Even worse, politicians barely talk about climate change anymore. Apparently, its verboten. Its like there’s a moratorium while tRump’s in office to even discuss Federal public policy on the matter and what we’re going to do about it.
Climate change denialism is also alive and well.
I saw that Rubio flat out stated (to Mexican officials) that Trump ordered the boat blown up, so they did it - just following orders.
I’t seems that the trick only works with Donnie, who Robbie is obliged to flatter.
The scientists, of course, should be drawn and quartered and broken on the wheel.
One of the reasons I asked, who was in the chain all the way to the button pusher. They all “followed” orders. I suspect that they all could see where this was totally wrong, but either gleefully followed along or didn’t grasp it was time to say no and take the hit.
“-- proof will be hard to provide since the boat was blown up and its 11 occupants were killed.”
Hey!
“Dead men tell no tales.” is the first rule of piracy, which is what the US did here.
Try to keep up.
They’re destroying the glue that holds our society together. Think about everything they’ve destroyed thus far…
CDC
DoD
NASA
Weather forecasting
Dept. Of Education
PBS
Universities
Agriculture
Contraceptives
Abortion
Lincoln Center
Courts
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (still working on it)
There’s more I can’t think of, I’m sure.
Trump is now raising money off the simple fact he is alive. Imagine that American politics has devolved to the point where competence only requires the ability to fog a mirror.
Nauseating -
… the Provocation ? - simply being on the open water
… the Evidence? … suspicion & gut feel?
And Loving v. Virginia.
What struck me about Noem in that photo is that she looks thin as a rail. Like, eating-disorder skinny.
The answer is in that snippet from the NYT: “President Trump — fully immunized for his official acts by the Roberts Court.”
Game, set, and match to the criminal-in-chief residing in the WH.
Integrity on the world stage …
That’s the size of it. … Unfortunately, the SC wasn’t able to immunize him – or us --against the consequences of his wanton official acts, such as seeing the U.S. become a rogue nation in danger of being cut out of every potential alliance on the globe at a massive cost to this country…
His immunity could turn out to be the country’s mortality. At the very least, it’ll cause some pretty severe morbidity.
Congrats, “unitary executive” fans.
By Stuart Stevens
After years of Donald Trump’s chaotic and cruel presidency, Democrats win the next election. Their goal is to return to normalcy, focusing on good governance that benefits the middle class. America breathes a collective sigh of relief and rewards Democrats with a renewed surge of support, proving the MAGA era of divide and conquer was doomed to failure.
Sounds great, doesn’t it? This is how politics should work, with a sane, governing party reminding the majority of Americans that Donald Trump’s MAGA was an aberration, not a destiny.
There’s only one problem with this scenario: we tried it, and it failed.
No Rewards
Joe Biden took office in January 2021 with a familiar refrain from his campaign: "I pledge this to you: I will be a president for all Americans. I will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did.”
In response to this gracious commitment in the best of the American political tradition, MAGA responded with a screaming, “Fuck you. We don’t want your help.” Or as the intellectuals of MAGA put it, “Let’s go, Brandon.”
Biden delivered for Red State America like no president in modern history. Sixty percent of the energy-related funding of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law went to states that voted Republican in 2020. More than 68% of new clean energy jobs created via the Inflation Reduction Act were in Republican House districts, which received $161 billion in clean energy investments.
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Stop Being Polite
Take the fight out of Washington. Hold town halls with multiple members across the country. Go to Brownsville, Texas, Youngstown, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania, Clarksdale, Mississippi, Yankton, South Dakota, Billings, Montana. Flood the zone. Live stream every event. Embrace the inevitable chaos that will come with counter-protesting.
This isn’t really complicated. With less than 30% of the country saying we are heading in the right direction, every election will be a change election until that number moves north of 50%. Who knows if that will ever happen again, but until it does, the political party that offers the most dramatic changes is going to win.
There is no ideology remaining in American politics. The center-right party is now the pro-Putin, sweetheart deals for child sex predators, nationalize key industries and flood American cities with the US military party. Republicans think they can turn a mayor of New York who wants the city to try opening five grocery stores into a poster child for socialism. Those are the Republicans who are now for government takeover of key industries like Intel. Democrats should attack, attack, attack, not defend. You really think this will stop with Intel? Are you insane? The bell will soon toll for Apple, Meta, Google, Berkshire Hathaway, and Boeing. Taking Intel is why the first hit of crack is free.
And my last plea to Democrats: stop being nice and polite. Anybody who votes to confirm the town drunk as secretary of defense is not a patriot. Say it. Senator John Thune, you have betrayed your country. You are not a patriot. JD Vance is married to a woman who is a US citizen, as a result of the 14th Amendment, which Vance opposes. Who attacks the legitimacy of his own family? Call it out. What’s wrong with this guy? It’s not that RFK Jr. was a long-time heroin junkie. The problem is that he has said heroin worked for him, and he’d still be using it if it still worked. He’s a broken, deeply disturbed man who deserves pity but no respect. He’s a nut. Call Tulsi Gabbard a functioning agent of the Russian Federation. Don’t weasel-word your way to invisibility.
Republicans think they can force the Democrats to play by different rules, that they can shame Democrats into refusing to go where they go every hour. Prove them wrong.
In 1929, the man who ran the US intelligence efforts decided to shut down the State Department’s cryptographic bureau, which had been intercepting and deciphering foreign diplomatic messages since World War I. When asked why, he explained his reasoning with the now-famous remark: “Gentlemen don’t read each other’s mail.”
Cut to 1945. That same man, Henry Stimson, is the secretary of war and is deciding which Japanese cities should be destroyed by nuclear bombs. That’s quite a transition. Why did he change? Because the world changed.
So, Democrats, please, can we move beyond the “gentlemen do not read each other’s mail” stage and get to the nuclear bomb targeting? The world has changed.
The entire piece by Stevens is worth the read.
For all that Roberts is, I am not sure if he expected this. The only one at this point that I expect to not give a sliver of concern is Thomas. He has sold himself over so long ago that he just waits for the memo coming down telling him what they want.
Everyone else, classic case of believing Trump, expecting him to self limit and stay within the boundaries to some degree. And once he gets a green light, gone over the fence. A lot of people who enabled Trump to some degree have never grasped, he will take it and then take more and never stop. Fools who did not pay attention in Trump I. And now they have no clue how to dig themselves out because they are cowards.
The EPA
