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[sortagreen]

It's entertaining to hear you talk about machine politics in the early 1900s as if Tammany Hall was a thing the day before yesterday.

My father's uncle was a union plumber who moved down to Miami in the 40s, after the war. He was a shop steward, but he was made to understand that shop steward was as far as someone of his kind was going to go in that union. And they were Democrats at that time... which proves without a doubt that Democrats hate Jews.

Right?

Slime Time is a right wing troll, and what he offers without evidence, can be dismissed as easily.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[newmedman]

C'mon man. He said people knocked on their doors and gave them five dollars to vote for a candidate. What kind of nonsense is that? I can understand your story of graft that unfortunately still goes on today but that one seems really far fetched.

How would the bribe recipient prove to the briber that they fulfilled their assignment? And who just walks around a neighborhood knocking on doors and handing out 5 dollar bills to everyone they encounter saying vote for my guy? I'm not going to guess how old that cat is but let's just assume that it was in the 30-50's era and five bucks was a lot of money back then for someone to be walking around and handing out like candy.

Like I said yesterday, I'd take the five bucks even if he was standing directly in front of the polling place, say "yeah sure buddy, whatever you want", and go along with the rest of my day.

[arizona1]

You're evil! You might as well have killed him yourself. I hope your nighttime dreams are terrifying. #KARMA #FAMILY

Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens at Aid Sites as Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 55,000

One Palestinian man said he and his brother, who was killed, had no choice but to try to access aid at privatized distribution points, even though they knew it was dangerous to approach them.

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Osama, 5, was once a healthy child in #gaza .

But months of inadequate food and nourishment have left him severely malnourished. He now weighs only 5 kgs, dangerously below the healthy weight for his age

Osama is being treated at Nasser Hospital but his full recovery depends on sufficient nutrition and follow-up care - both of which are at risk.

UNICEF is distributing what little nutrition supplies we have, and that we are able to bring into Gaza. The equivalent of 1,000 truckloads of health, nutrition and other supplies are outside the borders, ready to be delivered.

The recovery of children like Osama is possible only with a long-lasting ceasefire and aid at scale being allowed into Gaza.

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