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I’m horrified by the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers at an event in DC last night. The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.

A book I will always recommend on this broader topic.

Perfect

Good Night World

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/20/s...

True that

If they can illegally send anyone to an El Salvador prison illegally and not bring them back, they can illegally send you to an El Salvador prison and not bring you back. How can anyone defend this?

"Even when adjusting for inflation, that amount would be triple the tax increase put in place in 1942 to pay the cost of fighting World War II."

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

This is so wrong!

Heather Cox Richardson: Tom Nichols: POTUS would use force against an ally in an unprovoked war [agnst Greenland/Denmark] & the entire world is so used to ignoring him like a crazy grandpa in the attic that it’s not the biggest story on the planet. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-31-2...

We don't need vaccines because we don't see widespread disease We don't need clean water regulations because we have clean water We don't need bank regulation because we haven't had a financial crisis since 2008 We don't need NATO/US hegemony because Europeans haven't killed each other since WWII

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

Sadly I think there is wisdom to this post.

True that.

Their stupidity is a feature not a bug.

This comment shares important info

Important point

Circling back on this…

Exactly & US elected this clown show

Yes!

One of the things that's really hobbling older liberal leadership, Bernie included, is this reflex they have to show broad mindedness by using a kind of corporate version of Rogerian argument, where you always begin by acknowledging common ground or points of agreement you share with your opponent

Any member of the military who did what they did on signal would be kicked out or arrested.

Exactly

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

True that

If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you? My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.