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Policy analyst/advisor. Newsletter: stephensemler.substack.com

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Since Biden took office, the Pentagon budget has grown by $212 billion and the budget for social & economic programs has shrunk by $30 billion:

stephensemler.substack.com/p/military-s...

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Since Biden took office, the Pentagon budget has grown by $212 billion and the budget for social & economic programs has shrunk by $30 billion:

stephensemler.substack.com/p/military-s...

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My latest in Jacobin: jacobin.com/2024/07/bide...

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Biden didn't offer a plan to address spiraling food prices at the debate. Many voters would've liked to hear one: The 3 largest annual increases in household food costs occurred in the last 3 years

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Biden didn't offer a plan to address spiraling food prices at the debate. Many voters would've liked to hear one: The 3 largest annual increases in household food costs occurred in the last 3 years

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A whistleblower is alleging parts of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes were built in an unsafe manner – potentially leading to “devastating consequences."

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NY Governor Hochul is not only banning masks, she is ending sick leave for COVID. Shame.

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Who could possibly have foreseen that Netanyahu would reject the ceasefire plan that Biden assured us was an Israeli plan?

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genuinely pathetic that hochul can be bought for less than a year of tuition at a middling private school

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Either Biden lied or Israel rejected Israel’s proposal

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Either Biden lied or Israel rejected Israel’s proposal

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Biden admin earlier this month: “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance”

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This looks good. Hamas has proposed similar terms several times. Israel has always refused a permanent ceasefire, but indicated it supports this plan.

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Problem is I don’t see how Israel squares “elimination of Hamas’ military and governmental capabilities” with the proposal’s “permanent end to hostilities”

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The US govt, Israeli govt, and the UN all say that those numbers are accurate. Stop spewing bullshit.

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Biden admin earlier this month: “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance”

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment, conditions in Gaza are “worse now than ever before,” said Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development. At least 36,224 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, local health officials say.

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No I know you’re unable to grasp this concept, but what I’m saying is google my argument and see that historians, human rights organizations, activists, and governments of Arab countries share my perspective. And please, there’s no need for name calling. Grow up.

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No I know you’re unable to grasp this concept, but what I’m saying is google my argument and see that historians, human rights organizations, activists, and governments of Arab countries share my perspective. And please, there’s no need for name calling. Grow up.

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