For what it's worth, leaving is the right choice⁠—just made decades too late. Terrorists are criminals, not states. Declaring a fruitless war when we had the sympathy of the world—rather than an international police action—will be remembered as an era-defining catastrophe.

I also wish everyone had listened to Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) back in September 2001 - the only member of Congress to vote against the invasion of Afghanistan. youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_sxi…

"There have been other Big Lies... for 20 years presidents of both parties told us again & again that we were winning in Afghanistan... Bush said it, Obama said it, Trump said it, Biden said it... They lied to us." My MSNBC opening monologue tonight:

I support @joebiden. Still, images don’t lie. His Administration’s execution of Trump agreement for withdrawal from Afghanistan has been awful. Again, images don’t lie. Troop withdrawal and “negotiations” w/Taliban happened under Trump. I don’t remember much GOP outrage then…

A reminder to those who need it: Donald Trump wanted to fire nukes into hurricanes and disinfectant into people’s arms. No president - not Biden, not Bush, not Nixon - should be compared to him or equated to him. He is in a bonkers, abnormal league of his own and always will be.

"one analyst said"!!

This is the same stance that Sinema has taken: yelling about the topline number but not saying what programs should be cut. All of the “fiscal conservative” taste, with none of the “actually saying people don’t deserve government help” guilt!

Me: "Can we get to herd immunity without [the vaccine hesitant]?" Dr Fauci: "I don't think so. The only way you can get to herd immunity without them is...if they all wind up getting infected...But that's going to lead to a whole lot of suffering." Watch:

Family members said 10 people, including seven children, were killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Sunday. “At first I thought it was the Taliban,” one survivor said. “But the Americans themselves did it.” nyti.ms/3gKm93B

How do we know this? It might be true. It might not be. It might be evidence of what cowards they are; it might be evidence of a GOP self-rehabilitation operation in full swing. The people feeding these lines to reporters are wholly unreliable and, in many cases, proven liars.

⚠️Unvaccinated schoolteacher with #DeltaVariant spread the coronavirus to half of the students in a classroom, just briefly without a mask—triggering an outbreak that infected 26 people, says a new CDC report. ➡️Mandate teacher vaccinations now!🧵 #COVID19 nytimes.com/2021/08/28/hea…

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The bravery here.

Here is how the Nicki Minaj story was covered on CNC3 Television in Port of Spain, Trinidad. I assure you this is worth all 2:20 and it's probably better than any U.S. network covered the story

The more you read about the Trump presidency, the more you have to wonder whether America will ever get over electing Trump in 2016 (though, obligatory reminder, and tbf: he lost the popular vote). He was president for 4 years. You'll never take that away from him. Astonishing.

We don’t just want a country where the George and Travis McMichaels of the world are found guilty. We want a world where the Ahmaud Arberys of the world grow up and live.

Imagine if it was an Obama-supporting family #justsayin

Dear people of Gaza, Yemen, Libya, Somalia… please immediately open a Netflix account and Instagram account to receive humane and sympathetic commentary from western pundits. Then an only then, will you be like us.

This!