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So refreshing. Thank you.

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If only he hadn’t come out and smeared Palestinians with demonstrably false Zionist lies. He lost my vote that day.

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Bobby is against funding and maybe you should listen to his most recent views. You don't have to pick a side to promote peace, I hope you aren't a Hamas supporter, that would mean you support rape and mutilation of citizens as a way to humiliate your enemies while hiding behind the Palestinian in Gaza while they die.

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Where can we find an articulation of his most recent views? Thanks.

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so its just fine to zig zag and flip flop ones way though positions as Commander in Chief hopeful?

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He has already shown that he doesn't have the qualities for Commander in Chief. Firstly he picked a side and embraced them proclaiming they can do no wrong and secondly he has been silent while the world watches the genocide of Gazans. He is disqualified in my book.

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Now I must do a comparison to the current installed resident who is 100K worse than ones worst nightmare. Clueless peeps that have abandoned the Dem plantation still believe the winner of 2020 and cheated out of his second Presidentcy, but currently winning "hugely" seem not to notice the failed lawfare. Need I remind peeps of the Russian Collusion hoax that went on for nearly 5 years, or the H _iden laptop said to be Russian disinfo by really gullible peeps incapable of accurately assessing?

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RFK, picked a side and he should never had done that. He has been largely silent on the issue except for embracing Israel full stop right in line with the neo-cons.

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He is a seasoned politician and knows exactly what he is doing.

Not taking any sides for the record.

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So far he HAS sided exclusively with Israel, which appalls us concerned about morality vs genocide. Bobby, Acknowledge the humanity of the Palestinian PEOPLE, boldly.

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He’s never been a politician. Environmental lawyer.

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I think he should stick to environmental law. He definitely screwed this up, his campaign is adrift. He started off really well until it became clear that on the subject of Israel and war he is a hypocrite. He can't square this in any way if war is wrong in Ukraine but right in Israel and it's ok to watch the genocide of the people of Gaza

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Obviously you haven't been paying attention because he came out against funding a month ago. 🙄

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late to the party. all by design

What is really happening???

Watching the ping pong ball go back and forth claiming to be on one side. Really, we must do much much better...

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the israeli lobby will help fund him

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Yeah - notice how he hopped in line as the biggest most right wing zionist after being called an anti-semite. I mean, come on. I was ready to dismiss the accusations that he was a bit of a fruit-cake, but then he did this flip-flop and stated that US tax dollars are funding Palestinians to globally murder Jews, and I was DONE.

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IMO he started out really good, I was very interested in hearing what he had to say. Then he totally blew it. Agree he's a total flip flopper and I don't see how one weasels out of this even if he wanted to. The issue is just too monumental to try and sugar coat and says a awful lot about who he is.

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Since when is he against funding Israel? He said he was uncritically with Israel, all the way. Kindly post a link to his "most recent views". I've been listening carefully, and all I hear is crickets.

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Just remember when war breaks out Propaganda wrecks havoc.

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Pretty sure you know who Hamas is? May want to ask yourself that question.

Gubmints are evil and get unquestioning peeps to think many things.

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Criticize Hamas all you want but distinguish them from the average people of Palestine, just as we need to distinguish between ordinary Jewish people and the fanatical Zionists among them.

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This is a thing, isn't it? "Everyone" knows who "Hamas" is... but they don't really. They take the word of Western governments. They are reduced to 'terrorists' (which is another word for 'rebel' or 'freedom fighter' so long as you are fighting for America's interests...) I don't know who Hamas is. They could have devolved from their original mission of setting up schools and hospitals and become nothing more than an organized terroristic crime gang. It's possible. But, honestly, I'd like to know more than I am being told.

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interesting test here, I simply asked if peeps were pretty sure they know who Hamas is? Jon is on about distinguishing and does not realize the agreement. SL is on about the horrors apparently thinking the question is somehow supporting the genocide. Pres candidate Shiva A. whose intellelect and knowledge is without peer cooroborates just who Hamas is for those with enough bandwidth.

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again, pretty sure y'all know "who" Hamas is??????

Dr. Shiva A knows... and coroborates what others know due to the preponderance of evidence.

