not a fucking day goes by without an american on this hellsite pondering whether they can justify voting for Biden, despite omg! he's supporting Israel!!!!11!
as if Trump didn't literally say just last week that he would not defend America's Nato partners and would in fact encourage Putin/Russia to "do whatever the hell they wanna do"
as if he hadn't been open about his disdain for Nato and his unwillingness to actually adhere to the treaty in case of aggression
as if Russia weren't currently waging a war of territorial expansion fueled by imperialistic delusions of grandeur the likes of which haven't been seen since fucking WWII
Putin has put out an arrest warrant against the Estonian head of state, as if she were a russian citizen. He recently said of course he wouldn't attack Poland unless they attack Russia first - hmm, I wonder if that could be an allusion to a historic precedent? Has anyone ever faked a polish attack on their territory to kick off a massive war???
Putin has all but explicitly stated that he does not want to stop after Ukraine. Now add to this a US president who would encourage - not just stand by, actively encourage - further russian aggression. The campaign for presidential election hasn't even fully kicked off yet, I shudder to imagine what Trump would do or say if he actually held office again.
Of course the situation in Gaza is horrible. Of course we need deescalation (and hey, if you weren't getting your news exclusively from ragebait you'd know that even its closest allies are criticizing Israel, that they will become isolated if they continue on like this. Support for Israel isn't nearly as unwavering and unanimous as you may think).
Please. I'm begging you. Another Trump term could be catastrophic in ways that can't be fully anticipated. Already his party has backed him on (or tried to downplay) his latest attempt to undermine Nato.
We are dealing with an very delicate and dangerous geopolitical situation right now. China observes Russia very carefully with one eye, and looks at Taiwan with the other. And they're far from the only global player with imperialist ambitions.
The US government unfortunately has a huge effect on the whole world, and making your vote hinge on a single issue (when that issue won't even be solved in a way you'd like by literally any imaginable US government! No US president will completely cease supporting Israel, like come on)
making your vote hinge on a single issue like that is incredibly irresponsible
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Thinking about how Alastor in episode 5 seemed to try and establish his power. Using Charlie as an example to Lucifer by basically saying “I care for her better than you.” Thinking about how Lucifer was disgusted by Alastor’s part of the hotel and immediately started talking about fixing it.
Thinking about how in episode 5 Alastor walked away injured from fighting Adam while Lucifer’s fine. Thinking about how that hurt Alastor’s pride. Thinking about Alastor left and came back to a new hotel- one that Charlie and the others helped build, rather than being something fully crafted by Lucifer.
Alastor’s whole “feud” with Lucifer seemed to be banking on the fact that Lucifer wouldn’t change and that Alastor was infallible. Then he was proven wrong on both counts.
Alastor may be proving Vox wrong at every turn, but Lucifer is proving Alastor wrong.
The Finale really was Alastor just losing and everyone else (except the angels) winning wasn’t it?
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Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, who was his advisor and was entrusted with developing a plan for the Middle East, and the owner of real estate companies, speaks about the high value of the real estate on the shores of Gaza, and that the best thing is for the Gazans to move to the Negev or to Egypt!!
This is a great indicator of what Trump's policies will be if he wins!!
In the interview:
“It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,” Kushner said
Responding to a question about whether the Palestinians should have their own state, Kushner described the proposal as “a super bad idea” that “would essentially be rewarding an act of terror”.
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There is no consideration for the genocide whatsoever.
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I have a strong suspicion that Trump is going to win 2024, but if Biden wins, he's going to die in office like 100 days in.
Either way.
Either way...
I'm just.
I don't know. I'm eating bagels.
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And the NO SH*T SHERLOCK award goes to the US Justice system. Truly made in the USA where a scam artist, grifting, serial rapist can be under 3 indictments and still roam the country conning more idiots into giving him more money. Truly astounding how colonialism never freaking ends....white power seems to never freaking end....it just never ends!!! I don't know how much more disgust and outrage we can handle especially when the rest of us are literally dying out here under the threat of law and order just trying to be ourselves. 🔥☄️
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