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Patricia Olson's avatar

I would like to know how many children have been killed in Gaza by weapons made or distributed by the US (my tax dollars)

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William Dennett's avatar

I'd also really love to know the full story of every bomb that our politicians and celebrities have signed, including footage of each one being dropped and footage of the aftermath and those killed by it. Linked to the celeb/politician who signed it of course.

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Karen Mcintyre's avatar

I want to know this also.

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Linda Weide's avatar

This is why I am suggesting getting rid of federal taxes and having each state tax and pay their own way, with a fee for the military paid for by each state. Each state can have their own military too. The US is being set up to be a Police state very quickly. States can decide how they want to spend their money and enforce their own laws. Trump is not giving the tax money to the states anyway. It is all going to Billionaires, US military and ICE.

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S maltophilia's avatar

Yugoslavia only split 6 ways, and it wasn't pretty. Maybe Russia or China can come in and try to make peace. 50 militaries, all deployed domestically by each state. No, thanks.

OTOH all the parasitic red states might realize how good they had it.

Either way, your taxes will still be financing genocide.

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Linda Weide's avatar

I don't agree. Right now as it is set our taxes will be financing genocide. I am considering a way for states to actually be able to take care of their people.

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S maltophilia's avatar

"with a fee for the military paid for by each state"

So you still get the genocidal federal military.

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Linda Weide's avatar

Or, a model where each state has their own military and can pool them when needed. Hopefully giving states more control. That does not avoid genocidal actions, but does rethink the control. Those who pay have the say.

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S maltophilia's avatar

That'd be OK, but I can't imagine Texas, Idaho., and Vermont uniting. If a real threat materializes (the last one was in 1941), the US becomes a sitting duck.

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Porter's avatar

I believe it was well more than 10,000 but don't recall the exact, yet estimated, figure.

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John’s Variety's avatar

About 200000 at this point. The most credible estimate of total deaths as of about a year ago was around 190000 (The Lancet). So the pace of killing is about the same of more. So by now about 400000 dead. Half children. Obviously I’m guessing. But that’s the ballpark.

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Susan Starker's avatar

How about Democratic Senators?

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Karin's avatar

Good point.

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Neghet khan's avatar

It's due to racism - if all six Americans killed by Isreal were white, these senators would know a whole lot more..

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Dennis's avatar

Maybe if their names were like Bobby Smith" they'd give a shit but otherwise nah, not from these spineless republican pieces of dung

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Jeff Lazar's avatar

A better question might have been if they knew how many non-combatant internationals were killed. World Central Kitchen (which I support) has lost several (roughly 12 in two separate incidents.

Now, I do feel for these chicken-shit know-nothing Senators. They are in the difficult position of supporting a war criminal who leads Israel, and they certainly don't want to give up their lush positions in the world's most exclusive nursing home.

But that does give the USA a rather unique two-fer: A convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender as President nominated for a Nobel by a war criminal. That's one for the Book of Records.

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William Dennett's avatar

If the question is "Do you know how many Americans have been killed by Israel" and their answer is "I am pro-Israel," to me that heavily implies that they are pro-Israel at the expense of American lives.

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Ahda's avatar

Blinded by AIPEC.

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Porter's avatar

AIPAC - American Israel Public Affairs Committee

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Ahda's avatar

Exactly. Thank you.

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ROSALIND BELANGER's avatar

These people are despicable, why even bother asking them - tell them! Tell them it is outrageous what these devils in Israel are doing and how they are being aided and abetted by Americans like them, cowards too scared to speak their true consciences. Collins especially takes the cake. It really is Israel first, the U.S. a distant second. If you look closely you can see where she had her horns removed.

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Robert Sokol's avatar

I'm not offended by their not knowing. I suspect many Democratic elected officials could not answer accurately either. There's just too much data out there to manage. The lack, however, of curiosity or care by those quoted in this article is deeply repugnant.

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Charlie Henderson 🇵🇸's avatar

GOP not knowing/caring about murdered Americans? NOW I’ve seen everything!

