After two years and ten months of Israeli genocide, Pat Ryan--who repeatedly said nothing would ever stop him from supporting Israel--voted to block sending $3.3 billion to Israel as part of a military authorization package. But don't get too excited. His constituents have been calling and pressuring him to find a way to break with the Israel lobby, and its money, for nearly three years, while he refused to meet with us, refused to acknowledge that Israel was carrying out a genocide against Palestinians, refused to speak or vote against a single bomb or dollar going to aid that genocide.
Only now, when pro-Israel Democrats are being unseated everywhere did Pat Ryan suddenly see the light.
I'm glad for every vote against U.S. funding of the Israeli military. But I have to ask myself: Guts? Or opportunism?
Naomi Allen
Guts? Or Opportunism?
Overthrowing the Tyrant
The right wing element of our country is as close to power as it has ever been. We have have survived racists like Woodrow Wilson. We have suffered under absolute liars like Tricky Dick Nixon. Our worst military defeat, the invasion of Vietnam, was built on false war propaganda. Through all of this, we have persevered, and so has our Constitutional democracy. That era looks to be over.
The current gap between the rich and the poor is at a level that is historically unprecedented. The billionaires have captured our government, forcing cuts for the working class and tax breaks for the already filthy rich. The nation's president has become unglued; he is a completely self absorbed narcissist presiding over the most corrupt administration we have ever experienced.
Like most tyrants, Trump wants to control everything that we the people think. He has opened the door to junk science, attacked free speech on campuses, and created his own fascist organization that shoots first and asks questions later. His billionaire supporters have purchased most of the mainstream media, from the newspapers to the TV programming. That way we can't listen to Stewart, Fallon, or Colbert. We can't watch "60 Minutes," which often revealed governmental wrongdoing.
If that were not threatening enough, Trump is pushing for endless wars. We had our chance to stop this madman when he conspired to overthrow the 2020 election. But like the Germans after the Beer Hall Putsch, we didn't stop the tyrant when we could have.
Fred Nagel
Guts? Or Opportunism?
After two years and ten months of Israeli genocide, Pat Ryan--who repeatedly said nothing would ever stop him from supporting Israel--voted to block sending $3.3 billion to Israel as part of a military authorization package. But don't get too excited. His constituents have been calling and pressuring him to find a way to break with the Israel lobby, and its money, for nearly three years, while he refused to meet with us, refused to acknowledge that Israel was carrying out a genocide against Palestinians, refused to speak or vote against a single bomb or dollar going to aid that genocide.
Only now, when pro-Israel Democrats are being unseated everywhere did Pat Ryan suddenly see the light.
I'm glad for every vote against U.S. funding of the Israeli military. But I have to ask myself: Guts? Or opportunism?
Naomi
