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Biden Is Bankrolling Israel’s War Amid Growing Financial Hardship at Home (theintercept.com)

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

Because Ukraine is generally a fairly popular foreign ally with little mainstream controversy around supporting them. So if you wanted to undermine support for them, easier to knee cap support for the bill from the other direction.