Just erstwhile Asian allies might ask how the U.S. allowing Iran to gain control of the Strait of Hormuz might indicate whether the U.S. would defend its commitment to freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait.
Both men and women in Trump's cabinet have been accused of misconduct or sparked controversy. But it is only women who have resigned or been dismissed. Discuss.
If you thought, as I once did, that Mike Gallagher was a principled thinker about China, it’s time to reassess. He appears to embrace the Palantir Manifesto's ethno-nationalist worldview of a supreme West vs an inferior East. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Who remembers when Trent Lott lost his leadership job and why? It was this century!
this gotta be fake, no?
Are calipers standard issue when becoming a member of the House Republican Conference now?
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1. President Trump: Do what I want or I exterminate you!
2. Int'l law and genocide experts, the Pope, rational people: Trump is promising to commit genocide.
3. President Trump: Do what I want or I exterminate you!
This is the permission structure that allows them to commit crimes and be absolved of them (see SCOTUS). Centuries of human-crafted laws that reject a divine right to rule are intended specifically to prevent such injustices. And yet here we are.
I’ve spent months and years in internal battles over this redefinition of human rights — trying to keep “natural rights” codewords out of Congressional statements and to keep references to LGBTQ in. It’s so fatiguing. And it’s a three alarm fire not getting enough attention.
The Commission on Unalienable Rights was one such manifestation in Trump 1.0 — a camel’s nose under the tent. In 2.0 we have them putting this into action, incl thru creating offices for Natural Rights, Western Values and Remigration.
This agenda long predates Samson. Groups like Americans Defending Freedom and Center for Family and Human Rights have been working to refine human rights as “natural rights” — the main goal is to delegitimize LGBTQ and reproductive rights as protected under international law.
Yeah, the erstwhile party of “small government” is determined to use the power of the state of regulate a person’s most intimate quality — their identity.
Let’s go Giants! Beat the Dodger-enabling Nationals.
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Wow. Choosing Erdogan's Turkey as a place of less risk from "state-imposed violence and hostility" really says something.
I've watched this five times because I want it to be allegory so bad.
Thing is, people at the political level in the State Department think it’s a good thing they’re pissing off the Muslim world — as in, in MAGA world if you aren’t triggering someone, you’re doing it wrong.
Imagine if Biden … oh never fucking mind.
There are two headlines for such stories:
1. Democrats vote against Israel.
2. Democrats defend human rights principles.
One headline more accurately describes the dynamic. The other headline is what media keeps using.
post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):
How many children have been sexually abused who would not otherwise have been because Trump let their victimizer out of prison?
“I put a question into ChatGPT about the internment of people the then-President considered enemies of the state during World War II and what I got from ChatGPT was that President Trump is right to intern those he considers enemies of the state.”
“I consulted the Oracle and the Oracle confirms my priors.”
This point is obvious but Trump’s legitimization of national (Iran) control over this Strait is bad news for Taiwan, giving succor to the PRC ‘s territorial claim to that Strait and undermining U.S. position on international freedom of navigation.
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The Pope is a threat to America
