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Brian Fantana

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  1. Forgot to post about this earlier but apparently the under 50k group includes every pensioner that voted as well, which would see the data a fair amount I think.
  2. He won because he ran a grassroots campaign that addressed his potential constituents' direct economic concerns and issues that actually affect their daily lives. My point was that his uncompromisingly anti-Zionist position, which we are often led to believe is political kryptonite, certainly didn't cost him any meaningful votes in the most Jewish place on Earth not named Israel. It was less commentary on Israel and commentary that someone who is uncompromisingly for "The Groups" that liberals find so frightening can certainly win and win big even if the big money is behind their opponent. And he isn't the only example of this, Andy Beshear is another great example of a progressive, uncompromisingly pro-LGBTQ Democrat who is a wildly popular (he has like a 70% approval rating currently) governor of a deep red, Southern state right now.
  3. This is not, like, AT ALL what I said. In fact, that's such a bad interpretation of what I was saying it almost seems deliberate if I didn't know any better.
  4. Another thing I want to say about this race is I do not want to hear another god damned word, from ANYONE, about how taking a critical stance of Israel is too politically risky for a Democratic candidate to take. I've been screaming about how this is bullshit since well before the Harris campaign and if a socialist Muslim that is uncompromisingly anti-Zionist can blow the doors off one of the most recognizable incumbent candidates in the country that's being backed by every billionaire in the state, in the most Jewish place on Earth besides Israel, I think I can confidently feel vindicated on that one.
  5. This clip makes me cackle. Joy-Ann Reid saying literally everything that I have been saying in this thread while the two old Zionist dipshits desperately try to talk over her and shut her up.
  6. It's tricky because technically it would be considered illegal under international law/a treaty violation to develop a nuclear weapon but only a few/several dozen countries have actually adopted the treaty at this point IIRC. Ukraine is an interesting case as a country that has had nuclear weapons before but gave them up (oops). The US becoming an unpredictable/unreliable actor makes widespread nuclear proliferation much more likely and certainly doesn't make a country like Iran less likely to pursue one.
  7. No one said you were a Trumper. Show your work. Present some data.
  8. Keep it up. There's nothing more entertaining than whiny ass neoliberals crashing out because they couldn't buy an election.
  9. If you told literally any person in a modern country outside of America that having free health care is socialist and bad they'd look at you like you had 3 heads. It's so crazy how we behave in this country. Everything that doesn't directly serve capital interest is COMMUNIST.
  10. Christ Almighty, this is the dumbest take I've read all week and that's including GRHorn and HellesBier's latest socks.
  11. So they should have gone with the rapist piece of shit with a 60% unfavorability that is backed by the same billionaires that put Trump in office? Great idea, no notes.
  12. It's the perfect position for someone like Mamdani. He can't run for President, and NYC mayor is a job where you can have a real impact on millions of people's lives in a very visible way as a Democrat and set an example that people actually pay attention to.
  13. Yes, he has just done a great job of demonstrating the former. Need more of that everywhere.
  14. I hate to reuse material but:
  15. It is not "my opinion", though it's very cute that you're attempting to frame it that way to discredit the point. Also, no one is "affronted" that you call Hamas a terrorist organization, the point was that while you [correctly] call Hamas a terrorist organization, you handwave away terrorism committed by nation-state actors simply by the virtue of them being nation-states. Not to mention the fact that these same nation-states are the ones that get to define what is and what isn't terrorism. Convenient, isn't it? Also, you both demonstrated a complete lack of knowledge of what Hezbollah is and why it exists, and completely ignored the point about the goings on in Lebanon entirely. Very nice. All that coupled with your speculation about what Mossad knew about the attack when anyone with even basic knowledge of how Israel operates would know that intelligence gathering with regard to Gaza & the West Bank and any counter-terrorism operations fall under the purview of Shin Bet. In other words, you're talking out of your ass and seemingly operating on nothing but vibes, stereotypes, and whatever you hear from Western media talking heads. It's annoying.
  16. There was no way for anyone to be confident in what would happen. These weapons had never been used in a real world operation before. Whatever they thought or didn't think about the structural stability of their facility is entirely irrelevant, moving the material was the only move to make in the face of such uncertainty.
  17. You have no idea what you are talking about. Firstly, this would not have been under Mossad's purview. Second, there are heaps of evidence that Netanyahu's government was aware of Hamas' plans and did nothing, you can probably guess why. There have been dozens of articles written about this subject just by Israeli journalists alone. How can you possibly have your head stuck this far in the sand?
  18. More than likely because they don't have the time to pay much attention to politics and just cast their vote for the guy whose name they recognize, doubly so because he doesn't have a scary brown mooslem name.
  19. You talking about Iran or Netanyahu's government? I can't tell, please be more specific.
  20. I'm still chuckling about these posts, as if Zohran didn't present a coherent message that resonates with voters. I love it when liberals try to silence progressives by falsely claiming they only care about "magic words" or pandering to "The Groups" and don't understand their insane bigotry. Hold this L.
  21. I too enjoy orientalism I quoted the wrong person, whatever it's fine
  22. Agreed, checking back is fine in that spot.
  23. Yeah I think it's fair to hate him. And he shouldn't do shit like that. I think the table talk is entertaining, though.
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