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What an utter betrayal of no war by DJT. This is the final straw. Era of Trump is dead, we are back to neoconservative era. I guess Adelsons are too hard to say
by bettercallsalad 7mo ago
What an utter betrayal of no war by DJT. This is the final straw. Era of Trump is dead, we are back to neoconservative era. I guess Adelsons are too hard to say no to.
- shihab 7mo agoCitizens United is an existential threat for USA. You cannot have Israeli-American dual citizens pouring $200 million dollars in elections. and that’s just her alone. This is simply not sustainable.
- idop 7mo agoOr one South African-Canadian-American triple citizen pouring $300 million dollars in elections. I am shocked that campaign donations are legal.
- tdeck 7mo agoI mean, some of the stuff actually wasn't legal. But accountability for wealthy elites is limited to a strongly worded letter https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748l0zv4x8o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748l0zv4x8o Just look at the fallout from the Epstein files where at best we can hope people will be embarrassed into resigning their current position.
- danaris 7mo agoCan we not with the blatant antisemitic dogwhistles...?
- shihab 7mo agoExactly what part of my statement was dog whistling? Can you stop throwing around this serious accusation of antisemitism without any attempt to substantiate your claim?
- danaris 7mo ago"Israeli-American dual citizens" Making a big deal out of Israelis—especially wealthy ones—having dual citizenship is a classic antisemitic tactic, used to sow the idea that they aren't "real Americans" or their primary loyalty is to another country. Also: yes, Citizens United is a big problem. But phrasing your comment as if the primary problem with it is "Israeli-American dual citizens" pouring millions of dollars into politics is perpetuating the antisemitic ideas that a) all or most Jews are wealthy, and b) Jews are controlling our country/the world. Whether or not you meant it as antisemitic, it played directly and very clearly into multiple antisemitic tropes that are frequently used to try to smear and harm Jewish people.
- shihab 7mo agoI brought up Israeli-American donors because that’s what is relevant in the context of the story we’re discussing. We are talking about a war many right wing Israelis wanted for decades. If it were a general discussion about Citizens United and I focused on lobbying from only this group, perhaps your argument would have carried water. Anyway, here’s Trump himself detailing the extraordinary access to White House this lobbying bought Adelsons: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-salutes-mega-donor-miriam-adelson-help-shaping-us-decisions-israel-2025-10-13/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-salutes-mega-donor-mi...
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- unethical_ban 7mo agoIdeally we would completely restructure the government to have multimember districts and change the Senate. Within the current structure, we need to implement ranked/scored voting to break the two party system and the implied complete control it has over our government. It's so much easier for big money to control the narrative, control the candidates, and play off extreme polar politics when the voting system makes people choose the "lesser of two evils". Were I king for a day in the US, and could only do one thing to help America, changing our voting system to some kind of rank/scored system would be it. Ending gerrymandering and Citizens United are also important but honestly less so than this.
- subdude 7mo agoComing as a shock to only the most gullible people on Earth.
- shusaku 7mo agoIt’s still pretty unclear how in the US is planning to go. For example, manifold still rates the chance that Iran’s regime falls this year at 46%, which should be a given if the US put boots on the ground. https://manifold.markets/SaviorofPlant/will-irans-regime-fall-in-2026?r=VWhic3N0dW52c3J5am5zc3JnaG5q https://manifold.markets/SaviorofPlant/will-irans-regime-fal...
- jjtwixman 7mo agoFell For It Again one-hundred-time world champions.