Israeli officials suggested that the increased military aid was part of a deal to get Netanyahu to agree to the Gaza ceasefire deal. Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has said he’s pushing for the full implementation of the agreement, but the ceasefire is very fragile as Netanyahu doesn’t want to implement the second phase.

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    I get your sarcasm, but let’s be clear - Dems have had a supermajority 3 times in the past 25 years, and we got none of this shit. They’re full of crap when it comes to fulfilling campaign promises. Wish we could say the same for republicans.

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      But is that worse than what has happened and is going to happen now that its been given to the right?

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        Yeah, I think it might be. We already knew full well what republicans were planning. It’s been obvious for decades now, and they often told us literally (heritage foundation, proj 25, etc.)

        Dems could have stopped this in a variety of ways, but chose not to because they are too addicted to the corruption and bribes. We got “Other priorities”, “look forwards not backwards”, etc. when we needed things like paid family leave, prosecuting war criminals and traitors, codifying roe, and significant campaign finance reform.

        I’d say this is worse, because Dems are so disingenuous about it. They got elected into a supermajority multiple times with a mandate to give us meaningful support and then once they got into office consistently did nothing. At least the republicans are honest about their bigotry and hate-filled platform, and pursue it vigorously when elected. Again, I wish the Dems did the same.

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          Thats just wild logic there. Im not saying you’re right or wrong but I personally struggle to see how that would make sense. To me its like taking the on fire bus we are all on and deciding to let the crazy guy swerve us all off the cliff rather than at least keep going so some people can jump off, or work out a better solution. Instead people are much more certainly going to die and be hurt