The Purple Moose

AKA Paul Overby. Christian, husband, farmer. Republican but not a MAGA. Comments on what you aren't supposed to talk about at the dinner table.

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

@CGregCarrollcat @DavidAFrench Ah, so eliminating abortion by creating an authoritarian government. Is that based on strategy or principle?

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

@CGregCarrollcat @DavidAFrench Not sure how a Trump supporter can say “principles” with a straight face

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Q: "It's not just Trump, we also heard from Elon Musk saying Zelenskyy has gone too far. Why are they blaming you for the continuation of this war?"

Zelenskyy: "Because these people can't find a key to how to stop Putin. Because it's more difficult to stop Putin than to pressure others..."

The key to stopping Putin has always been the same: Russia’s ability to wage war must be destroyed, both economically and militarily. Right now, the US is doing the exact opposite.

Zelenskyy: "It’s simpler to talk about prices and connect them to Ukraine, when everyone in the world understands that prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz.

If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear the reality. Don’t play games with people."

Because Ukraine is in a vulnerable position, it is an easy scapegoat for everything.

We are under attack and depend on our partners for support. We are forced to perform true miracles of patience and diplomacy. But blaming Ukraine didn’t work for Orbán in Hungary, and it won’t work for Trump in the US.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

President Zelenskyy’s comment on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that the war in Ukraine is at a "strategic stalemate" and that there are now "no prospects for a negotiated settlement":

"You cannot negotiate future economic projects with Russians on the one hand and, on the other, claim that we are in some kind of diplomatic stalemate. We are not in a diplomatic stalemate.

Shut down Russia’s entire economy. Shut Russia's mouth. Stop feeding them through your sales. Impose sanctions on their weapons.

Open Starlink for Ukraine. You opened it when responding to Iran, after all. Everything worked there. Israel completely controlled the skies over Iran. So when you need it to work, it works.

It costs them nothing to help Ukraine. And I said quite frankly: help us protect our skies and gain dominance there.

Then Putin will sit down at the negotiating table. Why? Because he will lose everything. In two or three months, he will lose everything.

And instead, we are waiting for the Chinese to develop an equivalent and hand it over to Russians.

This is not a stalemate - this is called a lack of will."

[Angie Craig @RepAngieCraig]

More rants. More racist rhetoric. More political retribution.

Meanwhile, the greatest threat to Minnesota is this administration.

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

Yes, please. Go home and mow lawns!

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

The Hill: Mike Johnson floats return to Louisiana if GOP loses majority in midterms

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) floated the idea of returning home to Louisiana if Republicans lose control of the House next year.

“Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, I don’t know what my next chapter of life is,” Johnson told Fox News in an exclusive interview. “If God moves on our hearts and says we should, you know, go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor. I mean, I just want to be of my highest and best use to God and to my country.”

https://t.co/vl1BN30Jio

[Teri Peters @WomenInTheBurbs]

It's not like any Senators or Congresspeople are communicating with Trump Accounts or influencers prior to major events though. Is it?

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

@Conservative2TX @NHTeaParties Some are choices, buying gas is not optional for most.

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

How stupid. Sounds like stuff I created in the 4th grade.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

This is lunacy. If he builds it, it should be torn down by the next administration. Stop transforming America into a dystopian police and surveillance state.

[Teri Peters @WomenInTheBurbs]

Notable as the first one to cast off the red cap. She won't be the last.

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

@racheljwelcher Far left

[Олег Володарський @volodarskijo]

Вона кинула затишне життя в Норвегії, щоб стати на захист України та вийшла заміж за українського морпіха.

Це реальна історія Сандри Андерсен Ейри.

Колишня депутатка норвезького парламенту приїхала в Україну бойовим медиком у Міжнародний легіон, що складається переважно з американських та британських бійців.

Вона довела, що слабких на війні не буває.

"Останнього разу, коли на цьому континенті була велика війна, моя країна потребувала допомогу. Тому я вважаю це моральним обов’язком", - каже Андерсен Ейра, маючи на увазі окупацію Норвегії Німеччиною.

На передовій місцеві жителі дарували їй шоколад, троянди й обійми. А ще - сльози вдячності за те, що чужинка ділить з ними окопи.

Саме там, під обстрілами, вона зустріла своє кохання - українського морпіха. Вони побралися й тепер воюють пліч-о-пліч.

Ворог лютий. На Сандру вже видали ордер на арешт в Росії. Але її відповідь проста: "Я залишуся з чоловіком в Україні до перемоги".

Їхня історія - не казка. Це дорослий вибір двох людей, які серед болю й смерті знайшли сили любити й триматися разом.

[Acyn @Acyn]

El-Sayed: I can't wait to sit across RFK Jr. And actually grill him. Dude uses big words he does not understand. And I happen to go to medical school, so I kind of understand them. I'm a guy with a doctorate in medicine and in public health. He's a guy who takes his kids swimming in Schitt's Creek.

[Teri Peters @WomenInTheBurbs]

This is not my area of expertise by any stretch but I was curious about the polls and prediction markets. This is the first thing I've found. https://t.co/bTnqvk7dQL

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

@Johanne31785773 @BohuslavskaKate You mean when Russia started attacking in 2014?

[Warren @swd2]

They shot him, dragged his lifeless body onto the pavement, and handcuffed his corpse while his 3-year old daughter wearing Bluey pajamas watched in horror. If you say you voted for this you are an empty soulless vessel.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

100 new hires before being sworn in the Civil Rights Division of Trump’s Justice Department.

Not a Black new civil rights hire In sight.

Very few women too.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is blowing up entire neighborhoods in Bint Jbeil, South Lebanon right now.

During a “ceasefire.”

Not military targets. Civilian homes.

Entire communities are being erased so families have nothing left to return to.

[The Purple Moose @PurpleMooseND]

@RadioFreeTom 😂