22 years ago today, my life was forever changed when the helicopter I was co-piloting was hit by an RPG. I wouldn’t have lasted the hour if it weren’t for my buddies who thought I was dead but refused to leave my body behind. Waking up in Walter Reed 11 days later, I vowed to find a way to repay them, as well as all those who sacrifice so much for our nation.
Reflecting on that day now, it sickens me to my core how much this Administration exploits today’s heroes. Our brave troops will always answer the call to serve. Our nation’s leaders owe it to them to ensure the missions we ask them to carry out are justified. The President has still failed to tell our servicemembers why his illegal war is worth their sacrifices, how long they’ll be asked to remain overseas and what his plan is to bring them home safely.
Enough is enough. As Congress negotiates the next funding package, I refuse to accept a deal that continues to hand Donald Trump billions toward waging his disastrous, illegal and out-of-control war. Congress wields the power of the purse, and we cannot allow one more cent to go toward a war the American people have made clear they do not want and that their elected representatives never voted for.
Those still clinging to this crazy alibi for Putin that he was justified in invading Ukraine to stop NATO expansion, please listen here to PUTIN'S top negotiator.
He's not talking about NATO. He is threatening to annex more Ukrainian land. Full stop.
The peace talks are failing because Putin still believes he can win the war, and because Trump, Kushner and Witkoff encourage this belief. By pressuring Ukraine, not Russia, they are prolonging the conflict, which will kill more people.
A woman enduring a miscarriage is heartbroken, confused, terrified, often alone and in pain. She's in no shape to sift through blood and tissue in her toilet bowl. The authors of this bill should be named, shamed and never allowed to escape condemnation for their depravity.
A USF professor and nurse from Nigeria has been in ICE custody for 2 months. She no longer appears in the database but might be in Louisiana. She had a protection from removal order/no record. This is inhumane we must get these people out of detention.
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SENATOR SCOTT COLOM (Mississippi)-D. In honor of all those who lost their lives in Freedom Summer. For Medgar Evers. For Fannie Lou Hammer. For our ancestors. There’s Blood on that Ballot Box.
- Anne Applebaum:
"Steve Witkoff has no experience with Russia or diplomacy. I fear he imagines a US-Russia pact where he, his son, Trump's family or their circle benefit personally.
It's disturbing that American foreign policy conducted not for the US, allies or world peace, but for private interests.
Putin knows Trump is vulnerable to such deals ... that's why he keeps suggesting them.
Witkoff and Trump's entourage behave like Russians: capture the state, use it for personal wealth."...
The future of the USA is in a good hand. The Fort Hamilton High School of Bay Ridge's project for today is to clean up the small beach under the Verrazzano Bridge including the removal of this huge tire. Horseshoe Crabs will have a nice beach to lay their eggs. Video by Gus Keri.
Vitamin C is also called ‘ascorbic acid.’
The Greek-derived prefix ‘a-’ means “not, without.”
‘Scorbutus’ in New Latin means “scurvy.”
So ‘ascorbic acid’ is ‘no-scurvy acid.’
Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was taken to a detention center and held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care, even though my skin burned from the chemicals.