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He can't go any further right, so he can't be pushed right. Ergo, he can only be pushed left. Libs owned us yet again 
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Whatever is available? The uncommitted votes seem to have moved his rhetoric (which does help change opinions) and contributed to increasing aid to Gaza. He's not where I want him to be, but it is something.
I totally understand complaints that he hasn't moved enough, but if that's not connected to some kind of effort to do better than it's kind of pointless. People who have achieved nothing shouldn't be mocking those who have achieved something.
While still abetting a genocide
Sending aid to Gaza is fine in a vacuum, but it's fucking meaningless when he's the one assisting in the genocide
I'm not sure the people who got those meals agree with you.
50+ years of American foreign policy is aiding and abetting this genocide. The position Biden is in at this moment gives him limited leverage. The second he drops aid to Israel, that leverage is gone. Threats are dangerous if following through makes you powerless.
A series of small punishments maximizes leverage in situations like this. Kill one hostage at a time, and you are taken seriously. Kill all the hostages and you get taken out. Israel has other places to go for aid and alliances. America needs a foothold in the Middle East, and Israel works far better than Saudi Arabia which has its own genocide going on.
I think Biden should be moving faster, but he has the right strategy. Turn up the heat a bit at a time to maximize leverage instead of pulling all support "on principle" and burning all the leverage for nothing. I care more about outcome than purity.