The parties reaction to this will be telling. Anything less than expulsion from the party is unacceptable. Her being the neoliberal establishment pick, even if she was clearly defeated. Makes me wonder if they're just going to try to burn it all down on the way out.

Wait, she's not Jewish??

I say this as a Jewish anti-zionist: what the actual fuck?? Like... I grew up indoctrinated into zionism and left when I got old enough to start paying attention to news. So... what's her damage?

Maybe this sounds silly, but I have a lot of pity for Jewish liberal zionists. It's a cult. And I'm familiar with Christian Nationalist zionists (also a cult, but different one). I feel sympathy for people operating on childhood brainwashing.

And I kind of get folks like Biden, who probably formed an opinion before '67.

But what's her fucking deal? I can have grace for people who were born into this or are really old, but she just sounds like she learned that Israel is an apartheid state in college and said, 'Neato!'

I am so much more disgusted with her now than I was when I assumed that she was a member of the tribe. ULGH.

“Congresswoman Stevens is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel wrote on X Sunday.

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If moderates ask progressives to “vote blue no matter who”

Worth saying that applies to the general only. I'm a progressive and I say: Vote progressive as far as you can. Always vote for the most progressive (or least regressive) candidate. In the general election, that's gonna be blue over red. In the primary, that's any progressive candidate. "Blue no matter who" is just expressing the pragmatic general rule of thumb. I haven't seen any exceptions to that - I've never seen a Republican that wasn't more regressive than an establishment Democrat option.

Fun fact: in the US, political parties can’t expel anyone from their party. Anyone can choose to join any party at any time.

also bodes well for El Seyed being the man we hope he is

The reason is obvious. She is falling on the sword to save Israel. The last 2 years may have done irreparable damage to my view on Israel. I don’t think I will ever vote for a candidate who takes aipac money or supports Israel for the rest of my life.

She appears to have united the party.

It's either money or blackmail. That's what it is for most of those out there making questionable decisions that go against what is right and good. There is lots of money and lots of blackmail currently floating around right now.

Do they have something on her? I've never seen something like this before.

No. She's never been the sharpest bulb.

She's dumber than a 2nd coat of paint.

She's gonna be an aipac lobbyist after this. These people don't do a goddamn thing if there isn't a lot of money coming there way

AIPAC buys people in both parties

It's not Republicans, it's Israel and it's both parties. Israel is worried because the progressive candidates have a real chance this election and are performing on not spending billions on Israel as well as health and wealth reform.

Yes, but also there's plenty of Democrat bigots. A lot of them are "centrist" and/or "moderate."

No. AIPAC mostly funds Democrats, who are neoliberal. So we only have two right wing parties. There isn't anyone to "activate". Corporate Dems believe in business interests as a priority and that is how they behave.

Is the Democratic Party fundamentally a right-wing party?

Yes. Tricia Cotham in NC. She got elected to state level seat as a Democrat and switched parties. And voted opposite what she promised. Then NC GOP gerrymandered again.

No. It's not that she was a "secret republican" it's that there isn't a difference when it comes to supporting Israel, or being owned by a Capitalist. Sure maybe she doesn't think gay-people should be burned at the stake. But she is absolutely in support of public-private markets, which is the only thing that capitalists give a fuck about. No one is getting paid to be a bigot, but if they were, people like Steven's would absolutely be trying to get in on that.

Judging by the number of times enough Dems voted with Republicans when they had a chance to actually accomplish something, it certainly seems so from outside the usa

She's leaving her house of Rep seat in January and not going to be in office. Not sure what her next job will be.

At least she's out of office in 3 months. We have Fetterman for 2 more years in PA.

Seems like a lot of people in power or seeking power are there to make sure Israel continues to get American taxpayer money, endless weapons, legal immunity and the willingness to go to send American troops to die for Israel.

Stevens voice Israel comes to me in my dreams!

Agreed.

Tactically, if she wanted him to lose she should've just stuck to what she was doing, which was supporting him in words while undermining and maintaining plausible deniability. Then if he loses, you can lament that there was just no saving a flawed candidate.

Now if he wins, she's a loser twice over, and if he loses it's a phyric victory: she's the villain who lost Democrats the seat, and instead of proving his politics can't win in a swing state, the story is just that he got stabbed in the back by an ally.

I don’t see any way this is a politically coherent move for her.

By choosing to run for Senate, she isn't running for re-election in the House. So she's out in January either way. She's taking the AIPAC money she's been getting for years already, and almost surely a lobbying position in exchange for trying to sabotage El-Sayed.

I don’t see any way this is a politically coherent move for her.

The writing is on the wall. AIPAC is forever toxic for anyone with even a tiny amount of critical thinking skills. That only leaves the GOP and Zionist owned cable news shows as viable paid options.

republicans masquerading as democrats. she isn't the first.

Its the wrong move politically but the right move for AIPAC and that is all that matters for Mrs Israel comes with to me in my dreams.

Not corporate Dems. They will swing towards the money any which way it comes.

In a country full of magatards? Gl hf

Looking at how cash flow is routed between them, AIPAC is the largest donor of the both of them that I've found. Not that AIPAC wants to spend money, but if it buys loyalty, there's a possible connection to be found.