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I believe they should lay down their arms. I'm proud to be one of the first elected officials in the state who called for a ceasefire, and calling for a ceasefire means ceasing fire, that means all parties have to cease fire and put down their weapons.

Unless you drop everything after the first sentence, it's pretty clear to me what he is talking about. Has he ever once indicated that Hamas should disarm in anything less ambiguous? Is there any other position he has ever taken in relation to this or any other conflict that would indicate it is a position he would be likely to take? Has he accepted money from AIPAC or any other big money donor supporting the genocide of Palestine, or any other genocide? Is there any reason at all to make the worst possible presumption that can be made of what these words mean, when they are followed with the exact opposite explanation in the very next sentence? What the fuck is wrong with you that you think it's OK to be so dishonest?

You are 100% full of shit. There is absolutely zero ambiguity in what he said to anybody not trying hard to misunderstand it. You think he's trying to get back the Zionist vote by slipping in a subtle dog whistle? Yeah, that's plausible. You are full of shit, and you know you are full of shit, and you should feel bad.

Listen to the damn clip. It's perfectly clear what he is saying, despite your overly pedantic parsing of one exact phrase taken out of context.

Misleading headline. He called for both sides to put down their weapons in a cease fire. That's not a call for Hamas to disarm, unilaterally or otherwise. Someone is sowing division on the left here.

It's not like he couldn't afford one. He was just chasing the money. His listeners didn't want accurate facts, and neither did his sponsors.

It would send an awesome message if it helped.

The word terrorist is pretty functionally useless. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, but a fascist is a fascist. The word might be badly misused from time to time, but the but the whole MAGA enterprise is without question a fascist movement.

You mentioned Joe Rogan elsewhere. If Rogan is interviewing a fascist, then Rogan is a fascist. If Rogan is interviewing a socialist, then he is a socialist. He's just a mid-wit echo chamber who got captured by a right wing audience. I think he finally figured out that he fucked up, but can't figure out how to escape without losing his whole audience.

how does one actually define a fascist?

Ever heard of a dictionary? Wikipedia? This "Just asking questions bro" shit went out of style like 10 years ago. It doesn't make you broad minded, it flags you as empty minded. Youtube exists, go educate yourself. Don't put it on everybody else.

Did I say I plan to vote for a Republican?

I did vote for Obama, through I was a Limbaugh fan in the Bill Clinton era. Maybe I've just had more time to get sick of it than you.

The bigger point is this. We are still three years out from the election and you have limited time for advocacy. Why on earth do you think the best use of your time is to sell lefties on inadequate Democratic representation that might not even get the nomination?

This is the time to either fight Trump, or fight for stronger Democrats in the next election. If Newsom (or Pritzker) gets the nomination then do what you must, but why argue it now? First of all, it just makes the cocktail liberals more smug and less likely to look for someone better, and it makes leftists more frustrated and more likely to defect in the general. This is the gap when the left is supposed to be "allowed" to challenge the establishment. Why make them feel even more rejected by the party? You think you're helping?

Also, to be clear, Newsom would be the worst scenario with diversified guards. If you want a four year pause, nominate Pritzker. If you want to take the country back, don't settle for the first personality MSNBC jiggles in front of your face three years out from the election.

I remember all the uninformed Democratic normie voters creaming themselves over Andrew Cuomo's Covid press conferences where he beat up Trump's response constantly. I kept hearing he could be the one for 2020 until he disgraced himself. Now He's allied with Trump and Trump's Donors, and we can't even get Schumer and Jeffries to support his Democratic opponent. And you think these people fight for you?

Cuomo is Trump in a different package. More than for any other name being thrown around for 2028, so is Newsom. He's a chameleon and a political opportunist. The only thing he hates about Trump is that he wants Trump's chair.

Are you honestly telling me that you expect Newsom would roll back more than some cosmetic fringes of Trump's immigration policy? Biden sure didn't. You think Newsom is going to roll back Palentir and the surveillance state? Not a chance in hell.