#settle for biden

[stil-lindigo]

Context: Israel “allowed” aid in the forms of flour bags to be airdropped into Gaza, waited for hundreds to congregate, and then opened fire into the crowd of desperate, starving Palestinians. 150 Palestinians were killed. Hundreds more wounded. This is being called “The Flourbag Massacre”.

source

Meanwhile, over on the other side…

#the things I want to say about Israeli Zionists would get me blasted off this website #but I’ll settle for something like - #these people are depraved fascist fucks who should be tried and punished at the fucking hague #and made to suffer through even a fraction of the immense pain and suffering that they’ve forced onto palestinians #also. as someone who’s not a US citizen but js unfortunately part of the world the US influences #god I am fucking begging you neoliberal fucks to recognise what continuing support for Biden MEANS #please. PLEASE organise #free palestine #palestine #free gaza

[ahaura]

im sure its been said already but as the election draws near more and more liberals will come out of the woodwork to shame people with a conscience to give away their vote to the democrats for free. i'm already seeing posts saying "why aren't people more concerned about a trump presidency?" you want to know why? it's because people already know he's bad. everyone already knows what he is and what he's done and what he'll do. there's nothing to discuss. he's a racist despotic worm of a man. there's nothing else to say.

biden is currently president. the genocide is happening under his watch. he's the one funding isra*l and arming them; he's sidestepped congress more than once to give them weapons. by oct. 27, the biden administration already knew that "Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets." the state department/biden have engaged in atrocity propaganda, cast doubt on the legitimacy of the death toll recorded by the gaza health ministry, and so on. the united states is currently in the process of trying to pin the "war in gaza" on netanyahu (see sen. schumer's speech) after months of backing blatant genocide as a means to act as if they're "doing something" about the genocide (Instead of, say, threatening to cut off all aid to israel with the condition that all hostilities in gaza, the west bank, and occupied jerusalem are halted immediately and permanently, allowing palestinians freedom to travel, allowing aid into gaza, etc etc etc.)

the long and short of it is that liberals view their own lives as being worth more than palestinians'. that's it. they'll vote for another 4 years of the guy ushering in genocide and supporting apartheid + settler colonialism because he isn't outright attacking them (despite various laws and rulings happening both at the supreme court level and at the local level all over the country that will endanger people). they'll settle for the illusion of safety and security and shame anyone with a conscience and accuse them of "supporting the republicans" when in an actual democracy you would be able to use your vote as leverage to extract concessions from those who want to be elected. that's how it's supposed to fucking work.

democrats are not owed people's vote. if biden loses, it will be biden's fault; it will be his campaign's fault; it will be the democrats' fault. trump is bad; the republicans are bad. we already know this. this is not an endorsement of either. but if democrats are too cowardly and feckless and servile to the motivations of the american empire and never do anything for their constituents then why the fuck should anyone vote for them. you want to get mad at someone, why don't you do something useful and stop worrying about team-sports with a purely selfish basis and start hounding the people in power who are supposed to serve you, the voter.

#i think i already said this and frankly idc #uspol #📁.zip #to me personally it's abhorrent and vile to tell palestinians 'biden is facilitating the murder of your people culture and history but you #still have to vote for him!!1' like how is that not unbelievably callous and ghoulish #frankly speaking. a lot of this 'you should be concerned about trump' is going to turn into #blaming palestinians and arabs and muslims and anyone remotely with a conscience for biden's loss #instead of doing something productive like pushing for people in power to do something they'll nitpick and belittle #and tell palestinians + arabs and muslims + everyone who understands that genocide is bad that they SHOULD #settle for a decrepit genocidal monstrous freak who is CURRENTLY facilitating genocide because #it makes THEM feel better and they aren't personally threatened (yet) by the guy currently in power #any and all 'you're not taking trump seriously' comments should be met with extreme skepticism #because i promise i PROMISE that the vast majority of people unhappy with biden are not going to turn around and vote for trump #and if they do? well guess what THAT'S BIDEN'S FAULT! nevermind the vote uncommitted campaign that was very successful and #will be replicated in the near future. but liberals only care about asthetics and superficial and not #about real material change which is why they'll dress up their callousness and racism in a 'you hate gay people if you dont vote for biden' #like this country is already going to shit we are rapidly descending into fascism and i dont see biden doing anything to even remotely #challenge it do you???? once agian. NOT an endorsement of the republican party but my GOD when the 'lesser evil' #is DOING the evil or normalizing the evil then you cannot settle for 'the lesser'! end of story.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Liel Leibovitz

