Put in other words, their lack of effort in building a coherent, credible narrative for why US force is necessary and what it intends to achieve means that the course they are embarking on isn't resilient, but incredibly fragile.

Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.

Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees. "This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont

This has consistently been one of the more mind-blowing and frustrating parts of all of this. Just a handful of them standing up for some decency and sanity is all it would take.

John Mitnick, who served as General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security in Trump’s first term: “I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty. “Impeach and remove Trump—now.”

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

When you succumb to the cynicism, you are helping Trump. He wants you to think that all is lost, that he is all powerful, and that there is nothing we can do. The fight for democracy is hard, but it is worth having. We have shown we can stand tall. We have shown we can win.

Good perspective in this thread. Can’t act responsibly if we don’t live in and understand reality.

I can clearly remember the sick feeling I had in my stomach that day. I feel it again today.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.

BYU AT THE BUZZER. AJ Dybantsa and Keba Keita were amazing … but it’s Rob Wright III who hits the winning shot after being down 22. Incredible game.

Agree with this 100%

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We don't do propaganda to make you believe something. It's to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.

As an American, Charlie Kirk had every right to say whatever he believed without fear of violence. The fact that someone murdered him is sickening and alarming. The fact that Trump is trying to use it as an excuse to silence criticism and opposition is also sickening and alarming.

This isn't "just" Shaheds on Poland It's jamming v/d Leyen and German general's planes It's bombing the EU HQ in Kyiv It's bombing Ukr civilians every day and night with 800+ drones and missiles AND THIS IS JUST LAST WEEK.

A working theory for much of our current dysfunction: at or near its root is our inability to live within our means and say ‘no’ to things that we want in order to take care of the things that we need to build a functional, productive society.

By deciding to bomb Iran, Trump confirmed two facts about himself: 1) he scolds Ukraine about risking WWIII out of deep deference/sympathy for Ru, not out of caution; 2) his 2-week deadlines to Pu are a stalling tactic, again revealing deference/sympathy for Ru, not caution.

you want to win a game 7? Bill Russell is your man one of my favorite Russell stats is that he played 22 winner take all games in his career, between the NCAA tournaments, the Olympics, and the NBA his team won all 22 of those games

It’s true, as many have suggested, that if they can do this to Sen. Padilla, they can do it to others. I’d only add that they already have been doing this to others. A mass deportation regime, sooner rather than later, becomes contemptuous of civil liberties and basic decency.

They swear an oath to the Constitution, not to any Fuhrer. This is abhorrent.

We honor the bravery of those who risked everything on D-Day—and remember why they did. Freedom demands vigilance, then and now. “I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory.”
— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Read it again. Read it whenever you're feeling depressed about democracy or whenever you feel like you can't fight fascism. And when you read it, read it out loud. Lincoln put the emphasis on the word "people" not on "of, by, for." Read it again. It's our time. Lincoln calls to us. 🥰

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

The best Memorial Day speech is only 271 words and wasn't delivered on Memorial Day, but on November 19, 1863. Read it carefully, it's the most important speech in American military history (and maybe all of American history).

As GOP ponders Medicaid cuts, they might want to reflect that 63% of nursing home residents rely on Medicaid and that red states like West Virginia and Mississippi have much higher dependence on Medicaid than blue states. Just saying.

These summaries are really well done and a great resource. This is a loss that will impact patients and clinicians.

Don’t forget that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could put a stop to all of this.

Abrego Garcia, criminal or saint, was denied his due process rights by the gov’t. In this country, people are entitled to those rights, whether criminals or not, whether citizens or not. joycevance.substack.com/p/does-it-ma...

Thank you, Senator Van Hollen.

Even if Bondi is right (she’s not), it doesn’t change the facts: • he was deported to El Salvador erroneously and in violation of a judge’s order • SCOTUS has ordered that the administration facilitate his return • they’re ignoring that order • one phone call to Bukele and he’s on the next plane

Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back? The answer is due process.

Steve Vladeck: Scott keeps trying to make this a political conversation. I‘d like to get back to the law here. And the law here is that he was removed to El Salvador in defiance of a court order that literally said he could not be removed to El Salvador. Scott Jennings: He had due process!

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Congress must act to impeach and remove from office immediately.

This whole thread is important. This part is critical for people to understand.

A handful of people could do a whole lot of good right now. Just takes a few.

This really should be a litmus test for any member of Congress or anyone in a position of public trust. If you can’t stand up for this, you shouldn’t be given responsibility to direct the government of others.

This should be amplified every day.

Russia, China, Iran, North Korea — Ukrainians are bearing the burden of fending off the most brutal dictatorships in the world. They are paying in blood. What they ask from the rest of us is money and arms — and simple goodwill. Basic decency.

This should be amplified every day.