Exclusive: “Even if we wanted to attempt to hide a combat death, we never would and we never could.” - @SecWar Hegseth responds to allegations of more service member deaths in Iran than reported.
“We never would because of how much we cherish the lives of our service members - every single one of them.”
Isn’t it the opposite? Doesn’t a photo like this of Indian Americans dressed in overalls and burnt orange reveal that people can come here from all over the world and become just as Americans as white people? And that they fall in love with football like anyone else?
David Pakman explains why he's not a communist or socialist
"I am a social democrat..I don't believe either system is the best way to maximize human well being and to organize society..and I believe this, looking at empirical historical data and in applying a socioeconomic analysis to these theories"
"I support getting everybody healthcare, strong unions and supportive labor, affordable education that is of high quality, progressive taxation where the wealthiest are taxed, the most serious corporate regulation, and a very strong safety net..I also support private businesses, private ownership of property and the ability to make profit in private industry for a lot of goods and services"
"There is no good reason to eliminate markets, we don't need gov planners deciding..it's completely fine to let companies compete there, let ppl start businesses and own them, test ideas, succeed and fail within the context of the market..social democracy recognizes markets are really useful tools, but markets are not the moral authorities that the right wing believes them to be"
"Socialism and communism in turn usually want to replace private ownership of major industries with worker, public, or state ownership..depending on whether we're talking about a socialist or communist model..and if u preserve socialism against public resistance, u can end up with property seizures, capital controls, restrictions on investment, limits on political opposition..a very serious authoritarian danger..the supposed stateless society requires an extraordinary powerful state"
"We've seen historically..u end up with this new ruling class made up of often corrupt, typically cronyistic and nepotistic party..for me one of the key tenets of leftism is opposing domination..that includes domination by corporations and billionaires..it also includes opposing domination by government or political parties or these self appointed revolutionaries who say I speak for everybody"
(Via thedavidpakmanshow on YT)
Disgusting behaviour by the Argentinians at the end, especially Paredes.
Just a bunch of nasty violent thugs, and a disgrace to football. Never been so happy to see a team lose.
Donald Trump’s spiral continues. The failed president, pocketing billions as he drives up prices, is afraid to lose the midterms. So he will reheat debunked election conspiracy theories and tell bizarre new lies to deny his 2020 defeat and attack voting rights. This is a disaster for Trump puppet Mike Collins. Already mired in scandal, Mike will now have to double down on conspiracy theories toxic in the General Election. From the start, Trump’s obsession with Georgia elections revealed his fury that Black voters were instrumental to his defeat. I'm asking concerned citizens nationwide to join me and support our voter protection efforts in Georgia.
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