Learn our lessons. Many rightwing freakouts are preceded by an outrageous act that then becomes elided in favor of appealing to peoples' prejudice. Right now the Crumbleys of Michigan appear impossible to sympathize with, having given their homicidal child a deadly weapon.
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@JuliaEColeman If you want reform for women, the @mngop@GOP is not your party. It's become the party of conspiracy theorists and cranks and predators like Donald Trump and @GOPtony
Tides of history, like those of the oceans, ebb and flow. Promising signs today from France and beyond that perhaps the high-water mark for autocracy is beginning to recede. Perhaps. Vigilance and perseverance is required. More battles lie ahead. But hope is warranted.
This seems pretty important: There's an ongoing collapse in pro-institution sentiment among Republicans—who disapprove of colleges, big corporations, tech firms, media, entertainment, and unions. Basically: Everything is bad, except church.
https://t.co/x0hnTvJzFN
If the @gop cannot provide policy initiatives that improve people's lives, they will happily provide bread and circuses -- distractions. @ChrisMurphyCT
The most important issue to Republicans is destroying Disney because the company won’t discriminate against gay people.
Just chew on that for a minute.
Unprincipled cowards, traitors to the Constitution MT ‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6 https://t.co/TKhy6uIXT9
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. -Robert Lynd, writer (20 Apr 1879-1949)