If you sincerely believed that abortion was murder you'd never compromise at x weeks. You'd be utterly unyielding. If, on the other hand, your aim was to restore traditional gender relations, then you'd behave exactly like the GOP is now.

Trump presents an existential threat to the US. And Ukraine. And NATO. Should we go on? Edward Luce and Rosa Brooks join David Rothkopf to share why it’s time to get serious about defeating Trump and the ways we can send MAGA packing come Election Day.ow.ly/lFLK50RcHSH

America's moment of truth on Ukraine ft.com/content/98f37c… --Edward Luce

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Trump megadonor and hedge fund billionaire John Paulson says there were 'legitimate concerns' with the 2020 election. “Going forward, it’s very important that people believe in the fairness and integrity of elections.” In other words, he wants to be Trump's Treasury secretary.…

Just received this PR email: 'In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reveals the intricate balance of innovation and tradition that defines his leadership and India’s evolving place on the global stage.' Sounds hard-hitting to me.

'Trump's Republican Party treats Ukraine as the enemy and Russia as a friend. Defining that stance as isolationist is lazy and wrong. It is actively pro-Russian.' My column on America's moment of truth in Ukraine. ft.com/content/98f37c…

If Trump can scare the Gerald Ford Foundation from giving an award to Liz Cheney six months before the election, imagine the spinelessness we'd see after he won. Really terrible foretaste what would be in store.

“Donald Trump’s 2024 bid is an antidemocratic revenge fantasy being treated like a conventional political campaign.” @mollyjongfast

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After today's Arizona ruling, can't resist re-upping my column from last week. Defeating Trump over abortion would be a special kind of poetic justice.

Given that the Russians famously repress evangelical Christians, in Russia and in occupied Ukraine, this is extraordinary. She can't have heard this by accident and she can't be repeating it because she thinks it is true.

Did literally no-one take any eclipse pics?

2014: some friends voted for what they thought was clean govt, growth, reform. They were not bigots — not then.

2024: some are true believers. They endorse bigotry, defend corruption, political arrests, the wealth gap.

But for some, remorse has kicked in.

Ten wasted years.

VIDEO - Ed Luce: Netanyahu Never Wanted a Hostage Deal as that Would Bring the End of the War Joe Scarborough Edward Luce grabien.com/story.php?id=4…

God's angry. World's about to end

fascinating thing about BJP extremists is degree to which they've imported tropes from other far right parties - great replacement theory, hatred of Soros, and even Trump's hydroxychloroquine cure during Covid.