'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side

https://lemmy.world/post/9609942

'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side - Lemmy.World

It's unsurprising, especially since even legitimate leftists often balk at immigration due to the rampant myths around it. Still an obvious and better choice than Oz, or any Republican, and important blueprint for outreach to actual moderates.

God only knows how he can support Israel on moral grounds while being in a position where he has access and time to study the issue, though. Pre-existing biases, one supposes.

Pre-existing biases, one supposes.

Not to mention the AIPAC campaign funding that would suddenly dry up. It amazes me how many of our elected leaders are being paid off by a foreign government

How much has he taken?
Pro-Israel Recipients

See aggregated party breakdowns and incumbency status of recipients of contributions from Pro-Israel industries/interest groups for every election cycle from 1998 to 2024.

OpenSecrets

Jesus fucking damnit. It’s like that first moment in House of Cards when you’re like “omfg and this is the blue team?!”

I know US Senate is as prestigious as you get after the executive election, but if this is the people’s guy, how tf we ever going to break up the two party system in the upper house?

as soon as you say the phrase “blue team” you betray a bit of a misunderstanding. don’t feel bad, people work really hard to perpetuate that misunderstanding. the blue team doesn’t exist. the red team only kind of exists. the people you unconsciously split into the “blue team” and the “red team” are on the Money Team, and we’re not.

I understand your point and mostly agree with you. But I will never ever ever say both sides are the same

This is what the blue team does: sfgate.com/…/new-california-laws-2024-18552414.ph…

These new California laws go into effect in 2024

A slew of new laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in the fall are set to take effect in the new year.

SFGATE
all right cracking down on that “excited delirium” horseshit is eliminating a very real and very deadly police overstep. I’m into it.

Dude right?? Our state is legislating against police brutality. And doing it with tools, and creating a safer space, rather than trying to get the good apples to snitch and risk their lives and careers.

The ebony alert sounds like white people grandstanding bullshit at first but there’s a good point… if all day you see that and rarely see amber alert… you’ll realize why black people are begging to be seen and the whole point of BLM. Plus it’s first hand experience, not pushed on people, so they can draw the conclusions themselves without getting defensive