Tons of posts about a dead republican on here but hardly any on a Democratic rep stopped by armed terrorists

[Eko]

and troops of a supposed ally.
Gun-Toting Israeli Forces Detain Ro Khanna in Dramatic Video
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/gun-toting-israeli-forces-detain-ro-khanna-in-dramatic-video/

[B.See]

1. Thanks for the Mediaite report. This is why

it's a good idea to keep an eye on our left wing news sources.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

2. Things are going to get much much worse

Before they get better.

[malaise]

3. K & R

Very important

[niyad]

4. Possibly because this had already been covered over the last

several days?

[Eko]

8. It was posted twice yesterday only and compared to how many on Lindsey Graham? 12 times today.

Make out of it what you will but for me a republican politician dying getting 6x the coverage than a Democratic one being stopped by armed terrorists and then armed military of a supposed ally nation is a much bigger deal.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Because Graham was the architect of the Iran war that is impacting the global economy

and that had been his fever dream for decades (along with John McCain). I.e., to "bomb Iran" and do a "regime change" .

[Eko]

12. And Israel had nothing to do with the Iran war?

Israel hasn't wanted to bomb Iran for decades and do a regime change? Are you seriously saying that Israel, who actually attacked Iran is less of an influence on the war on Iran than Graham?

[Eko]

15. Not going to answer my question in post 12 are ya?

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I am on MIRT and also post in LBN, hunting through over 3 dozen news sites throughout the day for articles to post

I am just now catching up with replies.

The subject that you are bringing up has generally been posted in the I/P group and for a reason. The current events have had this subject spill out into the regular forums but it's a fine line on whether posting such violates the SOPs for the "big forums".

MY reply was to focus on why Graham became "the news of the day" (which ended up overlapped with McConnell's drama). I linked to what I posted with respect to Khanna's experience to indicate that it WAS posted *somewhere*.

I post news on a WIDE variety of subjects that fit within the Democratic party platform for interest.

In other words, I am not a "1-trick pony".

I try to post "news" IN LBN (which has a "no duplicates" policy), where most on DU are posting "news" in General Discussion because naturally that is where most of the readers are and the posting criteria is not as restrictive.

There was another article I saw not long after I posted that OP, about the West Bank Settlers apparently going after some reporters as well (including a CNN reporter IIRC). If I had posted that too, I would have been alert-stalked and had my thread locked as a dupe.

I try to "add value" to my LBN posts with press releases, links to court cases, statements, reports, journal publications, and related social media content when included in the source article, as well as including links to previous OPs on the subject matter that I grab via Advanced Search for background.

In other words, I try to avoid the "hit and run" stuff that seems to be far too common here.

Maybe you should take the time to do the same.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. You swung and missed

by generating a diversionary strawman that had nothing to do with Graham.

What is happening in the West Bank with its occupation by Israel and most recently the settlers' incident with Khanna, is a whole other issue that has gone on for decades, and apparently all you want to do is stitch together some kind of argument about a whole other subject that belongs in I/P.

You didn't even bother to post about it here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1134

Probably because that's not your modus operandi.

[red dog 1]

5. Kick

and shared on Bluesky.

[malaise]

6. This should be the #1 story

Kick

[leftstreet]

7. DURec

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Posted yesterday

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143693670

[Eko]

13. "but hardly any"

I did a search before I posted this. It was posted twice yesterday hence the "but hardly any".

[orleans]

11. this

WATCH — Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social on being detained: “The arrogance in the eyes of those settlers… the arrogance of those IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding… the arrogance of power, and no accountability. Total impunity.”

(From @mintpressnews.bsky.social )

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-07-11T21:37:43.570Z

[malaise]

14. A toxic culture of oppression

THIS

[cliffside]

16. knr and gift link to NYT article mentioned ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/ro-khanna-west-bank.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xFA.fEpv.GJyeLML1Qkaj&smid=url-share

[orthoclad]

18. Bingo

Like facing the Klan

[progressoid]

21. Sometimes people like to read good news.

[Bettie]

29. Where can one find this "good news' you speak of

yes, Graham dying isn't bad news, but it isn't good either....there is almost no good news to be found in this country right now, outside of the occasional "lost dog returned to joyful family" story.

[prerev]

22. FUCK YEAH!

[Ziggy Beans]

23. Not seeing it here much at all shouldn't surprise you

Just sayin'

[sarisataka]

24. What EXACTLY are you sayin'

inquiring minds want to know...

[Ziggy Beans]

25. You shouldn't need me to explain it

This place has always been this way

[sarisataka]

26. Always...?

Like in the five months you have been here

[Ziggy Beans]

27. I've been on and off this site since 2003

Is that long enough?

[sarisataka]

28. Odd but ok

If you are saying what I think you are saying it is two things-

wrong and not a good look.