When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
Michelle Obama: We simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent, to wring our hands in despair, or to wait for someone else to fix the problem. Hope is all we have, because hope is the essential spark that lights the fire of change. But hope is a choice. Whether or not we use our voices to speak up is a choice. Voting is a choice. Being a decent human being is a choice. Believing that we still hold the power to build a country that reflects us all is a choice.
Trump says anyone running for president should take a cognitive exam because you could end being stuck with a moron for years.
“I mean, you get a guy who gets in there, he's got a good line of crap. He gets in and all of a sudden you're stuck with a man who's a moron”
Even when this dark chapter finally ends, I will never forget the immorality, the criminality, and the pure cruelty we’ve seen in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
This is a remarkable shift.
People in *every single one* of the top US-allied countries now believe it’s better to depend on China than on the US.
The global balance of power is clearly tilting away from the US and toward China.
Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney#Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE
"There may eventually be an agreement to end the Iran war, mostly because the president is so desperate to extricate himself from the conflict he blundered into. But it won’t be because Trump is such a terrific dealmaker. In fact, the man who made his reputation on 'The Art of the Deal' remains the world’s worst negotiator, and we’re seeing the proof right now." https://t.co/l36AF1VsIc
Imagine being a pilot hunted through 18,000 foot mountains, struggling for breath, and your clown-ass President is tweeting fucking war crimes while his son is making money off gambling whether you’ll live or die on Polymarket.
@mattyglesias I have a small (mortgaged) house I rent to a Sect. 8 tenant—she’s nice, but often struggles to pay her rent. I hear “progressives” say evictions should be harder. Make it harder, and I’d NEVER rent to a low-income or poor-credit tenant. She doesn’t pay, I can’t pay my mortgage.
@BertDalziel The replies here from men sure showcase why some men are not getting “chosen.” Most men aren’t misogynistic creeps trying to intimidate women on the internet, but those who are will likely have a harder time finding “partners” willing to be with them.