Franz Branntwein

There are things that I think I know, and things that I know that I don't know.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@CriticalZaku @IonaItalia @Quillette @CathyYoung63 Some MAGA voters may think like this, as do some independents and Dems, and that's perfectly acceptable for each of them.

But MAGA leadership is waging an unhinged campaign against Ukraine.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@VsimPohuy I feel a sweet sense of nostalgia spreading...

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@EU_Commission I'm feeling a sweet sense of nostalgia spreading...

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@sterespect @VsimPohuy It will provide motivation for unspeakable feats.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

The only three things Dems need to move to the center on are:

1. DEI (it failed, time to go back to just not being racist)

2. Policing (it reduces crime by a lot, just go back to reasonable police reform)

3. Asylum (yes, illegally crossing the border to request asylum is bad)

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@RepDonBacon

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@RepDonBacon

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@rhaetional @EdKrassen Well, at least that implies they might have a change of heart 2-3 years later.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@realspitfire Obama had a good working relationship with Medvedev. They signed nuclear disarmament treaties, neither of them started a war during that time. I don't blame Obama for trying to make it work with M, but for not realizing that the game changed when Putin took over again.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@realjoeymUS "Trump will start WW3" was a stupid liberal talking point in 2016.

"Trump is preventing WW3" is a silly MAGA talking point from 2025.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@whatyyetiagain @Mick_O_Keeffe @captivedreamer7 Tbh, Bush invading Iraq without good justification may have helped set Putin on his current path quite a bit.
(not that one injustice justifies another, of course)

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@RepDonBacon

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@piersmorgan Very different situation. But let's say you have good reasons to not criticize Putin too much in public, if you then at the same time try to humiliate Zelensky in public, it still makes you look a weak bully.

[Paul Rudnick @PaulRudnickNY]

Vance is taking a ski vacation in Vermont after only 6 weeks in office. He was greeted by thousands of protestors and signs like this, so he had to change luxury hotels. While President Zelensky returns to his war-torn country

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@elonmusk Cut it out with the virtue signaling. You're just embarrassing yourself.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@_JessConnell @clairlemon Yes, but you can support those policies without supporting MAGA.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@clairlemon Or: They have the classic "good cop, bad cop" routine going, with JD of course having to be the bad cop.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@seaforrest @Xcellent78 Not wise, but understandable having to deal with these guys. But yes, he should have had himself better under control.

[Franz Branntwein @Franz_Branntwei]

@wil_da_beast630 Almost. But the question is, is it better to hsve moral ideals and not always live up to them, or to denounce them outright?