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Porter's avatar

These are not your grand-dad's GOP. It's not a grand old party and hasn't been for many years.

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Charlie Henderson 🇵🇸's avatar

That’s seriously the truth. Even just the devolution over the past 15 years has been insane to watch.

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Chester Cheeseburger's avatar

Great piece, thank you for your work Mr. Thakker as always.

To Prem Thakker or the editor- I have tracked 6 U.S. soldiers that have also been killed in indirect hostilities because of Gaza. 2 died in a cloaked naval operation, 3 died on our Not-so-secret base in Jordan in retaliatory strikes, and 1 died as a result of injuries sustained at our failed "Gaza Pier" operation. Please add these names to the list(!!!) next time you question them:

1. Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers, 37

2. Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram, 27.

3. Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46.

4. Sgt. Kennedy Ladin Sanders, 24.

5. Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23.

6. Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, 23, 7th Transportation Brigade Expeditionary

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Khadijah Hussain's avatar

Why would they? They’ve made it abundantly clear that they don’t care. Israel first!

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Cecelia Joy's avatar

Since America is a tiered society the closet to being American would be the CANADIAN American so they likely don't think any Americans were killed. If they didn't care about Rachel Corrie or the Servicemen on the Liberty, the government won't care about Brown Americans.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

The Orange Cheeto as a Russian Asset

Cheeto will be historically revered in 50yr as a national Russian hero says former head of the Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee since he has single handedly turned the US into a Russian colony Mussayev has written extensively about the recruitment of Cheeto in the 1980’s as an enthusiastic asset because he got lots of Russian unsecured loans when he was underwater with Deutsche Bank Now he’s labeled as “strategic resource”

Russians got him elected in 2016 and with the help of Theil and Musk got him reelected in 2024 In the 2024 election Cheeto flipped 88 counties but won less than 50% of the national popular vote and Harris flipped 0 Even in 1984 Reagan won 49 states with 58% of the popular vote Mondale still flipped some red counties From numerous other reports(statistical analysis, vigilante challenges etc) it’s clear the Cheeto rigged the 2024 election

It’s also clear that the reason Nazis and Cheeto are unconcerned about the midterms is that they know they will be able to rig those elections as well So they are on the path of “we can do whatever the hell we damn please and no matter how many protesters are on the street, it won’t make any difference. we will win ”

So this is the challenge folks WE the People either show up and rally our friends, neighbors, relatives, and family to begin our vigilant plan to massively overwhelm the Theil Musk operation and overcome the Nazi election subversion effort

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Porter's avatar

You think Trump will allow us to have midterm elections? I don't. I expect him to say that we're doing so well that, as promised in the 2024 campaign, we don't have to vote again.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Not even SCOTUS will allow Cheeto to do that

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Geoffrey Tanner's avatar

SCOTUS appears to be giving Trump an almost entirely free hand. I don't see much value in assuming that will change.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

We can hope they do the right thing Have to remain positive

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Why do you think that? They have found work-arounds to most all “emergency” cases put before them in ways to support Trump’s wishes. If you can explain how otherwise they will act, I’ll be appreciative and hopeful. Thank you.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Case in point Today a district federal court ruled in favor of birthright citizenship based on a class action approach carried out by the ACLU...this was the blueprint that SCOTUS had laid out just 2w ago So the ACLU applied the blueprint and the district court ruled in their favor The judicial process worked even at the SCOTUS level

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Mehdididit's avatar

Ask the democrats too. They’ve taken almost as much money from AIPAC as republicans have. Also where were these Americans from? Hit up the reps from their home states. What about Shireen? Her family is in New Jersey I believe.

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Sarah Zaidi's avatar

As someone posted on IG, "The reason the U.S. always finds money for Israel, but never for Flint, never for universal healthcare, never for education, is because the empire doesn't serve its people. It extracts from them. The American public is not the beneficiary of empire. It is collateral. And every bomb dropped on Gaza is a reminder of how disposable even Americans are when the machine demands loyalty." - Sony Thang (@nxt88)

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