At least in the US Presidential election, this time there is no Q.; with Trump winning both the electoral college *and* the popular vote, there can be no doubt what the democratic decision of Americans is....

#USpol

this, from jason hickel, says it all.
#uspol #politics #jasonhickel #trump #liberalism

#JonathanCook | It's time to stop buying into tooth-fairy #politics. No one's bringing salvation

Harris "lost because, if your political and media system – rigged by donors – limits the choice to two hardline neoliberal candidates, with anything else denounced as “communism”, the most hardline, neoliberal candidate has an edge."

https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/its-time-to-stop-buying-into-tooth

#USPol #Democracy

A new Consultancy Opportunity is Birthed by #Election2024 🤣

"Managing #PoliticalTension in the Workplace" 🤣

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-11-06/managing-political-tension-in-the-workplace-video #Trump #USPol

Jeff Bezos Congratulates Trump on Victory
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/business/media/jeff-bezos-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X04.OOg4.UE-T29gJpsDJ&smid=url-share

#FuckJeffBezos #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol

“Keir Starmer’s sycophantic words of congratulation to Donald Trump are among the most dispiriting things I have read this morning. “Shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise”? This is either serious delusion or utter hypocrisy. He should be ashamed”

#trump #donaldtrump #keirstarmer #starmer #labourparty #labour #uk #ukpol #ukpolitics #uspol #USPolitics #usa #electionday #election2024

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2024/nov/06/sunk-by-keir-starmer-sycophantic-words-of-congratulation-to-donald-trump

Interesting if true: "If the current split holds, it would represent yet another election cycle in which Republican claims that Jews would flock to their candidate because of Israel or antisemitism did not pan out." cc: @theforward #Palestine #Israel #Judaism #Religion #USPol https://forward.com/fast-forward/671878/exit-poll-77-of-jewish-voters-back-harris-over-trump/

Anyone else wondering what Netanyahu is up to today?

It's been a bit of a pattern the last year for the israeli occupation to get even more violent while everyone's eyes are on some big event in the US

#uspol #palestine #netanyahu

Maybe I don't understand what the word really means.

#princessbride #vezzini #inconceivable #USpol #humor #humour

Afternoon Twters.

After THREE WEEKS I am finally beginning to feel better! I've got a new #tea mug that's just arrived and it's beautiful. Enjoying a brew and some upbeat music in an attempt to shield myself from the shitshow that is #usPol

Have a smashing Wednesday, folks. 😘

OK one more thing...

Further proof it is the racism here in Wisconsin.

Looks like Tammy Baldwin is going to retain her Senate seat by some 25,000 votes. Trump carried the state.

Which says to me that 25K people here in WI are perfectly fine voting for a white, openly bisexual woman, but not a Black woman. You cannot tell me there is any difference in competence or policy positions between Harris and Baldwin. It sure looks like racism to me.

This whole election looks to me like "Urban Renewal" in the 1960s.

After working in factories for 2 decades starting in WWII Black people starting buying houses. White people left in droves. After the while folks left, they made sure to "get rid of the eyesores" (Black people's neighborhoods) that remained in the cities. They would talk about "economic development" and "revitalization" but underneath it was just pure, ugly racism.

That's what drove this election. Not money, not campaign ad spending, not the economy. Just pure racism (by which I include all other "divisions," immigrants, Muslims, LGTBQ+, sexism, etc.)

#uspol #election

To all of my friends who are worried and upset that Trump and the Republicans might end up being in control, all I can say is that we've been here before.

We've seen this shitty movie, and though the sequel might be even worse we just have to stick together, fight for our shared values, stand up to fascism and survive to resist another day.

We can't and shouldn't compromise on basic values and human rights, especially not in the name of the fucking price of gasoline.

#uspol #progressivism

I blame Jeff Bezos.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol

The US SENATE will have two new Black female senators:
Democrats Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and
Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware!
#uspol #election2024

Obviously it was impossible for #Harris to distance herself from the #genocide in #Gaza, to commit to a substantial change of policy, and to win back more of her own voter base required for a victory.

It's the second time that trying to be the lesser evil is not a sufficient replacement for actually being different, visibly and credibly.

The world will pay the price for Harris's failure, in the years to come.

#USPol

Really need to stop doomscrolling and do something positive.

But if any group of communities are going to do that, we can. Those who inhabit these instances, the ones who are in horror about today’s developments.

Be part of the solution, not the problem. ✊
#uspol

Für #Harris war es leider unmöglich, sich klar vom #Genozid in #Gaza zu distanzieren, eine andere Politik anzukündigen, und damit mehr eigene Wähler*innen für einen ausreichenden Vorsprung zu mobilisieren.

Das zweite Mal, dass es nicht ausreicht, das kleinere Übel im Vergleich zu #Trump sein zu wollen, statt etwas sichtbar und glaubhaft Anderes.

Den Preis für Harris' Versagen zahlt die Welt, in den kommenden Jahren.

#USPol

Inhaltswarnung: USpol, mh ~ Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

I don't know about you, but as I turn in for the evening, I have a sick sick feeling about tomorrow....

