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It is so often ONLY Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush, who stand up for Americans, and for humanity.

The whole world not only needs this horrific crime to stop. It also needs ANSWERS as to WHY government officials chose to facilitate, aid & abet this psychopathic, year long exercise in sadistic, completely inhuman, entirely lawless savagery.

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Nov 1·edited Nov 1

Very true. But Ilhan Omar speaks out too. As does Summer Lee.

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Yes. That tiny handful of people are the only conscience the US government has, and the US government IS NOT LISTENING to that conscience.

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Nov 1·edited Nov 1

💯 I just voted for Jill Stein and Butch Ware because my moral conscience would not allow me to sit out or vote for anyone else in this presidential election.

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We are not a tiny handful. We are a Majority in the USA. Look at the data.

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Yes. I agree. I was talking about the tiny handful within the Democratic Party.

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As do WE the People

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I used to give money to Justice Democrats. I canceled that monthly donation to give ONLY to Rashida Tlaib. I don't even live in Michigan. But this bullying of her and the Palestinians is linked to the madness of the military industrial complex that then defunds Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, the Green Economy, and just about EVERYTHING that is about the rest of us having nice things in our local communities. That so many Americans cannot see the connections is... well, I'm done trying to educate people. All I say when people whine to me is, you get what you pay for and you are paying A LOT to kill people in far away places, $$ that could fund that thing you were just complaining about. Most people don't understand how government contracting works. The REVENUES that these companies "EARN" through the contracts comes from our TAX DOLLARS. These are PUBLIC COMPANIES - Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, Starlink, SpaceX, Palantir, Microsoft, Google, AWS, etc. Not just weapons but also information technology (aka "IT"). Without those government contracts, they would not be "EARNING" as much $$$ as they do; without those "EARNINGS" they would not have stock prices as high as they do; without stock prices so high, the billionaires would not be so "billionaire-ey." But hey, whatever, people. You get what you get. You get what you pay for, and you are paying a lot to these billionaires while they play smoke-and-mirrors with your perceptions of cultural identity.

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Five Representatives asking the administration to honor US and international law and demand explanations for what has been carried out in the name of the American people with tax payers dollars. This is how our so-called democracy is supposed to work. Where are the rest of Congress?

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“intelligent human” is not good enough if that human is not moral

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Of course performative progressive AOC did not sign the letter.

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NOT NOW! For the love of god can we please keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office first so we can address these issues with an intelligent human being in the White House?? The Gen Zers are voting for 3rd party candidates or not voting at all. We need to focus on the election, then get back to work!

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Something liberals seem to consistently ignore is that if a Ceasefire/Anti-Genocide message was a Democrat priority, then they would message in support of it and drive the media to message in support of it, they haven't. To expect them to change their stance after the election is truly foolish. They have been more than happy to call us all anti-Semitic and send more than a few protesters to jail and/or ruin their lives and careers. That stance isn't deserving of support my friend. Remember, the party has to earn our vote, not demand it. If they'd been earning our votes for the last 20 years, we wouldn't be in this mess at all, and Trump would've never had a platform at all. Americans would have nothing to be aggrieved about to put Trump in such popular standing. So to petulantly tell people to vote for Kamala while ignoring all of that and pretending history doesn't exist ignores the issue, Democrats haven't earned our votes and have actively worked to make sure we don't like them at all now by trotting out war criminals like Dick Cheney. Maybe the neocons of yesteryear will win it for them. If not, big oops on their part, not ours.

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If Donald Trump is re elected none of that will matter.

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If Donald Trump is elected, history books will say how much of a failure the Democratic Party was at combatting the conditions that led to Hitler 2.0, but we will all be too dead to know about it. Still won't be any individual voter's fault, champ. The failure will lie at the feet of the liberals with power right now and over the last 20+ years. Eventually, constantly capitulating to the right and "reaching across the aisle" produces exactly this.

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😞🇵🇸 💔

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I do hear you sir. I really do. Democrats in Congress need to be ashamed of themselves. It is incomprehensible to me and I don’t get it. I will NEVER stop fighting for Palestinians NEVER.

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I don’t believe this is an Israeli war at all . Israel is NOTHING without the US . So who do you think is expanding its muscles into the Middle East .

And by the way it’s not only Generation Z who’s is voting for the third party.

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This is very much an Israeli war. 100% planned. Think about it. Why was it so easy for the barriers to be breached by Hamas & poorly patrolled? Why did Netanyahu ignore foreign & US intel warning of a possible attack and not doubly protect all barricades? Netanyahu and his Zionist cabinet want this war.

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It is absolutely true that the USA is funding it and has the power to stop sending bombs. We have to state that as the fact it is. Please. The MSM gaslights enough.

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But who is funding it?

