• @finitebanjo
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    33 hours ago

    Tankies still say shit like “but the Dems were gonna sell weapons to Israel anyways so both sides bad”

    This is fucking stupid, I hate being right.

  • bean
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    126 hours ago

    The Wall Street Journal first reported the hold, saying Democratic lawmakers had exercised a hold.

    So, not even the Repitlicans. Democrats at least make an effort to do something. Finally.

    • @Zexks
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      117 hours ago

      They want a cut.

    • @givesomefucks
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      179 hours ago

      Maybe this time at least people will care if/when the president goes around Congress to fund a genocide in violation of the Lehay Act…

      Because I still can’t get over no one caring when Biden did it.

      • @finitebanjo
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        13 hours ago

        Comparing the arms sales of the two admins is a completely different scale and magnitude. Apples to Orchards.

      • @BassTurd
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        45 hours ago

        I think people cared that Biden did it, but what are we to do? Pissing and moaning about it just strengthened the anti Biden/Harris crowd and created a strawman for the opposition to use. The criticism was and is warranted, but I think saying no one cared is disingenuous. I think it’s arguably one of the biggest reasons Trump is president today.

    • @[email protected]
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      98 hours ago

      They’ll probably add language that requires the money to be purchased from their corporations of choice and then approve it.

    • @WhatAmLemmy
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      89 hours ago

      I’d be willing to bet they’ll reintroduce it in an even worse form. The majority of them don’t give a shit about genocide.

      • @[email protected]
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        128 hours ago

        That is unfair to claim they don’t give a shit about genocide. Most of our representatives care deeply and are doing everything within the powers of the legislative branch…

        …to support genocide. They fucking love it!

    • @finitebanjo
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      23 hours ago

      They won’t do anything to stop this, they’re a Republican majority in both chambers. This hold is temporary at best and symbolic at worst.

    • @[email protected]
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      67 hours ago

      They weren’t napping. They were completely supporting this genocide for the past year and a half.

  • Nougat
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    109 hours ago

    “Okay, well, we’re going to send the arms anyway.”

  • @randon31415
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    -27 hours ago

    Biden is no longer there to stop the Senate democrats from doing the right thing.