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Cake day: October 30th, 2023

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  • And the “principled”, “unwaivering”, and allergic to nuance helped usher in a fascist who is the self proclaimed “protector” of Israel.

    Anyone who thought that the guy who recognized Israel’s contested capital, who “fought for Israel like no president ever before,” who claimed "Anybody who’s Jewish and loves being Jewish and loves Israel is a fool if they vote for a Democrat,” who believes that the US election day was “the most important day in the history of Israel,” who wants to deport students exercising their right to protest the genocide, and who’s only criticism of the genocide was that it was too public and slow would be better for Gaza is a deluded fool.











  • Re: the headline

    No they didn’t.

    “In terms of anticipating future behavior, that’s a speculation,” the chief said. “That’s just what we have to anticipate. It would be really naive of us or unjust for us to say that ‘hey, it’s all taken care of,’ and we don’t have him in custody.”

    They are planning for future attacks because it would absolutely stupid and a failure of their duties to not, but nowhere in that article are they quoted as saying they think he will.

    That might not seem like an actual distinction, but to claim they think he will act again implies they have some material insight and can discourage voters even further from attempting to use drop boxes; conversely, to claim they are anticipating future attacks does not imply any material insight and if anticipation is followed with increased security can help to assuage voters’ fears.