GOP Sen. Lankford: President Biden was correct in the things he was laying out about the bipartisan border bill. It would have increased the number of border agents, the number of asylum officers, it would have radically changed the way we did processing. Republicans killed it

Thinking about the day the 2024 election is called for Biden. We’re all gonna dance in the streets like last time. Singing and laughing and hugging. We’ll party into the night.

It will be one of the greatest feelings of relief we’ve EVER experienced. Like our country has…1/🧵

“My job is to provide the air cover for those that maybe aren't willing to step out and say Donald Trump is wrong for not only this party, but for this country.” Georgia’s former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan on why he’s urging Republicans to vote Joe Biden.

It’s almost like a moral panic was entirely manufactured to advance a political agenda.

GOP Senator Mitt Romney:

“I am not going to be voting for President Trump…When someone has been determined by a jury to have committed sexual assault, that is not someone who I want my kids and grandkids to see as President of the United States.”

Boebert doesn’t show up for her son’s criminal court dates where he says he can’t afford a lawyer. Instead, the MAGA Mother of the Year is up in NYC giving a hand to Donald Trump.

Dear Raw Milk drinkers— behold your future:

“West Virginia politician falls ill due to drinking unpasteurized milk after helping pass a law that legalized raw milk.”

eater.com/2016/3/9/11186…

Sanders puts this moment in the right context: 1776, 1861, 1929, 1941:

“Today, in 2024, our country once again faces a pivotal moment in American history. The crises facing us are enormous. The consequences if we fail are unthinkable.”

It’s Biden time!
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“I call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ... declare that Israel will not establish civilian control over the Gaza strip, that Israel will not establish military governance in the Gaza strip, and that a governing alternative to Hamas ... will be raised immediately.”

Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes goes off on Republican politicians who’ve appeared at the Trump trial: “I see politicians running toward the sound of the sleaze because that's what their master is demanding them…So much for the party of morality, so much for the party of

Sen. Mitt Romney on Republicans who’ve attended Trump’s criminal trial:

“I think it’s a little demeaning to show up in front of a courthouse—and particularly one where we’re talking about an allegation of paying a porn star. It’s really very difficult to watch...There’s a level

A Missouri 6th grade girl is mature enough to open carry a loaded rifle and a pregnancy, but not mature enough to pick out her own reading material or sit in the front seat of a car.

No worries though because the Kansas City Chiefs kicker says she’s best suited for the kitchen.

“I wouldn’t believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized.”
— Mayor Edward I. Koch, 1990

“The antidote to doom is doing” | My commentary with Prof. Katharine Hayhoe in today’s Financial Times (no paywall): sustainableviews.com/the-antidote-t…

This is outrageous.

ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and FOX News did not cover the fact that Trump suggested $1 billion from Big Oil CEOs to his campaign would be enough to buy his agenda.

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How is it that everyone who comes to the trial on Trump's behalf ends up attacking the judges daughter in violation of the gag order

NYTimes Blockbuster on Climate and Home Insurance thinc.blog/2024/05/14/nyt…

If he can fit it into his court appearances…

Wage growth has outpaced inflation for the last year, according to statistics. But a national report on public radio just told me the opposite, based on vibes. Reporters who are too lazy to look things up are going to deliver us a dictatorship if they don’t wake up.