Bernie Sanders: "I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Graham Platner is the next Senator from the state of Maine."
He knew Platner was a Nazi and abuser and proudly stood by him.
Let it be known the the New York Times had this information and chose, instead, to try to provide cover for Graham Platner.
The New York Times is a dumpster fire.
Turkey under Erdogan backs Hamas, threatens Israel, occupies half of Cyprus, menaces Greece, and openly talks about conquering Jerusalem.
So why on earth would the U.S. even consider handing Ankara F-35s?
https://t.co/o82AaRwT5u
Erdogan has destroyed his main opposition party and jailed many of its leaders, as he has jailed and disappeared outspoken opponents for years. He threatens other NATO countries, works closely with Putin, who provides him with S-400 SAM advanced-mobile missile systems, occupies Cyprus, threatens Greece, threatens Israel, is allied with Iran and Qatar, backs the slaughter of Christians in Syria and Kurds anywhere, funded Hamas and gave safe harbor to several of its leaders, and supports Hezbollah. And his ambition to to re-establish something akin to the Ottoman Empire. AND WE ARE SELLING THIS THUG OUR ADVANCED F-35 JETS FIGHTERS AND JET ENGINES! There's no excuse for this.
Erdogan is a madman. We should not sell him shit. He has backed the slaughter of Christians in Syria and Kurds as well. He threatens Israel and Greece. He’s a Putin and Iran ally. The list of horribles goes on. This sale only emboldens him.
Watch for more smears of Netanyahu by senior administration officials in Axios. Of course, talking up Erdogan and talking down Netanyahu isn’t exactly wise.
The US mows roughly 12 million acres of roadside every year. That's larger than the state of Maryland, maintained as mowed grass that feeds almost nothing, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
North Carolina figured out a better use for it in 1985. What started as 12 experimental acres of native wildflowers planted along roadsides has grown to 1,500 managed acres across the state, saving an estimated $200,000 a year in mowing costs while providing habitat for pollinators, birds, and the beneficial insects that control crop pests on nearby farms.
A 2024 BioScience review found something surprising to many: a mown safety strip immediately adjacent to the pavement, with native wildflowers planted in the wider verge beyond it, actually reduces insect mortality by keeping pollinators on one side of the road rather than crossing it.
12 million acres is an enormous amount of potential habitat that currently does almost nothing. The fix isn't complicated. It's mostly just stopping the mower in the right places.
Studies:
Doi 10.1093/biosci/biad111
Doi 10.1007/s10841-018-0051-2
🇺🇸 Lenin criticized the US for capitalist, bourgeoisie democracy. But free people and free markets created the most prosperous nation in the world, able to improve itself, innovate, & get out of the way of its people, while totalitarian structures like the USSR stagnate & die. 👇
💥NEW: John Fetterman🇺🇸
"America is a MIRACLE. I'm concerned being patriotic is becoming more & more partisan! Now for me as a Democrat I'm INSANELY proud to be American! So regardless of who is in the White House, that doesn't change my view & love & devotion to this nation."
He doesn’t understand America. No one — no one! — who believes America is exceptional thinks so because we are “richer.” We’re not Qatar. We are exceptional because we are built on a covenant that establishes liberty as our basic principle. That’s exactly what he wants to change.