Game of Frowns

Reminder: the Crusades were a response to over 400 years of Islamic aggression against Christians and Europe. 632: Muhammad dies. 635: Muslims conquer the Christian city of Damascus. 636: Muslims conquer the Christian city of Antioch. 637: Muslims conquer the Holy Land. 639: Muslims conquer the first Christian country Armenia. 641: Muslims conquer the Coptic Christian country of Egypt. 650: Muslim armies reach southern Italy and Cyprus, taking thousands of captives as "slaves" and "concubines." 711: Muslims invade Spain, and by 715, they have occupied most of it. 717: Muslims besiege Constantinople but are repelled. 730: Muslims invade France, only to be stopped by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours. 792: The ruler of Al-Andalus calls for the invasion of France, and Muslim armies are assembled to attack it again, but they are repelled. 827: Muslims invade Sicily and Italy, persecuting monks. Sicily remains under Islamic rule until 1092. 846: Muslims invade Rome and force the Pope to pay tribute. 848: A third invasion of France occurs, and they are repelled for a third time. 909: Muslims occupy Sardinia. 937: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is burned down by Muslims, and more churches in Jerusalem are destroyed. 1009: Destruction of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. 1012: Beginning of al-Hakim’s oppressive decrees against Christians. 1071: Turkish Muslims attack the Byzantines and occupy much of Anatolia. 1094: Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos asks Western Christendom for help against the Muslim Turkish invasions. 1095: Pope Urban II finally declares the First Crusade.

@mattyglesias The left would yell “AIPAC” and call anyone who publicly supports Stevens a Zionist. We’ve entered the stupidest if possible timelines. It only goes downhill from here.

The asymmetry in the current factional battle is that Bernie & AOC are actually in Wisconsin supporting the candidate they prefer. Tons of Dem electeds — almost certainly most of them — prefer Stevens, but nobody wants to put in the time or effort to do anything about it.

@mlkaljml @ClearReason The vast majority of the people killed in Gaza were Hamas terrorists. This is the only holocaust in history where the population has actually increased.

@GameOfFrowns @ClearReason Still doesn’t justify committing a Palestinian Holocaust

The IDF has more Muslim soldiers than 47 of the world’s 53 Muslim-majority countries have Jews.

@mlkaljml @ClearReason Parachuting into Israel, killing people, raping women, and taking hostages isn’t legal resistance. It’s terrorism and genocide.

@GameOfFrowns @ClearReason An occupied group of people can legally resist their occupiers under international law 🤦🏻‍♂️

@mlkaljml @ClearReason October 7th was an act of genocide and terrorism. Israel is responding in kind. You want peace? Tell Hamas, Hezzbollah, and every other terrorist organization that’s hellbent on killing their neighbors to shut down. Until then you are part of the problem.

@GameOfFrowns @ClearReason In legal terms Israel committed a genocide

@mlkaljml @ClearReason Who owns the land now? Israel via deed from the previous owner, Britain, who got it from the r previous owner the Ottoman Empire. So…in legal terms the Nabka is pure bullshit.

@GameOfFrowns @ClearReason Lots of people can argue that the Zionist claim to Palestine because God promised it to them 3000 years ago is bullshit

@mlkaljml @ClearReason The Nabka is pretty much bullshit.

@ClearReason Congratulations you didn’t ethnically cleanse them all during the nakba does Israel want a medal??

@CoreyWriting Maybe if Progressives, who are the loudest people in the room, stopped obsessing over AIPAC, they could focus on what voters really care about, like the economy.

Republicans still polling ahead of Democrats on economic issues under these conditions is a complete indictment of the Democratic Party and inexcusable.

DSA and leftists threatening to not vote in MI are only hurting their own agenda. You’re showing other Dems that you cannot be trusted or relied on. You’re incentivizing other Dems to take down your candidates quickly and with force. Because you don’t want to participate in the coalition in good faith.

AIPAC is now spending 8x as much as Abdul El-Sayed's entire campaign on the MI Senate primary. This race is not between Abdul and Haley Stevens. It is Abdul vs. AIPAC. A billionaire-funded Super PAC shouldn't determine American elections or foreign policy. Let's support Abdul.

@aiex_1982 @Julesnader386 Yep. As a lifelong Democrat I will vote for Mike Rogers over Sayed. I don’t vote for antisemitism.

@Julesnader386 which is exactly why I'm voting for Rogers if it's Stevens winning.

This is the 2028 test run. If Abdul wins, it’ll show that people-powered, leftist energy, and AOC’s endorsement strength, can prevail in a swing state, setting her up well for a 2028 run. If Stevens wins, it’ll show AIPAC and the Dem establishment can successfully stunt that energy and install a corrupt candidate who is more likely to lose to a Republican on the general. The MI Dem Senate race is now the most important primary race of the year.

@AbdulElSayed @HaleyforMI Just say “dirty Jews”

AIPAC’s front group “UDP” just bought TV commercials for @HaleyforMI for 7/21-7/27. The total: $4,270,951 Detroit broadcast: $1.18M Grand Rapids broadcast : $1.29M Lansing: $857k Flint broadcast: $453k Traverse City: $410k Satellite - $61k Tigers - $14k That’s just one week.

@umichvoter Send Congratulations to Mike Rogers, the new Senator Elect.

84% in how do you react

@ArmandoNDK “DSA if he wins, not DSA if he loses or if the vetting process goes badly months after the DSA went all in” — Doug Henwood

What's the official position on El Sayed. Is he DSA or not?

@Shouldnotbeonx @SeniorVPofOps @umichvoter Lots of Jewish conspiracy theorist enjoyers, too.

@SeniorVPofOps @umichvoter Lots of genocide enjoyers in Michigan, hey?

There is not a Democratic candidate in recent history that is as blatantly corrupted as Haley Stevens She accepted money from 100s of corporate and insurance PACs in office/ $30+ million in AIPAC ads bankrolling her campaign. You think she's gonna stand up to the lobbies?

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Oh, that’s cute. He thinks he can dictate terms.

Right now the far left is simultaneously celebrating and mocking McMorrow for dropping out, trying to court her supporters, and calling her dropping out a conspiracy of the “establishment” to hurt El Sayed. It’s derangement everywhere you look.

@SpencerHakimian The farmers will still vote for the next Republican even if that Republican promises to make their lives even more miserable. It’s a cult.

JUST IN: Trump’s Approval Rating Collapses With Rural America.

@jodykif @MotorCityLib Well, the uncommitted crowd pulled this shjt in 2024. Turnabout is fair game. I don’t vote for antisemitism. Full stop. If that means Mike Rogers, so be it.

@MotorCityLib This meltdown you guys are having is insane. You abandon you principles at the slightest discomfort. What’s worse? A republican majority in the senate during a trump presidency, or 1/100th of the senate is a guy you don’t agree with but is “on your team”

If El-Sayed wins, I will be uncommitted.