… the lion’s share of confirmed contributions from the biggest political givers—the top 100 families—have flowed to Republican candidates and groups.
In the “hard money” category—direct donations to candidates, which federal law caps at modest sums—Republicans took in 27 percent more from the Top 100 families than Democrats did ($85.9 million vs. $67.9 million).
But looking at all federal contributions, including “soft money,” a category that tallies the generous donations allowed to party committees and the unrestricted contributions to SuperPACs, Republicans raked in a whopping $508 million from the Top 100—triple the Democrats’ $169 million take.
I don’t see that happening; like I said I think Israel gets their weapons no matter what they do with this generation of leaders. Even if Biden has the legal authority, he has made it clear he does not have the inclination.
I think the comp here is Republicans with Trump; they will furrow their brows and say that “if he does X it will be too far”, then immediately fall in line after X happens.
When the people who are now, say, 35 or 40 are in office, things might be different.
And what makes you think he won’t just back pedal again as soon as Hamas gets onside?
He wants Biden to lose in November, and he wants a forever war so he won’t have to leave office. Playing ball on a ceasefire hurts both of those goals.
And he knows that the current generation of US leadership will fully support Israel literally no matter what.
If I were Netanyahu I would be sabotaging the process too.
I can already tell you the content of next week’s headline : “Israel tells Blinken to go get stuffed, Biden apologizes for his impertinence and sends more weapons”