Well also keep in mind that the Israelis have our politicians compromised, not just on the Epstein stuff, probably a range of issues, and seemingly our CIA and FBI did nothing to stop it if not more likely helped them do it.
Comment on YSK that in several US States, it's illegal to boycott Israel
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks agowhat the fuck is this appeals court smoking?
A big joint labeled “AIPAC” that got passed to them in a Federalist Society blunt rotation.
hector@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
seemingly our CIA and FBI did nothing to stop it
Why would they stop it? Hoover spent his entire career at the FBI trying to extort elected leaders into doing what he wanted.
hector@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Allowing a foreign intelligence agency to get blackmail on our politicians is in open Defiance of the reason for being of the FBI and CIA.
They clearly have their priorities screwed up, and by All Rights should live the rest of their lives in a work camp on the North Slope of Alaska building public housing for the inuit.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Allowing a foreign intelligence agency to get blackmail on our politicians is in open Defiance of the reason for being of the FBI and CIA.
Not if the foreign intelligence agency is working in concert with the FBI and CIA.
by All Rights should live the rest of their lives in a work camp on the North Slope of Alaska building public housing for the inuit
I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting.
DrFistington@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This. This cannot be said enough.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can ban imports, you cannot dictate that I buy products from fucking Walmart.
chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
And yet… I would’t bat an eye if I saw a new executive order tomorrow requiring that.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Executive orders aren’t worth shit to citizens. All he can do is order the executive branch around.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where do you think Walmart gets its merch?
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What does that have to do with the argument? They’re pointing out that the government can restrict where you spend your money but the opposite is not true.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The government can restrict your actions - including where you choose to shop (or don’t shop) - based on your stated intent. That’s always been true. It’s the foundation for discrimination law - hiring and firing based on race, religion, or disability.
If you announce “I’m not hiring you because you’re unqualified” there’s no legal liability. If you announce “I’m not hiring you because you’re black”, that invokes legal liability. Arkansas is extending this line of reasoning to nation-of-origin. You cannot go into a store and say “I’m explicitly refusing to buy Israeli wine”. You cannot operate an investment bank or office that declares “We are explicitly boycotting every business of Israeli origin”. It’s now classified as a form of discrimination and one in which the state DA’s office has a zealous desire to prosecute.