Operation #GoSpursGo is complete. Flop City has been eliminated and that’s good for basketball. But now the pipeline of positive mojo for SA is over. It’s now all about pulling for Jalen Brunson & Ben Stiller
Brad Beckworth accused Camp Mystic attorney Thomas Wright of telling him an his colleague, Christina Yarnell, that they would "burn in hell."
Beckworth and Yarnell represent CiCi and Will Steward. Their 8-year-old daughter Cile died in the flood. @KXAN_News
@Evan_P_Grant The red is nostalgic but it is missing the uniqueness of the Peagle and the prior version. Feels like a nice retro jersey more than taking a big design risk and creating something compelling. Those white jerseys in the prior version were cool.
@WerderEdNFL It is the ultimate expression of humanity and empathy to be outraged that they died for reasons most people don’t understand or agree with.
The Secretary of State and National Security Advisor made a big mistake by telling the truth today. They say truth is the first casualty of war, and that is for a reason. The truth must be buried because if people knew the actual reasons why nations go to war, they would almost always come to oppose the wars and hate the politicians selling them.
Rubio admitted that Israel forced us into this war, a war the American people and (at least previously) Trump did not want.
But this raises so many more questions than it provides answers and it’s the reason why people inevitably are forced to speculate about Epstein, blackmail, threats, bribes etc…
How can it be that, given the nature of our relationship, Israel can force us into anything at all? They are the tiny client state, completely dependent on us for survival. We are the world’s greatest superpower.
The way Rubio framed it, takes it as a given that we would have continued protecting Israel even if they got our troops killed by doing something we demanded they not.
It’s truly intolerable and indefensible.
The paid grifters, partisan hacks, and bots are out in force—misleading people about the Constitution and the law—to defend Trump’s unconstitutional war.
Here’s an important Iran war PSA:
Contrary to what you may have heard about the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. §§ 1541–1550), it does not allow the president to take military action for any reason for 60–90 days without congressional approval so long as the president notifies Congress within 48 hours.
Section 1541(c) of the War Powers Resolution states clearly:
“The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.”
Of the three cited authorities, not one indicates a presidential power to take unilateral (without Congress’s approval) offensive military action.
The first two authorities allow the president to take offensive military action but only with Congress’s express approval (Article I of the Constitution grants Congress the exclusive power to declare war).
The third authority allows the president to take defensive military action without Congress’s approval in the event of a specific type of national emergency, a sudden unforeseen attack on the United States (happening too quickly for Congress to meet) necessitating immediate action to protect Americans.
It’s for this last situation (or for situations in which the president introduces forces into hostilities unlawfully) that the War Powers Resolution provides for the oft-mentioned 48-hour report to Congress (§ 1543) and 60-day (up to 90-day) timeline (§ 1544). If there’s an attack in progress on the United States (i.e., currently happening), we expect the president to respond swiftly to neutralize the attack and protect Americans—and then we will hold the president to account.
The Framers of the Constitution agreed at the debates in the federal convention of 1787 that the president should have the “power to repel sudden attacks” but not the power to otherwise introduce forces into hostilities without congressional approval.
The War Powers Resolution does not confer any new authority on the president to take offensive military action without congressional approval—nor could it under our Constitution. It instead checks the president when, as the Framers contemplated, the president introduces our Armed Forces into hostilities to repel a sudden attack.
The fact that previous presidents have violated both the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution does not—and cannot—change the law or make any present military action lawful.
This Trump–Netanyahu war is unconstitutional and violates international law.
It endangers the lives of U.S. troops and people across the region.
We’ve lived through the lies of Vietnam and Iraq.
No more endless wars. Congress must pass a War Powers Resolution immediately.
As yet another preemptive war is begun in the Middle East, John Quincy Adam’s words of wisdom still ring true:
“Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.”
Like most Americans I have sympathy for the plight of the Iranian people and all subjected people around the globe, from North Korea to Tibet.
But as Adam’s wrote, America: “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.”
The Constitution conferred the power to declare or initiate war to Congress for a reason, to make war less likely.
Madison wrote that “the Executive Branch is the branch most prone to war, therefore, the Constitution, with studied care, delegated the war power to the legislature.”
As with all war, my first and purest instinct is wish Americans soldiers safety and success in their mission.
But my oath of office is to the Constitution, so with studied care, I must oppose another Presidential war.
Secretary Rubio's remarks indicate that Israel put U.S. forces in harm's way by insisting on attacking Iran. And the administration was complicit—joining their war instead of talking them down
This is unacceptable of the President, and unacceptable of a country that calls itself our ally.
Maher: So being Christian is an important part of being truly American?
Boebert: Absolutely
@JamesTalarico: As a Christian, I was taught that we're supposed to follow Jesus' two commandments — love God and love neighbor. There was no exception to that second commandment.
Love thy neighbor regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or immigration status or religious affiliation.
In Texas, I'm constantly battling Christian nationalism — a bill that forces every public school teacher to put up a poster of the 10 Commandments, a bill that replaces school counselors with untrained chaplains, a bill that would have taught Christian Bible stories as historical fact to our youngest students. And I always speak up on behalf of my Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, agnostic, and atheist neighbors. Because we as Christians are called to love them as ourselves, and forcing my religion down their throats is not love.