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Goddamn did I not expect that. So many moments I was literally laughing. Like, actually. Not a huff of air from my nose. Or a recognition of “oh yeah, that was a joke. Good job, funny man.” Like, actually had to stop cooking and set down the knife and laugh.

Or maybe they’ll believe it when Israel says the “dogs the Hamas operatives.”

Link - https://twitter.com/QudsNen/status/1757408245944111301

Get on my level, nerds

• right-to-work repealed
• prevailing wage reinstated
• expanded abortion access
• banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
• banned conversion therapy targeting LGBTQ+ youth
• universal background checks for all gun purchases
• safe storage requirements to keep guns
• "red flag" law enabling courts to temporarily order the removal of guns from those posing an imminent risk to themselves or others
• public schools will no longer be ranked using an A-F letter system

Haters will say that bernie is same as warren, but when it doesn't matter he will vote his conscience

This is not just a sensation. I am serious. I am minus, no property. The only way [to fund my campaign] is selling my kidney,” Erfin, standing for the National Mandate Party in Banyuwangi in East Java, told Al Jazeera after his social media appeal went viral.

With campaigning continuing for two months, the cost of running in Indonesia’s election is expected to be higher than ever this year. While political parties usually provide some support for logistics and witnesses to oversee the count, candidates must find money for the rest – from stump speeches to campaign T-shirts and memorabilia.

Erfin estimates he needs as much as $50,000 and reveals that much of that will go to providing what he describes as “tips” to secure the support of potential voters.

In other words, vote buying.

Vote buying is illegal under Indonesian law. The penalty is a maximum fine of $3,000 and three years in jail.

But the practice remains pervasive.

“I personally don’t want to buy the vote. [But] it’s rooted in our society. At least [a candidate] prepares 50,000 rupiah to 100,000 rupiah ($3-7) for each voter [to win],” Erfin said.

He says vote buying continues due to the lack of monitoring by officials and that he has been left with no choice but to join in.

Neoliberal pragmatism strikes again!

The link goes to a WSJ article. I rewrote this tweet summary to squeeze it into the title

The Rafah evacuation plan is apparently to ask Egypt to set up "15 campsites of around 25,000 tents each across the southwestern part of the Gaza Strip" and then get America and the Gulf states to pay for it

Israel's government approves in telephone vote a draft bill to close Al Jazeera's Israel offices, following revelations that one of their 'journalists' was a Hamas commander.

I'm honestly surprised it took them this long tbh.

All A.I. shall be Nazified.

Have you tried bombing civilians? I hear that is a good way to get money