“Who knew that the American Dream might die not on a bloody battlefield littered with the casings of boxfuls of bullets, but rather inside our own sanitized voting booths and ballot boxes? Like a baby severing his own umbilical cord while still in his mother’s womb, American history, and hers too, prematurely aborted by his own unborn right arm; could the Manifest Destiny of American Democracy really be to die in a case of prenatal matri-sui-cide?”
Hello Everyone, I want you all to meet @_nightbirde. She’s my Golden Buzzer act on @AGT this year. She is a true inspiration, this was a very special moment #AGT https://t.co/jDEuV49fLz
Perhaps it’s time to add “Statesplaining” to the lexicon:
“Sovereignty is an amorphous concept that has evolved over time. With growing interdependence, each nation chooses to interact with other nations by entering into agreements that set parameters essential to each nation...
“... The notion that sovereignty is a static and consistently defined term has been an unnecessary stumbling block in past negotiations. Pragmatic and operational concerns that effect security and prosperity are what is most important.”
— p. 9 of Part A of Trump’s “peace” plan
Speaking from the House floor today, @RepAdamSchiff quoted Alexander Hamilton, who in 1792 warned about a man "unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune," and "bold in his temper."
"Could we find a more perfect description of [Donald Trump]?"
In which your faithful narrator unpacks why felony disenfranchisement has absolutely no practical purpose and is empirically bad for public safety.
⚡️ “Voting Makes Us Safer, There's Proof”
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