To conclude this is a cult at work is too simple.
Trump isn't dragging a cult around.
He just happens to speak for the part of America that is hateful, racist and selfish. If ignorance is a cult he joined theirs. Despicable ill mannered children who are frightened by kindness and empathy.
Here is the bad news. They are never going away. The wealthy have adopted them for their own selfish purposes.
We outnumber them .
Kindness wins over time.
Hatred backed by billions is still hatred and anathema to peace.
The decision to go to war — to order American soldiers to die for our defense — should always be the last resort, when all other ways of achieving US objectives have failed. Trump could have signed this MOU without war. That makes his war a catastrophic failure. Americans and others died for nothing.
@mbrodkorb Nominating Mike Kindell tells you everything you need to know about the Republican party or only in Minnesota but nationally. The Republican Party that I was a part of until 2016 is gone. Maybe forever.
This is an astonishing document. Not a single war aim has been achieved, but Iran receives enormous financial incentives, and even Hezbollah gets some benefits. What an absolute disaster. https://t.co/uj3990eh6q
Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
.@JamesTalarico: I've been bucking my own party since I got elected in 2018. I have no problem sharing hard truths with my own party, and our immigration system is a prime example of government not working for people. I'm a border security Democrat. I believe we've got to have a sane, orderly process to ensure that we know who's coming into our country.
Public safety is the most important thing the government does. More important than public education, more important than public health — nothing matters if we're not keeping people safe.
Asked for actual evidence of his claims, Trump throws a tantrum and runs away.
Notice—he never offered a shred or scintilla of evidence.
He just yelled at her and ran away.