Donald Root

Retired librarian. Francophile. Anglophile. Liberal. Gay activist. Atheist. Tennis aficionado. Proud son of a Newfoundlander. Kalamazoo College ‘77.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Deservedly scathing op-ed by the NYT:

“If Democrats retake both houses of Congress, and more state governments than they now control, it will tell the world that Mr. Trump does not represent most Americans. It will demonstrate that a country that starts to slide toward autocracy can move back to normalcy, as happened in Hungary this spring. Most important, it will create a desperately needed check on Mr. Trump during his final two years in office.
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In a 21-month span, he has done more harm to democracy and the rule of law than any other president in the modern era and perhaps longer than that. He has broken his oath to defend the Constitution by trying to rewrite it on his own. He has refused to honor Congress’s power of the purse and misused national security laws for political ends. He has defied federal court orders on Medicaid funding, deportation orders and more. He has dismantled the Justice Department’s legacy as an impartial enforcer of federal law, turning it into an instrument of retribution against his adversaries while canceling investigations into his allies. He has appointed inept sycophants to oversee crucial government functions, including law enforcement, national defense and public health. He has sought to disenfranchise large numbers of voters, claiming fraud that cannot be found, and championed an extreme new approach to partisan gerrymandering. He has physically besmirched the White House by demolishing the East Wing and financing a garish renovation with donations from wealthy allies.”

https://t.co/tsvjIjnOq9

[Sam Stein @samstein]

In a new poll, 15% of Americans said they believe between 1 and 5% of NCAA athletes are transgender.

14% think between it's between 6 and 25%.

Meanwhile, an NCAA spokesperson confirmed that the current number is "effectively" zero

https://t.co/sK40UIH7TJ

[Critter @asclepiasyriaca]

Imagine if you stood up at work and said “You know who has one hell of a beautiful ass? It’s Carol from accounting. Stand up Carol! Show them your ass!”

You’d be fired within the hour but the president gets a pass because everyone has accepted the fact that he’s a scumbag.

[PrinceHolger @PrinceHolger_]

HOLGER RUNE WINS !!!!

6/4, 6/7, 7-6 🆚 🇫🇷 Quentin Halys

First victory for Holger Rune since the Davis Cup and first victory on the ATP tour since 12 MONTHS.
This one will be a huge boost to his morale. Very very solid today — it’s great to see.

Vamos @holgerrune2003 ! 🔥

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

Yesterday Trump repeatedly called Abdul El-Sayed a "jihadist", told Nicki Minaj she had a "beautiful ass" and asked her to stand up so the crowd could admire it, and yet the dumbest people on Twitter are still pretending to be offended by a mention of the Cheesecake Factory.

[Mandy Patinkin @PatinkinMandy]

Help get @AbdulElSayed elected to the senate!

Get involved and help at https://t.co/R9TktAzHWJ
https://t.co/6JFjNJzwkG

Abdul isn’t the scary person his opponents want you to be afraid of.

There’s so much work going into making people afraid of Abdul. People focus on his Muslim name, make accusations about who he’s connected to, and warn that he’s going to force Sharia law on everyone. You hear it over and over again. And I think we should stop and ask why they’re working so hard to make us afraid of him.

It’s hard for me to hear Muslims and Arabs talked about this way without thinking about our own Jewish history. We know what it’s like to have people treat your identity as a reason to distrust you, to make you seem threatening just because of who you are. I’m not telling anyone what they have to believe about Abdul. I’m asking people to recognize that this kind of talk should sound familiar to us.

And look, I understand that people in our community are scared right now. There are real threats, real grief, and real reasons to be worried about Jewish safety. I’m not trying to minimize any of that. But what do we actually do about it?
For me, this comes down to a pretty simple question: Who is going to protect the democracy that has helped keep Jews safe in America? Who is going to stand up for the rights of all of us? Abdul. Because I believe protecting our community means protecting the democracy we all depend on.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Let’s put America first- vote @AbdulElSayed

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Hasan Piker: “Trans people are 1% of the population. They shouldn’t be talked about endlessly. Muslims are 1% of the population. They shouldn’t be talked about endlessly. It’s not a Guatemalan migrant that made your housing more expensive. It’s your landlord, it’s hedge funds buying out all of these homes and rising up their prices. A transgender person is not the reason your energy costs are skyrocketing. It’s the wars we’re waging, the data centers sucking up the energy needs. This is just the truth”

[Robbie G. Smither @rgsmither]

Yesterday it was my Republican wife and I.

Today, it was my 75 year old Republican mother who put her grandsons’ future first, by casting her vote for @DavidJollyFL.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

I don’t give a rat’s ass that Lindsey Graham was a closeted gay. We all knew that years ago! I do give a shit that he was a lying hypocrite who voted against others who didn’t hide their sexuality. 🤬

[Xeloph @Xeloph]

"I don't mind trans people, I just don't want their existence shoved down my throat"

Brother, it's conservatives shoving trans people down your throat. They can't shut the fuck up about them. It's every political podcast, rally, and advertisement. It's all they think about.

[Donald Root @ropt_donald]

@justonetribble Since I know that you love him so, I would be happy for you to have this. I can mail it to you in England at my expense. If so, send me your mailing address in a a private message. ❤️

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Trump is sickening.

Moments ago in South Carolina, he just called Dr. Annie Andrews “tranny Annie Andrews”.

Are these the people you actually want running our government? I don’t care what political party you support, it’s time for change and you have to admit that.

There’s everything wrong with this and I know I’m voting Democrat because I’m sick and tired of it.

[Liberal Lisa in Oklahoma @lisa_liberal]

FUUUUUUCK MATTHEW McConaughey.

[Turnbull @cturnbull1968]

Transgender and socialism are interchangeable words that Republicans use whenever they don’t want to talk about their inability to govern.

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

Trump admits that Russia is helping Iran to kill and maim American troops.

But just a “very little.”

This is a grotesque betrayal of US forces on the battlefield in this war—and their families.

The war that Trump launched.

No American Commander-in-Chief has sunk so low.

[FireFighterDev @fire_starter457]

MAGA: We want TRADITIONAL 1950’s American values!

Me: So new social programs? Infrastructure funding? Cheap college? No for-profit healthcare?

MAGA: What? No!

Me: Oh, so strong banking regulations? 91% tax rate over $2 million a year?

MAGA: God no, we just wanna be openly racist again.

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Now HERE is a fact we should Talk about EVERY Day