Monty Mason

William & Mary ‘89

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

Make this make sense, otherwise I can only conclude that this administration is pure EVIL.

I would add that yesterday, the US deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure in Iran destroying all bridges, roads and rail links that lead from the Iranian port town of Bandar Abbas. This will now unquestionably lead to a humanitarian disaster in Iran. PEOPLE WILL STARVE.

The IRGC won’t care because they don’t give a damn about the Iranian people, but Trump was supposed to be liberating them not starving them. We are now into war crime territory AGAIN.

I would add that bombing rail and road links in the region was a tactic deployed by Saddam Hussein against Iran in the 1980s.

My thanks to Sen Tim Kaine for making this very important point and to Millennial Report for the clip

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[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

Route 66, the "Mother Road" stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles, was also a place for drivers to "get their kicks." Though long bypassed by interstates, the historic highway, home of scenic vistas and roadside curiosities, continues to attract travelers searching for an America of yesterday. Correspondent Lee Cowan takes a drive along Route 66, which is now marking its centennial.

[Jeffrey Goldberg @JeffreyGoldberg]

Admiral (ret.) William H. McRaven: "In recent months, President Trump, upon advice from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has relieved or forced the retirement of some of the finest officers that have ever served this nation."
Read the whole piece:
https://t.co/m9og4RFfLI

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

It's actually mind-boggling that @JDVance would say Watergate would be a "10 hour story" today.
Just to review, Nixon's aides authorized a break-in of the DNC HQ to install bugging equipment--in a caper foiled by a night watchman, who called police. They then enlisted the CIA to mislead the FBI that the break-in was related to a probe of malign foreign actors.
The entire operation was paid for by a slush fund controlled by the WH.
The WH also enlisted the IRS to probe hundreds of Nixon's political enemies.
The AG, the WH COS and several other top aides all were convicted and served time for their involvement in the crimes and coverup.
Nixon was caught on his own secret tape system conspiring with them but was pardoned a month after he resigned by his successor, Gerald Ford.
That Vance thinks this would be a "10 hour story" today speaks volumes about the moral and ethical degradation of the Trump era.

[DocumentingLibs @HistorianUSA1]

🇺🇸 Take a minute to reflect on the hallowed grounds of the Normandy American Cemetery in France on this Memorial Day. Perched on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach — the very site where our heroes launched the greatest assault for liberty in human history — lie the final resting places of 9,389 American warriors who gave their last full measure of devotion during D-Day in World War II.

These are not just graves. They are monuments to American courage, sacrifice, and the fierce belief that freedom is worth dying for. Among them:

• 307 Unknown Soldiers — forever honored, never forgotten.
• 1,557 names inscribed on the Walls of the Missing — their spirits still watching over the cause they served.
• 45 pairs of brothers who fought and fell together.
• Three Medal of Honor recipients and four heroic American women buried side by side with their brothers-in-arms.

This sacred cemetery was established on June 8, 1944, just days after the invasion. This was the first American WWII cemetery on European soil. A permanent reminder that when evil threatened the world, America answered the call.

To every American who stormed those beaches, climbed those cliffs, and never came home: Your blood bought our tomorrow. Because of you, the light of liberty still shines bright across the globe.
We will never forget. We will never falter.
God Bless our Fallen Heroes. God Bless the United States of America. ❤️🤍💙

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Quite a first sentence in the new Congressional inquiry to Treasury Secretary about Trump's $1.7 billion slush fund for convicted crooks:

"The American people and the world just witnessed one of the most brazen acts of public corruption and self-dealing in American history"

Full memo: https://t.co/UIGPJWnxco

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

"On a June afternoon in 2009, something quietly extraordinary unfolded in the Diplomatic Room of the White House, a moment so human, so warm, and so beautifully unexpected that it stopped political Washington in its tracks. President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold that office, gently escorted 87-year-old former First Lady Nancy Reagan into the room to sign the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that passed the Senate unanimously, honoring the upcoming 100th birthday of America's 40th President. Two people from opposite ends of the political spectrum, bound together in that moment by something far bigger than party lines: grace, history, and a shared love of country. And then it happened. As President Obama picked up his pen and began to sign the bill into law, Nancy Reagan leaned in and exclaimed with a delighted laugh, 'Oh, you're a lefty!' She was not talking about politics. She was talking about his left hand. The room burst into laughter, and in that single unscripted moment, the walls between Republican and Democrat, between generations, between two entirely different Americas, came tumbling beautifully down. Obama had publicly praised Nancy in his remarks that day, saying she had been 'extraordinarily gracious to both me and Michelle during our transition here,' and describing how, in what he called her 'long goodbye' with President Reagan through his decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease, she had become 'a voice on behalf of millions of families experiencing the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer's disease.' When Obama later signed an executive order to resume federal stem cell research, one of the very first phone calls he made was to Nancy Reagan, because nobody understood better than she did what that research could mean for suffering families across America. This was not a political moment. This was a human one. A young president honoring an old love story. A nation, briefly, at its very best.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Robert Gates, who served as CIA director and defense secretary under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, spoke with CBS News’ @margbrennan about the Iran war, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for years pushed U.S. presidents to consider military action against Iran.

[Natural Resources Democrats @NRDems]

Yesterday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum swore under oath that Trump's Arch was "not even a proposal," claiming it was just a "discussion."

Today, @RepHuffman was standing in front of the industrial drilling rig starting work on it.

[William & Mary Tribe Athletics @TribeAthletics]

When I grow up...

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Congratulations to former Tribe Athletics AD Terry Driscoll on his induction into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday‼️

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[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

“Pure stupidity” will be the epitaph of the Trump presidency.

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Hegseth fired the Army Chief of Staff Gen Randy George. Immediately.

Gen George probably the best leader I’ve encountered in uniform. Integrity. Experienced combat leader. Solid judgement. Courage. Modesty. Takes care of soldiers. A war going on.

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

Can anyone outside the Trump cult imagine Trump ever taking responsibility like Ike did? Of course not—because such action requires courage and character.

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

ONE out of 5 children Have some sort of learning
challenge in the WORLD ..That's 20% of the populations ..
There is GREATNESS IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN

[Guy Adami @GuyAdami]

Married to his wife of 60 years
Princeton graduate , NYU Masters, UVA Law, US Marine Captain, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Navy Commendation Medal, South Vietnam Gallantry Cross, … a Patriot

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

This is the best thing you will watch today.