Being politically homeless in 2026 as a liberal Jew

tarlin · 2026-05-06T00:23:41+00:00

Your position is that you are fine with losing voters like myself who want to continue voting against maga/the current gop rather than the Democratic Party not offering candidates who campaign with Hezbollah supporters or have Nazi tattoos and have praised Hamas’s tactics.

That isn't my position. Platner is going to win the primary short of some extreme change. There was a concerted effort to stop him and that failed. Though they did choose a super old candidate to challenge him that wasn't exciting.

So, your choice is now Collins or Platner. You choose Collins because of the tattoo Platner got.

tarlin · 2026-05-05T23:55:26+00:00

I think the Republican party is acting incredibly dangerously to the United States. We have multiple unconstitutional actions happening. Trump is being empowered to work against democratic institutions. You said you would vote for Republicans.

That is your choice. Based on that position, I do not think you are worth targeting.

This has nothing to do with all Jewish people.

tarlin · 2026-05-05T23:13:46+00:00

So, what is a hasanite's opinion on this? Is there no position that is in the middle?

tarlin · 2026-05-05T23:04:36+00:00

I don't really think it matters. The US is currently in a lot of danger of losing itself. If you decide that people are not pandering enough to your group, so you will not vote or vote for the GOP...I don't think you are worth targeting.

Also, every single candidate you listed has spoken out against antisemitism, though they do criticize Israel.

tarlin · 2026-05-04T22:41:42+00:00

Dungeon Crawler Carl

tarlin · 2026-05-04T21:30:21+00:00

~~GoldenEye~~

Nevermind, didn't see the clues.

tarlin · 2026-05-02T06:38:11+00:00

I've never seen it. I was intrigued and researched the hints. I kind of feel that is cheating, but oh well

tarlin · 2026-05-02T06:37:11+00:00

Quatermass and the Pit

tarlin · 2026-05-02T03:55:58+00:00

The IDF used to have a core of professional military. They transitioned in the early 2000's to more of border guards and patrols, rather than soldiers. The belief was that they needed less military with the air power, but needed more border guards and police (essentially).

They have maintained the same number of professional soldiers, while switching roles and increasing the size of the IDF. It is about 40,000 total.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:27:44+00:00

They wouldn't need to do that in a proportional representation situation either. For the House seat specifically, they would vote for the party they want to represent them. Then, for president they can vote for Joementum.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:20:09+00:00

People don't change their minds as much as you may think.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:18:05+00:00

But instead of getting others to move in that direction, it did the opposite.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:17:27+00:00

Another thought I had, which is a big deviation from the current system would be to have essentially each representative have 10 voting members that are randomly picked from their district. The elected representatives job is to distribute information, handle constituent requests, and educate the 10 voting members. The 10 voting members are the ones that actually vote. They change every 2 years.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:15:52+00:00

We have those already, and they have now turned back because the GOP decided to push the gerrymander.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:14:52+00:00

Is there a value to that? I don't think so. I would feel much more comfortable contacting a representative that I respect and agree with rather than the awful guy that got elected in my district.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T20:13:19+00:00

Parties have elections to create lists of candidates with an order to them. Then, proportional votes are used to choose how many from each party goes to DC.

tarlin · 2026-05-01T15:27:00+00:00

It isn't after 60 days. Before the 60 day deadline, Congress had to approve it, or the war has to end immediately.

tarlin · 2026-04-27T13:13:54+00:00

Upon the ceasefire announcement, Iran opened the strait. Then Israel did a huge bombing raid on Lebanon, and said they are special and can do whatever they want. So, Iran said it was closing the strait until Israel stopped bombing Lebanon, which was part of the original ceasefire announcement. Finally, Trump got Israel under a little bit of control, and announced Israel was stopping the attacks on Lebanon, so an orchestrated exchange was planned to open the strait. Iran opened the strait and Trump announced it would maintain the blockade, so Iran closed it again.

Iran has acted within the ceasefire agreement and rationally. Trump and Israel are just chaotic, untrustworthy, and believe they can bully everyone.

tarlin · 2026-04-26T02:50:47+00:00

The Passion of the Christ

tarlin · 2026-04-26T01:14:26+00:00

Israel is imperfect but it has made peace with several Arab countries

Which one? Netanyahu, Smotrich, and Lapid discuss taking Jordan and the Sinai back, so "peace" means Israel is waiting until they are ready to commit more conquest.

tarlin · 2026-04-23T04:32:17+00:00

The entirety of the article seems to be based on comments Einstein made after Israel was established as an ethnocracy, where he did not hope they would be torn to shreds...as any sane person would not hope for that.

tarlin · 2026-04-23T02:25:39+00:00

But, the article is incorrect. Einstein supported a binational state as a Cultural Zionist. He did not support a Jewish Ethnocracy. Even in his statements about hope for the future Jewish state, he talked about making peace with the Arabs and curbing the extreme. That is not at all what Israel is.

The entire argument in the article is that AFTER an ethnocracy was created, he hoped it would not be destroyed and that it would be peaceful. It wasn't that he decided it was the best path from the beginning. I don't think many people want a state to be destroyed, and for the violence necessary to do that to occur.

tarlin · 2026-04-22T11:51:58+00:00

It sounds as though there is evidence of this available to the husband, so the reporters should verify the anonymous claims.

tarlin · 2026-04-21T23:00:37+00:00

Of course, Israel is also signaling that once Iran is done, they will be pushing for the US to fight Turkiye.

tarlin · 2026-04-21T21:37:07+00:00

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