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Seriously? The Palestinians have enjoyed 75 years of rape, murder, mutilation at the hands of Israel. And any resistance is labeled “terrorism.” BTW, though 10/7 was an atrocity, there has been 0 evidence of either rape or mutilation from the Palestinian side.

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There is plenty of proof of rape and mutilation, maybe take a step out of your bubble. I don't condone what Netanyahu administration has done or what he is doing now but neither do I condone what Hamas has been doing. Palestinians in Gaza receive billions in aid from the US, Europe and surrounding Arab nations and very little of it is used to improve their lives.

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Give me the proof, Michelle.

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I hold a idealist faith that he will muster the backbone he does have to stand for the oppressed and now mass murdered Palestinians and push against those who have captured our political finance system and foreign policy. He knows whats right. Spit out the zionist toxic koolaid, Bobby, I’m waiting. Meanwhile carnage in Gaza for land, oil, gas, mic profits and apartheid hatred.

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Mr. Kennedy is forced to spend 30% of his campaign funds for private security because the Biden administration refuses to provide him with the Secret Service protection provided every other Presidential candidate since 1968. I don't think it's conspiracy thinking that decision was done deliberately in hopes he would run out of money before the election.

Because of his opting to run as an independent, another big chunk of his revenue will be spent getting on the ballot in all 50 states. And, probably, litigating against challenges from the traditional parties to his petitions for same.

Now, the regularly outrage demand he join them in condemning Israel, the only result of which would be adding yet another front to his political war—the bottomless pockets of AIPAC. That organization has already offered a young progressive politician $20 million to drop his run for his state's senate and primary Rashida Tlaib.

Frankly, I consider it the height of narcissism for anyone who claims they care about going after the corrupt totalitarian system currently comprising US government to abandon the Kennedy campaign solely on the basis of one single issue. Millions of people will continue to suffer if he loses, but hey, their noble principles are more important.

I realize it's next to impossible for many of those educated in the last 40-odd years to understand critical and strategic thinking, but at least try. Lives depend on it in the US, too.

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You’re spot on. People abandoning Kennedy because of one issue is so odd to me. Have anyone ever agreed with any politician 100% of the time?! RFK 2024 all the way

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People educated mainly to score high on standardized tests learn to think in terms of absolutes—true or false. Everything has to be either entirely right, or it's automatically wrong and, therefore, unacceptable.

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Liberal cancel culture at its finest. Another reason I no longer have any interest in the democratic party. All these single issue voters can go to h*.

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Thank you!

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Liz, we are not asking Bobby to condemn Israel, Just show some genuine compassion for the Palestinians and the boatload of abuse they have had to endure since the late forties! See this shortclip

https://twitter.com/CensoredMen/status/1728015010863989213

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He has expressed compassion for the Palestinians caught up in this quagmire.

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Why can't you grasp the fact that AIPAC would consider even that grounds for going after him? They are relentless in their Stalinesque demand for ideological purity, and just as forgiving of anyone they decide violates it.

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seems it's way too late, he shot himself in the foot. that's why Kucinich and the rest left his campaign.

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" And the rest?"

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the rest is a large percentage of Beaconites who represent a large percentage of his base. He knows exactly what he is doing and why...

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can you expand on that, fill me in please.

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if you paid me 5 mil in cash to edify, it would be impossible

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Trump and Biden are 100% with Israel!! So you would rather have more of the same than someone who wants the best for America????

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They all think they want the best for America. Listen, he flat out fucking lied, repeating an Israeli slander that Palestinians are paid bounties for murdering Jews, worldwide, and are being paid off with US tax dollars. So, either he was being politically calculating and trying to curry favor with US zionists, which disqualifies him my view - or he really is the conspiracy spitting whack-job as he’s been branded.

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The evil bs msm has really brainwashed you!! They are scared of him and have demonized him!! You get to vote for who you want.! Trump Biden! They are all for Israel!!!

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Dude, he said it. The MSM didn’t make him side with an Israeli nut job... he did it all by himself.

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It is your right who to vote for!! Go with Genocide Joe Biden or trump!!

