Former President Obama says Democrats made a mistake by making goals materialistic and instrumental: "What people are starved for at the moment is the ability to tell a moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment."
GOAL, Mechanicsburg. New Oxford had trimmed the lead to 9-6, but Erik Stedjan authors the Wikdcats' response. @GoMechanicsburg leads 10-6 w/ 2:29 left.
Trump brags to Bret Baier about granting Alice Johnson clemency.
Baier informs him that she would be killed under his policy proposal of executing drug dealers.
Trump is caught off guard: "No, no. No. Under my pl–. Under that? UHHHHHHHHHHH..."
We repeatedly told @DrOz that we had pre-made veggie trays..excuse me “Crudité”…in the deli starting at $5.99. $7.99 with guacamole and salsa. Vote @JohnFetterman!
It is disturbing that none of the coverage of the US killing of al-Zawahiri by @nytimes@washingtonpost etc., even mentions the issue of the legal basis for the killing.
Why should they consider legality? A short 🧵
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This article should be required reading for the @POTUS Democracy Summit on 9-10 December. In fact @anneapplebaum should address the first session. Time to get serious. The forces of impunity are on the march - abroad and at home. https://t.co/ZUN1T9Fn02
My friend Cate Stetson represents the petitioners in both cases. In her cert petitions (linked below), she dissects the respective CA5 decisions with surgical precision and demonstrates—respectfully but unsparingly—their flagrant departure from controlling legal standards.
The US foreign policy establishment had a real opportunity this week to confront and learn from its 20-year failure in Afghanistan. Instead, just like in Iraq, it’s refused, blaming it all on poor execution. American empire can never fail, it can only be failed.
Scoop: Biden widely expected to nominate human rights expert Sarah Margon for a senior State Department post overseeing democracy and human rights issues, administration insiders tell @JackDetsch and me https://t.co/zXizY3NPGQ