Emily

healthcare provider for #medicareforall anti Zionist jew #freepalestine

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Scalia died in February 2016. It took Obama a full month to nominate a replacement and then he used no leverage and barely lifted a finger for Garland; the party was more focused in the moment at making sure everyone understood how racist and sexist Bernie Sanders was.

Plenty of Obama aides were actually glad when Dems lost the senate in 2014 because they were sick of Harry Reid pushing Obama to be more assertive and fight more.

They lost the Senate in 2014 largely because of Obama’s capitulation to/obsession with austerity and reducing the deficit.

He constantly insisted he had no real power — Neera will probably respond by saying he had no power — which Trump has proved totally wrong.

And when RBG died in September 2020 Trump nominated ACB the next week. They play to win.

But sure, a 5 minute segment from @chrislhayes would’ve made the difference. (And I’m sure he did do a bunch actually.)

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Powerful piece, highly recommend reading. Democrats need people like Platner if they are going to come to terms with the true nature of our country, with what we have done to people at home and abroad, and pull together the coalition needed to heal and reshape it.

“A tiny minority of Americans (6%) ever serve in the military. Of these, only 40% of veterans have ever deployed to a combat zone. And of those deployed, only about 10% participated in actual ground combat. I am one of those, and so is Platner. His pathology: a combination of traumatic stress, substance abuse, impulsive decision-making in the past, and deep anger at the moral injury he sustained wearing the cloth of this nation, is something this country ought to consider when it sends its young men and women to war. The question before Maine is not whether Graham Platner is perfect. The question is whether the United States Senate, the state of Maine, and the country as a whole would benefit from having his voice in the room when decisions are made. The answer is yes…”

“A democracy that insists on perfection will eventually find itself represented only by people skilled at hiding their flaws.”

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is a material falsehood the Times should correct. She claimed not to be active with this right wing organization anymore, yet just weeks ago she was:

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

How did the Times miss this?

[Cory Archibald @CMArchibald]

In the last 24 hours I have repeatedly started, then deleted, a post responding to the nasty anti-Muslim, racist attacks against @HamawyForNJ. I keep trying to find the words for the forceful, eloquent defense Dr. Hamawy deserves, but I can't. I'm too angry.

So let me be crystal fucking clear to the scum at that dishrag of a "newspaper", @nypost, the shameless editors of the @nytimes, the vapid hucksters of @FoxNews, and gutless cowards like @RepMikeLawler and @RepMoskowitz:

Adam Hamawy is a hero and a patriot with more courage and integrity than any of you could dream of.

Unlike Jared Moskowitz or Mike Lawler, he actually served this country in uniform, deploying to wars *we* started so he could stitch up our wounded troops. There are people who are alive today ONLY because Adam Hamawy was their doctor when it counted. One of them is your colleague, Senator Tammy Duckworth.

In Gaza, he pieced together children blown up by AMERICAN bombs you ghouls shipped over there. Bombs dropped by our supposed allies. They offered to evacuate him on account of his American passport. But he refused to leave his patients or his crew until the criminal apartheid state allowed a new rotation of doctors in.

That's a level of courage and moral conviction that neither Lawler or Moskowitz nor any other lawmaker participating in this nasty campaign could hope to achieve.

For you to question his patriotism or his Americanness in service to a foreign dictator is pathetic.

You trot out our troops like stage props when you want a photo op, but you wouldn't know real service if it was handed to you on a platter at an AIPAC dinner.

Your despicable smear against this war hero doctor spits in the face of everyone who has ever served. Including my father.

But the jig is up on your crybully routine. There's no amount of Islamophobic hysteria you can spin up that will make millions of Americans forget the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians you gleefully pushed into death, disease, and displacement with OUR money and weapons.

Whatever you're selling, only AIPAC is buying. Adam Hamawy is going to Congress, and you can go to hell.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This was apparent but good of Mandel to confirm it: the previous anonymous claim about the tattoo was from the GOP operative, according to her friend Bethany Mandel.

So this new claim is not backing up another previous claim, it’s the same one from the same person. Bethany says she was trying to tank his campaign and thought it would work, but it didn’t, so now she is doing this.

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

NYT published uncorroborated accusations against @grahamformaine of “unsettling” and “toxic” behavior that came from a Heritage staffer who previously worked for a conservative org that backs Collins.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Graham Platner's primary accuser, Lyndsey Fifield, is a pathological liar (see below) whose main cause is Israel.

Make of that what what you will. I know one's views of the #BelieveWomen framework radically shifts based on the politics of the accused, but it's clearly relevant:

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Just kind of left speechless at an invading army whining to the United Nations that the people they are invading — and killing their civilians by the thousands — are fighting back. This is a mystifying level of lack of self awareness

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🏛️ A House vote scheduled on Thursday, June 4, on Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Lebanon War Powers Resolution is exposing deep divisions among Democrats, according to Axios, with many lawmakers privately frustrated at being forced to take the vote.

The measure would require President Trump to remove U.S. forces from Lebanon within seven days, with Tlaib arguing that Washington is enabling Lebanon’s destruction by aiding Israel’s military campaign through weapons, intelligence, logistics, and diplomatic support.

According to Axios, opposition inside the Democratic caucus appears broader than during previous Iran war powers votes. Several senior Democrats, including the ranking members of the Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Intelligence Committees, are reportedly undecided.

🎥 Sean Vikta of Demand Progress joined Drop Site’s podcast on Tuesday to discuss the status of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Lebanon War Powers Resolution.

@ryangrim | @SeanVitka | @maysamustafa | @LyllaYounes

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

nyt can you please have some decency about a decorated war veteran combat surgeon who saved tammy duckworth's life, who treated 9/11 first responders and was in gaza during the genocide. i get that he's muslim and antizionist but this is a shameful and racist subheader!

[🌽🌽 Erica, The White Trash Socialist 🌽🌽™️ @herosnvrdie69]

I am a single issue voter anymore. If you support Israel in literally any way shape or form I will not vote for you. I do not care about literally anything else anymore. How can anyone see this and ignore it.

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

Disgusting.

So disappointed in Governor Whitmer’s support of data center expansions in our state especially when so many Michiganders are opposed.

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Hasan & Cenk were banned from the UK for being against this

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

This is such a wild violation of free speech and a tacit admission that Israel has an outsized influence on the west, ironically proving Hasan correct

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

NEW: @AIPAC has funneled hundreds of thousands to a network of PACs backing San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan in her congressional bid. Story w/@JulianAndreone https://t.co/9qbglmQ5xa

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is a coincidence @aipac but we just identified another California congressional race you are secretly funneling money into. Will send an email for comment.

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

“I want to kill someone today & it might be you"

"They wrenched my trousers & underwear down & I was raped by one of the soldiers"

"Other people had guns inserted inside them"

"My daughter was syringed with an unknown substance"

Juliet Lamont's Gaza Flotilla testimony:

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

fun fact: the NYT hasn't had a breaking news headline about a bombing in Gaza (~1000 killed by US/Israel since Oct 2025) or Lebanon (3,400+ killed by US/Israel since Oct 2025) since Oct 2025.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

If this other Ryan G wants to join with me in advocating for schools to ban military recruiters and to create a culture that warns children not to enlist, then ok, let’s do that.

Until then, let’s let the war makers take responsibility for the wars, not the kids who fight in them.