Senator’s bid to make US military support conditional on whether Israel is violating human rights in Gaza fails by 72 votes to 11

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Unsurprising. Thank you, Bernie, for trying.

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Every time America is about to/in the process of making a mistake there’s a video of Bernie Sanders warning everyone not to do it.

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Our very own Cassandra of Troy.

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Bernie is a national treasure, we don’t deserve him

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All the boomers purged their humanity so they could rape this planet. It formed into Bernie Sanders.

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Sanders is proof the US is working on a rigged system

he has had the people’s interest at heart since he first started his political career in the 60s and not just the US citizens

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He will inspire a group of young people that will actually make the change when boomers die. So there’s that.

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The two party thing has been going for 150 years. The top will not ever allow change in the regime.

Sanders almost won in 2016 but the DNC actively conspired against him to run Hillary. The Democrats will rather lose than allow the system to change.

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The Democrats will rather lose than allow the system to change.

Prescient. I don’t think many centrist have realized that yet.

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You, in another comment chain, are advocating for voting third party and advocating against grassroots change like Unionization and winning local elections. If you realize the top will never ever allow change in the regime, then why are you advocating against bottom-up pressure, and advocating for knowingly spoiling your vote?

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Anyone got a list of who supported it?

Edit: so far I found that it was Sanders (duh), Rand Paul, and 9 democrats. Not sure who

Edit 2: per https://www.businessinsider.com/which-senators-voted-bernie-sanders-resolution-israel-human-rights-violations-2024-1?amp

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky

Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts

Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler of California

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico

Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii

Democratic Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

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Anyone got a list of who abstained? I want to do the math so I know how large the Senate Genocide Caucus is.

EDIT: I was trying to do math and kept overlooking how the article said that it was 72-11, which would mean 17 abstaining or absent. The Senate Genocide Caucus is 72 members wide.

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https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00008.htm

It’s fucked that it’s 15 Republicans and only 2 Dems abstaining.

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If my arithmetic is correct, the Senate Genocide Caucus consists of 2 Independents, 32 Republicans, and 37 Democrats.

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Grassley is in hospital

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Rand Paul accidentally stumbles into the correct opinion.

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Rand (and Ron) Paul always confuses me.

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What’s there to be confused about?

Ron is a soft-spoken man who stood firm in his convictions, and was quietly friendly with white nationals and other horrible people. He’s retired now.

Rand is a bit of a blow hard with no convictions, and is loudly friendly with white nationals and other horrible people. He’s a sitting senator.

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Because compared to other nameable Republicans, he occasionally votes in ways that are agreeable with many leftists. But like you said, he’s also still a massive piece of shit.

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Voting List for Anyone Interested

Fuck everyone that continues to support this genocide.

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Important to note that this is a motion to table - so the “Yea” vote means they disagree with Bernie’s resolution.

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39 Democrat senators (40 if you count Sinema) and 32 Republican senators.

I’d also like to remind people that 44 Democrats and 36 Republican senators voted to block the rail strike.

Procorporate trash. All of them. Fuck Joe Biden.

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Ok, so Rand Paul actually did a good thing? Broken clock, etc, etc…

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Bernie Sanders is obviously a raging anti-Semite.

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The ADL just declared that Jewish Voice for Peace are antisemitic so Bernie probably isn’t far behind.

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I hope you are being sarcastic.

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I am. I’m Jewish, and a Berniecrat. Bernie is a caricature if an old Jewish man.

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