In meetings in Israel, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conveyed to Israeli leaders that it’s important to observe international rules of warfare.

As Israel girds for a fearsome ground assault into Gaza, senior Biden administration officials are warning their Israeli counterparts to show restraint and avoid mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian disaster that could turn world opinion against the Jewish state, according to two current and one former U.S. official.

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    I have personally made the decision to abstain from voting in the 2024 presidential election at this point if Biden is the nominee. I cannot in good conscience vote for another president who clearly learned nothing from the protracted “War on Terror”, and who now publicly supports ethnic cleansing by Israel simply to score political points.

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      Great. What’s your address, so when Trump wins and we descend into ChristoFascism, I can send you flowers and a thank you note?

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        Relax fuck face, I live in an ironclad blue state. My abstention from voting based on my personal ethics will have zero impact on the democratic process since the popular vote doesn’t matter.

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      Be sure to vote in the primaries.

      Unfortunately with first past the post the only way to vote against the republican candidate is to vote for the Democrat even if he’s awful. That’s how Biden got elected. And that’s why the primaries are so important.

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        First, I live in a state with open primary contests so this actually doesn’t matter where I am. Also, I live in a Democrat stronghold, so whether I vote for president or not has never actually mattered beyond primary votes anyway. Even then, not in an early primary state, so even that is generally irrelevant.

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        I always vote down ballot in every election, and have voted in every election since I was legally able to vote. I understand the importance of local and state elections.