This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.
To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.
we are the bad guys btw. this is how we speak and behave. i dont believe the public wants this. but we have to seize back power from these monsters and hold them accountable so this never happens again.
Not a good look.
There is no reason whatsoever to mention Israel as part of a statement justifying a major U.S. military operation, which should be based only on U.S. national interests.
It just reinforces the widely felt notion that the war is being fought on behalf of Israel.
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.
I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.
Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
To their credit, the Founding Fathers always suspected a king-like tyrant would one day try to rule as personal dictator and use the powers of the presidency to live above the law.
But they never foresaw an entire branch of government abdicating oath in favor of partisan complicity, cravenness, and grift, and they certainly never foresaw algorithmic media producing a citizenry so manipulated by obvious deceit.