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This war of choice was illegal and hence U.S. military members serving in it are following illegal orders. They should all follow Kent's example.

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Including the U.S. military industrial complex, a major terrorist organization, kidnapping and assassinating world leaders, bombing schools and hospitals, poisoning the air and water, conducting illegal wars and guarding stolen resources with 800 military bases. WAR/MILITARY = TERROR.

But in the end, the Dems always fund war, "for the soldiers", and never speak of removing 800 military bases or dismantling the military industrial complex. Look at what Obama and Hillary did to Libya, now a failed state. Don't look to either party to fix this, it's systemic to U.S. empire.

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Missiles don't ensure a win. We won every battle in Vietnam and still lost the war.

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Both major parties FUND the war, approving massive war budgets, that's where the power lies to stop war. Dems talk a good talk but the action lies in ending funding, removing 800 military bases and truly disabling the military industrial complex. They will never do that. Both parties are culpable.

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This is what capitalism does to people, EVERY damn thing is about money and profit.

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Got it, but she calls the naval base an "appropriate" target. Wrong. Nothing in Iran is an appropriate target in an unconstitutional illegal senseless war for oil and Israel.

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U.S. voters are too afraid to vote Green, the two party system is a nightmare but they won't even try to escape it. Electoral system massively stacked against 3rd parties but Dems and Repubs still call it "democracy". Glad the Greens can make inroads elsewhere!

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Blow back from our terror wars on the people of the Middle East, is the root cause, let's address that by ending our wars and removing the bases.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Also ask why the Dems keep funding the war machine and why your soldiers are stationed at 800 military bases all over the world.

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True, and they celebrate along with members of the two party system, the system with ONE Neo liberal foreign policy, evidenced by interventions in Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, support for Israel's genocide, etc. Both parties are capitalist war parties.

Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Politics aside, it's sad. Sounds like a death wish, suicide by secret service. Did they have to shoot him dead? A young man has passed, let's grieve, not debate it for points.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The U.S. empire, under both parties has always been militaristic and hegemonic. Neither party calls for dismantling our 800 military bases, for example. Political scientists refer to Trump's foreign policy as "Predatory Hegemony".

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We also do not have a free country when our free speech changes nothing. What matters is our power as citizens to effect change institutionally and structurally.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Window dressing changes. MN Dems need to call this out, our two senators need to demand ICE Barbie resign, or be impeached. C'mon Dems, do SOMETHING.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The two party system is rigged. Big time rigged. Dismantle, expose, undo, the two party system. We need real choices, we need democracy. Neither party supports the working class, both funded genocide.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The Venezuelan people will rightfully defend their sovereignty, their land, their oil and resources. No War for Oil. The U.S. attack and kidnapping violates international law, as the majority of the world had declared. Venezuelans will resist, understandably so.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

U.S. media (liberal and conservative) blackout on massive protests in Venezuela, thousands in the streets opposing the U.S. terror, kidnapping, bombing and murders. Don't look for coverage in NYT, NPR, Fox, CNN. Capitalist legacy media is censoring it. Widely reported in Latin American media.

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Venezuela's oil is "among the dirtiest oils in the world to produce when it comes to global warming," says U of CA Prof. Paasha Mahdavi. U.S.ians who cheer Trump's focus on stealing another nation's oil cheer speeding up their own demise on an already burning planet. Could they be any more obtuse?

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Nobody asked for an invasion of Venezuela. Nobody wanted this. Our country is run by narcissistic loons, and the only comfort I take is knowing how badly they will screw this up. My column: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Both parties have been long beholden to AIPAC, both funded genocide. This is why thousands voted for Dr. Jill Stein. Highly principled, she took not one cent from corrupt donors. Trump today being really awful does not mask or negate the Democrats many mistakes. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

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Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza

Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

We need to understand that the constitution never intended to represent the working class, all races, both sexes - the majority. And it still doesn't. open.substack.com/pub/seymourh...

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THE CONSTITUTION VS. AMERICA

On Erwin Chemerinsky’s ‘No Democracy Lasts Forever’

Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

“We can’t give weapons to everybody all around the world,” Mr. Parnell said. “We have to look out for America and defending our homeland and our troops around the world.” Imagine how improved the world would be W/O U.S. weapons and bases around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

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Pentagon Is Reviewing Which Countries Receive U.S. Weapons

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Maria Nelson @marianelson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Mayor is right to protest ICE unregulated private prisons to detain US residents www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/n...

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Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center

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Except in this case Hegseth is sharing the illegal bombing of the poorest country in the world w/o congressional approval, that we are not at war with, where numerous civilians, women and children are being killed and maimed, and the attacks are solving nothing, just making things worse.

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I was raised evangelical, left that cult. But many relatives still follow that dogma. It's difficult to maintain even civil relationships with people who think you (and so many others) deserve to go the hell! Since so many are racist, shouldn't they ponder: Do racists get to go to heaven?

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Attacking Hegseth for his lack of competency is one thing. But we need to look at the policy: they are bombing the poorest country in the world w/o congressional approval. We are not at war with Yemen. Many innocents are being killed in these illegal attacks, and they solve nothing.

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