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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Killer Kamala?

Same. I wanted to believe so badly. I would honestly accept the smallest hint that she was going to be different. Something to tell myself as I pull the lever. But if anything, she is toeing the line even more carefully than she did before.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Kamala Harris issued a Whitehouse statement condemning Hamas after the body of an American hostage was found last week:

Hamas is an evil terrorist organization. With these murders, Hamas has even more American blood on its hands. I strongly condemn Hamas’ continued brutality, and so must the entire world.

...

As Vice President, I have no higher priority than the safety of American citizens, wherever they are in the world.

Will this be the trigger for her to use equally strong language to condemn Israel, who has killed 30 times more people in the ongoing genocide than Hamas? Or will she just reiterate as she did in her recent CNN interview that:

I’m unequivocal and — and unwavering in my commitment to Israel’s defense and its ability to defend itself.

...

CNN Reporter: But no change in policy in terms of arms and — and so forth?

No.

Does she care about all Americans, or only those whose deaths justify continuing this genocide?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I look forward to Kamala Harris restating her unconditional commitment to Israel's "right to defend itself."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"hate" is already a noun (in addition to being a verb). The "ness" suffix is superfluous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Get it all out. We're on the same side now, sweet heart!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Just about anyone can beat Trump. Now that we don't have a senile old man holding us back, we'll be fine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Who cares if it's Kamala? She's not senile, she's not Genocide Joe, and she's not an unhinged fascist. She's a shoe-in.

 

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Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime.

When the editors refused the request and published the piece on Monday morning, the board – composed of faculty and alumni from Columbia University’s law school – shut down the law review’s website entirely. It remained offline on Tuesday evening, a static homepage informing visitors the domain “is under maintenance”.

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