Suzan DelBene represents Redmond and a large part of the Eastside. she recently voted to continue funding Israel. I wrote to her office to request we stop this funding. I am still waiting for an answer from her.
We need a voice of reason in Congress. That is why I am voting for Independent James Etzkorn.
Call Suzan and ask why we are funding Israel when….(insert your biggest economic complaint here).
He said the provision risks giving Israel deeper access to US military systems, intelligence, technology and facilities, describing it as a dangerous step towards integrating the two militaries.
FitzMaurice urged Americans to pressure the Senate to block the measure, saying representatives should be working for the public, not for Israel's military interests.
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Dear Senators _________ and _________:
I am writing to urge you to oppose the inclusion of Section 1217 in the Senate NDAA. These provisions would establish a permanent United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, requiring the Department of Defense to designate an executive agent to coordinate and expand defense technology cooperation with Israel across critical areas including artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and advanced weapons development. This language goes far beyond normal alliance cooperation. It creates a formal, institutionalized framework that deeply entangles American defense technology and industrial policy with a foreign military. Once enacted, it will be extremely difficult for future Congresses or presidents to scale back, regardless of changing circumstances or American interests.
I strongly believe the United States should maintain full control over its defense technology and decision-making. Embedding this level of integration into law through the must-pass NDAA removes proper oversight and sets a dangerous precedent. I ask you to support any effort to strip Section 219 (House) and Section 1217 (Senate) from the final NDAA. American defense policy should be determined by American interests — not locked into permanent alignment with any foreign country. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
El-Sayed said the real question is not only what people think about Israel's right to exist, but whether Israel has a right to US tax dollars.
He argued that Michigan's money should go towards schools, healthcare and basic needs at home, not be sent "6000 miles away".
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"AIPAC spends millions of dollars to get senators elected. AIPAC spends millions of dollars to get senators elected so that they keep us doing the gcide. AIPAC is spending millions of dollars in Michigan to get a senator elected to make sure we keep doing the gcide.
AIPAC is using a Black man's face to get a white woman elected so that she keeps doing the gcide. AIPAC groups are putting out ads in Michigan and running them thousands of times that insinuate that Barack Obama endorsed Haley Stevens because one time she worked in his administration.
*(Video clip of an ad playing)*: 'Stevens, chief of staff for President Obama's auto rescue, saving over 200,000 Michigan jobs. Haley Stevens, she was a critical part of my team that helped the American auto industry come roaring back.'
That industry roared back so hard, by the way, that the United Auto Workers—who, you know, did the recovery—ended up endorsing Abdul El-Sayed for Senate. But that's besides the point.
AIPAC isn't the only PAC that Haley Stevens has in her bag. Haley Stevens has accepted money from Delta, Goldman Sachs, United Health Group, DTE, and SpaceX. Ask what Elon thinks about Black people, by the way.
And people are trying to act as though there's a serious conversation to be had about what Black people should choose in the state of Michigan. Anybody acting as though there's a serious conversation to be had about who Black people should choose in the state of Michigan is trying to lie to you.
Abdul El-Sayed served in Wayne County's Health Department trying to combat overdoses and making Narcan widely available. Wayne County is 36% Black. Abdul El-Sayed served in Detroit's Health Department spearheading a program giving thousands of free glasses to children. Detroit is 75% Black.
Anybody acting as though Haley Stevens is more reputable to the Black community is only doing so because she's the more moderate option. And also because they probably share a lot of the same donors, including AIPAC.
The United Auto Workers, while we're at it, sent the super PAC that's supporting Haley Stevens a cease and desist after it used the union's logo illegally. Because, oh yeah, the ones whom jobs that Haley worked to save endorsed her opponent because she quite clearly is not pro-union enough. I mean, how could you be with all of those corporate donations?
Herein lies the problem. Corporate PAC money and AIPAC money is becoming more and more unpopular. It's becoming that way because everyone's beginning to realize that the reason why this great American powerful government can't do any transformative change is cause everything has to go past the board of fking billionaires first.
If those billionaires are in the healthcare industry, you're not finding Medicare for All happening cause it would put them out of business. If those donors are landlords, you're not seeing reparations or affordable housing that's actually quality being prioritized.
So with fascist oligarchs taking more and more of our economy, leaving less and less for normal people, buying off more and more politicians, and candidates like Haley Stevens embodying all of that corruption, our Black political centers have this to say about it. Leaders we've entrusted with power seem to be just giving insight into what I've seen and yes she's always been quirky... able to mention that, you know, this white woman was at a Black church before and went to NAACP events and I don't really know if Abdul's done the same or what both campaigns are doing right now, but, you know, just giving my take on it. Or in less words: equivocating.
So let me not equivocate real quick. There is a subset of the Democratic party, whether it's staffers or consultants, that still want to ride the coattails of name recognition at all costs. Don't worry about the policies or the background of the person, just know that you like Obama, right? Then vote for the person who's who Obama said before. You see a lot more equivocation than you should because oftentimes the fire is in the house.
But if you're Black and in Michigan, you should be voting for Abdul El-Sayed. Not just because I interviewed him, but because when I did interview him, we talked about how our healthcare system incentivizes racial discrimination at the point of service because private health insurance doesn't reimburse Black people at the same rate as government programs do. Why? Cause they can turn a profit that way.
So until she provides me a solution that isn't just tinkering around the edges and what these corporations say is acceptable to find the middle ground between the half measure... but no equivocation on our gcide. The proportion of Black votes she should get should be lower than the accuracy of this blaccent that she did or some shi-
*(Video clip of Haley Stevens)*: 'And you better believe I'm gonna be doing one with a little bit of joy, a little bit of enthusiasm, a little bit of energy, and a little bit of sick it to 'em. Because that's the Michigan way!'"
Progressive Democratic politicians Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Michigan Senate Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed criticised US military support for Israel during a campaign rally in Lansing on Sunday.
The pair were both joined by a leading figure in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and longtime Israel critic, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Both AOC and Sayed criticised the amount of US military aid supplied to Israel despite economic hardship for working class Americans. Since October 2023, the US has spent $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel.