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DNC Leadership Pressured Gen Z Member to Kill Resolution on Banning Arms to Israel
(theintercept.com)
"Hey kid, wanna be complicit in a genocide?"
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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The actual part about the DNC:
In response to Minnerly’s resolution, Martin and other party leaders have offered one of their own that largely mirrors the 2024 party platform and does not call for the suspension of military aid to Israel, according to a copy obtained by The Intercept and reports from multiple outlets. (The DNC did not respond to a request for comment.)
So...
Not at all what the headline says.
The "multiple outlets" links to Jewish Insider. And searching I could only find articles from pro-Israel or rightwing sources. Then Semafor whose goal of using AI to tailor articles to users always smelt like propaganda to me.
But the "DNC version" calls for a two state solution, a cease fire, and release of hostages.
And next month people can absolutely vote for both. It's not one or the other. If the more progressive plan fails, maybe the other won't. But I can't exactly find any differences between the two, besides iron dome funding. And a significant amount of DNC members still will never refund that.
Quick edit:
In case it needs said again:
Billionaires and others that like neoliberals are going to spend a shit ton of time, energy, and money to convince progressives that voting in Dem primaries is pointless.
They're doing that because they're scared.
Vote in the primary, no matter what happens. We can't waste this chance, if we do we won't likely get another.
I think they’re referring to this section:
After Minnerly put forward her resolution on August 4, she said, representatives of DNC Chair Ken Martin reached out to propose a compromise. But the proposal they offered did not go far enough in calling for pressure on Israel, she said. “Ultimately it was clear to me the conversation they’re having is different from the reality today,” she said.
But that description has a very different tone than the headline. Without knowing exactly what was said, it’s hard to know which framing is more accurate.
How is replacing the resolution to ban weapons sales to Israel with one that doesn't do that..."not at all what the headline says"?
Because that's exactly what they're doing: going out of their way to continue providing arms to Israel
How is replacing
Nothing is replacing anything...
Like, you didn't read my comment or the article?