I think diplomacy is still being pursued. The font issue is being handled by the State Department not the Department of War*

Also, the American has other potential sources of income/benefits such as SNAP, SSI, unemployment insurance, Medicaid etc. Cratchitt and his family didn't.

How is the remotely good for Congressional Dems? Goldman is an effective anti Trump advocate.

In 2024, he won reelection in a Trump +7 district. The reality is that in these districts views of Dems (especially primary voters) are way less important than views of Republicans and independents.

The question isn't whether he could be beaten in a primary but whether the candidate who did so would be as likely to win the general election.

I understand the sentiment, but I don't love to see it because this whole thing shouldn't be happening.

Even many who could afford to float this for a year still need the assistance.

This is not actually true. There were no billionaires when we did this. Moreover, it was an artifact of other policies and not quite something we actually decided. Is it a good idea? Not particularly.

What exactly do you want them to be told? I.e. Doing what will toast their career?

Why is this surprising? NYC has the toughest gun control laws in the nation.

The court would have issued it otherwise without the 48 hour expiration which is much shorter than usual.

His allowing foreign mercenaries may need some discussion......

No. Many excellent HHS Secretaries haven't been physicians and there are physicians who are as nuts as your retired nurse. This is about actual views, not credentials.

But also not the lefty DSA types trying to claim that Maduro is not an oppressive dictator.

Maybe. Or maybe I think the arc is longer than you do.

I'm not so sure he's committed any actual crimes (and he is high on the list of those Trump would pardon.)

The NFL does not seem to have cancelled Bad Bunny.

Effectively the same technology.

Trump is a fascist threat; I've said it many times. I merely refuse to join many of you in your fever-dream that the United States is now a fascist regime when it's not even a Hungarian or Turkish regime. I want people to be sober-minded and determined, not hysterical and ineffective.
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