This is the way to do it.

I’m glad we’re having this national discussion about executive authority. Amazing how many are outing themselves as authoritarian excuse-makers for a president that could lead a coup or assassinate a rival as part of his official duties.

They’d trade their rights for a king.

Fortunately also Trump's coup was countered by constitutionally loyal Republicans like his own vice president. Fortunately finally, the would-be coup-makers were unusually stupid, crazy, lazy, and inept. But still - Trump as president attempted a coup d'etat.

Republicans: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

Four years ago:

He doesn’t want me to remind voters every damn day until the election that he sent domestic terrorists to attack the Capital where Americans died.

Too Bad!

#NeverForget and never let Trump be elected President again!
#FreshUnity
#TrumpDidThis
4/22/24
Rt!

Thank you United States House of Representatives for standing up for American principles and against the murderous KGB vision of Vladimir Putin.

Prayers for a free and secure 🇺🇦

My favorite dumb argument from the pro-Putin crowd is that we “chose Ukraine over our own border.”

As if Congress is somehow over and it can’t vote on a border bill this week if it wants. Plus, the Congress TRIED to pass a border bill months ago, but Trump told Rs to dump it.

He used a flagpole to assault an officer on #Jan6 , Do you know #GreyBackJabber ? If you know him, the FBI would like to hear from you and so would we! #Justice4J6 #WhyWeDoWhatWeDocontact us at [email protected] #NoBOLO

Two U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that an Israeli missile hit Iran.

one of the world’s most commonly celebrated holidays: independence from britain

h/t Map Mazing

Breakdown on international aid package
The three bill package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan totals $95 billion.

$26 billion for Israel. $9 billion of that goes toward humanitarian aid for Gaza, et al
$61 billion for Ukraine. A little less than half of that goes toward…

It’s starting to strain the capacity of the human mind to interpret the mess in the politics of the 🇺🇸 with the profoundly disruptive role played by the small but militantly pro-🇷🇺 section of the Republican Party, reinforced by the support of Donald Trump. nationalinterest.org/feature/ukrain…

Dubai Airport right now

------> The networks want their show, but to give the challenger equal status on a TV stage would be a dire normalization of his attempted coup. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I have rarely seen a defendant facing trial alone with no family, at least one person, in the courtroom for him. It's a sad commentary for a former president with four grown children & a wife, all of whom seem to have deserted him in the moment.

One House Republican made the point to me that if this GOP plan doesn’t pass, the floodgates will open and they’ll just sign the senate bill discharge petition.

This means — after Gallagher resigns — Johnson would almost certainly need Democrats to save his job if the motion to oust him comes up for a vote.

Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz says he would save Mike Johnson’s job if MTG brings motion to oust him. 

Others like Democratic…

When Donald Trump walks into a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, it will kick off a process unprecedented in American history: jury selection for a former president’s criminal trial. wapo.st/3TQj4BO

Over the last week, Russian terrorists used nearly 130 'Shahed' drones against Ukraine; fortunately, we were able to intercept the vast majority of them. More than 80 Russian missiles and nearly 700 guided aerial bombs were also used.

Rhetoric does not protect skies. Thoughts…

Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine. What makes this so terrible is that - on top of that - Urals oil price is up 40% y/y and Putin is back to getting an energy price windfall. The EU is to blame. Greek shipping oligarchs sell oil tankers to Putin's shadow fleet every day...