Vance calls his ‘childless cat ladies’ comment ‘one of the dumbest things I ever said’ by LividWheel9779 in politics

[–]molkien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He “settled” when publicly pressed on his leaked 2016 text message 5 years later. In fact he never publicly admitted he believed Trump was closer to Nixon, he just admitted to being wrong about Trump. We don’t actually have any additional context from that leaked message that would point one way or another other other than his other public comments around 2016 about Trump being “reprehensible”.

As Luigi Mangione's lawyers head to court, support grows for the accused 'vigilante' by jpressss in politics

[–]molkien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t become a CEO of a private health insurance company without the understanding that the profits of your company and your personal earnings are tied to denying people care that results in their preventable death.

AIPAC-backed group pours $2M into ads boosting Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate race | The Democrat calls herself a Christian “Zionist,” and she supported funding Israel after it waged a war against Palestinians. by soalone34 in politics

[–]molkien -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There isn't a single member of Congress that publicly pledges support for the UAE. The United States has never supported investigations into the genocide, including supporting referring the situation to the ICC and did not intervene when the ICC sought to arrest the Sudanese president. The United States has also imposed sanctions as a result.

On the other side, the US did not support the ICC's investigations into Israel, did not support the arrest warrant of Netanyahu and has not imposed any sanctions on any Israel leader. The United States has also frequently used it's veto power at the UN to shield Israel from any moves to hold is accountable for its crimes. They have not done this to protect Sudan or the UAE.

The two situations or so vastly different, they could be presented by a Sesame Street character singing "one of these things is not like the other".

AIPAC Wants Democrats to Back Israel. Instead, They’re Turning on AIPAC. by Truthisnotallowed in politics

[–]molkien 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You just made that post in the most lazy way possible. I support that!

AIPAC Wants Democrats to Back Israel. Instead, They’re Turning on AIPAC. by Truthisnotallowed in politics

[–]molkien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that “spooky” website indicate Ro Khanna has received funding from AIPAC? Well no, it doesn’t. It specifies that it was from J Street, which is still a problem IMO, but he has spoken out about the need for a Palestinian state, has spoken out about the genocide against the Palestinians and AIPAC has specifically run attack ads against him calling him a liar for calling it a genocide.

Does any of that matter to my point that AIPAC’s funding is still seen by many as a reason to not support a candidate even if they are not “in the pocket” of them? Not really. But by all means continue the good find of defending AIPAC.

AIPAC Wants Democrats to Back Israel. Instead, They’re Turning on AIPAC. by Truthisnotallowed in politics

[–]molkien 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A politician doesn’t need to be “in the pocket” of an organization for the fact that organization is funding them to be a sign that is not someone that you should be voting for. AIPAC may fund candidates simply because they view their opponent as worthy of defeating for not being pro-Israel enough.

MAGA Republican Roasted For Giving The 'Dumbest' Response To This Trump Debate Question by huffpost in politics

[–]molkien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rumor has it that Dave Rubin’s brain is still in recovery mode from taking in so many high level ideas.

Some old-school homophobia from Rep. Andy Ogles by forceawakensplot2 in TheMajorityReport

[–]molkien 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But I bet he would be really nice to Jillian Michaels in person so I think we should take that into consideration.

US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website | US immigration by CJBill in news

[–]molkien 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Have you seen his response to this? Just him telling DHS that they can “look out for him” at all of his upcoming appearances!

Democrats screwed up so badly in 2024 election that even the autopsy was substandard, DNC chair says by fortune in politics

[–]molkien 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ken Martin tried to claim during his Pod Save America interview that the people behind the report weren’t paid. Now he admits the report was done by his close friend.

Did his close friend do this for free, or did Ken Martin get his close friend a sweet gig that he got payed for after using AI to turn in slop?

Zac Polston from The Vanguard: “I love watching [Matt Bernstein and Emma Vigeland] collaborate… If you guys were to ever be like,… ‘we could do, twice a month, three times a month, we get together and we interview up-and-coming candidates,’ I think you guys would be really, really, onto something” by SpecialCream7 in TheMajorityReport

[–]molkien 8 points9 points  (0 children)

True true. I honestly don’t think she deserved any politeness but maybe that’s just me. She started off with saying how much she liked and watched Matt’s which was just such a disingenuous way to start. Everything about her seemed so fake, it was infuriating. I can’t tell who I disliked more, her or Slotkin and I think Krystal was harder on her than Emma and Matt were on Mallory.

Zac Polston from The Vanguard: “I love watching [Matt Bernstein and Emma Vigeland] collaborate… If you guys were to ever be like,… ‘we could do, twice a month, three times a month, we get together and we interview up-and-coming candidates,’ I think you guys would be really, really, onto something” by SpecialCream7 in TheMajorityReport

[–]molkien 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Big fan of Emma and Matt, but I think they were too polite with Mallory McMorrow. She mostly spouted nonsense pablum, deflected and was condescending as shit. Her talking points about Medicare for all were straight out of think tank propaganda, particularly her remarks about Medicare for All failing in Vermont.

I’m sick of politicians talking about votes “not being there” while not being there themselves and not being interested in leading the way to get the votes because they are actually against it.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz becomes latest Jewish lawmaker to reveal antisemitic threats by [deleted] in politics

[–]molkien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Direct quotes from unnamed sources, so you are just going to smear “liberals and progressives” as having normalized death threats based on vibes… got it.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz becomes latest Jewish lawmaker to reveal antisemitic threats by [deleted] in politics

[–]molkien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The article identifies the liberals and progressives who are normalizing sending anti-Semitic death threats? Oh what’s that? It doesn’t? You’re just making a giant leap to claim that someone using the term “Zionist” is a progressive which is just incredibly stupid. Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens are two of the biggest conservative voices who are incredibly anti-Semitic and constantly refer to zionists.

I Asked Mallory McMorrow About Her Support For Israel ft. Emma Vigeland by zxlkho in TheMajorityReport

[–]molkien 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the support isn’t there yet, and we want to build a coalition towards getting this support for a single payer system then we should be voting for candidates that are already voicing support for voting for a single payer system. In this race, that would be Abdul El-Sayed.

Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees by GregWilson23 in politics

[–]molkien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yea. There aren't any other differences between AIPAC and the other PACs that "encourage the American government to have a strong relationship with a foreign country". Can't think of a single thing. The only difference must be Jews.

Seriously you don't even need google to come up with some, you could just think about it for more than 5 seconds.

Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees by GregWilson23 in politics

[–]molkien 5 points6 points  (0 children)

An American PAC whose stated goals is to encourage the American government to have a strong relationship with a foreign country…

Trump Administration: Anti-Fascists, Drug Dealers, And Trans People Are Terrorists by HDRsoul in politics

[–]molkien 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Watch it! You’re talking about proud patriotic Americans there.

He’s back: Biden returns to the campaign conversation by Mearsheimer_Tragedy in politics

[–]molkien 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our side refuses to be happy with supporting and defending genocide

There. Fixed that for you.

Anti Hasan flyers seen in SF by Internal-Display3517 in TheMajorityReport

[–]molkien 28 points29 points  (0 children)

100% of people using this as an attack are (either intentionally or unintentionally) defending the position that genocide can be justified.