According to sources in and out of the U.S. government familiar with Fenzel’s reports and advocacy, nearly every claim presented by the USSC as fact seems to have been lifted directly, sometimes verbatim, from the websites of highly partisan pro-Palestinian organizations, including the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) and the far-left Israeli NGO B’Tselem, which accuses Israel of apartheid and receives vast support from European governments and from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

In the past 12 months, 13 Israelis were murdered by Palestinians in Jerusalem and 17 in the West Bank—not counting those slaughtered on Oct. 7, 2023—while doing nothing more provocative than driving home or stopping for gas. The number of Palestinian civilians who have been killed by Israelis under such conditions over the same time period is zero.

But the story the administration has been telling anyone who will listen is very different. By scrubbing any mention of the daily violence directed by Palestinian terror operatives against Jewish civilians living in the West Bank from his reports, Fenzel has eliminated the clear retaliatory motive for the vast majority of attacks by Israelis against West Bank Palestinians. Thinly laundered reports from expressly anti-Israel organizations, designed to support an illusion of innocent Palestinians being violently attacked by bloodthirsty Israelis, paint a picture of an Israeli equivalent to the Palestinian atrocities of Oct. 7, lending itself an easy “both-sides” posture meant to ease the way to creating a new Palestinian state in both the West Bank and Gaza. With an executive order now in place, the Biden administration has all the tools it needs to crack down on any form of Jewish life in Judea and Samaria, and on anyone, in Israel or stateside, who supports it.

#settle violence #palestinian terrorism #mike fenzel #b'tselem #hamas #gaza #west bank #biden administration

[thick-black-ooze]

yeah yeah vote for blue no matter who and all that. i'm on board. but we CANNOT stop there. we can't keep electing the lesser evil when every term the "lesser" evil gets more evil. idk what the fuck to do about it but i know it needs to stop

#yeah whatever fine ill vote for biden if thats who ends up against trump #but it would be nice if there was ever an option i could actually feel good about voting for #it seems like we keep drifting further from 'settle for biden' into 'vote for biden hes the last hope for democracy'

[nikkisticki]

A war criminal and a rapist are joining a racist to fight a fascist, war criminal racist rapist

It's like the worst ever Kaiju movie

#Politics are always a farce but its really settled on being beyond parody #Vote for Biden anyway! You would be better off with Godzilla rather then Hitler-Godzilla

[mellorocket]

The SC Presidential Primaries are coming up on Saturday for Democrats and I am once again imploring you to vote for Marianne Williamson!

#2024 presidential race #presidential primaries #she has her faults yeah #but i genuinely think she's a better choice than biden will ever be #we don't have to settle! #we can make a fucking change! #vote! vote! vote!

[gentil-minou]

if i see one more post that tells me i have to vote biden i am going to lose my mind

#THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS IS STILL FUCKING EVIL #instead of bullying people with legitimate concerns and distrust for biden maybe work on getting him to change his fucked up policies that #have done more harm than good and will continue into a second term #the way i see it democracy has long been dead in this country so at the very least im just going to focus on my local reps and third partie #because until there's a complete dismantling of this two party system than its never going to be a deomcracy #and yeah its gonna fucking suck but guess what it already fucking sucks #at least i wont have the thought that i settled for someone who supports genocide and doesnt actually give a shit #you want the democratic party to change? then you start forcing them to #not just going with this old white warmongering guy instead of that old white warmongering guy #which only contributes to making this system worse and even more broken

[starblaster]

after talking to the coordinator in the school of art and one of the professors for the ceramics course i had a strong sense of yearning to take, it seems like it might still be an option after all... i could take it even without the pre-requisite requirements if i re-apply as a non degree-seeking undergraduate. i don’t have the money right now to do anything like this, but it’s nice that this option could actually be available to me.

additionally, i have a lead from the people who publish my zines because, apparently, a community art studio has moved into the space they moved out of last year when they got their new property. although the courses are way shorter than my ideal, they might attract the same people to many different classes that i can maintain consistent social interactions with and also cost significantly less, while still offering the same, high level of artistic critique as a university course.

