afghanvet

“Go your own way, let others talk.” #Dante - “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” #Voltaire - There is no both sides.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@RhonddaBryant @TheAeronut In the end, all fascist, nationalist, autocratic, and xenophobic political parties driven by ideologies that are about power and not the people eat their own. The problem is always the destruction they leave in their wake.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@JolyonMaugham Buh bye.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@RpsAgainstTrump My left testicle.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

“Jordan was a terrorist as a legislator...A legislative terrorist...I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart—never building anything, never putting anything together."
-- John Boehner

https://t.co/7qvH82QyRS

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

We will remember.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@implausibleblog They aren’t lies if you really, really believe them.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@SenTuberville @DeptVetAffairs You know nothing about service or service in the military. This is a health and mental wellness issue for the troops. You are putting this nation’s security at risk. Your position is treasonous.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Robert De Niro’s full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts:

I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.
The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.
So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Sean Hannity to Vivek Ramaswamy: "I think people who never held public office, like you, maybe they’re not qualified to be president!" @justinbaragona

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

Xitter has become unusable and useless as an information gathering tool. I’m moving to Threads. Have had an account for a while but will be spending most of my time there.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

This is so gross. The head of Operation Underground Railroad sexually abused and groomed women under the guise of stopping child sex trafficking - tricking them into sex acts by asking "how serious are you about saving children." https://t.co/IzhtZjgEfj

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Thank you, Israel, for these incredible shout outs for the President of the United States. 🙏🇺🇸

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@IvanRaiklin @Olivia_Beavers @kyledcheney What group were you in and currently bringing to shame with your traitorous bullshit?

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@EthereanMaximus @yaelbt @BillAckman I’m guessing there’s never been an open door of a recruiting station that you haven’t crossed the street to avoid.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@AdamKinzinger @charliekirk11 Fear is their only driving force. They can’t even control themselves and without white supremacy they can’t control the “others” either. That makes them feel cornered. Repressed and emotionally immature.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Researchers have uncovered a propaganda network of 67 accounts on the X social platform that are coordinating a campaign of posting false, inflammatory content related to the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/2ZosGKggfR

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@SIfill_ System our ancestors created not protecting rich white guys like it was intended to. 🙄

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@GenMhayden @ZaRdOz420WPN He’s a human asset of the Russians. Unwitting at best.

[afghanvet @afghanvet]

@Reuters But it’s wages causing inflation, not greed, right?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled state Senate voted to oust WI’s top election official.

They’re also threatening to impeach the new state Supreme Court Justice.

The goal? Keep WI gerrymandered and subvert fair elections in 2024.

When I say the GOP is an extremist party, this is why.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

So, Tim Scott just went on CNN &, AGAIN, lied about President Biden, calling him “complicit” in the attack on Israel & demanding an investigation. STOP giving Tim Scott a platform. He is evil, a liar, & is playing petty politics at a time of crisis. Tim Scott is beneath contempt.