RationalLeft

Center-left historian & writer.

Now using BlueSky - same name

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

Vampires don't reflect.

[Lakshya Jain @lxeagle17]

@Annie_Wu_22 Between Fetterman and Platner, have you had any introspection on how the two insurgent candidates you guys were most prominently associated with have become complete and utter lunatics that are manifestly unfit for office?

Does it spark even a *single* second of reflection?

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

@atrupar "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Islamic Republic of Japan."

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Islamic Republic of Japan."

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trump and his allies lambasted Obama’s Iran nuclear deal for a decade.

Yet their proposed deal is objectively weaker than the JCPOA: fewer conditions, more money for Iran, and less nuclear oversight.

My @Morning_Joe Chart

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

Did anyone tell him how the Treaty of Versailles worked out?

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

President Trump personally signed a copy of the agreement during a dinner with the President of France at the Palace of Versailles. A phot of the signed agreement was sent to the Iranians and the mediating countries

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

The people responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

השינוי בתגובת דובר צה"ל עשוי להצביע על כך שלכאורה הדיווח הראשוני בתוך הצבא על התקרית התברר כשקרי

[Elad Simchayoff @Elad_Si]

⚠️ Warning - Graphic Content ⚠️

“I filmed this because I knew no one will believe”.

***
Aran, an IDF soldier who was among the first responders at the Nova music festival on 7.10, told his story to @N12News.
In the video, he is heard pleading, begging for anyone to show signs of life.
“They’re all dead”, he repeats in shock.
He filmed the video, and others, because he knew people would find this scene too horrific to believe”.

***

We’re faced with an unprecedented denial campaign happening in real time.
The overwhelming evidence - much of it is from Hamas terrorists documenting themselves - is apparently not sufficient for those who try to claim that the 7.10 attacks did not happen in the way that is being told.
“Where’s the proof?” - I keep getting asked - well, here’s your f**king proof.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Vice President Harris: "To the young people who are watching, it is OK to feel sad and disappointed. But please know it's going to be OK."

"Here's the thing: Sometimes, the fight takes a while. That doesn't mean we won't win. The important thing is don't ever give up."

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Vice President Harris: "To everyone who is watching: Do not despair. This is not a time to throw up our hands, this is a time to roll up our sleeves. This is a time to organize, to mobilize, and to stay engaged."

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

I also have no desire to be engaged with this site as its deranged billionaire owner tries to become viceroy of America.

[RationalLeft @RationalLeft]

Since it seems the US will elect a mentally failing wannabe fascist in an inexplicable fit of pique, I will be stepping back from news/social media.

When I can usefully engage, I will. But there's nothing to gain from following every twist and turn of the coming shitshow.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The FBI is warning that several fabricated videos are misusing its name and insignia to promote false claims of problems at the polls.
https://t.co/udkmgv6U2u

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

BREAKING - Over 40 different fake bomb threats have now been called into Democratic-leaning polling places

And they're coming from RUSSIA

This should literally be THE story right now -- it is blatant and brazen election interference to steal the election for Trump

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

pretty clear at this point we're seeing a concerted push of (fake) bomb threats targeted at key states and they're coming from Russia.

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

Not just the first time there will be two Black women in the Senate at once, but only the fourth and fifth Black women to serve in the Senate … ever.

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

Heartbreaking loss.

Florida voters have failed to pass the abortion rights amendment and now Governor Ron DeSantis’ 6-week abortion ban will be kept in place since the initiative failed to reach the required 60% threshold.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

It appears that Trump and MAGA are mad that women are voting. Why?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸Elon Musk’s big voter giveaway just took a turn.

Voters who signed up for his “million-dollar” sweepstakes are now filing suit against Musk and his America PAC, claiming they were misled on how the winners were chosen, according to Bloomberg.

[Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي @NTarnopolsky]

💥@OrlyBarlev live on the roiling streets of Israel. More than 40 arrests.

[Sarah Rumpf 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦 @rumpfshaker]

‘Absolutely No Truth to This Allegation’: Philadelphia Officials Sharply Rebuke Trump’s Claim of ‘Massive CHEATING’ https://t.co/PIVW5KS5Wv