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Even if we somehow get a Dem speaker...
It's going to be Jefferies who is almost as pro-Israel as Biden
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2023-08-07/ty-article/.premium/top-house-democrat-to-lead-aipac-sponsored-trip-to-israel-in-bid-to-repair-relations/00000189-cf63-d9f3-a1cd-fffbdfe90000
There's only one other politician taking more AIPAC money than him
https://truthout.org/articles/fec-filing-shows-aipac-made-record-donations-to-congress-in-november/
Even if we "win", we still ain't winning. It's the illusion of choice.
Until we fix at least one of the political parties or get a viable 3rd, we won't get dirty money out of politics, because the people who take it keep getting these leadership positions.
Easy to complain. Which district are you running in?
Are you not aware of how much dirty money is in primaries?
Or how the Dem party has spent the last decade or so saying primary elections don't matter and if they want they can just ignore results?
Like, you might as well have asked why I don't get in my job cannon and fly off to job land where jobs grow on jobbies....
So you're not running then? Amidst the rampant, unchecked political corruption you claim to observe in every direction, the solution you in your wisdom have found most powerful is to complain about it on the internet.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat
I thought everyone that had an internet connection had seen that by now, but I guess the message never sunk in for some huh?