Want to protect America first? Aid Ukraine. I explain why here foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/ukr…

“There’s a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” -Adama, BSG

Dehumanizing people is the same tactic used by Nazis against Jews ("rats"); Americans against Native Americans ("savages") and Japanese ("vermin"); and Hutu against Tutsi ("cockroaches"). Dehumanization means you can treat people like animals and, eventually, exterminate them...

There is a 100% chance that Trump pursues a federal abortion ban if elected. There doesn't need to be any debate on that between reasonable adults. That's a guarantee. You should openly mock anyone who works in politics and media who tries to claim differently.

“The Republican right treats Ukraine as an enemy and Russia as a friend. Defining that stance as isolationist is lazy and wrong. It is actively pro-Russian.” ft.com/content/98f37c…

Put the Ukraine and Israel aid package on the floor of the House Monday.

Both Israel and Ukraine, two U.S. allies, are under attack. Both allies are fighting a war for the West, but without all the tools they need, because the Republicans Speaker Mike Johnson GOP House Republicans have blocked military aid for six months.

The Senate passed a bill to support Israel, Ukraine and humanitarian relief by a huge bipartisan majority. The House could take it up next week. It has the votes to pass. Some things in politics aren’t simple. This is.

Trump Hailed as 'Destroyer of America' on Russian State TV they speak of him proudly as if he is their best Russian Agent. newsweek.com/trump-hailed-d…

This should be a bigger story… Israel's defense chief has confirmed that former President Donald Trump leaked Israeli intelligence to Russia during a meeting with Russian officials in 2017.

I know there is a lot going on, but CIA agents were killed, captured, or compromised because Trump sold their names to our enemies. Just thought I should remind everyone of that.

Why is violence your answer to every problem? Why are you so weak?

The Founders did not want “a man unprincipled in private life,” “desperate in his fortune,” “despotic in his ordinary demeanor,” Someone who scoffs at “the principles of liberty,” and “falls in with all the nonsense of the zealots of the day.” In short, they did not want you.

Imagine a computer chip fails in your 1977 vehicle. Now imagine it's in interstellar space, 15 billion miles away. NASA's Voyager probe just got fixed by this team of brilliant software mechanics. The backstory: tinyurl.com/3ymrrkux

Every dictator who ever seized power justified his coup as an official act for the good of the state.

Being sick enough to lose an organ in this situation is always synonymous with being close to death

Some of us: A second term really would be far more dangerous than his first, it would be real authoritarianism--with more than a touch of fascism. Trump apologists: No way, calm down. Trump: Yup, authoritarianism all the way! Read the whole thing. time.com/6972021/donald…

Y'all aren't gonna believe this. Well... actually, you will. While the GOP continues its war on abortion access, they're also fighting every effort to ensure people can responsibly prevent unintended pregnancies. In Virginia, the State Senate and House of Delegates have passed

Garry Kasparov Vali Nasr Chargé d'Affaires Caroline Savage Evelyn Farkas Renew Democracy Initiative Johns Hopkins SAIS “Dictators always lie about what they have done, but they very often tell us exactly what they’re going to do.” -Garry Kasparov

Since when is committing to accepting the election results, no matter who wins, a “hypothetical”?Senator Tim Scott we’ve been doing that hypothetical for 247 years. You weren’t asked a trick question; nor was it a planted one from the DNC. It’s a question you should answer for