Let's compare Israel to a state, let's say Michigan. Michigan has slightly more people, a slightly higher GDP, and thus slightly higher GDP/capita.

By all accounts Michigan feeds it's money back into the U.S. economy, because well it's in the U.S.

Why does it seem like Israel has more support than Michigan? That country China, that everyone bitches about here saying they are our biggest threat... Does twice as much trade with Israel than the U.S.

If Israel can import Chinese products without paying the U.S. government tariffs,

maybe Michigan should be able to as well. After all, the federal government is paying far more money to support Israel than it is Michigan.

Most likely not, but it is not costless to have to fight that battle for those who need FEMA support. Even if they prevail, they've been punished for not submitting to Trump's ideological demands.

Allow me to introduce you to Unitary Executive Theory.

Even the current SCOTUS would reject this nonsense. OK, Alito and Thomas might be paid off, but still, the court would sink this.

OTOH, 34 states already have laws against boycotting Israel, and those haven't been torpedoed.

Anyone know how these BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) laws stand up in court?

We live in a dictatorship with no rule of law.

America first! ...after Israel.

Won't matter you won't be getting disaster funds regardless if you support Israel or not. So might as well stick to your guns.

AIPAC is a terrorist organization and should be ejected from America. Disgraceful how little money it takes to buy our legislators and on top of that, AIPAC has the antisemite stick to beat any holdouts.

Yet Mamdani is sure to score the mayoral election of our most Jewish city! Seems the line in the sand against this genocide is well received in NYC. Any Democrats listening?

Being a professional blackmailer country makes that happen.

'God'

make sure you say it like kuh-MAH-la to make her sound foreign and scary smh

Employers and employees are the ones paying those taxes. If this could work at all, it’d only be taxes from businesses that don’t cross state lines. And I suspect feds would raid even those and arrest the owners.

And unfortunately there’s a long history of this, like denying interstate highway funds to states that wouldn’t raise the drinking age.

Exactly. It’s all stick, no carrot.