@discomystic_ Ambitious in terms of how much key-jangling it can cram into 90 min in lieu of plot or characterization, maybe
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🇵🇸 manchegoobfuscator.bsky.social
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@SpectacOptical
gay socialist nerd recently relocated to Philly from Brooklyn. Not a nice Jewish boy
Philadelphia Joined Şubat 2010
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Insane how how thoroughly “progressive” NGO culture is steeped in Zionism and Dem party bootlicking
Jared Holt@jaredlholt
Pod listeners have probably picked up from Mike that something went wrong at SPLC, which abruptly kicked him to the curb. He sued and won a settlement. Here, Mike explains what happened. His story feels familiar to me and many others on the beat. michaeledisonhayden.substack.com/p/what-happene…
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@UdsiAsli Are any of these “feminists against antisemitism” *not* TERFs?
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🇵🇸 manchegoobfuscator.bsky.social retweeted
@owocki This is my cartoon. I despise you and everything you stand for. You are a drain on this world. I wish ill on you.
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@WillSloanEsq Future Cops, a better Street Fighter II adaptation than the upcoming film will ever be
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Odd moment in the new Super Mario Galaxy movie. Wasn't sure how to explain this to my kids.
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On brand for a DC gay paper to have an opinion columnist like this
Washington Blade@WashBlade
D.C. not the place for antisemitic Democratic Socialists of America bit.ly/4c84MWn
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@enoughformethx I wasn’t in the forum but I think the “so-called” was in the question, not language she used in her response
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What’s funny about this is that she rightly said “so-called defense” to a fellow DSA member—a correct critique of U.S.-Israel martial state reason—but gave a sweeping ideological justification for the defensive weaponry of Israel to the Times. I think you gotta pick one, champ.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
The Israeli government is well able to fund the Iron Dome system, which has proven critical to keep innocent civilians safe from rocket attacks and bombardment. Consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and U.S. law. Netanyahu’s allies in the Knesset just approved a $45 billion defense budget, and the Prime Minister himself also asserted his interest in withdrawing from the MOU with the United States in January. It is fully within their ability to fund Iron Dome and other defensive systems. Our allies who need our military aid must understand that we will provide it consistent with the Leahy amendment and the foreign assistance act.
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@Anokataxs how on earth is saying it’s “critical to keep innocent civilians safe” not praising it
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@SpectacOptical She didn’t praise it that’s Peter’s weird
comment for some reason. She just mentioned its original functionality. And frankly Idc how she labels it as long as she clearly says they committed war crimes and they are not getting anything any longer.
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lol, this is just about the worst possible justification she could give. Glad she’s changed her position but this is a joke
Peter Sterne@petersterne
@AOC AOC released a formal statement to The New York Times confirming my reporting. Notably, she praised the Iron Dome itself in the statement, but said the U.S. should not fund it: nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/… For more, read my report on NYC-DSA's forum with AOC: cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/…
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🇵🇸 manchegoobfuscator.bsky.social retweeted
This is quite simply a Kamala Harris-tier response. You can “good Tsar, bad boyars” this one but I don’t think we should lie to ourselves about this being a remotely useful exercise. I don’t think a presidential campaign that runs on these triangulations is a winning one.
Peter Sterne@petersterne
@AOC AOC released a formal statement to The New York Times confirming my reporting. Notably, she praised the Iron Dome itself in the statement, but said the U.S. should not fund it: nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/… For more, read my report on NYC-DSA's forum with AOC: cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/…
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@Anokataxs Praising Iron Dome as a necessary defensive measure (rather than granting Israel impunity to carry out offensive wars) is not the right position jewishcurrents.org/iron-dome-is-n…
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@SpectacOptical This is literally the right position she could give. They committed war crimes and they should not be able to do this anylonger with our taxes.
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@chairmanmeowing @trash_panda97 without claiming that it's the sole factor in getting us there, I'd say that Congress overwhelmingly passing any resolution that praises IHRA and calls for its adoption can only build the case for putting legal weight behind the definition down the road
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@SpectacOptical @trash_panda97 i really need to be convinced of the causal connection between congress passing stuff thats like "yay congress said a thing" and actual statute
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national didn’t unendorse AOC, they tried to work with her and passed a conditional endorsement. she rejected the conditions outright, so it fell through. i’m glad AOC is now agreeing to these same conditions she refused 2 years ago but let’s not do revisionist history.
