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US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel
(www.theguardian.com)
Fuck Israel. Plain and simple.
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2026
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That guy is very short....
Need the names of those people who voted for this
Dude this makes me just hate Israel more. I don't know who's giving them PR advice but EVERYTHING about Israel just makes them look more and more like monsters.
I used to just brainlessly accept Israel = Democracy = Good
The propaganda worked.
But ever since this while AIPAC shit surfaced I finally saw just how horrific they are... Then I thought wait...maybe they are the assholes in the middle east too?
Sure enough you look at what and who they are and it's just pure evil monster.
Before anyone jumps in Israel =/= Judaism
Jews are fine.
Israel are the baddies
Protect Freedom Act.... penalizes you for expressing your opinion.
Maybe not the first occasion, but shouldn't everyone just call this the America Second Act?
Doublethink and doublespeak are the point
If they ever pass the "National Guard Doing Normal And Good Things act" head for the hills
They are talking about the Southern version of "freedom", where they are preoccupied with the "freedom" to buy and sell others and to control how others live their lives.
It's about states' rights!
A state's right to do what?
^own slaves^
Technically it was about states rights to ban slavery. The South was not at all happy about plans to "contain" slavery. They wanted full, mandatory expansion.
Of course! Its double plus good!
“The party of liberty and freedom. We take liberties and your freedom, seriously!”
If, under the "Citizens United" precedent, a corporation is free to spend money on politics because "money is speech" under the 1st Amendment's protection on freedom of speech...... then a university has the freedom of speech to not spend money as they see fit.
Plus the general concept of freedom of association that is part of our 1st Amendment rights.
Logically, you're right, but these motherfuckers are operating on a slight modification of Wilhoit's law:
"~~Conservatism~~ Zionism consists of exactly one proposition ... There must be ~~in-groups~~ Zionists whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside ~~out-groups~~ anti-zionists whom the law binds but does not protect.” --Frank Wilhoit"
this bill is just the whole "freedom of religion, not freedom from religion" bullshit that christofascists believe.
Jake Auchincloss (Massachusetts)
Kathy Castor (Florida)
Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (California)
Jim Costa (California)
Joe Courtney (Connecticut)
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Donald G. Davis (North Carolina)
Lois Frankel (Florida)
Laura Gillen (New York)
Jared F. Golden (Maine)
Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
Greg Landsman (Ohio)
George Latimer (New York)
Susie Lee (Nevada)
John W. Mannion (New York)
Jared Moskowitz (Florida)
Donald Norcross (New Jersey)
Jimmy Panetta (California)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)
Josh Riley (New York)
Bradley Scott Schneider (Illinois)
Hillary J. Scholten (Michigan)
Kim Schrier (Washington)
Brad Sherman (California)
Darren Soto (Florida)
Haley M. Stevens (Michigan)
Thomas R. Suozzi (New York)
Shri Thanedar (Michigan)
Dina Titus (Nevada)
Ritchie Torres (New York)
Juan Vargas (California)
Eugene Simon Vindman (Virginia)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida)
Traitors everyone of them
Really a who's who of dem assholes. I'm pleasantly surprised to not see my rep on there
Doing the flying spaghetti monster's work! 🫡
Freaking Cuellar again. He won his primary and his opponent is a republican. So he’s trying to court their votes since he’s in Texas.
So much for that First Amendment.
This is why it will fail. They know it will fail. This is performative.
It won't pass the Senate and is an insanely stupid thing to do before midterms...
Lol let them cook. I hope they "rename" an ocean too.
It won't pass the Senate
Why not? There are already plenty of state laws that do as much.
Because of the filibuster...
The same reason the only thing that passes is budget reconciliation...
The problem here is that Zionism is more or less bipartisan. I wouldn't necessarily bet my life savings on it, but given the number of states with anti-BDS laws I have no trouble imagining that such a law would get 60 votes.
I have no trouble imagining that such a law would get 60 votes.
I can imagine I'm in Narnia...
But it doesn't mean my dog will start talking.
If you think there are 60 who will vote for it, sit down and try to write down which Dems would. You'll feel better when you cant get to 60
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Why? I do not understand American leadership's obsession with Israel.
AIPAC spends $50 to $100 million per election cycle, while also most likely directing a multiple of that in outside spending. And has been for decades.
2nd people, you have a tyrannical government right now
They are all a bunch of chickens. They would only rise up if it was a brown person doing this.
Im not sure even that would be enough tbh.
But they'd sure talk a big game. And maybe commit some hate crimes locally.
Yes, they, as fascist are wont to do, go after easy targets. They are little piss babies after all
Armchair warrior.
They were always cowards and cosplayers.
Making it illegal to *checks notes* stop buying things.
I guess that's what "freedom" means these days.
Is shit like this supposed to make us accept Israel or hate them even more?
Most likely a trap for the House Dems stupid enough to vote for it.
It hurts everyone, but it hurts people with a D by their name more.
"Socialism is bad; they will tell you what to buy. Also, government will take over businesses."
--Republicans, staying silent for this and for tiny-d donnie's administration acquiring direct ownership stakes in public companies...
"Freedom of Speech"... Apparently, it's only for when you want to funnel dark money to extremist politicians, not when students and their schools (rightfully) criticize an ally.
Woo, shit’s about to fall down.
Fascist bullshit
This just screams America first. A job well done everybody.. soon America will be great again.. right? /S
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