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In historic Senate vote, 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel (mondoweiss.net)
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" on February 20th 2026. (Wikimedia)In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats' growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.

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[–] 8 points 6 months ago

The 7 Senate Democrats who voted against blocking a proposed weapons sale to Israel:

Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Chuck Schumer (NY) John Fetterman (PA), who would of seen this one coming...

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    What's historic about it? It failed, so a moral victory? Meh.

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    [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Great to see this! Now we know who is owned by Israel.

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    [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    they're brave when there's no chance of it passing. better than nothing tho

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    honest question for someone not super politically educated: what are the chances that within the year (before summer, even) We see another $billion + go to the “defense” of Isreal despite this vote?

    I know even Bernie & AOC have unfortunately supported ““defensive weapons”” so I guess I’m just wondering what are the chances this vote is all bullshit and sooner rather than later they’ll bipartisan-ly give Isreal another huge chunk of cash???? My bets are on the chance being 100% …

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The news here is that a majority of democrats voted to block arms to Israel. But those arms-blockers were in the minority overall, since all Republicans voted against the proposal. So 100% more arms will go to Israel, since this proposal to block said arms failed.

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    • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Finally

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    [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    To no effect. Lmao

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