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You know nothing about him or his views. You're just reacting to current thing as you're *propagandized* to think is *moral*

“I support Israel because a secure Israel does not require U.S. military intervention in the Middle East. I have been involved in water issues in the region for many years through Jordan Riverkeeper and brought Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians together to protect the River Jordan and manage a scarce common resource. I have seen how the environment can be a path to partnership in the region, rather than a flashpoint of conflict. I also support the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people. These need not be mutually exclusive. Already, there are many areas of cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians that go unnoticed. The challenge our Palestinian friends face is to decide what kind of society they wish to build. It cannot be one that replaces Israel, and it ought not be a proxy for the militant Iranian regime or overtaken by the genocidal Hamas terror group, as has happened in Gaza. Our conversation with Palestinians needs to focus on the future, not the past. In recent years, several Arab states have made peace with Israel based on shared interests. As President, I will expand that process and invite Palestinians to join. It's time for Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel as the nation state and homeland of Jewish people and for Israeli leadership to re-offer a two-state solution with safe and secure borders.” - Robert F Kennedy Jr

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Thank You, Mr Charbonneau. This needed to be said and clarified and I will be spreading it far and wide.

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I was soaring so high . Stoked . Feeling more hopeful than in a decade. Was a page administrator. Planning to campaign and volunteer the better part of my time to get this man in office. . Bobby’s pro Israel stance has had me perplexed since I’ve been following him but I just agreed to disagree . I trust his insights and figured he must know something didn’t know to rationalize his support. After the Hamas attacks and the barbaric unrestrained revenge on the Palestinians abd his unwillingness to take a stand against those war crimes , inkstand can I good conscience continue admiring and supporting his campaign. I don’t care what policy’s he feels are more important than taking a stand against such brutality and disregard for human life. I’m still very very sad. I feel very betrayed. This was a great article . It reflects the man I believed him to be .

If he couldn’t find a way to compromise even with Dennis Kucinich then I believe he has a blind spot / possibly a character flaw that might effect his judgment during as President.

As far as needing him on the ballot . I don’t . I have my own conscience to answer for.

I’ll wait for someone else .

Godspeed Bobby and I send PROTECTION to be around you at all times . Jade.

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Feels like there's a lot of trolls here.

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The MSM are liars and propagandists

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Yes.

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Thank you for writing this and clarifying the truth about Bobby. Way past time for a "fair and balanced" accounting of the man! Now if he would only be willing to change his POV on the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict. He cannot run as an antiwar candidate and be in favor of the slaughter. It makes him sound like a hypocrite, which no one wants to believe about him. He has and will lose a lot of people who would otherwise be so happy to vote for him.

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Considering how radically he diverges from the standard progressive Democratic Party line, it's surprising any of his family members agrees with him--or even talks to him--about anything. Kennedys and Bidens have been playing ball with each other since the Indians made it to the World Series, so naturally they're going to tear him up a bit. His wife and kids stick to him like glue, so I think it's safe to say he's got plenty of Kennedys on his side.

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The Democratic party line is not progressive. They are neoliberal neocons with a smug smile

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The young are aware of JFK and RFK...They've forgotten Teddy and Joseph having connections to Mafifa inclusive of the EU Monarchs and Peerage which are all Black Nobility; Demons Wearing Human Being Suits. The older crowd has a bigger picture of the family in its entirety and know it requires far more than GRAVITAS and talking the talk to lead this country and motivating all to save it and the privilege it is to live in a place as these United States as they've been...NOT AS THE DEMONS WISH THEM TO BE.

What pool does Kennedy wish to draw from to fill a prospective administration...Where is he to find ANY REAL PATRIOTS among the 'Deep State Minons' loyal to the Black Mafia including the Crown Corporation and The City of London?

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I’m the older crowd and I get it . Anyone with any power or old school connections has mafia ties . There are worse things.

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The current Corporatocracy thugs make the mafia look like child's play.

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We, the 'Older Crowd', get it to some extent; just not quite as complete as we've been deliberately led to believe. Our education was an indoctrination/brainwashing focused primarily upon the Founding Generation and the Philosophy behind the founding of the U.S.

