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I'm genuinely excited for this development taking place within the Democratic party

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In place of Klein's article that I hastily chose to make my point, I would very much prefer the dialogue that took place between James and the final caller in this video @lbc.co.uk

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Charlie Kirk: Joe Biden should be "put in prison and/or given the death penalty for crimes against America"

I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.

Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.

Both sides!

Engaging antiliberals in good faith was (and continues to be) a critical mistake

Normalizing antiliberal discourse was a critical mistake

Social media was a critical mistake

And normalizing the legacy and behavior of antiliberals is going to be just about a death blow, so let's not do that

The outlook for the LDP race as of today.

Yeaaah, this was quite the experience I have to say 🥸

But super glad to know people like you are around on the internet too!

No, you're right on that.

It's becoming clear that this article was a poor choice to represent the more measured left-leaning view I meant to use to criticize the narrative being perpetuated by the leaders on the right

Frankly I wasn't expecting either, I absolutely regard myself to be at the bottom of the Bluesky barrel

I was just frustrated with how the leaders on the right are accusing the left as mostly supporting the assassination and wanted to say something

This small attention was quite a harrowing moment

After 14 years, I think the time has come to acknowledge that the "Rebalance to Asia" has failed.

I've spent the last decade writing and thinking about how to make the rebalance successful, so this is a painful realization.

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Sorry, yeah, this wasn't an analysis on the article as much as it was a comment on how the political and thought leaders on the right are handling the situation.

I would prefer to have quoted your take instead, Ezra's just happened to be there.

And I'm tired that they say nothing about it, but when it comes to this, they put on the biggest performance of their lifetime.

I think that's fair.

I'm just so incredibly tired of how the political and thought leaders on the right handle situations like this time and time again.

I'm not even sure if they are genuine in their grief or if this is just another political opportunity to them.

I don't think he's exercising his executive powers and running his businesses within the boundaries of the law at least.

As for his personal conduct, I'm still waiting for the Epstein files. Well, on top of the existing allegations.

This is really my main fear, I don't know what words to use but I just hope it doesn't evolve into something uncontainable.

None of them, I just don't think he should've been shot.

But my comments were also primarily about my disagreement with how the right, and their political and thought leaders, are handling the situation.

I've noticed the tweets trying to pin this on the left are pulling examples from random tankie accounts, while the accounts encouraging violence on Democrats and the left are major figures in MAGA - advisors, donors, influencers, etc.

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR

MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.

For an actual public servant.

Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

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You could argue that the left has been doing the same, but the talking points are entirely different

The right, as of now, are saying that the left SUPPORTS this assassination

The left, in general, has been crticising the right for INACTION

These not not the same.

But the responsible way to do things would be to introduce policy without further inflamming the situation or scapegoating any particular group of people

Increase policing? Sure. But to blame it on a group of people (in this case, the left in general) stands to invite consequences that I don't even

There are only that many times you can fan the flame before things go out of hand, and doing so at such a moment in time is a blatant disregard for that tipping point

Political violence (and any kind of violence) has to be addressed, yes, absolutely

both are practicing politics in the way that it was meant to be

But in a push for their own political agenda, I don't think leaders on the right will prominently acknowledge that takes like Ezra's exist

labeling them as hypocrites that pretend to love peace and inclusivity, yet (in their view) are also supportive of these acts of violence when the victims are those they disagree with, such as Thompson or Kirk

But most on the left are like Ezra, understanding that while they disagree

Ezra's article on Charlie Kirk is precisely the type of response everyone should be paying more attention to

So many responses (from the right) I've seen in the aftermath of the assassination were mostly just blanket accusations of the left

I'm at least encouraged that Hun Manet is asking Cambodians to not discriminate against any Thai citizens and companies in the country

But this needs to stop, the opportunity cost of a conflict is much too high at a time like this, and frankly in any time in history, for it to be worth it

I'm losing faith by the minute that a war can be prevented between Cambodia and Thailand

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This is the first good thing I've seen out of the US in a really long time

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Come on New York

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Campbell and Pottinger did advocate for the US to rejoin the CPTPP though, something that Akiba seemed happy about

Apart from this and the US Steel deal, the whole conversation between the US side (Pottinger and Campbell) and the Japan side (Akiba) just felt a little disconnected overall

conversation steered clear of the subject of Japan's defense budget despite the many opportunities to segue into it

Campbell and Pottinger then took the chance to voice their support for Israel and the attacks on Iran, with Akiba being careful not to imply support nor criticism of the situation