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You know it's not only possible but very likely that the fascist wannabe dictator is simply doing two bad things at the same time, right?

I know plenty of people with Student loan debt who are on these assistance programs. For them, this is not a "distraction."

Yep, everything is politics whether we like it or not.

Yeah, for the record, I'm with you. My "charitable take" was more me trying to reverse engineer her worldview. But her worldview makes almost no sense sometimes.

Lately I've been honestly leaning towards "AOC is controlled opposition for the next generation of voters." I don't understand how she's the face of "the squad" but goes against the rest of them so often on these crucial issues.

Why would Israel only blame her specifically and not MTG and the others?

I do think that Israel has it out for the progressive wing of the Democratic party more than anyone else. I think they would center it around "the squad wants Jews to die." They've gone after Ilhan for less.

My charitable take: Her worry is that in the event of Iron Dome funding being cut off, Israel would run a massive propaganda campaign blaming AOC specifically for every death in Israel.

However, If she truly believes what she says, I think she's being very naive. The Iron Dome allows Israel to confidently bomb its neighbors without having to worry about consequences. No one is attacking Israel out of the blue (yes, that includes October 7th). Event the recent "war" with Iran was started by Israel.

The best defensive measures that Israel could take:

1. Stop its apartheid and give every citizen equal rights
2. Stop committing terror in the region (i.e. blowing up entire apartment buildings to kill one target, murdering all of the top scientists in a given country in their sleep, blowing up pagers of innocent doctors and surgeons in other countries, etc.)
3. Surrender its current and former leadership to the ICC and allow them to face trial for their war crimes

Yep, and there's always a Manchin or a Sinema to make sure nothing left wing passes when we're in control. Always keeping that Overton Window ratcheting to the right.

I don't think he's "distracting" from anything. He's just doing a bunch of terrible things at the same time to maximize damage to social programs, infrastructure, and his political enemies. He doesn't care about what is or isn't "his call." He's testing the limits of his power and expanding it. Why would he need to distract from anything when he's never faced consequences for anything he's done before?

They're going to say it's a "distraction" and vote against it. As if forcing the FBI to do something other than snatch brown people off the street is bad.

I've always wondered if this sort of tech could scale to 5g towers for mass surveillance purposes

Additionally, isn't this just exposing a bunch of migrant aid platforms to right wing lunatics

Always has been

Also worth noting that:

1. AI is arguably a surveillance technology that's built on decades of our patterns

2. The US government is increasingly authoritarian and has expressed interest in throwing neurodivergent people into labor camps

3. Large AI companies like OpenAI are signing contracts with the Department of defense

If I were a US citizen, I would be avoiding discussing my personal life with AI like the plague.

That ambulance driver is a better person than I am.