#USA Government Funding

[nando161mando]

Healthcare pls

[captain-casual]

Next up: Biden continues to be a crusty piece of shit who ignores his voters

Story here

[margaretlsgp]

May 5, 2023 Long Term Care Committee Meeting [Video]

[daegu-based-terrorist]

No this is so funny they will literally say anything.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

From @jvpboston :

The Senate can still stop $3.5 billion in funding to Israel. Call on senators now to introduce a joint resolution of disapproval and obey international law.

Find a call script and phone numbers of senators who have raised objections to the use of billions to fund Israel’s siege on Gaza here.

STOP ARMING ISRAEL. ARMS EMBARGO NOW.

[lewishamiltonstuff]

Biden would risk a wider regional war than stop Israel from committing genocide.

[bonesashesglass]

The US finally started funding UNRWA again. This is coming after a number of other countries also resumed their funding this past week.

Make no mistake, this is only happening because of people protesting and calling and writing and boycotting.

This is what happens when we force the people in charge to listen. It’s hard, it’s long, and it always seems like they’re only giving the bare minimum, and that’s after months and months of constant activism, but it’s working.

Keep it up, don’t let up, don’t stop the protesting until Palestine is free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️❤️❤️

[the-lady-maddy]

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[hispanicin]

I think the reason voting discourse bothers me so much is that, as a Puerto Rican, seeing people argue about disregarding such an important right that I don't have, in a situation where their action or inaction will definitely affect me makes me feel helpless and angry.

Your vote is not just moral signaling, it's your right to control what happens to you and what happens to people like me who can't vote.

[sliimehag]

[nando161mando]

Israel’s violations of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and its unlawful annexation of large portions of Palestinian territory create obligations for all states not to recognize the occupation as lawful.

- International Court of Justice

https://jacobin.com/2024/08/israel-occupation-palestine-war-law

[belleandre-belle]

History always repeats itself

[steffyanie]

gods fuckign damnit mark, why.........

[antiquepearlss]

The Fourth Of July is the best day to simultaneously love the United States, and hate them.

[sadderrall]

so i did some calculations. the us sent israel $100 billion, right? well…

if they used that money to try and fix the homeless problem in california alone, this is how much money it would come out to for each homeless person. that is enough to buy a full ass house. now how about if we calculated it by the number of homeless people in all of america?

this is how much money it would come out to for each homeless person in the entire country. i’ve done a lot of research, and this is enough to buy a good starter home in most states other than california. you could even potentially buy a multi-family home and use the other unit(s) for income. in peoria, illinois, a decent 2 bedroom house costs around 50-60k. you could potentially buy THREE full ass houses with this kind of money. now what if you didn’t want to buy a house, what if you opted to just rent?

if we divided that number by the highest average rent in america for a studio apartment, $1650 (which is insane btw. i’d say the average rent in america for a studio is more like $700-$900 in places other than these huge metro areas), you could live rent free for 105 months. that’s almost 9 years. our government is choosing to fund a genocide, actively being on the wrong side of history, instead of fixing one of the most prominent current crises in their own country. and a lot of people don’t see anything wrong with that?