"The reason there’s a former president being indicted is because the Republican Party nominated and elected a criminal. It’s no more complicated than that.” —@StuartPStevens
It’s good the news is coming out now that Republicans tried to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election campaign by working to delay the release of US hostages in Iran, while Carter is still around to see it. In a way, this clears his record. — Carter did not fail, HE WAS SABOTAGED!
Former Texas governor John Connally, met Middle Eastern leaders in 1980 - “Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr Reagan will win and give you a better deal.”
🚨just the night before Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel's occupation forces are storming nearly every major Palestinian city at the same time; Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron, Jerusalem, and Jenin.
This is unprecedented in 15 years, These invasions are a terrifying & brutal advance in Israeli apartheid
A sign at the anti occupation block at the mass demo in #Telaviv “ This is the flag of the Palestinian people, who have been denied democracy by Israel for 75 years. Democracy for Jews only is not democracy”
Former LDS bishopric councelor and Idaho city councilman, Byron Wiscombe, 45, sentenced to prison after molesting girl for 7 years; groomed her during Mormon "worthiness" interviews.
Once again, NOT a Gay man. NOT a Trans person. NOT a Drag Queen. A MORMON POLITICIAN.
Stunning story by @peterbakernyt about powerful Texas politicians who went to the Middle East in 1980 on a secret mission orchestrated by one of them: to get Iran to hold onto US hostages to help swing election to Reagan, who was running against Carter. https://t.co/v3cHLvHd1w
The Nakba is recognized by plenty of Israeli historians. Denying 750,000 Palestinians were expelled is disgusting. Over 400 villages were demolished, and on top of them, almost 200 Israeli settlements were established. The expulsion and erasure are documented in Israeli archives.
In a typical year, billionaires pay an average tax rate of just 8%.
President Biden is calling on Congress to pass a 25% minimum tax on billionaires, so wealthy people don’t pay a lower tax rate than middle-class Americans.
Holy shit. The former Lt. Governor of Texas Ben Barnes just came forward to say he was part of a secret Republican operation that convinced Iran to keep Americans held hostage in order to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s 1980 presidential campaign.(@peterbakernyt) https://t.co/EzsiXD14se
Think about the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on pro-Israel advocacy in the US each year, while there is not even a Palestinian lobby to speak of in the US.
Let this serve as a reminder that poverty is a policy choice.
In the richest country in the world, it is absolutely inexcusable that millions of our children go to school hungry because they are living in poverty.
Kudos to Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesota state legislature.
The pulse of a people….
Ireland’s earliest St Patrick’s Day parade has taken place in Dingle (6am). A tradition dating back to the Land War of 1880s when the British authorities tried to prevent parades, banning gatherings “between sunrise and sunset.”