Both China and North Korea are republics, but they are different types of republics with distinct political systems.
USA is democratic Republic.
Our Republic is not under threat from Trump - our democracy is.
Trump wants our Republic to function like China or North Korea.
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BREAKING: "I'm interviewing you!" Fox News host panics after Abdul El-Sayed walks into the lion's den and totally destroys her MAGA narrative with confidence and charisma.
This is an absolute master class in messaging...
"I think there is this argument that you try to make often, which is that the best way to take this problem on is just more war," El-Sayed said during a sitdown interview with far-right hack Martha MacCallum. "And how has that worked out for us?"
"So what's better? Wh— What's the best way to protect our national security?—" she replied.
The reality is that America has not been made safer by these endless forever wars and we commend El-Sayed for bluntly saying as much to millions of Republican viewers. This Iran War in particular has nothing to do with America's national interests and everything to do with the regional interests of an expansionist Israeli state.
"We spent trillions of dollars. Trillions of dollars!" said El-Sayed. "The war in Iraq, which on this channel they spent years and years—"
"No I'm asking you how would you have responded—" MacCallum interrupted, trying to wrest back control of the conversation.
"Can you answer my question?" El-Sayed patiently asked. "I just want to understand, has that made us safer? Are we more safe because of the war in Iraq? Are we more safe because of the war in Iran? And I think the argument here is always more war. You got folks like Mike Rogers, who I'm running against, his argument is always there's a war for that. And you know what we end up paying for that? Trillions of dollars. Thousands of lives of our servicemen and women. Lives that were lost on the battlefield. Lives that are being destroyed because they're defunding the VA as we speak. And we're paying more for all of this in energy costs, more at the grocery store. So do we really think that we should be more war?"
"Well, you know... We all know that the reason that we went to war in... In Afghanistan in particular was because we had thousands of Americans who were slaughtered just a few blocks from here," said MacCallum, dodging the thrust of his question.
"Understood. And I understand that," said El-Sayed, who had not mentioned Afghanistan or 9/11.
"Would you have not done that? You wouldn't have responded?" she asked.
"No, my point is about the war in Iraq. And the war in Iraq was one of those wars that because we had had a war in Afghanistan and Iraq was like next door within the same region, we're like why don't we just go to war there too?" said El-Sayed, cutting through her BS. "And folks sitting in these chairs were justifying that. And now we have the war in Iran. And they told us it was a—"
"But war is always controversial," MacCallum inanely replied.
"No, but my point is it's not that it's just always controversial. It's that you're trying to make the argument that somehow more war is exactly what we need right now," said El-Sayed. "And I'm just saying that more war is not what Michiganders need."
"I'm not arguing that we need more war," insisted MacCallum. "I'm arguing that you have to defend American national security."
"You haven't told me where you stand on the war in Iran. You seem to be a fan of it," he shot back.
"I'm— I'm interviewing you!" whined MacCallum. "I'm not saying I'm a fan of the war. I'm giving you... Umm. I'm explaining that there is an argument to be made that it will make the United States safer."
"And you're making that argument, right?" said El-Sayed. "I'm just telling you what Michiganders are telling me. I've talked to Michiganders of all stripes, Michiganders who supported Donald Trump on the idea that he was America first. And that he wasn't going to take us to war. And that he was not going to waste our blood and our treasure on yet another war. And here we are, eight months later, and we're still at war. And the argument that he was making is exactly the argument that you were making, which is that there are threats out there. Sure."
"There are threats out there," she said.
"My question is, does more war make more or less threats?" said El-Sayed.
The answer, of course, is "more threats." Every time the United States bombs or helps Israel bomb a hospital or apartment complex, we create more enemies. Every time our weapons kill someone, we turn their family and friends into our sworn enemies. You cannot bomb your way to peace, no matter what Republicans claim. And the truth is that they're not interested in peace. Fox News ultimately serves the corporate interests of the military-industrial complex which relies on constant conflict to generate shareholder returns.
Democrats should follow El-Sayed's lead: ignore the culture war distractions and focus on the real issues. Donald Trump's pointless, failed war is draining our country dry.
Please like and share if you're a big fan of El-Sayed!
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Donald Trump is the first and only president in U.S. history with felony convictions. Elect a convict. Expect the crimes.
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I am trying to get a port out transfer pin for my phone that I am trying to switch to another carrier from Verizon.
Their instructions online and via the phone to get this pin don't work and my wife has just had to go to the nearest store to try and get this done.
VERIZON sucks!
Just heard Scott Jennings say on CNN (and unchecked by CNN) that "everybody knows that mail in voting is inherently less secure than voting in person".
There is ZERO fact or evidence to support this statement.
Why does CNN let Jennings get away with his bullshit?
Anyone out there have problems dealing with Progressive Insurance for motor windshield replacement claims through Safelight?
I have been on the phone for hours trying to make a formal complaint and have just been told that Progressive don't have a formal complaints process.
Duh!
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything”.
Trump wasn't just talking about his sexual assault on women.
He believes as President he is free to do ANYTHING he wants to anyone he feels like.
Anyone voting for a Republican is just condoning this gross fat fuck.
X just suspended me for a post for some reason. They allowed me back up but now all the people I was following have disappeared.
Has this happened to anyone else out there?
I don't like Trump's war, but we are there now.
IRGC must understand that if they strike shipping in the straights Trump will retaliate.
If IRGC escalate and go after USA bases Trump will escalate and retaliate.
There can be no negotiated settlement if IRGC ignore the MOU terms.
Australian woman who has legally lived in the US for 30 years is arrested for alleged illegal voting.
So, we don't need the "Save America Act" to catch illegal voters.
🤔🤔🤔
Trump's new bribe airplane already not serviceable.
Trump blaming this on the "airplane vandals".
Everything Trump touches turns to shit.
Wow, Egypt has a good side. Unlucky.
Watch out for the " VAR shouldn't have been used for disallowing that goal" crowd.
VAR is there for exactly what happened - the referee didn't see the foul that led to the goal.
For a goal, VAR reviews for any issues and found this foul.
On this Platner thing.
Can anyone explain to me how a woman is raped in her own home, doesn't phone the police at the time although she has plenty of opportunity to do so, but years later remembers everything clearly just as the "perp" is about to win an important election?
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