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.
Wow, this speech from Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani 👏💯
"They command us not to believe what we see"
"They compel us as George Orwell wrote nearly 80 years ago, to reject the evidence of our eyes and our ears"
"And they would succeed, were it not for the many among us who read the scripture, but who live the scripture"
"Those who refuse to abandon the stranger"
"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"
"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. Here was a man who held the hand of the afraid and the afflicted in their final moments"
"Here was a man who dedicated his life to healing those who he never met"
"ICE shot him 10 times because he did something they could never fathom doing, he extended his arm towards a stranger"
"Not to push her down, but help her up"
"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"
The House chamber was mostly empty. I’m unsure how many will ultimately hear it.
But I spoke today to sound an alarm for our nation.
To alert the country of the wholesale corruption engulfing our government & the work we must do end it.
I hope my fellow Americans will listen.
Poland won't applaud Trump’s vanity project, the Nobel Peace Prize.
Today a major diplomatic row broke out between the U.S. and Poland because Włodzimierz Czarzasty (the Speaker of the Sejm) took a very public stand against Donald Trump.
The catalyst was a formal request from U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, asking international leaders to co-sign a nomination for Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Czarzasty flatly refused.
U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose responded by blacklisting Czarzasty, declaring that the U.S. Embassy would have "no further dealings, contacts, or communications" with him effective immediately.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined the fray, telling the U.S. Ambassador that "allies should respect, not lecture, each other.
Roman Giertych then wrote a letter (see in the comments), escalating the rhetoric by comparing the demand for the Nobel Prize to the vanity of the Emperor Nero.
Here is what Włodzimierz Czarzasty said:
Włodzimierz Czarzasty: “Building new platforms like the 'Peace Council' by the United States is, in my opinion, deceptive. We must strengthen the European Union, NATO, the UN, and the WHO. Our security lies there.
President Trump, in my opinion, destabilises these organisations by representing a policy of force and conducting transactional politics. This often breaks principles, values, and international law.
His interpretation of history—for example, regarding the participation of Polish soldiers on missions—and his instrumental treatment of other territories, like Greenland, means I will not support the Nobel request for President Trump. He does not deserve it."
This Don Winslow video is a quiet indictment of everything trump broke. A spoiled rich kid who befriended our enemies, enriched himself, and gave Americans permission to be their worst.
His video shows far we’ve fallen... and what we MUST reclaim.
Congressman Jared Huffman, "If we're real and honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House"
"Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House"
"We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"
"This is shameful, a disgrace"
"To pretend everything is just fine right now?"
"The madman is in Europe driving our friends into the arms of our adversaries"
"Trump is doing immeasurable damage to our credibility o the world stage and you are just fine with it?"
"What the hell is wrong?"
"I'm not going to just sit here and pretend everything is fine"
"This is wrong. This is not normal. And I'm not going to normalise it"
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I love this man Nearly 4 yrs fighting for Ukraine
Lied to,let down,abused,ridiculed,death threats
He is a living symbol of the indestructible
Spirit of freedom & the embodiment of courage
President Zelenskyy & Ukrainians have
Shown the world what real courage is💪
Good morning and Merry Christmas to everyone who keeps showing up, reading, sharing, laughing, fighting the good fight, and proving that compassion is stronger than cruelty.
You are the gift that keeps giving!
I love you Tweeps!
XOXO,
BDD🙏💙🙏
🚨NEW: Republicans are calling for the firing of 60 Minutes journalist Sharon Alfonsi, who called out CBS News chief Bari Weiss for cancelling her segment on Trump’s inhumane deportations.
RETWEET if you stand with Alfonsi against the GOP!
🚨BREAKING: Actor Michael Shannon on Donald Trump: “He’s an idiot. He’s a total idiot. He’s not my president. I will never call him the President of the United States.”
What’s your response?
🚨NEW: JD Vance has attacked former White House Press Secretary and journalist Jen Pskai, telling her to “eat shit” for being critical of the Trump Administration.
RETWEET if you stand with @JrPsaki against Vance’s disgusting attack!
Donald Trump called for MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow to resign earlier this year to her critical coverage of the administration. He continues to try and attack the free press - but we won’t let him win.
RETWEET if you stand with @Maddow against Trump!
I cannot think of a leader in history who has shouldered the pain and suffering of a nation with such dignity, and unrelenting ambition to see his country emerge from darkness into the light of a better tomorrow.
He has been attacked not only by an indicted war criminal, but by the president of the most powerful country on earth, who is taking 30 pieces of silver from the Kremlin to betray an ally who’s soldiers died on the battlefield of Iraq alongside his own troops.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a president who will stand in the pantheon of great leaders. A man for who the lines etched onto his face reflect the pain he holds in his heart for every one of the tens of thousands of innocent Ukrainians who have lost their lives in his country. Murders now aided abetted by the complicity of the White House.
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Rob Reiner spent decades defending democracy and fighting for equality - even when it wasn’t easy or popular. At a moment when silence is safer, his willingness to speak out is a reminder that protecting democracy requires courage.
RETWEET to honor Reiner's legacy of justice ♥️