President Donald Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil marks one of Trump’s most egregious assaults on democratic liberties since taking office. Yet too many Democrats, particularly in party leadership, are responding to Trump in the most mealymouthed way possible. But this is a problem of Democrats’ own making: Their trepidation stems from their own history of repressing speech critical of Israel — and now we’re all at risk of paying the price for it.

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    26 days ago

    I mean you’re not wrong, but what options were we presented with? It was always democrats or republicans for decades. The third party was always going to lose. What we needed was Bernie to win a primary, but I think we all know that was never going to be allowed.

    Now we are going down the authoritarian government road China and Russia has been on for decades. Sounds like a shitty life for everyone but the rich.

    Aside: My guess is Amazon announcing that Alexa would be monitoring all audio is just the start of the always-on monitoring China has with cameras in homes. I bet Trump will demand that everyone buy one, lol.

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        26 days ago

        I know plenty. It’s very public information. Also, my best friend’s wife is from China and they aren’t holding back the info. So, I’ll believe them over you any day.

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            25 days ago

            At least China is being honest about why.

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              25 days ago

              There are no government installed cameras in Chinese homes. This is US sinophobia propaganda

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                25 days ago

                This is directly from a Chinese immigrant, so, I believe them over you. You’re just a paid actor, they’re willing to talk.

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                  23 days ago

                  Ohh, I don’t know, maybe from the Chinese and American people that I actually know in living in China.

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                    23 days ago

                    Are they your Internet friends while you live in the US? That makes you an expert, right?