I appreciate that Murphy is being clear about this.
at the same time...like, he's a senator? why is he demanding we do something? isn't he in a better position to do something? 1
This is not conservatism. This is authoritarianism.
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
2 headlines from this week
Spain MEP Irene Montero: “Send your son, Donald Trump — If you want war, send your own people to the front line. We in Spain want our children, our daughters, & our loved ones at home, safe. We don’t want war — those who want war should send their own children”
Reporter seeking freedom of speech in the US arrested for exercising freedom of speech in the US
Not electing Kamala Harris has got to be the
most colossal fuck up America has ever made .
If the government dropped a bomb that took my kid from me, I wouldn’t be thinking about politics or strategy. I’d be thinking about who did it, and how far I’d have to go to make them feel what I felt. People act surprised when the world gets more dangerous, but this is exactly how it happens.
BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.
This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.
(🎥 Vahid Online)
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
And this is all he had to replace Noem.
“Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping on the facility’s hard metal bunk beds in rooms shared by at least a dozen other people, and were constantly sick.”
www.propublica.org/article/life...
God this shit is so ugly, just so, so ugly
The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.
15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.
Republicans used to say "judeo-christian" in situations like this, to try to soften the antisemitism. they don't bother any more.
This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
It was funny to see, I don't even remember which US newspaper it was anymore, but an obit of Ali Khamenei said something to the effect of "he lived a paranoid life in which he believed the US and Israel were out to kill him, which eventually happened"
I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement.
The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual.
It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.
A couple things…
The “conflict“ in Iran *IS* a war.
It is a war of choice.
It is warfare without conscious.
It was unprovoked.
And I’m sick and tired of people suggesting & implying the only tragedies herein are that US Service Members have died. The people of Iran are innocents in this conflict!
Orwell at his very best could never come up with some of this. Proactively in a defensive way is basically a line from a coen bros film.
Rubio just said a president doesn't have to get Congressional Authority to send us to war.
This entire administration is lawless, top to bottom.
Trump seems lost as to which lie he wants to tell. We are in a war on truth; but truth can win – if it finds friends.
snyder.substack.com/p/losing-the...
You know who else did medical experiments on prisoners?
saying he wants to negotiate with the new faces of the old regime show the utter moral and political incoherence of this unconstitutional war
The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies.
If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?
My instant reaction at 3 a.m. yesterday was not whether Khamenei would be killed or oil prices or anything else but this
This undeclared, unexplained war is illegal. Full stop
28 hours later, it is still the worse abuse of power in U.S. history. Impeach
My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
If and when dust settles in Iran after this operation is over and declared the greatest military victory in history, most likely outcome is a settlement (if there is any) inferior to the deal Obama struck in 2015…from which Trump recklessly and illegally withdrew. Write it down.
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