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    Unless if comes from an armed and coordinated leftist militia, then it ain’t coming. Everyone anywhere near politics is too afraid and cowardly to act.

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    The author, Josh Marshall always stops short of accountability for war crimes. He usually concerns himself --at length-- with what Iran and Hamas are plotting, the nature and use of Hamas tunnels, etc. The focus is always on shadowy others. He claims Oslo itself was the fault here, not Ben Gurion’s abuse and violations of it. The Nakba? Evidently no Israeli is to be blamed for that. And the attacks on Palestinians are seen as a recognition of reality from the “realist-minded” Israelis, Josh claims.

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-a-two-state-solution-really-no-longer-possible

    While he is against netenyahu and bloodthirsty settlers, he is a pro israeli-state pundit, and wont make any call to halt the IDF war on Palestinian civilians. Cheap logic from a partisan hack who cant admit that whats going on is exactly what he wants and supports. He’s drinking tea with his pinky in the air, and a handkerchief at his nose so he doesnt have to smell the disgusting odor of the murdered.

    He was rabidly against what he called “rhetorical excesses” in campus protests, not bothering to address why people were protesting. Club those students till they are silent, for their “rhetorical excess” eh Josh. What a fine American.

    While I agree with Josh that we must all start following our laws, we need to start with the first ammendment protecting political free speech and acknowledging that what Biden did was criminal and violated numerous existing laws implemented for exactly this reason. Biden aided and abeteed war crimes and a massive genocide. And he and congress abridged the publics civil rights, using state violence to silence legitimate and peaceful political dissent, brutalizing students who were concerned about basic human rights. Disagreeing with the way zionists conduct what the world says are war crimes is not antisemitism and it never was. Even if it was antisemitism, it would be protected as political free speech. For many years people openly talked about keeping black skinned people down, even with violence, and it was free speech. But today if you question zioinisms methods at all you are instantly labeled as supporting Hamas. thats unamerican, fascist bullshit and a gross misuse of power by the president and congress-- done during a democratic party administraton no less. Just Shameful.

    If we cant be honest about that then our calling out republicans for their own gross lawbreaking falls a little flat. Its always rules for thee and not for me, even within our own party. And then we wonder why the voters lose faith.

    While he is certainly well spoken and educated, Josh Marshall is filthy-- he is a disappointment, he is a thug, he is a bad person, and he can suck it.

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    You know, I miss the days when one’s enemies’ heads were placed on pikes on the roadway(s) into the city.

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        Nobody in the DNC is interested. I’ve watched every president of my lifetime commit war crimes. I’ve seen bankers rewarded for committing widespread fraud. When people stood up at #Occupy Democrats marginalized and ignored them

        The DNC is not our friend and does NOT care about holding people responsible. They care about the appearance of rule of law

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          “Nobody” is a very strong word, and simply false

          In any case, it’s not the DNC that’s the barrier here; it’s who is actually elected to office

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            That’s the story I was referencing. The DNC is moving against him, proving my point

            I’m not apathetic. I am informed. I know that the Democrats will never curb the abuses or roll back the power grabs. These parties are playing the game together

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          OK, so don’t work through the DNC. Now there’s only every other possibility in the world.

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          Keep an eye on the DNC, we may see some changes soon.

          David Hogg, 25, is the most vocal survivor of the Parkland Massacre, and he is now the vice chair of the DNC. This week he ruffled feathers badly by saying they were going to support progressive candidates who primary old school Democrat incumbents.

          The younger progressives like AOC, Crockett, Frost, Porter, etc. are very vocal, and very active, and they are gathering followers quickly.

          Start by putting a full court press on that spineless, insipid, craven weenie Chuck Schumer, and forcing him to resign both his leadership position AND his Senate seat. He should be run out of office in embarrassing and humiliating fashion, so AOC can take his place.

          The entire Democratic party should unite to expel him. His poor management of the party, their strategy, and their messaging is partially responsible for the rise and dominance of MAGA, along with Biden, Pelosi, Jeffries, and a bunch of others. A few, like Schiff and Raskin, seem to have shifted gears, and are getting with the program, and deserve a second chance, but the rest are too cowardly and lazy to do anything but line their pockets and collaborate with Nazis.

          I’m hoping Hogg will be able to influence the party on a progressive direction, and eventually take over the DNC, and make it a true opposition party, and not just Reoublucan Lite.

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        Agreed. Unfortunately its a dangerous time to exercise your right of free speech too. And it has been for the last several years.

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      Everybody give up on everything, somebody who trump and putin both are definitely happy with has stated there’s no hope.

      Look, there’s no normal answers. Which means we know the answers are all non-normal. That, weirdly, is something progressives and maga both want. Pick the least violent and most effective ones, and don’t play favorites.