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Working Class News, Opinion & Media Critique Covering the Des Moines Metro
Des Moines, IA
Joined June 2020
Dick Cheney died far too old and far too free. The fact that such monsters get to pass away in their eighties surrounded by loved ones instead of alone in a cage is an indictment of our entire civilization. In a sane society, Richard Bruce Cheney would have lived out his life in
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I demand that ADL, and you personally, immediately correct the outrageously false and defamatory inference about my speech on Saturday, August 16, at a protest against the forced starvation of the people of Gaza. In my speech, I condemned US imperialism and identified its
Anti-Israel protestors marched through NYC yesterday reportedly shouting, “They’re in Wall Street, they’re in the White House.” Hmmm, exactly who do you think these protestors are referring to? I wonder...🤔 The antisemitism is so thinly veiled, so barely disguised that it’s
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amazing the horrifically racist and dehumanizing shit you can say about Palestinians and it disqualifies you from zero mainstream outlets or institutions. Just a whole different set of rules, which is to say basically anything goes
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Angry, swearing uncivil Democrats who refuse to take a position on the genocide in Occupied Palestine.
You’re damn right we are. No more buttoned-up politicians in blue ties. No more talking points handed down from Washington. We are tired of the same kind of candidates who lose year after year. It’s time for a new Democratic Party - one that cares about Iowans' struggles and
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Our media and liberal blogoshpere doing a fantastic job not asking Democratic candidates for Senate their position on the US backed genocide & forced starvation in Occupied Palestine.
#IASen candidate @MsJackieNorris told me she's "laser-focused on winning the primary" and will connect with voters on issues that matter to kids & families: youth mental health, affordability, child care, and keeping young people in state. Full interview: https://t.co/U8LR53AiEP
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Clairfy how your policies differ from Miller Meeks on the starvation campaign in Occupied Palestine. Take a position.
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Angry Democrats: What's your position on the genocide in Occupied Palestine?
I might be a little loud, and I might cuss a few times, but that’s because I’m angry about the state of our country. We live in the wealthiest nation in the world, yet so many working families still can’t afford to put food on their tables and are having their healthcare ripped
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What is Turek's position on the on going genocide in Occupier Palestine? Ask the common sense moderate the question. You have the platform.
Turek says Iowans want a ‘common sense, moderate Democrat’ as he announces U.S. Senate campaign
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Our media and liberal blogoshpere doing a fantastic job not asking Democratic candidates for Senate their position on the US backed genocide in Palestine.
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As Dems struggle to find an off-ramp for the increasingly unpopular Gaza genocide, they've settle on blaming "Netanyahu." I wrote about the rise of One Bad Man Theory and how it serves to obscure much deeper issues with the logic and reality of zionism.
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Attempts to pin the horrors on “Netanyahu" obscure the reality of just how popular genocide is with US elites and within Israel itself.
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Gatto is easily the most toxic local politician in recent memory, now aiming to join the already toxic Board of Supervisors. Would be disastrous for Des Moines.
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Unmentioned in this article: Joe Gatto threw a tantrum 8 months ago when it was suggested he was positioning himself for a run at this seat.
Des Moines City Council member Joe Gatto eyes seat on the Polk County Board of Supervisors
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Still can't believe Israel supporters spent days yelling "Israel isn't starving children, it's starving SICK children!" and thought that was an awesome argument.
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Wild overuse of scare quotes here by @ryanhansen01 @BrandonJHurley. "Humanitarian crisis," "pain" of the Palestinian people, "Gaza Genocide," meant to imply these are just so called claims the writer and publisher doubt.
Iowa City OKs resolution to boycott companies 'complicit' in Gaza's 'humanitarian crisis'
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It's beyond absurd at this point. They have no shame. Just blatant deflection to a manufactured crisis and genocide denial. Save the receipts.
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Op-ed cites the brief encampment in Iowa City that was destroyed by police as an example of antisemitism.
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