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QueerDuck

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

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Hillary Clinton Endorses Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza [View all] Celerity 12 hrs ago OP

The plan is another "Perpetual Money and Real Estate Machine" for those "Epstein Class" scoundrels. usonian 11 hrs ago #1

i don't get it. why the hell is she inserting herself into this? did she HAVE to write something for the orleans 11 hrs ago #2

The Prospect article suggests she's doing it as a favour to Tony Blair muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #15

Good grief Tony Blair favor? Nanjeanne 5 hrs ago #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 4 hrs ago #28

If only the U.S. didn't put all those people in power... yardwork 1 hr ago #64

They're Trump's chosen board. Yes, the US is responsible for its makeup muriel_volestrangler 1 hr ago #67

Correct. We made our choice in November 2024. yardwork 1 hr ago #68

To use the famous Anglo-Saxon litotes... ananda 1 hr ago #65

Hillary has been speaking up quite a lot on issues lately Grim Chieftain 1 hr ago #70

This is edhopper 11 hrs ago #3

depressing indeed, but not so shocking, at least for me Celerity 11 hrs ago #4

Please wake me, I gotta be dreaming. oasis 11 hrs ago #5

No friend, I think it's called a nightmare Grim Chieftain 1 hr ago #72

Hillary Clinton has been right about Trump for over a decade. yardwork 1 hr ago #74

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree Grim Chieftain 55 min ago #76

The Financial Times op ed makes sense, calls for different control structure delisen 1 hr ago #75

So he bumbled into a Inkey 10 hrs ago #6

It doesn't look like an endorsement as much as it does another hard-to-accept lesson in reality for some. W_HAMILTON 10 hrs ago #7

Yes, of course Cirsium 10 hrs ago #8

Your words all appear in grammatical order, but they make no sense. muriel_volestrangler 7 hrs ago #13

But they are a tiny minority of Americans that swung the election to Trump. W_HAMILTON 4 hrs ago #29

It seems a bit of an obsession to take a Hillary Clinton op-ed in the Financial Times muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #32

The words make sense. The same refusal to accept reality that gave us Trump is about to leave Gaza to his whims. SunSeeker 4 hrs ago #30

Don't capitulate to Trump. muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #36

Ok, how do we achieve that? yardwork 3 hrs ago #46

I disagree that cooperating with the Board of Peace, led for life by Trump, is the only alternative. muriel_volestrangler 3 hrs ago #47

Who is in power now who can boycott Israel? yardwork 3 hrs ago #48

You do the boycott yourself. You look for decent Israeli politicians yourself muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #49

My tiny little boycott of a few Israeli products is nothing. yardwork 2 hrs ago #52

Obviously we agree we don't elect politicians who support Trump muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #55

U.S. politics is structured differently than Britain's. yardwork 2 hrs ago #59

Boom. yardwork 1 hr ago #63

Disgusting. David__77 8 hrs ago #9

Your 4th paragraph. I agree. harumph 3 hrs ago #42

My response would get me banned malaise 8 hrs ago #10

+1 There are things I would like to say too. Emile 6 hrs ago #16

That's where I am too Bettie 4 hrs ago #27

Mine too!! InAbLuEsTaTe 4 hrs ago #31

Same here PatSeg 2 hrs ago #51

Meh! malaise 2 hrs ago #53

Well, regarding this particular individual PatSeg 40 min ago #78

Likewise. H2O Man 41 min ago #77

Maybe Hillary knows more about Trump's Gaza plan than the rest of us? sop 28 min ago #82

Right white supremacists Whip-poor-will 7 hrs ago #11

I think of the 22 Democratic Senators who voted to confirm John Roberts and just cry Ponietz 7 hrs ago #12

What a revealing list. Emile 6 hrs ago #17

Here are the 22 Dems who voted to confirm Roberts: Celerity 6 hrs ago #19

Bingaman greatly disappointed on this vote -- he focused his career on energy and natural resources and, get this: Ponietz 3 hrs ago #44

Clarence Thomas was nominated by GHW Bush malaise 6 hrs ago #20

Obama was a no mountain grammy 5 hrs ago #23

When did HRC turn into Neville Chamberlin? no_hypocrisy 6 hrs ago #14

Seriously. InAbLuEsTaTe 4 hrs ago #33

Are we allowed to criticize DEMOCRAT HRC? Just wondering..... ColoringFool 6 hrs ago #18

Will never forget it... or forgive it. InAbLuEsTaTe 4 hrs ago #34

This message was self-deleted by its author tman 6 hrs ago #21

Extremely disappointing. La Coliniere 5 hrs ago #24

It's a big club, and you ain't in it. n/t flvegan 4 hrs ago #25

As Groucho said... GJGCA 4 hrs ago #26

"What does Goldman think?" Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #35

The Epstein Class malaise 4 hrs ago #37

Same class that looted the banks in 2008. Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #38

You nailed it malaise 3 hrs ago #39

She discussed this with David Remnick recently but all people focused on was her brief Joe Biden comments Quiet Em 3 hrs ago #40

Thanks for this information. It saved my respect oasis 3 hrs ago #41

You are very welcome Quiet Em 3 hrs ago #43

Thank you. betsuni 1 hr ago #73

I just read the entire statement and it isn't an endorsement. yardwork 3 hrs ago #45

As usual. She's right. At this point, our choices are limited and something needs to be done. QueerDuck 2 hrs ago #50

Thanks for summing it up succinctly. yardwork 2 hrs ago #54

She knows the "Peace Board" can be replaced leftstreet 2 hrs ago #56

Those who have been most critical of her for saying this, seem to be the same ones... QueerDuck 1 hr ago #60

Well said. yardwork 1 hr ago #62

The Board of Peace cannot be replaced; Trump is its head for life muriel_volestrangler 1 hr ago #66

Once Trump isn't president, the Board of Peace won't be especially relevant EdmondDantes_ 11 min ago #85

Progressives vs. Democrats MorbidButterflyTat 40 min ago #79

Wow 😳 MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #57

I wonder if Hillary Clinton might be blinded by an assumption karynnj 2 hrs ago #58

If you read her op-ed I think you'll see that she is not promoting hegemony. yardwork 1 hr ago #61

I admit I read the sections you posted after posting karynnj 1 hr ago #69

I don't think Clinton believes it's possible to reason with Trump. yardwork 1 hr ago #71

Yes it does. AloeVera 28 min ago #81

For some reason this reminds me of the "facts on the ground" strategy. AloeVera 36 min ago #80

Sorry, no one gets to call themselves Rob H. 25 min ago #83

"Hillary Clinton endorses a Plan designed to thwart a future Palestinian state." AloeVera 21 min ago #84