Sanders puts this moment in the right context: 1776, 1861, 1929, 1941:

“Today, in 2024, our country once again faces a pivotal moment in American history. The crises facing us are enormous. The consequences if we fail are unthinkable.”

It’s Biden time!
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POTUS to ex-POTUS:

“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.
Well, make my day, pal. I will even do it twice.
So, let’s pick the dates, Donald.
I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.”

Thanks, Moon!

LoL

The politicians vying to be Trump’s VP are counting on doing, on Jan 6, 2029, what Mike Pence risked his neck (literally) by refusing to do on Jan 6, 2021: making certain Trump “wins” another term as POTUS, this time despite the 22nd Amendment. Their eyes are trained on 2033-37.

Listen to the actual voice of Chief Justice Earl Warren “reading” the earthshaking opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, handed down May 17, 1954 — 70 years ago this Friday. Hear the great Thurgood Marshall’s voice as well. It’s their own words, spliced from other recordings.

“Lucky” Luciano’s luck ran out in People v. Luciano, a 1938 decision with uncanny parallels to Donald Trump’s NY prosecution for cooking the books in order to fool the voters into handing him the Oval Office in 2016.
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Biden’s debate challenge to Trump: Any day your criminal trial is in recess!

“‘Yes, I would like to see’ Trump convicted, Cohen said early in the cross-examination, before adding, ‘I would like to see accountability.’” Big f-ing deal! Blanche did a rookie job of cross-xing Michael Cohen. 
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“The peaceful transfer of power is the most fundamental tenet of our democracy. Refusing to accept it is un-American and unconstitutional.”

“That earlier testimony was building to this — the moment when Mr. Cohen could offer a firsthand account of his dealings with Mr. Trump and bring the interwoven strands of the case into focus.” And Michael Cohen did it convincingly.
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“Hamas must know that Israel knows that an actual attack would doom the hostages—and, in the eyes of the world, the nation. In any case, it would certainly mean that thousands more Gazan civilians would be killed or subject to famine, which is why the White House firmly opposes

“There are few people in Congress I admire more than Jamie Raskin, but I don’t agree that the bill is harmless, and I hope someone in the Senate will stop it.”
nytimes.com/2024/05/06/opi…

Secretary Blinken, in Kiev: “Now, there is one more crucial step that we can take: making Russia pay for Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction.
What Putin destroyed, Russia should – and must – pay to rebuild. It’s what international law demands; it’s what the Ukrainian people

Seeing us right next to Jupiter is, well, humbling

Cass Sunstein’s latest book, “How to Become Famous,” analyzes “the forces that make for extraordinary success—reputational cascades, network effects, power-law distributions.” In Cass’s case, brilliance and boundless energy have been key. And coming up with great topics to

This book alternates between hilarious anecdotes of Jacobs’ attempts to live like the 18th-century Founding Fathers and well-researched analyses of the Constitution. In a time when the nation has become sharply divided over free speech and other constitutional rights, “The Year

The NYC prosecution is really about Trump’s MO —lying. He’s a matryoshka doll of mendacity. He lies, lies some more, then lies about the lies he’s told. To be sure, all his criminal cases involve lies—about the 2020 election, about the military secrets he stole. “But the alleged

Join me in opposing efforts to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which has been widely criticized for conflating antisemitism with legitimate criticism of Israel. 
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From the Department of Understatement:

“Whatever else emerges from this war, and whatever judgment comes from the ICJ, it is evident that Israel has done itself as well as its Palestinian victims long-term harm.”
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