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PufPuf23

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22. Supporters of the choices being made by Israel poured lots of funds via

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #18)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:38 PM

3 hrs ago

AIPAC, other dark money and individual donors to Trump and the GOP.

Look at the donations to Trump by Miriam Adelson and her dead husband alone to support Trump, the GOP, Netanyahu and militant Zionism in general.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Adelson

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Democrats' internal review said to find Kamala Harris's stance on Gaza cost her votes in 2024 [View all] PufPuf23 22 hrs ago OP

Russian bots and no doubt GOP operatives pushed this to divide the the party. usonian 21 hrs ago #1

here is the proper link Celerity 20 hrs ago #2

I would be interested in knowing what the impact of other positions karynnj 11 hrs ago #17

Thank you for the link now in the OP. PufPuf23 3 hrs ago #19

Fuck all this nitpicking, what about the big things - Russian interferance and corporate money? groundloop 16 hrs ago #3

Add it to the list. A whole lot of things cost her votes. thesquanderer 16 hrs ago #4

She was a great candidate who was poorly placed by a botched primary. travelingthrulife 15 hrs ago #6

Actually the short campaign window wasn't short enough Shrek 14 hrs ago #9

More time wouldn't necessarily have helped, but... thesquanderer 12 hrs ago #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve 16 hrs ago #5

Large portions of the world population believe that the Israeli state apparatus, IDF, and settler conduct Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago #7

So they voted for Trump. That makes perfect sense. yardwork 14 hrs ago #8

It cost the Dems something to believe that sentiment could be ignored and belittled Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #10

How do you know they made that calculation? yardwork 14 hrs ago #12

We all saw the kids out in the streets against the war womanofthehills 2 hrs ago #23

Note that I agree with you. PufPuf23 3 hrs ago #20

How did that work out for them? Mz Pip 14 hrs ago #11

Allowing a genocide isn't good Prairie Gates 13 hrs ago #13

Can't find it at the link Mysterian 12 hrs ago #14

Sufficient to change the outcome? Grins 12 hrs ago #16

The reason made the post was that the story was the top of the Times of Israel liveblog. PufPuf23 3 hrs ago #21

You-Gov poll, internal poll & exit womanofthehills 2 hrs ago #24

Yeah, they sure showed her Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 10 hrs ago #18

Supporters of the choices being made by Israel poured lots of funds via PufPuf23 3 hrs ago #22

Remember Trump lying big time during his campaign womanofthehills 2 hrs ago #25

No RandySF 2 hrs ago #26

IMO, she lost because Trump's lies, fear-mongering and bigotry attracted more votes than decency. Doodley 2 hrs ago #27