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Has this ever happened before? This is insane lmao.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 138 points 11 months ago

In a rare Oval Office speech, the president said, “We reject all forms of hate,” against Muslims, Jews and everyone, as he set the stage for a planned request to Congress for $14 billion in emergency assistance for Israel

Is funding genocide with billions not a form of hate?

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

the president said, “We reject all forms of hate,” against Muslims, Jews and everyone

Strike that. Reverse it.

he set the stage for a planned request to Congress for $14 billion in emergency assistance for Israel

Lolz. Good luck asshat. You don't even have a functioning lower house.

[-] autismdragon@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago

Lolz. Good luck asshat. You don't even have a functioning lower house.

Its funding Israel. They will find a way.

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

I'm sure they'll shuffle some money around on the back end and Israel will end up with $14B bonus bucks somehow.

But the money still ultimately needs to come from somewhere. And $14B isn't small change.

[-] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago

They could always temporarily set aside their differences to pass the bill under the leadership of the Speaker pro tempore, and then resume fighting.

[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

Currently, there's a real possibility that a bunch of Republicans walk out on Congress and leave Dems with a functional majority by quorum. In that case, Jefferies gets the Speakership and we can do all the awful shit Dems want to do while still insisting there aren't enough votes to do the good shit.

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