One of the major issues in this case is that Obama set a precedent when he assassinated 16 year old American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki without a trial.
The reality is that the Democrats go low, and Republicans use that as a new standard to go even lower.
To be fair, those fascists make great customers.
$400 gold sneakers, $60 bibles, Trump NFTs, a new perfume line,, it's all selling out.
A huge round of layoffs as he pushes for a $56 billion dollar pay package is no surprise.
Theres this conflict of interest when a person only gets paid in giant stock options. His job isn't to make cars or manage a profitable business, his job is stock market manipulation.
And the pro-business, deregulatory financial hellscape we all inhabit makes his job very easy.
The Gaza liberation movement is collectively looking Biden in the eye and saying what we want. We are standing with a united voice. You should join us instead of creating all this needless division and conflict.
From my experience the problem isn't reputation or pedigree, its DNC-created problems. Progressive challengers have a hard time doing basic things like printing flyers, because print shops know that if they work with a progressive challenger once theny they end up on the DNC blacklist. Its official DNC policy and it's super effective.
I too would love to see more DSA backed candidates running for lower offices, but from what I've seen it's not a question of tactics, it's a question of resources. Most modern politics is funded by corporate donors, and since the DSA does not accept this corruption, they simply dont have the money to run a candidate for dogcatcher in your flyover town.
Where I live in a populous blue state, there is no such thing as a republican running unopposed. If that's different where you live, then you should sign up to be the next DSA candidate running for one of those seats.
I'm not angry, I was asking an honest question that no one has answered yet: how?
You say you take the genocide seriously, and you say electing Biden is buying us time to push for change, so answer my question then:
How will we effectively push the Biden administration to change Gaza policy after he is re-elected?
What do you mean it hasn't been done? There have been many progressive challengers to DNC-backed neoliberals. I can tell you about my experience volunteering for a few of these campaigns and all the structural hurdles the DNC uses to crush the progressive wing of the party.
But I think the bigger issue is urgency. We can't afford to wait a generation before taking serious action on climate change. Our current path leads directly to the end of human civilization.
And for the families in North Gaza eating grass to survive, they cannot wait until the next election cycle.
Maybe I'm an idealist, but I think democracy is when your views are represented and government is responsive to the needs of the people.
"Democracy is when you don't vote" just doesn't make sense to me.
The Democratic Party gets to choose, and they consistantly choose conservatives over progressives.
We, the voters, dont get to choose. We are forced to Vote Blue No Matter Who.
Nah most Repubs wouldnt do this, they all have their unique brand of evil. This type of proud dog murder requires a certain blend of rural fetishization and a "women can do toxic masculinity too" attitude.
Matt Gaetz wouldnt do this, he knows that it wouldnt play well on tiktok for all the 17 year olds hes trying to sleep with.
Doug Burgum wouldnt do this, he would hire a minimum wage contractor to kill the dog, and structure the whole operation under a LLC for tax preferred status.
Lich McConnel wouldnt do this, he is busy deep in the senate catacombs, guarding his phylactery and casting blood magic to ensure Democrats will never appoint a supreme court justice.