Comments by "Meh Pluribus Unum" (@pluribus_unum) on "Democracy Now!" channel.

  1. Dictatorship or democracy. This is still a battle for the soul of America.
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  2. Genocide isn't self-defense and Netanyahu isn't pro-Israel.
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  3. Masha Gessen and Maria Ressa are modern Arendts in my view. Inspirational courage and integrity to be emulated by any and all humanitarians.
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  4. Chidi is a real patriot. There is more courage and steel in one vertebrae of this journalist's spine than there is in the entire Republican party today.
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  5. AIPAC is right-wing. Period. It is not pro-Israel, it's pro-Likud. "...anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas. This is part of our strategy, to isolate Palestinians in Gaza from Palestinians in Judea and Samaria." - Benjamin Netanyahu (at a Likud party meeting in 2019)
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  6. Technically, he said "U.S. forces won't be sent to battle Russian troops". That statement is crafted to leave the key points up to interpretation and allow the administration to define "U.S. forces", "battle" and "Russian troops" as they need to day by day.
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  7. Solidarity is a superpower.
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  8. It's disgusting how the very same people who argue we be capable of separating the actions of the artist from the art for the likes of Woody Allen or Werner Herzog won't see their hypocrisy in refusing to do so for a Palestinian artist and scion.
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  9. Jonathan and Amy, you had me at, "war is a racket..."
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  10. Thank you Wisconsin. This is a win for the nation and democracy. Kudos!
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  11. If you're struggling to explain the cruelty of Republican public policy (2:45), keep in mind it isn't a democratic ("small d") political party, it is an autocratic political party. Autocracies need their supporters to be complicit so their violent rule and discrimination is accepted. The stultifying cruelty is used as a part of a larger political strategy which requires the erasure of the shared future, and the formalization of segregation between the pro-regime faction and everyone else.
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  12. FWIW Further reading: In an interview with St. Louis on the Air last year, Yeshitela addressed the raid and acknowledged visiting Russia in the past but denied taking money from the Russian government. “Yes, I have been to Russia, but I've also been to South Africa, I've been to Ghana, I've been to various other places in Africa, I've been to Nicaragua,” Yeshitela said then. “I've been to all kinds of places where oppressed people are organizing because Black people need not to be isolated.” - May 10th, 2023
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  13. The Republican party just voted against researching disinformation. Who would vote against research used to protect us from disinformation? Only people who use disinformation campaigns. Friends don't let friends vote Republican.
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  14. The decision by the Finns and Swedes is entirely logical and theirs to make. I respect all peace activists, and while this decision isn't anyone else's to make and I am glad the IPB continues its work educating and advocating.
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  15. Ethno-nationalism is anathema to democracy and self-determination wherever or arises. From Moscow to Tel Aviv, to Mar-a-lago.
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  16. It's patently apartheid.
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  17. The end of an error, just like Trump.
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  18.  @stanr8946 - I spoke plainly. You aren't here for debate or conversation, you are here to carry water for the IDF. You conflate 2.4 million Palestinians [(in Israeli occupied Palestine, Israel proper, as well as the West Bank)] with the terrorist wing of Hamas (15,000-20,000 fighters).
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  19. Fascists. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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  20. The inimitable Amy Goodman is both Executive Producer and Newscaster/Host.
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  21.  @vooteimer1234  - AIPAC and Likud are both right-wing. That's just the fact of the matter. The Likud was formed on 13 September 1973 as a secular party by an alliance of several right-wing parties prior to that year's legislative election... "[AIPAC is] an organisation that doesn't just support far-right politics in Israel, but far-right politics in the US," Hadar Susskind, president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, a self-described pro-Israel group that supports a two-state solution based on the 1967 lines, tells The New Arab.
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  22.  @l-uk3xm  - To be fair, he had to negotiate with the most extremist members of the war cabinet and the IDF Generals.
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  23. Given that Iran is seizing commercial ships, the apt question is, "is Iran risking war with the United States of America?"
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  24. People don't leave their home with only what they can carry because of something a politician said in the U.S. The possibility of refuge, starvation abating income, or simply protection from death threats and/gangs when you have an extreme need for one or more of those is what makes people leave their home with nearly, or literally, nothing [but] the clothes they are wearing.
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  25. 🗽🇺🇸 VOTE! 🇺🇸🗽 Even if you're not registered in these 20 states and DC -- you can REGISTER AND VOTE TODAY -- NOVEMBER 5th, 2024 CA, CO, CT, DC, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN MT, NH, NV, NM, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY
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  26. Nope. Misinformation isn't going to help you get out of this one, it's only bailing water for a flailing insurgency.
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  27. Kudos, Brasileiros! 🇧🇷
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  28.  @tonet6601  - An important and relevant discussion that has no bearing on my statement. The present needs our urgent attention, albeit informed by the past. But the exercise of pouring over the lessons and import of the past cannot end up obstructing the very real potential for movement into a better future.
