We didn't deserve this day.

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

J D Vance might take his call.

This is leadership.

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

After Trump wrote, in reference to Iran, “A whole civilization will die tonight,” the entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued this joint statement:

He's terrorizing Iran. He's terrorizing America. Is there not a single soul in his circle that can talk to this madman?

I have voted twice to advance articles of impeachment. We cannot wait. Congress must convene immediately and begin proceedings to remove this man from office for the safety of our nation, Americans, and the world.

While this is no more a defensible position than to say the same of IDF would be— “I wouldn’t rule out that Hamas targeted civilians, but I wouldn’t confirm it either” —this is a very thoughtful, illuminating profile, and a credit to both @forward.com & him for doing it. forward.com/news/817276/...

"I don't want to happen but it probably will" is classic abuser language: "look what you made me do." Except it's not on the scale of a household, but of a nation of 90 million and millennia of civilization.....

I simply can’t believe Congress and the cabinet are sitting around, totally fine with what is absolutely demented behavior from the president.

To spell this out further: the issue here is that, when he backs down, it’s often because popular opinion is loud and angry enough. In other words, people who say “you fool, you thought he would do it” are getting cause and effect backwards.

Stop talking about a moral order. Introduce articles of impeachment.

Impeach him now.

I am not one of those who believes that history repeats, but consider the following from Herodotus: the Oracle at Delphi told the fabulously wealthy King Croesus that if he invaded Persia he would "destroy a great empire." Croesus invaded and lost--the empire he destroyed was his own.

And the Democrats?

"What can Democrats do?" When the South Korean president attempted to declare martial law, South Korean lawmakers literally fought through tanks and military forces and climbed fences to get into their Parliament building to stop him. So, you know, that.

same Overton Window-shattering tactic he’s always used: Even if worst doesn’t happen tonight - rhetorically he’s opened up possibility of the unimaginable, making lesser (but still horrible) actions seem moderate by comparison… all increasing likelihood that one day the worst really will happen

I don't put anything past him.

100K times this. The situation is desperate and there is abject silence from our Democratic leadership.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib calls for immediate removal of Trump after genocidal threat against Iran. Will other lawmakers follow? Who will act to stop a homicidal president?

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

I loved this painting as a child. Still do.

I mean

So does Charlottesville, go Jefferson Madison Regional Library. 3D printer too.

We now live in the United States of Disassociation. And I fear for what this means for our future.

Even in some world where Trump and Hegseth are tried for war crimes, this is all going to bite us in the ass very hard, especially given the sledgehammer Vought & co. have taken to our country's national security apparatus.

Shirin Neshat, From the Series , ‘Our House is on Fire’, 2013. Digital C print and ink

Yasssss! It’s happening! For your own safety, play football somewhere else 🚫⚽️🏟️

This is brilliant and necessary exposition.

Sounds familiar, no E Jean?

The US is the single most powerful and dangerous force for evil in the world right now.

I mean there it is.

"What Israel is effectively doing is, it's trying to break the will of the people of this community." Beirut-based reporter LyllaYounes shares how Lebanon is mourning the three journalists killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday.

For Democrats, fighting Trump isn’t enough anymore

cardinal pizzaballa, i’m sorry i made so many silly little japes and jests about your name during the conclave but i’m glad i got them all out of my system because this is a rather serious moment. israel interfering with access to holy sites isn’t uncommon but this an extreme escalation.

FYI — most of our top-selling books the past ten years have been nonfiction. Shine on, you crazy diamonds. newrepublic.com/article/2076...

Heartened at the news that @avilewis.ca Avi Lewis has been voted head of Canada's progressive party, the NDP. This is a man who's taken climate change seriously, and who will help Mark Carney by providing a serious critique from the left.

Yeah, that was a fucking great speech. The new NDP leader, folks. Avi Lewis.

Big turnout at the protest in Charlottesville today, I’d guess 50% more than the last one. Organizers had a good presence of medics, people directing traffic, activities for kids, etc. A good family event.

I am at Monroe Park in Richmond, Virginia for the No Kings rally. Another No Kings rally is currently happening at Kanawha Plaza but I don't know how that's going. This rally is a crowd in the hundreds and still growing with almost everyone age 40+.

No Kings (Philadelphia)

Holy New York.

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

No Kings is international! Hope to see U.S. citizens and allies abroad out protesting!

Dammit

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