Please let this be true today:
“There was always just enough virtue in this Republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency.” —William Seward, Secretary of State during the civil war.
Yesterday I joined the Skakel Kennedy family in celebrating Ethel Skakel Kennedy: a proud Irish American and life long social justice and civil rights advocate. The day was joyful, sad, funny, and reverent; emblematic of the woman and her family. Nì bheidh a leithèid arìs ann
“So what?”
Trump’s response when told by an aide that his VP’s life was in danger on Jan 6.
Is anyone really surprised that Trump cared nothing about our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power… or his VP’s life?
Still want the job, JD?
No, JD.
Donald Trump did not “peacefully” turn over power. Not by a long shot.
He lost the election and lied about it. He incited violence to keep power. And no revisionist history will change that.
If you can’t stand up to Trump now, you never will.
🔥🔥 from @NicolleDWallace: “I think it's time to draw a line in the sand and call bullshit on people who say, ‘I'm not voting for Trump, but I can't do it for Harris.’ … Trump is anti-Constitution, anti-rule of law. If you're a Republican who isn't voting for him because you care about any one of those things, it's bullshit if you're not campaigning for Kamala Harris.”
Today is the first day to vote in Virginia. Did not want to waste a minute to cast my ballot for Harris/Walz and to save our democracy! A lot of people voting but the line moves quickly.
Were we better off 4 years ago under Trump? Hell no
Dow Jones Close 9/11/20: 27,665
Dow Close 9/11/24: 40,736
Unemployment 8/2020: 8.4%
Unemployment 8/2024: 4.2%
International view of the US 2020: 34% positive
International view 2024: 59% positive
We're not going back!
In the debate, Trump claimed he he fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper because he “did a bad job”
Trump fired the Iraq war vet & lifelong Republican by tweet on Nov 9, 2020
Here’s the real reason. This is how close we came at the end of Trump’s term 👇
“When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occassions, he’s like the 12-year old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. ‘My hero!’ It’s really creepy.”
- @TurnbullMalcolm, 29th Prime Minister of Australia.