#currently i'm still recovering from the expenses associated with settling down in my new place #it's been alright but it'll still take a couple more months to fully pay off my debt from august #and speaking of school my student loan payments will begin again unless biden cancels them all #still very much praying for that #until then... i guess it's good that this isn't going anywhere anytime soon

[carnivalofglee]

This. Settle down, people.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-07/joe-biden-age-memory-alzheimers-cognition

#joe biden #donald trump #election 2024 #settle down

[nominalnebula]

remind me not to check the news bulletins first thing in the morning, all that does is ruin my day before it's even begun

#micky speaks #I get morning newsletters from ap and reuters and on the one hand I like being informed #on the other hand I don't need to read about the two potential nuclear wars brewing the GOP becoming even more fascist and #rolling out the idea of impeaching biden over literally nothing and the fed raising interest rates again #so #no more newsletters until I'm at the office have had a chance to settle in and ya know face the first bullshit of the day #'millions of people led productive lives during the downfall of the roman empire' they didn't have nuclear threats looming over their head #okay I'm done

[roachfurby]

the dynamics in this household r so fucked lol

#shes apparently been harassing my brother and my dad all day and i have recieved one (1) phone call and it was abt #why my dads phone was going straight to voice mail #she knows i wont sit back and take her shit so she just avoids me like the plague #the other two will try to parse an argument out and settle things but i just wont fucking have it #ill say my piece and if you wont let me ill walk away bitch #im not scared of a 5'2 mf getting loud peacocking around when she honest to god believes joe biden is a clone like tf #not sitting here arguing w booboo the fool when i COULD be perusing pictures of hot dilfs on the internet

[decolonize-the-left]

"Speaking to Al Jazeera, Omer Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, says Israeli officials, both in Netanyahu’s coalition and in the opposition, have been speaking more openly about making Gaza unlivable for Palestinians.

“There have been ongoing statements in recent days … which seem to indicate a particular plan the Israeli government seems to want to implement, which is not only to create unbearable conditions for the population of Gaza, but actually to speak about removing the population,” he said.

“Or as one minister [far-right finance minister] Smotrich said, to encourage them to leave Gaza either to the Sinai Peninsula or to other countries that would welcome them,” Bartov said.

“Or that Israel would rule that area and as this particular minister said, there should be discussions about settling the Gaza Strip,” he said, adding if the current trajectory continues, the world is witnessing an operation of “ethnic cleansing under the mantle of humanitarian action”.

American Muslim leaders carried on a campaign launched earlier this month against President Joe Biden over his handling of the Gaza conflict.

#AbandonBiden campaign was first launched by Muslim leaders from Michigan, Minnesota, Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

Saturday’s plan to actively campaign against Biden in all 50 US states was announced in Chicago, Illinois at the end of a national convention organised by the Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America.

The leaders say they intend to guarantee Biden’s loss in the upcoming 2024 election over his refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli attacks have killed more than 21,000 people, mostly children and women.

“The president betrayed us because he violated the value of dignity and life. What’s the point of voting for you when you deny 2.2 million [in Gaza] people water?” said Hassan Abdel Salam, a spokesperson for the campaign.

" Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked the Biden administration for its continued backing, including approval for a new emergency weapons sale, the second this month.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a similar decision on December 9 to approve the sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106m.

Some Democratic lawmakers have spoken of making a proposed $14.3bn in American military assistance to Israel contingent on concrete steps by Netanyahu’s government to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.

Netanyahu says Israel needs more time in Gaza.

“As the chief of staff said this week, the war will continue many more months. My policy is clear. We will continue to fight until we have achieved all the objectives of the war, first and foremost the annihilation of Hamas and the release of all the hostages.”