#USpol

A new body, the Gaza Tribunal, is Launched in London

It is led by former UN rapporteur, Richard Falk, is an "alternative route to international justice" & will offer "legally credible recommendations."

The high-profile committee includes Michael Lynk, Hilal Elver, Noura Erakat, Susan Akram, Ahmet Koroglu, John Reynolds, Diana Buttu, & more.

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/court-of-humanity-and-conscience-gaza-tribunal-launched-in-london/

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/-gaza-tribunal-established-in-london-to-seek-justice-for-war-crimes-in-gaza/3383887

https://gazatribunal.com/

https://richardfalk.org/2024/11/05/the-gaza-tribunal-law-conscience-and-compassion/

#GazaTribunal #GazaGenocide #USPol #UKPol . ...2

What a truly horrid, pitiable excuse for a country. America simply won't elect a woman for president. Not a white woman, definitely not a woman of color. It would rather abandon women, the disabled, people of color and queer people and subject itself to tyranny.
#UsPol

If Harris loses there's no one to blame but the Democratic Party itself.

#USPol

IF YOURE IN LINE, STAY IN LINE

#harris #trump #election #election2024 #electionday #vote #voting #uspol #usa #politics

It seems like orange Hitler is going to be the next president of the US.

Who could have thought unconditional support of genocide has consequences in a country full of idiots?

Who wants to bet that blue MAGAts going to blame their loss on Jill Stein and pro Palestinians?
#idiocracy #USelection #USPol #Dumbfuckistan

They should've sent Bill Clinton to more Arab communities to tell them their relatives deserve to die. Maybe a little more Dick Cheney.

#gaza #palestine #uspol #Election2024

Inhaltswarnung: #USPol, feelings 2 Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

'No votes for genocide'

Protesters target News Corp in New York after election polls close, claiming responsibility for Palestinian genocide rests with both major parties and their candidates.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/6/hundreds-rally-against-genocide-on-election-day

#palestine #uspol #israel

Another one for #Israel. Adam Schiff is now a Senator from #California.

#AdamSchiff #USSenate #election2024 #democrats #DSCC #uspol

Matthew Miller comparing failure to prevent genocide to a school semester then laughing at his own joke, is sickening.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jRQGMJZKjAU #USPol #Israel #Palestine #Genocide

New #blog post: How to love your neighbor...

https://rldane.space/how-to-love-your-neighbor.html

This one was also kind of personal, and represents how my thoughts have been shifting lately, particularly today.

In lieu of cc:ing my usual chorus, I'm just going to cc: a handful of good folks for their feedback (if they want to give any) in a separate sub-thread.

#rlDaneWriting #WritingMonth #blost #uspol

"Historian Stephen Wertheim, Arab American Institute executive director Maya Berry, and national security reporter Spencer Ackerman discuss Donald #Trump’s and Kamala #Harris’s foreign policy visions, regional war in the #MiddleEast, and the bipartisan consensus on upholding #USempire."

hosted by #JewishCurrents senior reporter Alex Kane

https://jewishcurrents.org/bipartisan-empire-foreign-policy-regional-war-and-the-2024-election

#2024election #USpol #USpolitics #USForeignPolicy #USimperialism #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #Palestine #Gaza

@palestine

I'm not a veteran, but I share the sentiment of this one.

#USPOL #HarrizWalz #Veterans #Respect

Seriously, the f*ck is wrong with Texas? #uspol

I’m seeing something that I do not understand. ABC and NBC news have Trump over 170, but Harris at 34. Apple News is sourcing its calls directly from AP, and has Harris at at 99.

It’s like the news networks are delaying the calls for Harris long after the AP calls them. It makes Trump look like he has more of a lead than he does.

Maybe this is biased reporting to drive a late west-coast Dem turnout. Maybe something else. I’m confused.

#USPol #Election

#Kamala & the #Democrats will give #Israel a blank check to ethnicity cleanse #Palestinians.

#uspol #election2024 #GazaGenocide #genocidejoe #genocide #EthnicCleansing

For shitlibs especially, because there is no point talking to fascists about this:

It is important to call a genocide a genocide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffm1fn7uZ8o #USPol #Palestine #Genocide

As always when doing the indefensible the US attacks truth, justice, law and humanity when carrying out atrocities, this time with it's partner in war crimes, Israel .

#Truth #Cdnpoli #Uspoli #Uspol #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Apartheid #Occupation #Invasion #Genocide #WarCrime #Starvation #BDS #Murder #Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq0UeSygcak

This was #election grift and bullshit. At 5:15pm on election day to send a bullshit text asking for money? As if that was gonna have some impact? Complete scam. #election2024 #uspol

Israelis live in a self serving propaganda bubble of self deception as a means of avoiding the horrendous atrocities they have been long routinely committing

#Truth #Cdnpoli #Uspoli #Uspol #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Apartheid #Occupation #Invasion #Genocide #WarCrime #Starvation #BDS #Murder #Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CTpVNKw7UM