So the most efficient method to remove a Flock camera is to cut the pole down first? Surely this information will not be widely distributed.
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Global Affairs, American Literature, East Asian Studies. Active practitioner of Koryū Budō, Bukkyō, Shintō. Lapsed poet. Struggling Hammond Organist. Former Academic Administrator @ Columbia University & NJIT.
If Mitch McConnell could talk, he would have recorded a video message by now.
Unless of course you're pro-Israel, but most Democratic voters are unequivocally not pro Israel and this is obviously becoming an active disaffecting issue for enthusiasm.
It's essentially a ratcheting effect where they work as hard as possible to ensure the DP nominates the rightmost candidate on the issue and then they just stop spending altogether after that, because they are fine with either a right wing Democrat or a Republican. That's really bad for Dems!
(friendly quote post) AIPAC does style itself as "bipartisan" and has since its ascent as a lobby on Capitol Hill in the 1970s, but since 2022 when they began directly spending on elections, they have disproportionately endorsed Republicans while spending almost exclusively on Democrats primaries.
Fleet@fleetadmiralj.bsky.social · 6h agoI mean AIPAC is in theory non-partisan, right? So while bad im not sure it is exactly ratfucking, right?
The supermajority of money AIPAC has is also sourced from donors who are near universally MAGA or MAGA aligned. So, it's 1) Republican donor money, 2) being spent primarily on Democratic primaries, and 3) that spending immediately stops in general elections when both candidates are AIPAC approved.
Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century
Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 4h ago"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
Thus far,"lying about genocide" has been a bipartisan problem in the race for #NY17 for this entire cycle. But in this crazy world of modern times, the only constant is change. A change is gonna come. If not now, in 2028. #TheyLiedToYou
Jewish Voice for Peace@jvp.bsky.social · 11h agoFor years, Palestinians surviving genocide in Gaza have warned us that the perpetrators—the US and Israeli governments—are lying to all of us. That’s why Palestinians in Gaza are telling the world four words: #TheyLiedToYou
Progressives have long tried to remind centrists that AIPAC is primarily funded by MAGA supporters and primarily spends against liberals and leftists alike in Democratic primaries. Now this crystalizes it even more.
An actually underrated potential positive for Dems in light of Abdul’s victory is that it gives traditionally centrist or otherwise poor Dems on Palestine on an easy out for polarizing against AIPAC and pro-Israel politics— they’re trying to cost Dems the Senate.
There is a substantial chunk of the electorate that thinks of themselves as Republicans, that still tends to vote Republican, but wants Republicans to win fair and square. They like GOP policies, but they also like democracy. (And yes, that's a contradiction. Voters are vast.)
Schumer's coalition thought they could nip the whole thing in the bud with Mamdani, and the shock when it didn't work left a lasting grievance. At this point they realize they're gonna keep losing. They'll keep trying to win, but when they lose it won't create that same deep-seated psychic wound.
Must admit that I don't really understand what it is about Mamdani that made Schumer deem him essentially persona non grata. (I do get that El Sayed is a *senatorial* candidate, so the stakes for Schumer are more direct).
Chuck Schumer endorses El-Sayed after win, knocks Rogers as 'Trump rubber stamp'
Schumer, who had backed Rep. Haley Stevens in race against El-Sayed, says Democrats are united by common purpose: 'putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back ...
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It is just unequivocally really really relay good that we did not nominate someone who holds a view that is representative of 5% of the Democratic Party electorate on an issue that is only increasingly divisive.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 13h agoSenator is actually one of the jobs where your views on foreign policy matter most and it's a genuinely incredible thing that the Democratic candidate for Michigan is someone who wants to end aid to Israel, Egypt and the UAE and not a mindless drone who wanted to give Netanyahu another $20B.
In 2010, the Tea Party ousted TWO Republican incumbents, one who had switched parties from Dem in the previous cycle. DSA has now ousted THREE incumbent Democrats now that Donavan McKinney has defeated Shri Thanedar.
As far as I know Abdul would be the only senator period, at all, who is officially against aid to Egypt.
Right. The threat of losing control of the fundraising apparatus is what is underlying the DNC fight too. It’s normal for people to want to keep their jobs and fight for them. Political consultants depend on fundraising for their salaries and if that system changes…time for a career change
Trojan Duck@yossarian320.bsky.social · 17h agoLosing control of the party fundraising apparatus is a much bigger deal for them than losing a single election. In the latter case, your favorite Wall Street stooge lives to fight another day. In the former, time for a career change. This is why they freak out when progressives win.
The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.
This man might go to prison for allegedly wiping his phone before DHS officials could search it. No warrant for the phone, no specific claim of what 'evidence' might be on it. But he used a duress/wipe password, leading to the charge Watch more and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmik...
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
This is the right thing to say and I wholeheartedly support it and believe it but it is frustrating and aggravating that he's been saying this for months and months and, like Mamdani, some people on here take this as a rhetorical pivot after the primary rather than just sincerity.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
A million others have said this, but anecdotally living in Michigan I have only seen a sign for her once and never talked to someone who was a proponent for her. Bad centrist politics aside, she has no juice. Even from a pure electability perspective it’s no contest between her and El Sayed.
Patrick Fenelon@patrickfenelon.bsky.social · yesterdayIf you think Democrats taking back the senate is out of reach because El-Sayed is winning the Michigan primary, I don't know what to tell you. There is no planet where someone as odd/off-putting as Stephens was the more electable of the two.
Zionist Dems have to pretend to be someone else to book a room for their defeat party
Stephen Lurie@luriethereal.bsky.social · yesterdayYou can look at this and think it’s a funny little aside, but I think this is a perfect encapsulation of how fundamentally the Democratic electorate has changed.
Michigan primary prediction: Dem establishment pressured McMorrow to bow out to give Stevens a chance. McMorrow voters went to El-Sayed. Next time trust the voters.
For those who look to support or oppose candidates based on their stance on #UBI, the Michigan election today is interesting in how both El-Sayed and Stevens seem open to UBI. El-Sayed actually has it on his Senate platform page while Stevens backed monthly non-means-tested $1,000/mo checks in 2020.