Keep protesting and boycotting and calling your reps and blocking ships and railroads

🕊️🇵🇸🕊️

artist

#Palestine #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #Israel #usa #voting #biden #biden 2024 #abandonbiden #omer bartov #Chicago #Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America #Hassan Abdel Salam #Michigan #arizona #florida #wisconsin #Georgia #nevada #Pennsylvania #vote #vote blue #vote blue no matter who #vbnmw #democrats #solidarity #intersectional activism #palestine #claudia de la cruz #claudia karina 2024

[saul-goodboy]

yo yo yo i hate joe just as much as every other leftist but. i found this on some trumpet’s blog and figured i’d just go through some of my favorite things on here:

joe biden is very much against defunding the police. sadly.

biden is still fucking working on the us/mexico border wall.

if you think biden is pro-socialism then you’re missing your fucking frontal lobe

trump uh. did in fact try to make his term as president unlimited

#don’t take this as me saying dont vote or whatever #but. i /settled/ for biden man #and the democratic primaries were very fucky wucky #but please just. fucking vote. so that people who actually believe this shit die off

[germiyahu]

When the war ends (who knows when that will be though) and you know at least 95% of Gazans are still alive and can begin rebuilding their lives (hopefully with Israeli financial compensation), the antisemites who insist a genocide is occurring will do one of a few things:

Refuse to acknowledge that Israel was interested in a peace plan. They will never give Israel credit for deescalating or withdrawing. They will most likely attribute any (semi) permanent ceasefire and hostage deal to Joe Byron "forcing" Netanyahu to comply. I don't think this is too likely as I can't really see them switching up on Biden and suddenly thinking he's a good leader or a morally driven person. So this group might delusionally believe that Egypt or Saudi Arabia, maybe Iran/Russia... or laughably, Hamas or the Houthis, were the ones to "force" Israel to back down. And you know what, I'll take it personally. As long as they can see that no genocide occurred, I don't care if they're too petty to admit that Israel never intended to commit one.

Lose interest. It's that simple. When the dust settles and no evidence of genocide is constantly being fabricated and shoved in their lazy incurious faces... they'll move on to something else. Some of them will become lifelong obsessed antizionists and will probably agitate all their circles to continue talking about The Genocide That (almost) Was, but even they will have to go "dormant" about it eventually.

Continue to insist that a genocide is occurring. Whether it's the people who play with semantics and devalue words and change definitions who'll be saying that Israel committed/is committing a "psychological" genocide or something... or the conspiracy theorists who will cite the lack of evidence and news coverage as proof that the Genocide has moved on to a quieter stage... or the people who say "this genocide has been ongoing for 80 years this is just a lull in Isnotreal's ethnic cleansing program to save face and wait for further instructions from their American masters!" I think this will be the largest group. Antisemitism, as a conspiracy theory, is just too fun and too addicting for these people. They don't have the tools to get themselves out of this cult. And it's not Jews' responsibility to help them. Thankfully the other two groups' existing, and of course, all of us normal people, will make this a small minority in the grand scheme of things.

#israel #jumblr #antisemitism #leftist antisemitism

[cellophobia]

ive been thinking about going to school to be a CNA before jumping into nursing school but my god i absolutely HATE drug tests and i want to avoid them for as long as i possibly can

#i hate how drugs are demonized in this country #and i don't even smoke weed that much anymore... like i only really smoke when i'm with my boyfriend and i don't get that high #but one failed drug test could jeopardize my entire career #they'd rather me get wasted on alcohol every night than smoke weed once a week lmao #half the reason i put off nursing school is cuz of this too #i Never got to be anything other than a goody two shoes and i want to do some drugs before i settle into Adult Life! #to be fair though weed is the only thing on a standard drug test that i have to worry about anymore #still. it's the idea #I ALSO LIVE IN A LEGALIZED STATE LOL #biden do anything challenge

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

“Leftists are so mean to liberals how can anybody hate liberals we’re trying our best : ( “ read a book.

#Liberals are constantly asking why people dont like them like there isnt a long and horrible history of them supporting fascism over #any left leaning Anything and them crushing leftist movements to make them softer and more unable to do change #ALSO REMEMBER THE FUCKING 2020 PRIMARIES? #Most people dont have goldfish brains and remember when every single democrat came out in full force to crush Bernie's chances at winning #but havent done fucking anything else for anyone the entire time Biden's been in office #Like people hate liberals because liberalism is a stupid bad idealolgy its not people just hating people for no reason #Also same with the 'why are they so focused on US when the REPUBLICANS are right there!' BECAUSE YOU ARE A EQUAL THREAT. #Because even though you might say trans rights to my face you're still ok with forever wars and destabilizing third world countries- #-for profit or to Stop The Spread Of Communism or whatever the fuck even #This is why liberalism being seen as just some vague progressive thing to be instead of the idealolgy it actually is is stupid #ok settling down now.