MarxistSwiftie@MarxistSwiftie
It should be clear to everyone by now that if NYC-DSA had followed National DSA's lead and unendorsed AOC, we would have lost her to the winds of the pro-genocide Democratic establishment. Instead, NYC-DSA decided to treat AOC like a comrade with whom they had a disagreement.
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🇵🇸 manchegoobfuscator.bsky.social retweeted
aoc framing her commitments as a defense of her past approach indicates it’s not a substantive enough commitment!
and then in the same breath saying the iron dome is a good thing (even while opposing the us funding it), is a terrible indefensible position!
Peter Sterne@petersterne
@AOC AOC released a formal statement to The New York Times confirming my reporting. Notably, she praised the Iron Dome itself in the statement, but said the U.S. should not fund it: nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/… For more, read my report on NYC-DSA's forum with AOC: cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/…
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@BredBoy01 @_carlbeijer She actually *doesn't* have a good record on IHRA relative to, say, Tlaib or Omar (see H.Res 1449); afaik, she's been consistently against any legislation that would enshrine IHRA into law, but not nearly as principled when it comes to laying the groundwork for doing so
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@_carlbeijer Yeah, notice how AOC skeptics weren't doing end zone dances about her commitment to oppose the IHRA definition because she's had a good record on it! Cole acts like she didn't make a statement of *affirmative support* for the Iron Dome.
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If this was AOC just restating a position that was obvious all along then no one would be making a big deal about it.
Everyone is making a big deal about it precisely because she was pressured into clarifying something that (at best) wasn't clear before.
Cole Sandick🌹🇵🇸🇺🇦🇸🇩@ColeSandick
A massive repudiation of the people who perpetrated a yearslong hoax that AOC supports military aid to Israel, among other things. I'm proud to be part of the wing of DSA that sought to engage with her and build a stronger relationship instead of hounding her out of the org.
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@_carlbeijer there was nothing unclear about it; she's been on record at least three times since Oct 7 as supporting US aid for Iron Dome. Anyone claiming this isn't a change in her position is simply lying
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@barbarismcrit @ColeSandick It’s an astonishingly audacious lie to say that AOC has never supported Iron Dome when she’s on record multiple times supporting it
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@ColeSandick You are wildly dishonest and it’s people like you who chastise folks for putting pressure on politicians that are the problem.
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A massive repudiation of the people who perpetrated a yearslong hoax that AOC supports military aid to Israel, among other things. I'm proud to be part of the wing of DSA that sought to engage with her and build a stronger relationship instead of hounding her out of the org.
Popstonox@Popstonox
AOC has committed to voting against any spending on arms for Israel, including "defensive" capabilities like the Iron Dome, at tonight's NYC-DSA electoral forum
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@centristmarxist @petersterne @HankeyLeone @stylianos_k @AOC An extremely dishonest one, since the actual text of the resolution was clearly affirming it as a gold standard in defining antisemitism
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@centristmarxist @petersterne @HankeyLeone @stylianos_k @AOC Well, this was Casca’s defense at the time x.com/cascamike/stat…
mike casca@cascamike
this resolution does not even come close to adopting the ihra definition, which is something she has consistently opposed. it simply states that it exists and that it is recognized by particular international bodies. she will continue to oppose ihra codification.
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BREAKING: At tonight’s NYC-DSA electoral forum, @AOC committed to voting against “any spending on arms for Israel, including so-called defensive capabilities.”
Peter Sterne@petersterne
Tonight (right now actually) @nycDSA is holding a virtual candidate forum with AOC as they consider whether to endorse her for reelection. The endorsement itself hardly matters – AOC will obviously win reelection – but it’s significant as DSA and AOC prep for a potential presidential run in 2028. I’ll be continuing to report on the forum and DSA’s relationship with AOC. Feel free to DM me or message me on Signal if you want to chat anonymously.
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