Give me a choice between two white men far advanced in years, and give me no other choice, and I might bridle, when that choice has to do with the top governing office in the land. I might pout and stamp my feet and say — rightly — that there should be more choices.
But — I don't know about you — I learned long ago that life often presents me with limited choices, and pouting and foot-stamping does nothing to change that reality.
#Biden #Trump #age #media
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Nailed it!
Those with more power should definitely be scrutinized more closely.
A stunning miscarriage of justice by the radicals on the #SCOTUS
nostr:npub1gxtz8dz7ujqcy9hrnyhrykk6xujgpukgccvhpea7evhev7xzpsdqnej9na I'm afraid those justices wouldn't know justice if it bit them in the rear end. Now if you substitute power for the empty (to them) word "justice"….
"They are legislating from the bench an entire right wing agenda that has been on the books of places like the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society for decades, nailing down the rights and privileges of millionaires and billionaires before their demographic clocks runs out" (continued in /2)
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#SupremeCourt #Trump #Republicans #democracy
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/oooofcruunchthudaarrgghhone-blow
Kevin Necessary's cartoon commmentary on the Republican hysteria about thinking of the children vis-a-vis Pride flags
#Republicans #children #guns #violence #revenge #retribution #bullying #Pride
https://www.gocomics.com/kevin-necessary-editorial-cartoons/2024/06/12
"Today was an important day to be paying attention. In many ways, we seem to be going backward. Only our votes can ultimately change that."
~ Joyce Vance
#Republicans #Trump #contraception #AileenCannon
#Alito #SupremeCourt #insurrection #ethics #corruption
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/instructing-a-jury
nostr:npub1fau7sk3gwp5lgdp9kp0m2jjduv3x3rqzaq79a0vcjulj67nrx55qkqyvd8 And under Trump – who is inevitably bolstered by those attacking and downplaying Biden's achievements in righting the economy – things would be better?
nostr:npub13xrgpdya4drxlln86xnnf3f45cnh8ddt8wszv6vtat9mup9l5xhswqevnd Where you see blackmail and fear, I see abject, craven obeisance to a cult leader.
nostr:npub1gdtz633m0f2p6j4gzkeaszt7ghk99d4t8l5rg87lwvc0n6ueeews7zfd90 Yes, I doubt seriously that there will be movement in the direction Reich calls for. I still think it's important to on the record calling for that movement.
nostr:npub1t7udgg8wrtykgfguv25ywwqjrj6hld3jhhdhv24xj2rnwdtdpwssa8zdhu We – our behavior and "thinking" today – surely do prove that the notion of automatic progress over the course of history is bunkum, don't we?
nostr:npub1kmks7r9kd2mnwrg2c678ewsgpkh78gacjntsjkd33kvz6jqfy83qugmtuy Yes, I agree. This is well-noted and well-stated. I share your concern and fear.
nostr:npub1r4j89f6d2wey3ras4hlk65h86z9fj6yxpn2vqjgf4q68xayrae7q8qd8j0 Yes, I actually read David Roberts to be making that same point – and you make it well.
nostr:npub12eg9kdu59jtrmhenqappnd8fucg85krxku6kkzg84vqskt00x6aqwhvl7s Well-stated. You're right!
"By the age of 14, he had survived the Holocaust; by 44, he was an Israeli diplomat; now, at the age of 94, Theodor Meron recommended the International Criminal Court seek arrest warrants of Israeli and Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity."
~ Andrew Silverstein
#Israel #Netanyahu #Hamas #WarCrimes
"To watch the party of Ronald Reagan embracing isolationism and following Trump in truckling to the Butcher of Ukraine, Putin, is bewildering. Mind-bending, also, is that, despite Trump’s fire hose of lies, 71 percent of Republicans describe him as 'honest and trustworthy.'”
#Trump #morality #values #Republicans #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"Call it anomie or call it airsickness—we find ourselves in a land of confusion. Trump pays off a porn star and yet is hailed as a champion of Christian values. He mocks prisoners of war and calls dead soldiers 'suckers,' and his MAGA base is thrilled by his patriotism."
~ Charlie Sykes
#Trump #morality #values #Republicans #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"Something future historians will struggle to explain is that, in the 21st century, all of human knowledge became instantly available to anyone in the world, and the primary effect was to make everyone dumber.”
~ David Roberts as quoted by Margaret Sullivan
#disinformation #politics #LowInformationVoters #Trump #Internet
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-odds-the-stakes-and-the-scariest
“More than two weeks have passed since Donald Trump told an interviewer that he would reveal whether he supports banning the use and distribution of drugs used in medication abortions 'over the next week or two.' But the major cable and broadcast newscasts and most influential newspapers seem to have moved on.”
~ Matt Geertz
#Trump #abortion #media
Noting that Trump and Netanyahu are cut from the same strongman authoritarian cloth, Robert Reich says,
"If Trump continues to badmouth witnesses and jurors, Merchan should jail him. If Netanyahu orders an invasion of Rafah, Biden should cut off all military aid to Israel.
It’s time to stop coddling these authoritarians."
#Trump #Netanyahu #Bibi #authoritarianism #strongman
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/standing-up-to-trump-and-bibi
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cited one of the most prominent historical antisemitic narratives as her reason for not approving legislation aimed at combating antisemitism on Wednesday. Greene posted on the site formerly known as Twitter to explain her thinking."
~ Hunter Walker
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #antisemitism #WhiteChristianNationalism
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