Aaron Bushnell's Birthday and Curse of Genocide: this what happens when you don't have a natural replacement for Biden
Today is Aaron Bushnell’s birthday. I think about what he did & why he did it often, as the genocide he gave his life in protest of continues. I hope his life & his death continue to fuel our conviction, here, to justice & liberation for Palestinians.
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Every inauguration date is Pete Buttigieg’s birthday. 42 Years old. Nearly half of Biden age [82].
adidas Jude and watermelon, symbol of Palestine
193,000 Gazans killed by Israel in less 270 days. Not 40,000 —— with very depth research about metric casualties. Thanks for weapon from US, Germany, Italy, etc
Gazans baby, wear NIKE [America] killed by Israel, use made in America weapon
Tulkarm / Tulkarem even isn’t GAZA but WEST BANK
in West Bank, a new smartest member Codepink underSometimes we are doomed to repeat history even if we do learn from it. As you may recall, Hillary Clinton attended a 9/11 memorial event in New York City in September 2016, shortly after she’d been named the Democratic presidential nominee.
note: ironically, the 2nd debate Trump vs Biden, host by ABC, September 10th, or night before 9/11
Getting into a car afterwards, Clinton stumbled and began to fall. This was caught on camera. It was soon revealed that she was suffering from pneumonia. And what made this worse was that Donald Trump had been telling voters for weeks that Clinton looked ill, and this only confirmed his accusations.
First, Donna Lease Brazile comes to grips with the possibility that the party’s nominee may not be physically up to the task, and wrestles with her own power to remedy the situation:
[T]he Democratic Party charter some power they could not control: the chair of the party has the ability to replace the candidate. Donald Fowler Sr., Donnie’s dad and a former chair of the DNC, was quoted in Politico insisting that the DNC should call the officers of the party together to develop a contingency plan immediately. He wanted to name her replacement just in case. “Now is the time for all good political leaders to come to the aid of their party,” he said.
Brazile is uncomfortable with this conversation but sees it as maybe a way of solving several problems:
Amid this tornado, not just about Hillary’s health but about her anemic campaign…. Perhaps changing the candidate was a chance to win this thing, to change the playing field in a way that would send Donald Trump scrambling and unable to catch up.
Trump had done things that for a different candidate would have ended his campaign, and yet he sailed through the outrage with that smug and condescending grin on his face. He was someone who had upended the rules, thumbed his nose at the keepers of decency and standards, and made his supporters feel great while he was doing it.
Then Donna Brazile wrestles with the issues of personal obligations, coalition management, and electability.
Replacing the candidate was a bold move, but it was one that Hillary would never forgive me for. How could I do that to her? She had been my friend for decades, and the women of the Democratic Party, the women of the whole country, had been waiting nearly a hundred years for this chance to elect a woman as president. I thought of what Madeleine Albright said at a campaign rally in February, that there was a “special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” She had said that before, but it felt powerful to me that evening. If I worked to replace Hillary as the candidate, more than Hillary would scorn me. Most of my women friends would, too.
But what if we lost? What if we lost to Donald Trump?
Suddenly word gets out that Brazile is considering coming up with a way of replacing the nominee. Alternate candidates begin offering their names, including Joe Biden.
Donna Lease Brazile admits she thought a lot about a replacement ticket, rather favored a Joe Biden / Cory Booker combination, but ultimately decided she couldn’t go through with dumping Hillary Clinton. And of course, a day or so later, the point was moot; Clinton was on the mend.
We can speculate about how a Biden/Booker ticket would have done against Trump and Pence that year, but of course that contest wouldn’t have been held in a vacuum. It would have happened after the DNC fired the first woman presidential nominee in history for having a curable short-term illness quite literally behind closed doors. Maybe that ticket would have done better, or maybe it would have been the ticket of a demoralized party, in which many political active women felt completely betrayed and lost a lot of their enthusiasm for voting. In other words, the replacement ticket could have done considerably worse.
