This is profoundly shameful and dishonorable. They risked their lives to help us and this is their reward. Why in the world would anyone risk their life to help us in the future?

Trump hasn't just screwed up our economy...

The answer is 69% (rural voters) according to Pew. They're having the life they voted for as Trump is doing everything possible to destroy rural America.

It is truly a sign of the authoritarian rot that infests American policing.

They're crooks, and Democrats need to be reminding voters of this fact each and every day. While they're making themselves richer, they're making your life more expensive and difficult.

University of Michigan Regent.

This awful sac of pus and racism is 32 years old. This country will be dealing with these assholes for many years to come.

They're antagonizing the people who actually vote for Democrats. The racism and antisemitism isn't going unnoticed. They'll have successes -- see the Michigan Dem Convention today -- but they aren't building the coalitions needed for long-term success. Platner is a warning. A Nazi tattoo? Really?

Donald fucking Trump has an organized base of supporters, and he's as inauthentic and hateful as they come

"Because they're crooks" really gets to the heart of the matter...

Shout out to the person waving the "Grahamas for Platner" sign...

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The ratio on this is quite impressive.

The modern Republican Party is nothing less than a conspiracy to destroy the Constitution and replace it with authoritarianism. There is nothing legitimate in their project; it is antithetical to everything a constitutional republic is supposed to be. Rights of the state > rights of the individual.

Vicar of Christ vs. Vicar of Antichrist.

Agreeing with Bill Kristol is always a bit disconcerting, but he's right. Institutions break and you need to reform them when they do. If we've learned anything from the Trump era, it's that many institutions are broken and in need of an overhaul.

This turned out to be completely false, but I'm sure some Trump insiders made money yesterday in the markets. It's corruption on a scale never before seen. Bigger than Credit Mobilier, Teapot Dome, Watergate and Iran-Contra all rolled into one.

Some tough talk for candidates at the end, talk that is really needed. Also, this is a masterclass in how you do a primary endorsement: he endorses Becerra without tearing anyone else down. Watch and learn.

Europe being short of jet fuel would be a major problem for airlines heading into the peak summer travel season. You'd see massive service suspensions as carriers become unable to fly without exorbitant costs being incurred. Lots of disrupted summer travel plans.

The only objection I have to this is that both arms should be pasty white.

I really don't either, but then I hear something like this and I wonder. It's eerie and beautiful at the same time.

This story...

Every prewar peer economy had been seriously damaged by World War II. Germany, Japan, France, the UK, the Soviet Union were all basket cases in one way or another in 1945. Britain was on food rationing well into the early 1950s. US economic hegemony was bound to end. Nobody's fault, it just was.

It took 50 years, but Trump is trying his damndest to get convergence with the Russian system...

The prospect of getting Patel to sit for a deposition under oath involving a grilling on his drinking habits should make them realize that a suit is a very bad idea.

They should hate themselves. Working for a monster should have that effect.

I looked into this and it confirmed that I did in fact have relatives in Germany with the same last name who were Nazi party members. I suspected it, but it hits different to know. I think, if anything, knowing makes me a bit more determined to oppose fascism, racism and antisemitism.

2028 has the potential to be what 1980 was: a realignment election. The realignment began in 1966, but it was cemented in place by Reagan. Like Carter's faded New Deal coalition, the conservative Reagan coalition is similarly spent.

This is the moderate position. This administration has been a conspiracy to undo the Constitution and replace law with a personalist dictatorship.

It's sheer political malpractice to anger the only group of voters who will cast 90% of their fall votes for you. You can't blame consultants for that, either. That's on the candidate for having such a hare brained idea.