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Joe Biden’s exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a nod to Gaza protesters. Takeaways from DNC’s Day 1 (www.wabe.org)

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From WABE Politics News:

The Democratic National Convention ‘s first night showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him. Hillary Clinton spoke hopefully of […]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

“Those protesters out in the streets have a point,” Biden said. “A lot of innocent people are being killed, on both sides.”

40k dead in Gaza, 10k "missing" which likely means the body hasn't been found...

Israel has less than 2k dead.

While 2k dead is still "a lot" it's incredibly disingenuous to act like it's equally as bad...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

But Dems and Republicans united to try and prevent those numbers from even being fucking mentioned...

The legislation passed 269 to 144, offered as an amendment to the State Department appropriations bill by a bipartisan group of lawmakers: Democrats Jared Moskowitz (Florida) and Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey) and Republicans Mike Lawler (New York), Carol Miller (West Virginia) and Joe Wilson (South Carolina).

Sixty-two Democrats joined 207 Republicans in voting “yes,” while 142 Democrats and two Republicans voted against it. The bill is unlikely to pass into law in its current form, as the White House pledged to veto it this week because of a number of Republican riders attached to it.

https://truthout.org/articles/genocide-denial-house-votes-to-bar-state-dept-from-citing-gaza-death-toll/