1. Neera Tanden worked for Bill Clinton and still celebrates Bill Clinton
2. Neera Tanden supported Andrew Cuomo for Mayor of New York
3. Neera Tanden supported Eric Swalwell for Governor of California
4. Neera Tanden hired Larry Summers at her think tank
5. Neera Tanden supported Anthony Weiner
6. . . . Should I keep going?
So not only is Stephen King hoping that Graham Platner does not drop out of the race, he’s now engaging in further rape apologia.
King is misusing “let him without sin cast the first stone,” a passage from John 8.
That passage is about stopping hypocritical, punitive mob judgment.
It is not about using scripture to shield powerful men from accountability for sexual violence.
“Everyone has sinned” is not an appropriate political argument, especially if the sin in question is rape.
Really disgusting and unacceptable stuff here.
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation’s independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city’s waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.