This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced#VoteKamala
I'm sure you read this but in case you missed it...To my fellow Jews supporting Trump:
An essential read from
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Park Avenue Synagogue, NYC:
“As a matter of principle and policy, I do not endorse candidates. But as a matter of principle and policy, when I see the behavior of any person, presidential candidates included, threatening the well-being of the Jewish people, I have to speak out.
So let me not mince words. President Trump is trafficking in the most base form of antisemitism. As far back as Pharaoh, as far back as Haman, there have been leaders who have accused Jews of dual loyalty, of being a fifth column, of being a threat to the well being of the general population. And that’s what Trump did on Thursday night.
The suggestion that the only consideration an American Jew has when approaching the ballot box is Israel reeks of accusations that American Jews are somehow suspect citizens. The suggestion that blame for a prospective loss should lay at the feet of less than 2% of the electorate — our 2% — puts the Jewish people in grave danger.
This is beyond dog-whistle. It is a form of preemptive scapegoating aimed to scare Jews into voting for Trump. Under the rhetorict, cover and guise of being a defender of the state of Israel, President Trump has endangered the Jewish people. It is abhorrent, it has no place in our national discourse, and it must receive blanket condemnation from every person of conscience.”
Just a reminder: the Supreme Court created a blueprint for a lawless presidency. A president can order his executive branch officials to commit crimes then pardon them for those crimes. All good, per 6 Justices. Our country cannot long endure such lawlessness. Accordingly, #VOTE
Angelos Terzakis, 16 Feb 1907 - 3 Aug 1979. “The tragic spirit is a concept beyond the reality of practical life, intelligible only as a poetic notion. Does it perhaps contain a value to counterbalance what is lacking in our life?” tr. Athan Anagnostopoulos. #OTD#σανσημερα
Progressives are answering the call (and hosting one!). Join me for the @ProgsForHarris call on Monday, August 5th at 8pm ET! #ProgressivesForHarris https://t.co/htsGMEnOUo
On June 5 at the Greek Consulate, Harvard’s Librarian for Hellenic Studies Rhea Lesage presented the family of Manny Paraschos with print facsimiles of 1893 issues of the long-lost Neos Kosmos, America’s first Greek newspaper. Now preserved and available. https://t.co/nGxfPMDkN9
“Donald Trump is now a felon. His campaign chairman was a felon. So is his deputy campaign manager, his personal lawyer, his chief strategist, his National Security Adviser, his Trade Advisor, his Foreign Policy Adviser, his campaign fixer, and his company CFO. They’re all felons. Judged by the company you keep. It’s a cabal of convicts.” —Quoted by @HC_Richardson
June 4th at 6:30PM at the Valente Branch of the Cambridge Public Library (826 Cambridge Street), George Kalogeris will be talking about his work as a poet and translator.
@glennkirschner2 I like the "Justice Matters" mantra at the beginning and end of Glenn's posts. Glenn's commitment to Justice and to educating those of us who are not lawyers but love our country and democracy is admirable. I think it was a very clever and creative title. Thank you, Glenn!