"Naturally, he attempts to cast his opponents in that role, for, as history shows, this charge is the refuge of scoundrels, demagogues, and dictators.”

"If you’re a populist who’s grown disaffected with the president (and there are quite a few of those lately), that’s as glaring a “from pig to man, and from man to pig” moment as you’ll ever get." - Nick Cattogio

"He is not the only American citizen inadvertently caught up in the ICE raids. Moreover, noncitizens legally in the country have also been targeted for removal." - David Koyzis
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"One recent report in the San Francisco Chronicle concerns Miguel Silvestre, who was born in Stockton, California, but more than once has been targeted for removal, based, it appears, solely on his name and ethnic roots."

"He and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are unfathomably ignorant about modern warfare. Such a move could lead not just to a lot of pointless death but to unpredictable chaos.”

"But any land war, which is what it would take to generate such a distraction, will be difficult and unpredictable."

"They had no idea things had been going so bad for the army. The news had been long hidden from them. The psychological shock was immense.”

"We are seeing Donald Trump and those around him pick targets to go after, and make them obey the administration’s wishes.”

"The contest between political parties has degenerated into a sort of tribal warfare, where each party was trying to inflict the maximum damage upon the opposite tribe, at whatever cost.”

“Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, the chair of the National Governors Association, said Thursday that he opposes sending National Guard troops across state borders without the permission of the state receiving them,” the Associated Press reported.”

"It was the moment I fully recognized that the damage I’m doing to our country for the safety of a comfortable office job and a paycheck is no longer an abstract concept I can ignore.“