Jamie Raskin says Republicans appear strangely absent from the campaign trail as Trump tightens his grip on U.S. intelligence. His fear: the real midterm strategy may be unfolding somewhere voters cannot see. #DonaldTrump #Midterms2026 #JamieRaskin
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Our memories are long. All power to the people.
"The rightwing movement against empathy seeks to dismantle and discredit one of the essential tools for any society – our capacity to recognize and respond to suffering. We should see the campaign against empathy by Trump supporters for what it is: a flashing red light warning of fascist intent."
A. Rascal“Empathy is not a sin, a toxin, or an evolutionary dead end. It is a tool, and like all tools it can be a weapon. We are going to need it.”
what a fragile penis
Mike WalkerTrump on Friday ordered warning signs and exhibits installed outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
Valuable thread. Trump disaster w Iran is unique. Not (yet) nearly as many (US) casualties as GWB disaster w Iraq. But even less provocation or justification. By comparison, even Vietnam was"rational" step-by-step, tho leading to catastrophe. This time, pure impulse. No rational veneer at all.
Elizabeth N. SaundersMany point to Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, a natural instinct and there are indeed many parallels. The US track record is appalling (as I've written abt all of them). One key difference w/ Vietnam/Afgh at least: other presidents (even Trump 1.0!) decided not to attack Iran (and Iraq's regime). 1/