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The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country. The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US. He had a golf tournament to get to.

Yes. I do not want to ever 'move on' again. Every time we turn the cheek, overlook the criminality, absolve the sins, they come back worse. I want punishment. Deterrence. Retribution. Err on the side of excess, not lenity. Anything less is asking them to come back worse yet again.

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JD Vance last month: "If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there’s nothing America can do for you" www.politico.com/live-updates...

Problem is: people who shamelessly lie are often not super-impressed by charges of hypocrisy.

Call out to all the Republicans who have posed for photo ops with Zelensky: Is today the day to finally speak out? Patriotism demands it.

NYT and WaPo getting dogwalked by the sexual assaulting pizza critic

Someone ask Musk to change a tire

It's also public information, by law! I feel like I'm losing my mind.

Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.