@AIPAC AIPAC has spent decades singling out people for opposing Israel, I assume that was fully democratic however?
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The orchestrated campaign to single out and demonize pro-Israel Americans, including millions of Democrats who are members of AIPAC, for participating in the political process is wrong and fundamentally undemocratic.
Caroline Vakil@CarolineVakil
Asked by @lisakashinsky about the shift of opinions on AIPAC among Democrats and whether he personally would reject money from the group, @CoryBooker says “First and foremost, there is a singling out of AIPAC that is troubling to me.” Says there are Iranian Americans and Turkish Americans who bundle money, adding “There are a lot of ethnic groups that bundle money, and often for things that I don't agree with. But somehow, AIPAC seems to be drawing a lot of attention, and that's problematic to me,” he says. Goes on to say that he doesn’t think anybody should be accepting PAC money from anyone.
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@Spicey_Meatball @JackChambersGB Wait, it’s all because of the Dutch?!
Always has been.
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@JackChambersGB Well, he did live in Spanish Missouri. Randomly met up with Baron de Bastrop, a Dutchman who left newly purchased Louisiana Territory - whom he met randomly 20 years earlier, in San Antonio who got his rejected application reversed.
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Reminder that the initiator of Anglo-American settlement in Texas was from CONNECTICUT
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finished another part of the cathedral. Also added a bunch of gizmos for modifying the building. I have been doing so much procedural modeling these days, it feels like the geometry just appears as I think of it. Feels nice!
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The reaction to this has increased my odds that MLK day may actually suffer serious repetitional damage next year.
True Discipline@TruueDiscipline
@RealJarTaylor @nytimes He really is the Mexican MLK lol
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@claydumas Because while the cost per GW was against renewables a decade ago, nowadays it is more cost effective than other methods.
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People haven't wrapped their heads around how much the politics of renewables have been altered by the fact that Texas is kicking everyone's ass in building solar, wind, and batteries. Greg Abbot sounds woke when he talks energy now. That's a preview of what's coming nationally.
Gaurab Chakrabarti@Gaurab
Reminder that Texas (owner of the Permian basin) is quietly running on 70% renewable energy.
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The world is changing right in front of us and no one knows it. Texas is running its world-class economy on 70% renewables, right now. Gas is there if we need it, but for today, we can save the fuel for another day.
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@UFStudent2 @Cafe_au_lait522 @jiagrapher If you multiply it by bmi and exclude approximately 1 million Ukrainians you will probably get a similar population number.
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mfw this is just a map of polish ancestry by county
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Once you get out of the Chicago TV market, the rest of Illinois is basically a giant sundown town for Polish people
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@CNLiberalism & it managed broad bipartisan support. Goofy
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The Senate just passed what might be the most NIMBY bill in history
Andrew Ackerman@amacker
"Congress could ultimately decrease the number of rental units built each year by at least 72,000, meaning its package to expand the supply of housing... would actually reduce housing development." urban.org/urban-wire/sen…
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we’re about to speedrun this realization across every institution in society aren’t we
staysaasy@staysaasy
I’m on week five of trying to vibe code a replacement for some dumb saas that we use and it’s so incredibly frustrating that I’m slowly realizing it’s actually a quite complex and thoughtful piece of software.
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@AlecStapp @Noahpinion For every Ehrlich there is a Borlaug
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In the late 1960's, Paul Ehrlich was advocating for cutting off emergency food aid to India.
This would have caused mass starvation.
When people say that he was evil, this is what they mean.
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@lihkin_nyc @meatsweatmcgee Tbh I think a lot of the controversy is misguided. There should be stronger protections and checks against animal abuse in the industry but banning the sport outright is a shame IMO
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@MorekWhen @meatsweatmcgee I did not know until recently that dog racing was so controversial.
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what do you think goes on here
Terrible Maps@TerribleMaps
US counties bordering 4 or more states
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Oh you're a Heritage American? Interesting. Which part of England are your ancestors from? "County Kerry"? Never heard of it
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@jaxgriot @La_Femme_Vert @cafedujord Does this also apply to national demographics? Because this is an impossibility with immigration, it inherently results in the shifting of demographics both within the community and the nation. Incongruent policies.
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@MorekWhen @La_Femme_Vert @cafedujord i think we have a vested interest in community preservation - to speak in econ terms, these are an undervalued positive externality.
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@RJT_2012 @GovMikeDeWine Further right than you negro
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@MorekWhen @GovMikeDeWine Crawl back into the leftist echo chamber of lies and propaganda that you crawled out of.
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I have been advised by Ohio's Adjutant General that three of the six servicemembers killed during the air refueling mission in Iraq were Ohioans deployed with the Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing. Fran and I are deeply saddened by this news and offer our sincere condolences to their families.
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@La_Femme_Vert @cafedujord Neighborhood demographics always shift. Black and brown communities deserve no extra protections just because they claim a neighborhood as their own.
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@cafedujord As long you’re respectful of the black and brown historically redlined communities where development advances gentrification that actively prices them out of their homes in LA.
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@paesleme32 @ItaliaPaeseV Muslim pirates were raiding the coast at the time. So if you were going to set up new settlements they would ideally be in the mountains.
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@ItaliaPaeseV Estranho que não haja maior concentração no Adriático.
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Colônias Albanesas na Itália
Esses Albaneses cristãos chegaram na Itália durante os séculos XV e XVI, fugindo da perseguição otomana.
Atualmente, é estimado um número de 400.000 a 800.000 Italianos com ascendência Albanesa.
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Because it was misidentified as a building in the IRGC compounds was targeted under the assumption it was part of military infrastructure, but in actuality it was a school building adjacent to the base. Which school buildings near or in military bases is pretty common, US bases have similar
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@Indian_Bronson Why would the U.S. want to kill school girls? What strategic purpose would it serve? The whole idea is ridiculous.
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Yeah so if this is the setup it’s unsurprising.
Seems clear the US did in fact kill 175 school girls bc physically targeting specific buildings is different from identifying specific buildings.
Neither US leadership nor Israel will care - but perhaps some American voters will.
Kaitlan Collins@kaitlancollins
The U.S. military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Israel’s almost week-long war with Iran, according to CNN and expert analysis of evidence.
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The fact that a 19-story, 200-unit building replacing a surface parking lot in the middle of Manhattan is even controversial is an indictment of how restrictive zoning has become in many American cities.
Fighting it over “historic preservation” claims is just embarrassing...
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