At least 12-13 days Jennifer Koonings, PMHNP, MS, MS, NYSAFE hunger strike outside White House in the wake US complicit Genocidal Gaza. This is [click link] her writing as member of CODEPINK Alert CODEPINK’s Newsletter. Jennifer is Certified Forensic Examiner for Adults and Children, really full knowledge about sexual assault, such as sexual assault by Israel to every Palestinian, like NYT reporting [photo uploaded].
We as Muslim prohibited to fasting at least 6 days for entire year [365, or 366 in leap year]. 2 Days Eid Fitr / Eid el-Fitr [1 Shawwal and 2 Shawwal / Syawal Syawwal], Day of Eid Adha / Eid el-Adha [10 Dzulhijjah / Dhul-Hijjah - today], and days of Tashriq [11th, 12th and 13th Dhul-Hijjah / Dzulhijjah, or in Gregorian Calendar 2024, the days of Tashriq means 17-19 June]. But doesn’t mean prohibited for ‘less eating or hunger strike.’ As sacrifice in DC at least 13 days by Jennifer Koonings just because her protest about Gaza, I keep ‘eating less’ not only for her but also for Palestine, at least until 19 June. And for June 20th, back again for nonmandatory fasting, normally 17-18 hours, as even Jennifer, with her gut, sacrifice herself for Gaza. Wisdom quote I hear since war [Israel - Gaza] nonstop ‘’...You can't make people care about a genocide happening right in front of their eyes. They either do immediately, or a chip is missing up there, and they never will.’
For solidarity, since she started to hunger strike, I put myself eat 1 very tiny plate/day for break the fasting and for entire day after, extreme fasting 16.5 hours [based on my location]. I’m still continued for hunger strike, because its very easy. In last 17 years, I already [minimum] 340 days / year to fasting [29 - 30 days for mandatory fasting for muslim, ramadan session, the rest is voluntary fasting / sunnah]. Photo Jennifer with ann Wright, retired retired US Army [like Leo M. Stolfi ] and also [Ann] retired State Department
Medea Benjamin Medea Benjamin Medea’s Substack and Jennifer Koonings
Medea Benjamin Medea Benjamin and Mary Ann Wright ann Wright
footage by CODEPINK Alert CODEPINK’s Newsletter, multiple nurses in DC, after humanitarian duty in Gaza.
Please keep donating to [1] PCRF / Palestine Children’s Relief Fund or [2] Freedom Flotilla.
As PCRF pictures by Dr Rajha in Gaza, Ariana Grande - Butera, and CODEPINK Alert
Jennifer Koonings PMHNP, MS, MS, NYSAFE part of CODEPINK AlertJen
Unlike Israeli and pro zionist student [very easy] get a money [thanks for multiple billionaire], contrary, Palestinian very hard to get a money [like encampments across the world]. Link attached by CODEPINK Alert Jen Jennifer Koonings PMHNP, MS, MS, NYSAFE is Nagham, same healthcare worker like Jennifer but in Palestine. 4 Weeks ago is Nagham’s birthday. Link to donate. Nagham is still alive after Rafah bombing 3 weeks ago.
Link to help journalist Abdelrahman Alkahout, Reshare by CODEPINK Alert
Jen Jennifer Koonings, PMHNP, MS, MS, NYSAFE. Abdelrahman is still alive after Rafah bombing 3 weeks ago
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Yellow Flower, Jennifer Koonings in Betlehem [around 3pm local time West Bank, 5 weeks ago], nearly same exact result voting UNGA [11.17am NYC - Rockefeller Building of United Nations], 143 votes in favor, nine against, and 25 abstentions for Palestinian membership.
Footage by mine. Minutes before Jennifer
Jennifer Koonings literally singing also for foundation - charity movement Sing for Hope. How golden heart.
Love you, Jennifer Koonings PMHNP, MS, MS, NYSAFE. Dont know how deteriorated of you after Hunger Strike