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muriel_volestrangler

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49. You do the boycott yourself. You look for decent Israeli politicians yourself

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:46 AM

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I sincerely hope you are not living your life in the US with the attitude of "Trump is now in power, we should support him until the next president is elected". And Hillary needs to reverse course. She's advocating collaboration with criminals.

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Hillary Clinton Endorses Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza [View all] Celerity Yesterday OP

The plan is another "Perpetual Money and Real Estate Machine" for those "Epstein Class" scoundrels. usonian Yesterday #1

i don't get it. why the hell is she inserting herself into this? did she HAVE to write something for the orleans Yesterday #2

The Prospect article suggests she's doing it as a favour to Tony Blair muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #15

Good grief Tony Blair favor? Nanjeanne Yesterday #22

It's a measure of the awfulness of the "Board of Peace" that Blair may be the least corrupt and RW person on it muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #28

If only the U.S. didn't put all those people in power... yardwork Yesterday #64

They're Trump's chosen board. Yes, the US is responsible for its makeup muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #67

Correct. We made our choice in November 2024. yardwork Yesterday #68

To use the famous Anglo-Saxon litotes... ananda Yesterday #65

Hillary has been speaking up quite a lot on issues lately Grim Chieftain Yesterday #70

This is edhopper Yesterday #3

depressing indeed, but not so shocking, at least for me Celerity Yesterday #4

Please wake me, I gotta be dreaming. oasis Yesterday #5

No friend, I think it's called a nightmare Grim Chieftain Yesterday #72

Hillary Clinton has been right about Trump for over a decade. yardwork Yesterday #74

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree Grim Chieftain Yesterday #76

The Financial Times op ed makes sense, calls for different control structure delisen Yesterday #75

So he bumbled into a Inkey Yesterday #6

It doesn't look like an endorsement as much as it does another hard-to-accept lesson in reality for some. W_HAMILTON Yesterday #7

Yes, of course Cirsium Yesterday #8

Your words all appear in grammatical order, but they make no sense. muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #13

But they are a tiny minority of Americans that swung the election to Trump. W_HAMILTON Yesterday #29

It seems a bit of an obsession to take a Hillary Clinton op-ed in the Financial Times muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #32

The words make sense. The same refusal to accept reality that gave us Trump is about to leave Gaza to his whims. SunSeeker Yesterday #30

Don't capitulate to Trump. muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #36

Ok, how do we achieve that? yardwork Yesterday #46

I disagree that cooperating with the Board of Peace, led for life by Trump, is the only alternative. muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #47

Who is in power now who can boycott Israel? yardwork Yesterday #48

You do the boycott yourself. You look for decent Israeli politicians yourself muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #49

My tiny little boycott of a few Israeli products is nothing. yardwork Yesterday #52

Obviously we agree we don't elect politicians who support Trump muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #55

U.S. politics is structured differently than Britain's. yardwork Yesterday #59

Boom. yardwork Yesterday #63

Who here thought "Trump was just fine?" InAbLuEsTaTe Yesterday #88

Disgusting. David__77 Yesterday #9

Your 4th paragraph. I agree. harumph Yesterday #42

My response would get me banned malaise Yesterday #10

+1 There are things I would like to say too. Emile Yesterday #16

That's where I am too Bettie Yesterday #27

Mine too!! InAbLuEsTaTe Yesterday #31

Same here PatSeg Yesterday #51

Meh! malaise Yesterday #53

Well, regarding this particular individual PatSeg Yesterday #78

Likewise. H2O Man Yesterday #77

Maybe Hillary knows more about Trump's Gaza plan than the rest of us? sop Yesterday #82

Right white supremacists Whip-poor-will Yesterday #11

I think of the 22 Democratic Senators who voted to confirm John Roberts and just cry Ponietz Yesterday #12

What a revealing list. Emile Yesterday #17

Here are the 22 Dems who voted to confirm Roberts: Celerity Yesterday #19

Bingaman greatly disappointed on this vote -- he focused his career on energy and natural resources and, get this: Ponietz Yesterday #44

Clarence Thomas was nominated by GHW Bush malaise Yesterday #20

Obama was a no mountain grammy Yesterday #23

When did HRC turn into Neville Chamberlin? no_hypocrisy Yesterday #14

Seriously. InAbLuEsTaTe Yesterday #33

Are we allowed to criticize DEMOCRAT HRC? Just wondering..... ColoringFool Yesterday #18

Will never forget it... or forgive it. InAbLuEsTaTe Yesterday #34

This message was self-deleted by its author tman Yesterday #21

Extremely disappointing. La Coliniere Yesterday #24

It's a big club, and you ain't in it. n/t flvegan Yesterday #25

As Groucho said... GJGCA Yesterday #26

"What does Goldman think?" Kid Berwyn Yesterday #35

The Epstein Class malaise Yesterday #37

Same class that looted the banks in 2008. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #38

You nailed it malaise Yesterday #39

She discussed this with David Remnick recently but all people focused on was her brief Joe Biden comments Quiet Em Yesterday #40

Thanks for this information. It saved my respect oasis Yesterday #41

You are very welcome Quiet Em Yesterday #43

Thank you. betsuni Yesterday #73

Thank you. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #90

I just read the entire statement and it isn't an endorsement. yardwork Yesterday #45

As usual. She's right. At this point, our choices are limited and something needs to be done. QueerDuck Yesterday #50

Thanks for summing it up succinctly. yardwork Yesterday #54

She knows the "Peace Board" can be replaced leftstreet Yesterday #56

Those who have been most critical of her for saying this, seem to be the same ones... QueerDuck Yesterday #60

Well said. yardwork Yesterday #62

The Board of Peace cannot be replaced; Trump is its head for life muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #66

Once Trump isn't president, the Board of Peace won't be especially relevant EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #85

Maybe she knows he's terminal? leftstreet Yesterday #86

Progressives vs. Democrats MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #79

Wow 😳 MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #57

I wonder if Hillary Clinton might be blinded by an assumption karynnj Yesterday #58

If you read her op-ed I think you'll see that she is not promoting hegemony. yardwork Yesterday #61

I admit I read the sections you posted after posting karynnj Yesterday #69

I don't think Clinton believes it's possible to reason with Trump. yardwork Yesterday #71

Yes it does. AloeVera Yesterday #81

For some reason this reminds me of the "facts on the ground" strategy. AloeVera Yesterday #80

Sorry, no one gets to call themselves Rob H. Yesterday #83

"Hillary Clinton endorses a Plan designed to thwart a future Palestinian state." AloeVera Yesterday #84

Sanders won't endorse the Board of Peace. ALBliberal Yesterday #87

Thinking it through, I'm giving Hill the benefit oasis 22 hrs ago #89