Alex Hetherington

HI spirit, DC mentality. All views are my own.

[Acyn @Acyn]

PabloReports: Senator, who got the better deal in the end, Obama or Trump in terms of Iran?

Schatz: Oh, I don’t think this is a close call. What President Trump has had to do—and it was necessary for him to do it because he had no options left—was essentially sue for peace just to get back to the status quo from three months ago. He has accomplished nothing.

If the criticism of the JCPOA under Obama was that it gave money to Iran, we’re talking about this deal giving 200 times that amount of money to Iran

[Acyn @Acyn]

Talarico: I believe anyone can be a Texan. It doesn’t matter if you’re an eighth-generation Texan like me or a California transplant like Ken Paxton.

Listen, what makes a Texan is not in the boots or in the truck. It’s deep in the heart.

These billionaires and their puppets have the wrong state of mind. Their hearts and their dreams are just not big enough.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America. 

He embodies the broken system we’re running against.

It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

I am not going to vote for a supplemental funding request for this war. It is already catastrophic.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

I have spent the last six days discussing with experts strategies to bring down the price of oil, fertilizer, and other key commodities necessary for modern life, and here are my preliminary findings. 1) End this stupid war.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

The cost to extend the Obamacare subsidies is almost exactly the same as the cost of two weeks of this stupid war.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Why is the Prime Minister of Israel going on TV to explain this war and not the President of the United States?

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

I’ve never seen something so important go unexplained for so long. The decision to put our service members at risk is the most solemn that any President can make, and it’s just totally unheard of to have such shifting, contradictory, and weak explanations.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

So Rubio says that the imminent threat was that Israel was going attack Iran and Iran might retaliate and so therefore it’s “imminent.” They seem to think that Americans are absurdly gullible. I do not think they are.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Are the civil libertarians still around or nah

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

I would like to hear from every single free speech warrior now. This is really nutty stuff. They are trying to to imprison Senators because they don’t like the content of their speech.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Every free speech warrior should be screaming bloody murder they are trying to imprison senators for what they say.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

If I call 911 I get police. And they show up without masks, and identify themselves. And if they need to search someone’s home they get a warrant. And if there’s an officer involved shooting there is an immediate investigation. And they’ve been trained for more than 47 days.

[Gene Park @GenePark]

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[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

He’s a mad king, increasingly disinhibited, surrounded by yes men. He’s driving up the cost of everything in order to finance his ego trips and angry fantasies. People want affordable food and electricity and housing and healthcare and this isn’t entertaining anymore.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

A six year old is an orphan because the government shot the mom, and now they are lying about it. This conduct will go down in infamy like the govt agents who kidnapped native kids, or those who incarcerated Japanese Americans. Shame, forever.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

“My friends will get hurt” is ringing in my ears.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

So what does 60 minutes do now? Add an interview from Noem? Or the White House? What context is missing? I am looking forward to the journalistic improvements they have planned!

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

If you hated Biden because you didn’t want an old guy in charge and prices were too high and the government was too involved in the private sector and there was chaos on the street oh boy I’ve got bad news.