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US-CIA-sraeli "Aid" Plan Is Weapon in Netanyahu’s War of Annihilation In Gaza

The GHF "was established by people with ties to the CIA & Israeli intelligence"

It is intended to "serve as part of Netanyahu’s war of annihilation."

Netanyahu said he was getting pressure even from his most passionate backers in the GOP "that they didn’t want the optics of starving Palestinians"

democracynow.org/2025/5/29/jer

#GazaGenocideNotWar #USPol #EthnicCleansing #GOP @palestine #USMercenaries #USImperialism .

Democracy Now! · Jeremy Scahill: Shadowy Israeli-U.S. Aid Plan Is Weapon in “Netanyahu’s War of Annihilation” in GazaBy Democracy Now!

People, this is not normal. May you rise above it.

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Trump Says He Doesn't Have Sympathy for 'Vicious' Biden After Cancer Diagnosis: 'If You Feel Sorry for Him, Don't'

people.com/trump-says-dont-fee

As Trump lobbed his latest attack from the Oval Office on May 30, Biden was in Delaware honoring the 10-year anniversary of his son Beau's death from brain cancer.

People.comTrump Says He Doesn't Have Sympathy for 'Vicious' Biden After Cancer Diagnosis: 'If You Feel Sorry for Him, Don't'President Donald Trump continued his personal attacks on Joe Biden when asked about his predecessor's recent stage 4 cancer diagnosis on Friday, May 30, saying that people should not 'feel so sorry' for him because he's a 'vicious person'

Many will just die sooner...she's ok with that.

Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts, says ‘well, we all are going to die’

apnews.com/video/ernst-draws-g

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is facing backlash after saying that “we all are going to die” while talking about potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa.

#Ernst#Iowa#GOP

Marie Antoinette may not have actually said “Let them eat cake,” but Joni Ernst sure as hell did try to dismiss her constituents issues with Republicans gutting their healthcare by saying “we’re all going to die.”

Front page of the local newspaper! 👏

The only way this could have been any more tone deaf and out of touch is if she followed it up with “but, don’t worry. I’ll be ok.”

#uspol #bbb #gop #republicans

bsky.app/profile/carlquintanil

Bluesky Social · Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social
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you know how every accusation by #GOP #Republicans #MAGA is projection?

well, what is the one significant difference between American and European #fascism?

American fascists see THE CORPORATION as the organizing structure for ALL of society; untethered from birthright nobility and geographic nation-states

Trump & Republicans, as #corporatist fascists, believe no laws applicable to governments apply to them: A CORPORATION IS DOING THE “PREDATORY INCURSION” AND INVASION, not a government.

From @votevets on Dead🐦:

Joni Ernst is a Veteran. She knows 1 in 10 Veterans rely on #Medicaid.

And yet she sat at a town hall and defended cutting it.

So what does that mean—that those #Veterans don’t deserve care? That it’s fine if they die quietly?

Because that’s the message she sent.
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Me:
Or, maybe more to the point, if they die &/or suffer needlessly?

Because the non-stop message from Joni Ernst, Musk, Trump & the rest of the #GOP is they really don't care.

Period.

This week, I’m reminded of the 4-part series I wrote on the #GOP in 2021 before the full #MAGA we see today.

“My goal is to encourage love and empathy for voters across the aisle, while also recognizing the clear and present danger of the current GOP to our democracy and our country's future success.”

⏳Time Capsule🕰️
Originally aired June 10, 2021
rootschangemedia.com/gop-inact

the roots of change agency · The GOPs Disconnect with Reality & Its HarmsPart I: The Modern GOP