Russians invaded Ukraine because they were imminently threatened by the idea of Ukraine joining an organization that would make it harder for them to invade Ukraine.
if there isn't disproportionate, life-destroying criminal sanction for the people responsible for this in 2029 there will just never be a non-partisan bureaucratic apparatus ever again. I've seen this happen a couple times in a couple places- it just doesn't come back.
I am always thinking about the episode of Sealab 2021 where Captain Murphy is trapped under a soda machine while trying to get a can of Mingus Dew, the Charles Mingus themed Mountain Dew.
This is how it’s done.
Trump is mean—mean as a nasty dog—but he is not tough.
If you stand your ground, he splutters and blusters and shouts, hurls insults, storms out.
Stand your ground, respectfully.
If he can’t answer your legitimate question—Americans will see that.