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  29. Tragic. The crimes against humanity by Hamas will frustrate a two-state solution as much as Israel's war crimes in killing and collectively punishing Palestinians, instead of fighting terrorism and extremism. Out of context, it's hard for many to understand why a kibbutz would be a target of Palestinian resistance or a terrorist attack. The reason is they are the tip of the colonial settler invasion's spear, fundamental "frontier" forts in the theft of Palestinian lands, farms, wealth, and homes. Most of these kibbutz are on stolen lands that the previous farmers are forced off of by the Israeli army or armed settler militias. "The kibbutzim played an important role in the pioneering of new Jewish settlements in Palestine, and their democratic and egalitarian character had a strong influence on early Israeli society as a whole."
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  30. John Kiriakou is a name synonymous with speaking truth to power.
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  31. If you oppose Elon on this and support a boycott, but own a Tesla: One option is to sell your Tesla and pre-order (Q3 2023 projected to start deliveries) a solar self-charging Sono Sion ($25K starting MSRP). Just an idea.
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  32.  @CapnSnackbeard  - Physical. Historical. Contemporary. With the growth of independent trade unions in South Africa in the 1970s, British unions supported their sister unions in their demands for recognition. They worked with the AAM to put pressure on British companies that exploited black South African workers. They provided training and finance for South African unions. - Trade Unions Against Apartheid at The Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives Labor’s entry into the ceasefire movement was motivated, in part, by a call from the Palestinian labor movement for unions to join them in demanding an end to the assault on Gaza and working towards undoing Israel’s decades-long occupation. - The International Labor Movement Is Mobilizing for a Free Palestine: Global labor unions are responding to Palestinian workers’ calls for solidarity and demanding an immediate ceasefire. by Shane Burley for TRUTHOUT - November 29, 2023
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  33. 1:54 - Whataboutism isn't a defense, it's a confession.
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  34. 9:50 - Unless and until Jill Stein gives a believable explanation for deciding to dine with Putin and traitor Mike Flynn, she's not a candidate with integrity.
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  35. Fighting for whom? Putin and Trump by my calculation.
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  36. If you don't want a replay of this situation; an autocratic ruler serving billionaires and ignoring the will of the people in the U.S., VOTE! ✅ 🔴⚪🔵
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  37. Honestly, if Elon is upset, it's a good sign it's likely to be a truly effective tax on billionaires.
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  38. Where are you getting this from? This video is all about how there were many, many co-conspirators and accomplices.
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  39. @ 6:65 - There is no equivalence between the two major U.S. political parties on campaign finance reform. NONE.
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  40. 3:50 - When you are claiming the U.N. is aiding the al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas' armed wing) it's a clear sign you are likely on the wrong side of history.
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  41.  @1848revolt  - in my view, him being employed by Russian government run RT immediately disqualifies him from weighing in on Russia's invasion.
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  42. The idea Biden was escalating with his unvarnished comment is a specious argument, in my view. Good to see Rep. Khanna's rebuttal of the "arming neo-nazis" disinformation campaign.
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  43.  @theciakilledjfk5973  ‐ Another account regurgitating all the Kremlin false equivalents. Noted. BBN
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  44. 7:03 - "...we've documented indiscriminate attacks, and one of the key problems is that Russian forces are using inherently indiscriminate weapons, so specifically, cluster munitions... explosive weapons with wide area effects. ... Those weapons are absolutely inappropriate in densely populated civilian areas. ...and Russian forces use these weapons knowing they will kill civilians, which is a war crime..."
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  45. More like "mad at mommy" angry toddler.
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  46. As far as I understand it, that proposal from Moscow says the issue of the Crimean territory cannot be discussed at all in the negotiations, that Ukraine must request permission from Russia in order to hold any and all joint military exercises with any other nation, and that Ukraine must agree to no more weapons transfers from NATO to Ukraine. I other words, this April 15th, 2022 proposal from Moscow is a demand for an end to Ukrainian sovereignty and subjugation to Russia regarding their own defense and security.
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  47. Because they are quite busy doing their own work. She's going to the White House [again].
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  48. Private rescue teams deeply familiar with The Tanakh telling stories of babies cut from mothers wombs and babies decapitated? Anyone remotely familiar with the words of the Abrahamic God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can see clearly from where the material for their lies was lifted.
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  49. i.e., Hosea 13 : 16 - Samaria will be desolate, because she has rebelled against her God; by the sword they will fall— their babies will be dashed, and their pregnant women ripped open.
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  50. 0:46 - Zelensky decries process for Ukraine to join NATO as unprecedented and absurd. Unprecedented? No. Absurd? No. He's trying to increase pressure on western countries here.
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