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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 10:50:25 JST Paul Cantrell

   Well damn.

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/08/biden-threatens-suspension-military-aid-israel/

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 10:53:39 JST Paul Cantrell

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     I expect the “two steps forward, one step back” pattern to continue with the Biden admin, including this. But simply saying this threat in public crosses a line they clearly did not want to cross. Even if they don’t follow through, this is campaign fodder for the GOP. And if they do follow through, well, we’re in a new political universe.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:07:24 JST Paul Cantrell

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     My armchair political analysis (NB, I’m just some pseudorandom redhead, grain of salt):

     If Biden follows through with this, then AIPAC will become hell-bent on electing Trump. They have to. Never mind that Trump is a hideous antisemite; that’s not the point. The point is that AIPAC wants every US politician to believe that anything less than blind, unconditional support for Israel is political suicide. If they don’t try to destroy Biden over this, or try and fail, they become a paper tiger.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:09:19 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • ToweroftheArchmage

     @ToweroftheArchmage
     Your lips to heaven’s ears…

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     ToweroftheArchmage (towerofthearchmage@chirp.enworld.org)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:09:20 JST ToweroftheArchmage

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     @inthehands please let them try and fail...

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     mike bayer :python_logo: (zzzeek@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:36:48 JST mike bayer :python_logo:

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     @inthehands this isn't going to bring new voters to Trump. It's widely accepted that Israels response has been excessively brutal and fails to provide for a day two plan.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:52:06 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • mike bayer :python_logo:

     @zzzeek No, it’s not, not by itself. But it’s going to change what issues are in the campaign, and which monied interests are supporting which candidates. More pro-Likud money shifting against Biden could certainly move low-information voters who haven’t fully digested or believed reports of what’s going on in Palestine. This isn’t about a wave of Trump support; it’s about 0.5% of retirees in Florida getting bad vibes about Biden from political ad carpet bombing that resonates with them.