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The electoral college, first past the post and gerrymandering basically make the American electoral system a joke

If anyone actually wants to stop the genocide in Gaza please vote out your republican congressman, almost every Republican congressman supported the resolution to restart weapons shipments and almost every democrat voted against it.

I wish riding a bike in my city was easier, it’s basically suicide with more steps, my municipal policy forces bikes to share the road with motorist and it’s 90% stroads.

Incorrect, he was holding back shipments purposefully, this forces shipments to begin again and while he could veto it given the overwhelming support it would have bought a couple days at best and if you read both of those articles it’s very clear that that would have been the outcome.

Unfortunately, it’s well understood that political engagement especially when in a debate is an emotional undertaking.

Complicated further by the fact that we tend not to change our assumptions even when presented with data that proves otherwise.

We are a tribal species whose emotions are not geared towards understanding the far reaching and nuanced decisions we are faced with.

Because it’s an ultimately pointless gesture if you read both those articles.

It’s alright, we’re all learning.

Scary how right this seems with every passing day, I don’t like to be reductive but most people here can’t be reasoned with

He used his powers to bypass the Congressional approval process and then has since been against shipping weapons most likely because of the blowback.

While he could veto this resolution given the overwhelming support by Congress it would only cause a short term delay.

Congress at that level of approval has the right to override a presidential veto and given that it was done with the express purpose of spiting the president’s orders I don’t think it would do much good.

I will never understand why people are so keen on laying this entirely at the presidency.

I would say arming Israel is now squarely on Congress.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

The most recent weapon shipment is actually on Congress, Joe Biden didn’t want to send it and was forced by a congressional resolution led by Republicans because they know people won’t look into it and the president will take the fall out.

I left some resources to back up these claims in a previous comment .

Write your congressman if they are one of the members that forced the weapon shipments to restart.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

Write your congressman if they are one of the members that forced the weapon shipments to restart.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

I think it’s important that you realize those payments are not just from the president’s cabinet but also Congress.

I take no issue with blaming Joe Biden but I do take issue with the fact we seem to place so little responsibility at the feet of our congressman.

Engage with politics at the Congressional and local level. The biggest reason Biden refuses to change his stance because Congress and a majority of his constituency still supports it.

So please continue to protest and engage your congressman and local officials. We can change this but we need action.

The game has a great atmosphere and is best compared to Terraria. I will say that some of the later areas are content light but overall it’s a fantastic game.

Enough that reviews are no longer a useful metric

You have mecurious now if I could do the same thing with my own skyr and xanthum gum… I might have to do some experimenting.

I don’t think they were trying to be judgmental just trying to clarify that asserting it from a place of hostility would be less effective.