THERE'S BEEN LOTS HAPPENING SINCE THAT TIME NEVER TAUGHT; or seldom. Would you like to know the real names of those at the top of the Hierarchy of Evil and the businesses they're in; as Drug Running as is occuring right now at the Southern Border which is the reason it's OPEN or as the Black Nobility wishes to improve with the Ben Gurion Canal in Israel necessitating this nice little War For Profit and to steal Inalienable Rights...To bring Opium and Oil with all the profits into Europe with an alternative route increase flow from Central/Southern Asia...

AND, then there's Human Trafficking including the Child Ritual Torturers/Murderers for Arenochrome which they own Vineyards and Wineries to hide behind so they can bottle their bloody Adrenochrome among the wine...Which is about all they drink; produced by the Ritual Torturing. All requires a 'Target Rich Environment' with a ready flow of little human beings from places of poverty. THAT IS WHAT THE UNIPARTY PROSTITUTE POLITICIANS THEY OWN SHIELD AND PROTECT...All connected to the Monarchs and Peerage in Europe with many now here in the States buying-up EVERYTHING. They are those already OWNING everything...EVERY LARGE CORPORATE CONGLOMERATE you've ever heard of.

THEY ARE THOSE BEHIND THIS CURRENT WWIII began in 1954 which was never DECLARED. They are also those behind the U.N., W.H.O, CDC...The Ai/Bioweapon Injections to depopulate and enslave all humanity...As well as to make all organic DNA extinct.

Here is the 2 hr. Link which few people will have the courage to watch because it paints the world TOO DARK; as though denial EVER STOPPED EVIL. The second link is the one received with the reference to the first. Watch it and then have the courage to write about 'worse things'.

Indeed, we've all known about the Mafia and evil; but then again...WE DID NOT KNOW and are only now finding the 'Hidden History' exposing them more than they've EVER been before... Right now. THIS EXPOSURE IS THE REASON THEY ARE TERRIFIED; and perhaps when enough people know the utterly gruesomeness of what these Demons are...THEY WILL KNOW TO STAND AND FIGHT HARDER.

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e9f4f65-74e2-406f-8cbc-951dc598cfce_1024x587.jpeg

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=226642&post_id=139106708&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=pblta&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MjUzMTg4NiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTM5MTA2NzA4LCJpYXQiOjE3MDA3NjgxMzMsImV4cCI6MTcwMzM2MDEzMywiaXNzIjoicHViLTIyNjY0MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.jHyNrux0fU0iUJPzRv7hWDNeTEw_tdNJXyx4EOnoLus

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At the start, when rfk was not afraid to stand up against propaganda, like the middle east issues, his family was critical of him. I didn't mind, obviously a lot of them are tied into the system. Rfk was kind enough to explain that families don't always agree on things.

Now the bragging that he has support of his family which have connections to industries etc?

Hahaha 🤡

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You forgot Anthony Kennedy Shriver's tweet in response to Kerry Kennedy

"I was so proud to be standing next to my cousin Bobby today. His energy and values are everything our family believes in. Go Bobby!"

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I really hope RFK Jr. goes even farther in the polls and I think he would if he could find his voice to express a more compassionate view of what is happening to the people of Gaza and the West Bank.

Maybe Bishop Tutu could reach him with these words and this brave commitment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZbIBb7gVuQ

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Your response is intelligent and inquisitive. I suspected and then have corroborated that Hamas was created by Israel. That is why I ask peeps if they are pretty sure they know who the terror cell is...

Dr. Shiva A, the invertor or Email holding sev PhD from MIT and a Presidential hopeful has all the details. The fake news media would, as always, have you believe otherwise.

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If IDF raped Palestinian that is wrong doesn't Hamas raping women and dragging them through the streets. You thinking it's justifiable is disgusting. I'm an old school feminist, I think all rape is bad.

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I'm well aware of who Hamas is.

Hamas treats women like property so using women like a piece of meat to humiliate their enemy isn't surprising. That in no way excuses war criminal Netanyahu.

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On his Twitter feed. It's been quite awhile since he made his statement, you may have to scroll down a bit.

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