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White House Agrees To Ban Pride Flags At US Embassies In Spending Bill Deal (www.forbes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

This was included in a funding bill. If that wouldn't pass the government would shut down. You can blame Republicans for those extra things added.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

the government would shut down

Good. A government that needs to commit genocide to even function shouldn't exist.

Imagine trying to use that as an excuse to fund genocide.

You can blame Republicans

Biden has been bypassing congress to send "israel" weapons faster.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Then the government should've fucking shut down. Not even close to an excuse for voting to fund genocide and I'm utterly baffled as to how you could possibly make such an argument.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've been hearing this excuse for like a decade now.

Shutting down the government to refuse weapon sales to Israel would be a good thing, goddammit. I'd feel that maybe there's a shred of humanity left in those ghouls if they had.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

People are missing the forest for the trees but you are right.

If Republicans force this through on every bill then at some point it would have to pass. You can't just shut down the US government indefinitely in the real world.