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I love the example you used of the highly controversial new documentary No Other Land. It was made by an Israeli journalist and a nonviolent Palestinian activist documenting an abuse of power by the local Israeli occupation authorities. Both sides absolutely hated the film! Hardcore Zionists immediately labeled it propaganda. Meanwhile, Pro-Palestinian types blasted it as encouraging normalization of relations between Israel and the Palestinian people. As a liberal Zionist and lifelong supporter of Israel, I endorse the film and encourage everyone to watch it! Don’t listen to the crazies on both sides! Reactionary tribalism is how it is these days. You’re with your team no matter what and you hate the other guy and everything he does. If Mr. Trump is honoring D.J. Daniel a young boy with brain cancer than we won’t stand for him and accuse the POTUS of using him as a prop. We also won’t stand for an Afghanistan veteran, a farmer, a girl who suffered a brain injury from competing with a Trans athlete, or a hero who’s fast action saved many lives. Oh, and we’ll heckle Trump in the middle of the speech. Al Green made a total fool of himself! It was wrong when Joe Wilson did it to Barack Obama or when MTG and Lauren Boebert did it to Joe Biden and it’s wrong when Al Green did it to Trump! The Democrats have no policy platform. Their against everything and for nothing. What does the Democrat Party even stand for anymore? Basically “orange man bad!” and “we’re for good things and against bad things!” and throw in some fear mongering about whatever boogeyman of the week the Dems are using this time, be it Trump is Hitler, white supremacy, January 6th, or Project 2025. I’m a Rockefeller Republican not a Democrat or a Republican. I don’t like either party. They’re both terrible! But at least the GOP is competent, stands for something, and has substantive policy positions to offer the American people. As to Mr. Trump, I agree I voted for him but I will agree with him when I think he’s right and disagree with him when I think he’s wrong. For instance, I agree with the measures he’s taking at the border and the mass deportations, closing down USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine and Gaza, pushing our European allies to pay more into NATO, banning Trans athletes from women’s sports and gender-affirming care for minors, and the invaluable work of the DOGE. But I at the same time disagree with abolishing the Department of Education, initially ending legal aid to migrant children, him trying to suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, pulling out of the Paris Accords, getting rid of LBJ’s executive order on affirmative action, banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office, and his tariffs. I’m not a sycophant for Trump. I think you’re absolutely right that people do reckless things when they get their hands on money that’s not theirs’. USAID is a great example of this! It is basically a big slush fund for the Democratic Party, the CIA and NGOs. They do very little actually humanitarian work. They topple democratic governments, foment color revolutions, run propaganda, spread misinformation, and spread DEI around the globe. That’s what they waisted billions in taxpayer dollars for. USAID is the biggest grift in human history! You won’t be surprised to hear that Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney both had close ties to it. Also, you mentioned politicians don’t seem to actually want to solve problems. That’s just it! They don’t want to solve these problems but perpetuate them so they have something to run on! If the problem actually got solved, they’d be out of a job. So we’re electing people who’s careers depend on them keeping problems alive. Same concept applies to pc pressure groups like the NAACP, NOW, GLAAD, the Urban League, etc.

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