• Infamousblt [any]
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    2 months ago

    I like this because then we can see who votes against it and know definitively who does and does not support this ongoing genocide

      • frauddogg [they/them, null/void]
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        2 months ago

        I'd say fence-sitting this vote is even more an indictment than just a "No" vote personally; it doesn't take a MENSA candidate to tell whether or not funding a genocidal morass of settlers is morally correct

        • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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          2 months ago

          Yeah, saying ‘no comment’ to stopping a thing we’re already doing is just adding a meaningless word after the ‘no’

      • Infamousblt [any]
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        2 months ago

        Still tells me everything I need to know. Silence is violence

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        That is a perfectly clear message for me actually.

        It's about opposing genocide or not. "Do nothing knowing that will cause the genocide to continue" is close enough to "continue the genocide" for me.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Someone will add something to the bill that will give any who need it an excuse to vote against.

      • Kuori [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        and any who take it can be safely counted as monsters in support of a genocide, fuck what they say after the fact

        • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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          2 months ago

          Expect that "something" added to be a thing that makes the bill a non-starter. Something like 'no assistance to Ukraine' or 'passport required to vote' or 'federal abortion pill ban', etc.

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    18 days ago

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  • style99@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I wonder how many of those who complain about "Jewish space lasers" will suddenly want to vote against this?

    • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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      2 months ago

      Those jewish space lazers aren’t being manufactured by Lockheed

      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        How many Republicans that have complained about Jewish space lasers will block this bill? Pretty simple question actually.

        • delirious_owl@discuss.online
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          2 months ago

          Wtf does this phrase "Jewish space lasers" mean? Did you mean to say "Israeli Space Lasers"?

          Israel may have laser systems (iron dome) and they may have satellites in space, but I don't know about them combined. And, most importantly, Israel is not "Jews". Conflating the Zionist project with Judaism is antisemitic.

          • TomBombadil [he/him, she/her]
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            2 months ago

            It's a phrase that was used by many right wingers in America. Literally blaming lasers in space controlled by Jews for starting massive forest fires.

          • NinjaGinga [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/18/marjorie-taylor-greene-lasers-israel-amendment/ Article is trash, but this is the reference in question

  • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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    2 months ago

    If 80 senators decide the vote should be anonymous then it could be, right? Normally i don't think that'd be possible but for something AIPAC hold so dear i could see it

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      If 80 senators decide the vote should be anonymous then it could be, right? Normally i don’t think that’d be possible but for something AIPAC hold so dear i could see it

      A voice vote would provide that anonymity and may be the path the senate goes down since then the official votes aren't counted, but idk if that is paperwork that happens later.