3. That said, let me be clear, Kirk said and did some things I detest. He didn’t deserve to get shot for it though. Nor did any of the many other people throughout history or current times that have been shot at or killed for expressing their beliefs and leading movements that threatened status quo.

2. RFK Sr's impromptu reflection upon MLK's assassination is great inspiration and advice for all of us in this moment. Well worth the five minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kW...

4/ But DJT wants to be a king or dictator rather than POTUS, of a constitutional democracy. And we are subject to his whims and declining mind because Congress has ceded its power and WE THE PEOPLE and other institutions have not resisted enough. Franklin said, we have a republic if you can keep it!

3/ The president should have taken the time to seek congressional authorization. In matters of war there should be a national discussion among elected officials, and we the people who will have to live with the consequences and the sacrifices of war that could endure for years. #Iran #bluesky

2/ The constitution is a living document in the sense that congressional powers erode when they aren’t exercised. A president dropping a dozen 30,000 pound bombs on a country that didn’t attack us has been normalized. I just Jackson said in the famous Youngstown decision …