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The rules of the Senate, as undermined by McConnell and inexplicably tolerated by Schumer ensure it won’t happen.

That co-equal branches thing was nice while we had it.

Why would you do this? Who hurt you?

Well put - and I expect we’d agree that the worst are outlets like the NYT and WP that trip over themselves trying to appeal to a demographic that hates them by constantly pushing “both sides” or worse pretending it’s normal partisan dynamics and not an utterly corrupt SCOTUS and dysfunctional Congress let alone aspiring authoritarianism on one side. They focus on eyeballs and revenue, journalistic integrity be damned.

I suppose “the media has catastrophically failed in it’s job to inform many voters” wasn’t as catchy.

“Sorry our nation elected a bunch of morons”.

They know perfectly well but prefer the revenue to fulfilling their journalistic responsibility and acting ethically.

When news is a product to market and not a social responsibility this is the result. They’re selling a narrative and horse race delivers profits - also their delusion that kissing the ass of the guy that calls them the enemy might save them could be a factor.

Shameful how their response has been to cower and equivocate and not report objectively and clearly.

Well geez things are tight but I’m sure I can spare some EABOD for these poor, unfortunate souls.

Cannon has no ethics to grapple with, she’ll quite happily do whatever it is she believes protects Trump. As with Alito and Thomas she’s blatantly biased and doesn’t appear to care at all about her oath or duty.

They’re flaunting their disdain for the very system they purport to protect.

The race to the bottom getting pretty crowded.

Easier to slither in the muck when you lack a spine I suppose.

Wrong about another thing.

He may have been right to vote for impeachment but that aside…like Liz Cheney another GOP stooge.

Quite literally only because they would appoint someone even worse.. The House is deeply flawed.

Unfortunately for him the case is actually not about paying hush money, it’s about lying about the payments in company documents and its direct impact on the election.

Sure you can give money to people, the lying about it on financial/campaign finance documents is what he’s being tried for.

Of course the media keeps calling it “hush money trial” which it is not.

You have no idea about….everything apparently. But ooh you’re mad and judge mental. That’ll surely foster a dialogue and progress.

Job well done, you solved it.

No dumb ass, I quite clearly noted I’ve not seen anyone advocating for them as suggested, outside of extremists. Even he usual suspects seem disinclined to support them after the attacks - even Iran held back until conditions in Gaza went so badly and even then until attacked and they’re usually itching for an excuse.

I’ve not seen support for Hamas…? Who are you referring to?

Fair enough, but consider what he’s saying is all but unprecedented. He’s tying strings to our policy and directly pushing aid to Gaza too. Yes, the air drops have not been anywhere near enough - but that they happen at all is telling.

Again, the point is that the alternative would be exponentially worse. Yes, worse even than the nightmare it already is.

I meant by arming the Houthis and clearly itching to get involved. The attack on their embassy was a dumb move in response which….further escalated things and frankly I think backfired massively as it eliminated the argument that Israel was solely defensive. Phrased that poorly.

I don’t know that the election would actually turn on this but I shudder to think how much worse it will get writ large if Trump gets back in the White House but I also don’t expect us to turn our back on Israel so….who knows.

Again, I agree Israel’s response has been excessive to the point of genocidal - but the Republicans would gleefully endorse and encourage worse. Biden has been openly lukewarm in his support and if reports are accurate he’s been railing on Netanyahu. I hate the devil’s bargain we have of supporting Israeli acts no matter what but as trivial as it is on the ground we let the UN measure pass which was telling and unprecedented.

Again, the principled opposition while justified will only promote far worse. Given that what is the logical decision?

It is. He is standing by our ally while calling out their actions. I don’t agree with it either but recognize that turning our back on Israel would destabilize the mess in the region even more.

Netanyahu is the problem and it’s obvious that Biden wants him gone but for now it’s a shitty situation Iran just escalated.

What would have Biden do? Put troops in Gaza? I wish we’d cut off military aid personally but people far more qualified than me make those calls. It’s a shitshow for sure but opting for worse is not the solution.