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I quoted their Block the Bombs Act position, which the best progressives in Congress like Jayapal and Tlaib are supporting as recently as a day ago https://www.facebook.com/RepJayapal/videos/the-american-people-do-not-want-the-us-government-to-continue-using-taxpayer-dol/860051216542538/ (not that it's a bad thing, but Block the Bombs obviously won't get passed and doesn't use strong enough language).

I'm saying, if weapons to Israel become secret, that will only move the narrative to the right. Progressives might start calling for transparency instead of sticking with Block the Bombs.

This is the line of the Congressional Progressive Caucus https://progressives.house.gov/2025/9/progressive-caucus-endorses-block-the-bombs-act

Following a vote of its membership, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) endorsed the Block the Bombs Act, which prohibits the United States transfer of weapons that the Israeli military has used in its bombardment of Gaza until human rights violations cease

You can basically guarantee that any elected politician in this country appends weasel-words to any good-sounding policy they promote.

If the weapons transfers become secret, they'll stop talking about Block the Bombs and start talking about how they need to be more transparent.

Make sure embedded video is selected (Tools > Preferences > "All" (bottom left) > Video > "Embeded video")

Also are you using a distro package or the VLC Flatpak app?

Can't wait for progressive politicians to change their platform from "conditioning military aid to Israel" to "making military aid to Israel more transparent".

I wonder if it failed in some way and they intentionally detonated it after that, causing the entire fuel tanks to explode, or if this whole thing is unintentional.

this left wing, clinging to a prestige it doesn’t possess

they demand their “second Vietnam,” but want others to fight it, of course

Reminds me of a post someone made on twitter recently of this video, interview with Georges Abdullah who was released from prison last year (after 41 years) https://youtu.be/2HXA4eXt_jw?t=1083

The one who resists is the one who has the final say and determines what should and should not be done.
The ultimate decision-maker is the one who sacrifices himself to the resistance. All spectators have no right to discuss any topic.

what even is there to say

There is at least already a userspace PCIe API. And USB and so on.

It's frustrating that there isn't much of an effort to turn Linux into more of a microkernel. Instead the kernel just keeps getting bigger with even more subsystems and modules that can be exploited.

ah I guess that's exactly what a backdoor is. I read the headline and thought security vulnerability or privilege escalation.

How is this a backdoor if it requires being able to install custom PAM modules???

It's such a well know piece of software now, I can't believe that's even an issue. The other definition of the word probably has a fraction of the people who know about it.