59 years ago today, Israel attacked the USS Liberty in international waters. 34 crew members were killed and 174 were wounded by the IDF.
Today, I spoke on the House floor to honor the fallen and to recognize the survivors who were present in the gallery.
You were not roasted, at least not by Laurie, who politely mocked you. (You want to see what a roasting looks like? Try criticizing Indian food. Trust me on that one.)
As House would say, people responded "because he was right, which meant that nothing else mattered."
Gonna explain it so that even completely brain dead #MAGA cult members can understand it:
I live in Los Angeles. I am a moderate who can’t stand the ultra left and ultra right. Bass isn’t great and maybe she will lose to the progressive who will run against her? She would have much rather been running against Pratt in November! She would have had a 95% of winning against Pratt. Maybe a 60% chance now against Raman. Anyone who thinks there is fraud is happening is either incredibly stupid OR purposefully lying—no other choices. Statistically and indisputably, 75% of Los Angeles is either Democrats or independents who lean Democrat because the candidates who are Republican always end up being stupid MAGA clowns since 2016.
Trump got 26% of the vote in Los Angeles in 2024. Pratt will end up with slightly less than that, which makes sense, since he ran his campaign as an obnoxious MAGA asshole in an environment where Trump’s approval ratings are their lowest ever!
Most people in L.A. vote by mail, in a 100.00% legal way, and often wait until the last few days before/on election day to send their ballots in. Those mail-in ballots lean SUPER HEAVILY to Democrats, ironically because the same brainless MAGA cult members attack mail-in-voting and hurt what ever absolutely miniscule chance they have of winning!
So stop the fucking nonsense. Election deniers are among the dumbest organisms—and claiming fraud in this Los Angeles Mayoral election is the dumbest of the dumb.
This is an echo of the terrible smear that became a pop culture trope about Vietnam veterans: that they came back as walking time bombs. Whether you are pro or con Platner, he chose to go to war, and America's veterans are not "broken" people.
What happens to a democracy when the ultimate crimes go unpunished?
In the next episode of Six Questions, @StevenBeschloss sits down with @gtconway3d to confront the core crisis facing our nation: the cost of zero presidential accountability.
They aren't just talking about the legal system—they’re exposing how a lack of justice is actively poisoning American civility and public discourse.
6 urgent questions. No meandering. Pure focus.
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"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it." - Roald Dahl
Ranchers, the GOP let this happen. They voted to let DOGE and Trump eradicate funding for screwworm monitoring programs. Now, screwworm is here and cases are rising by the day.