IT'S FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.

Last night, Dementia Joe made a case for spending money on international relief that Harry Truman or Richard Nixon would have grasped.  He even said "indispensable nation" and "arsenal of democracy."

You knew that the communist wing of his coalition would have problems.

It's not that they understand how crazy it is for the same Dementia Joe who cracked wise about abusing freedom and repeatedly scolded voters and politicians who disagreed with him.  Rather, it's "nice coalition you have, old man, be a shame if something happened to it."

They did.  "Biden Demands Military Aid Boost for Israel Amid Growing Revolt Inside State Department."

I'm tempted to start a pool, what's the over-under on the ficus blurting out "deep state" by Christmas?

President Joe Biden delivered an Oval Office address Thursday night calling for additional military aid to Israel as his administration faces growing internal dissent over the transfer of arms to an ally that is committing war crimes in the occupied Gaza Strip and fueling a humanitarian catastrophe.

Biden is expected to ask Congress to approve $14 billion in military assistance for Israel, which already receives roughly $4 billion in military aid from the U.S. each year. The aid request will come on top of weaponry that the U.S. shipped to Israel in the wake of Hamas' October 7 attack.

"The security package I'm sending to Congress and asking Congress to do is an unprecedented commitment to Israel's security that will sharpen Israel's qualitative military edge," the president said in his speech. "We're going to make sure Iron Dome continues to guard the skies over Israel. We're going to make sure other hostile actors in the region know that Israel is stronger than ever and prevent this conflict from spreading."

Biden's remarks came amid growing domestic protests against his administration's commitment to arming the Israeli military as it relentlessly bombs Gaza, killing thousands of civilians and decimating the besieged territory's infrastructure—from schools to residential buildings to healthcare facilities.

That's the predictable propaganda from Common Dreams. Let them keep it up, those "growing domestic protests" are going to get the so-called prestige universities defunded.  It's worth remembering, dear reader, that the Democrats' caucus in the House has a much larger "progressive" caucus than the Republicans' squabbling "freedom" caucus.

Now let me start another pool, will Dementia Joe blurt out something about "unelected bureaucrats?"

Roughly 24 hours before Biden's Oval Office address, senior U.S. State Department official Josh Paul resigned in protest of the administration's arms transfers to Israel, whose indiscriminate bombing of Gaza has drawn global outrage.

Paul's resignation appears to be part of an intensifying revolt inside the U.S. government.  HuffPost reported Thursday that some officials believe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken "are overlooking widespread internal frustration" and seem "uninterested in their own experts' advice as they focus on supporting Israel's expanding operation in Gaza."

One unnamed State Department official told the outlet that "there's basically a mutiny brewing within State at all levels." Two officials told HuffPost that U.S. diplomats are crafting a "dissent cable" criticizing the administration's policy.

"Such cables are seen within the State Department as consequential statements of serious disagreement at key historical moments," HuffPost noted. "The dissent channel was established amid deep internal conflict during the Vietnam War, and diplomats have since then used it to warn that the U.S. is making dangerous and self-defeating choices abroad."

What would we ever do without experts, and how likely is it that these are Obama era appointments?

There's more beer chilling, the upcoming crack-up might be epic.

A CBS/YouGov survey released Thursday showed that 52% of U.S. voters—including 53% of Democrats—oppose sending more weaponry to Israel.

"Many young voters and Muslims and Arabs in swing states like Michigan will likely sit out the 2024 election or vote for a third party if Biden continues to take this incredibly risky bet on Netanyahu's far-right regime," Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid said in response to the survey. "Biden's on a path of political suicide getting and will alienate so many parts of his base ahead of 2024 simply to green-light Netanyahu's revenge plan which echoes the worst parts of Bush's reckless War on Terror."

Earlier this week, a group of House progressives led by Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) introduced a resolution demanding a cease-fire in Israel and Gaza. The resolution is currently backed by just 16 House Democrats.

Hundreds of Muslim and Jewish U.S. congressional staffers have signed an open letter imploring their bosses to "join calls for an immediate cease-fire," warning that "millions of lives hang in the balance." Rep. Ro Khanna's (D-Calif.) political director announced his resignation on Thursday over Khanna's refusal to back the cease-fire resolution.

Sixteen votes from the so-called Progressive Caucus are right now enough to return the Speaker's Gavel to Kevin McCarthy.  I doubt that outcome will happen, but I do suspect the remaining forces of the Bipartisan Permanent Establishment are lobbying the more conventional Members of Congress to cobble together some sort of House leadership to get that latest tranche of nation building money authorized.