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Craig DeBlock @cdeblock.bsky.social

It's another example of what I call the "shit oyster", taking a minor fact and building lies around it. In this case: the US gives Israel lots of money, Israel has money to spend on healthcare, therefore we must be paying for it. Somewhere in there there is a tiny bit of truth: money is...

aug 26, 2025, 12:37 pm • 1 0

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Craig DeBlock @cdeblock.bsky.social

...funigble (if given in cash, not tied to purchases from the US as most US aid actually is), and Israel is a relatively wealthy country. But it's really easy to take the fair question "why do we give non-defense aid to a rich country?" and twist it into anti-semitism, exactly what they're doing.

aug 26, 2025, 12:48 pm • 1 1 • view