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Biden walks back sanctions on Israeli settlers following Smotrich's threat (archive.ph)
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Biden administration dramatically softens the sanctions it imposed on the seven Israelis from the Israel Defense Forces and makes it clear that they will be able to use their bank accounts.

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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But how do you pressure him into being a better candidate when the only threat you have against him, i.e. voting him out, is held hostage by the fact that if you do vote him out an even more extreme radical will get in power?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Almost like we need ranked choice voting and eliminate the electoral college so we can have more than 2 choices.

[–] cheesebag@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Democrats consistently support & pass RCV, while Republicans repeal & ban it. If you want RCV, you need to support Dems in the meantime.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Not even remotely true:

On March 28, a District of Columbia Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Democratic Party to stop an initiative from qualifying.  The initiative hasn’t even gathered the signatures yet, yet the Democratic Party had been hoping to block it.  The judge said the lawsuit isn’t ripe, and could be filed again if the initiative qualifies and passes.  The initiative also would change the law to let independent voters vote in partisan primaries, but it is not an initiative that abolishes the ability of parties to have nominees.

So tired of this myth

It wasn't just Republicans who opposed the system. Democrats were in power in some cases and also opposed it. That's why we got ranked-choice, it was done through a ballot initiative because neither party wanted to implement it or to pass a law that would implement it.