
Locally and all the way up to Biden, any moral authority they had has evaporated.
Riot police fire rubber bullets at pro-Palestinian protesters
https://news.sky.com/story/us-campus-protests-live-violent-clashes-erupt-on-ucla-campus-13126732
This has to be a joke?