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Received devastating news yesterday. Because the ACA increases are affecting the person who keeps me alive, I'll be unable to pay for literally anything but the bare bones bills, not including food, med supplies etc, soon. Even $1 matters. Thanks. paypal.me/DaisyZeusFrank

Israel apologists are shrieking their lungs out about AOC saying she'll vote against US funding for Israel's Iron Dome. The premise of these arguments is that Israel is an innocent little flower who's just sitting there minding its own business while evil savages fire rockets, missiles and drones at it for no reason, so it requires a "defensive" weapons system to shoot down those projectiles. It is taken as a given that Americans need to pay for that system for some strange reason. This is of course a lie. Israel is not sitting there passively receiving these attacks, it is abusing Palestinians and starting wars throughout the middle east under the assumption that it is relatively safe from return fire. The Iron Dome exists to protect Israel from the deterrence capabilities of the populations it attacks, and from the domestic political consequences of military aggression becoming unpopular among an electorate who must suffer its effects. Calling the Iron Dome "defensive" is like looking at the armor and shield of a medieval knight and saying he must have carried those items around all the time in case someone tried to stab him while he was sitting at home playing with his children. No, those were weapons of war designed to keep the knight alive so he could kill as many enemy soldiers as possible on the battlefield without being stopped. If you were a psychopath and suddenly discovered you had super powers which make your flesh as hard as steel, you'd probably go around beating people up, because you'd be immune from the retaliations of those you attacked. Without those powers you'd have to be a lot more diplomatic in your interactions with people, because you'd want to keep your teeth in your head. Israel is like a psychopath who's been given powers which protect it from retaliatory strikes. This is an entirely moderate position from Ocasio-Cortez and should have been her stance the entire time. These freaks are acting like it's a second Holocaust because they want Israel to be allowed to butcher people throughout west Asia without any fear of consequences.

BREAKING: Ships that want to transit through the Strait of Hormuz are being asked to pay fees in yuan to get a secret passcode, per Bloomberg

@lauramhartman @SaraphineLorenz Blue and red maga are identical in their cultism. Just different ppl they worship.

@model_daughters @SaraphineLorenz Myopic tribalism isn’t partisan.

He belongs in a cell at the Hague awaiting their worst punishment. This constant laundering you do of a man who couldn't be bothered to stop Trump and other J6 leaders is disgusting given how many civilians he helped murder and lie about. Hell is hot and waiting.

THE FACTS: 1. Any Palestinian found guilty of killing a Jewish Israeli in the West Bank will be classified and tried in an Israeli military court as a terrorist. If convicted they will be sentenced to death. 2. Israeli military courts have a statistically impossible 99.74% conviction rate for Palestinians. They have a 1.9% conviction rate for Israeli settlers and soldiers. 3. There are thousands of Palestinians currently being held in Israeli military prisons, without charges or trials under a system known as “administrative detention” who will now be eligible for the death penalty. 4. Claims that thousands of Palestinians could now face execution are 100% accurate. 5. Pardons from the Israeli president for Palestinians convicted in Israeli courts are nonexistent throughout Israel’s history outside of prisoner exchanges during wartime.

BREAKING: Tonight, in his 9 PM ET address to the nation, President Trump will declare that the Iran War is "winding down," per POLITICO. Details include: 1. Trump consistently "telegraphed that message" over the past 24 hours 2. The speech is expected to claim that "all military objectives have been met" 3. Trump is expected to "scapegoat" NATO allies for the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz 4. There is still "little evidence" that the US and Iran are "anywhere close to an agreement" US oil prices are still trading at $100/barrel.

Rabies is 100% fatal if you don’t get that vaccine AND the US only has enough smallpox vaccines stockpiled for the Armed Forces. We test to keep it out of gen pop cause it’s OVER if it becomes endemic again. Thanks MAGA

AOC is not a far left extremist. But choosing a leftist candidate who rejects supporting Israel and is anti-corruption and pro m4a would win your broken party a landslide.

Stop sending weapons to Israel.

No it's not. You are though.

If Israel can’t afford its own missile defense then maybe it should start fewer wars. If it can afford its own missile defense, why should we pay for it?

@RepAbeHamadeh AIPAC Abe supports unlimited U.S.-funded weapons for Israel.

After less than 90 minutes of watching several of his own handpicked justices tear his arguments apart, the president abruptly left. thedailybeast.com/humiliated-tru…

Norman’s comments here are consistent with his views since Chomsky became his mentor He’s been opposed to a binational state, angrily denounced BDS, and consistently erases the power of the Israel lobby or neocon movement in US policy, even on Iran, obscuring politics itself I’ve also noticed he relentlessly deploys the term “Jewish supremacism” but never offers a critique of Zionism

A new COVID-19 variant called "Cicada" is spreading. Here's what to know. cbsn.ws/4tfo6I2

The Intercept is at JFK International Airport today reminding you to #TurnOffYourPhone before going through security to keep federal authorities from getting into your devices. More tips from our digital security expert: interc.pt/4lVZJwE

UK officials feel they can no longer trust US counterparts with sensitive material, per iNews

Today marks 2 years since Biden/Harris' bombs were used by Israeli terrorists to murder 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers, including an American, to stop them from feeding starving Palestinians. 23 days later, Biden/Harris sent Israel another $8.7 billion in military aid.

Look at this. This wallet has just put an $800,000 bet on boots on the ground in Iran. They previously were right about the time US struck Iran first. Unusual.

After the right to torture Palestinians, Apartheid Israel claims the right to HANG Palestinians. The shame of the century continues. Ben Gvir belongs in The Hague.