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People like Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush are the ones who demonstrate that there is (a tiny) part of the Democratic Party that is worth believing in. Yet 'moderates' chastise the decent few, to shut up & hide! As if it is better to have NOTHING BUT MONSTERS visible.

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If Donald Trump is re elected none of that will matter.

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Yes agree. We might not even get a chance to vote again w Trump on the throne. Is it really worth it? Seems more like a punishment against all humanity.

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🦜

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I support and am behind Rashida Talib , Cori , Ilan Jameel . It stops there.

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People are going to vote for who they need to vote for. I understand. I respect it. At the same time I hope Kamala wins. She will be getting letters and emails and phone calls from me regularly until she does the right thing. You see, maybe I’m crazy but I believe she has been hamstrung by a crazy Zionist president stuck in a past that was delusional. I also believe his cognitive abilities make it impossible? to hear common sense. I remember when Kamala was first chosen to replace Biden the things she said to those of us grieving and outraged by the genocide. She said she saw us and she acknowledged the people of Gaza. She met with family members. Why would she do that if she didn’t care. A VP job is to mostly suck it up and be the tie breaking vote in senate. I just believe she cares and will end the bombing. I pray every day I am right. I do understand why people feel they must vote for third party. We all want Palestinians to be free. I pledge to never stop fighting for them with my voice my letters to Congress my donations to JVP. I will fight for them until they are free and safe and beyond. I want to treat their trauma if they would allow me such an honor. Love to all

Hatred never ceases by hate but by love alone is healed. And that never means you don’t get enraged!!

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If Donald Trump is re elected none of that matters.

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Something HAS to be done about the humanitarian crisis. I am hoping that if Harris wins and no longer has to woo particular groups for votes, she will urge Biden to stop weapons sales until Israel does something.

If trump wins, the Palestinians are toast--the color of which he hates when it is found in people.

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You are right if trump wins the Palestinians are toast along with many other vulnerable groups. But to think Harris will not carry out the same genocidal campaign as Biden is naive. Supporting Israel has always been the policy of this country regardless of who is in office because it’s in the economic and political interest of US empire to do so.

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Didn’t say I expected her to; said I hoped she would. There doesn’t seem to be much hope otherwise. Certainly not with trump. We didn't think there'd ever be a Civil Rights law or an end to Jim Crow, either. But we worked for it, and imperfect as it is, it happened. Your choice is to bemoan or to become an activist, and just shrug off the "antisemitism" rants you will get. We got lots of "n-word lover" all the time; no lasting damage from that.

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Your lips to Gods ears. I do too.

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🙏🏼🤞🏽

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Has the president asked Congress for a declaration of war since World War II? Because if not, the constitution has been ignored by Congress and the president for at least 70 years and no one has bothered to do anything about it.

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So where is Ocasio Cortez? Not one Latino considering our history and Israel’s involvement with Mossad in destabilizing the region. Shameful!!

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Yes where is she?

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It boggles the mind that these are the only House Representatives fighting to end a genocide of children. Shame on them! Literal. Shame. On. Them. When Kamala wins we have to roll our sleeves all the way up. We won’t take no for an answer. She must stop sending the bombs. That’s first. But there is going to be soooo much more to do. Shame of you Biden for hamstringing Kamala. I believe he is. He is missing brain cells. And have you seen Blinken lately. I mean have you really looked at him. I am a Licensed Psychotherapist. My read is that he is ashamed of himself but completely dissociated from it all. May these people know relief and love and have food and water and medical care and trauma treatment and construction workers. Civil engineers to rebuild Gaza. Netanyahu and his horrible beliefs and associates must also go. He is putting not only Palestinians in danger. He is putting the country of Israel and the Israeli citizens in danger.

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I guess you have to be progressive to ask your government to stop bombs raining down on innocents

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Why has it taken so long?

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I love this letter. Speaks to the situation and specifics, with references etc. Making a historical record and holding president Biden to account for his/administration’s actions. Yes, the people elected the politicians to represent them and overwhelmingly want a ceasefire. I am relieved Bernie Sanders will put it to a vote, and progressives are actually representing their voters and doing their sworn duty. This is the integrity congress is to represent and foster. It might be a small number, but there only needs to be one person to start the wheels of change, and to consistently speak up. Cannot give up. This is good and adds to positive action.

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This is good that they’re speaking out but let’s be realistic here they will not have the votes in Congress to stop this genocide. The US support of Israel is a question of maintaining US Empire’s economic and political hegemony over the region. America supports Israel because it is their proxy state in the very oil rich Middle East and history has shown us that nothing stops US empire.

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Nov 1·edited Nov 1

I guess, better late than never?

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Doin’’ as bang up a job ignoring Trump as the MSM. Yep.

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