"Rubio’s speech lamented modern Europe’s loss of fire, passion, and courage, omitted any mention of Ukraine—surely a shining modern-day example of fighting spirit and heroic sacrifice. Nor did it say a word about Russia’s campaign of sabotage and subversion."
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Four brothers went to war against Hitler. Three were killed. The fourth survived, and his grandson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is the president of Ukraine.
Zelensky comes from a family that fought tyrants: Trump negotiates with them while demanding concessions from their victims.
Trump says it's too bad that Putin's army did not make it into Kiev and take over the country.
Ukraine is an ally of the United States. Or was.
Trump is on Putin's side. He wants Putin to win. And I explain this in my new book.
Check out HowRussiaWon.com.
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
“It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public.
The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy.”
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Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage?
It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
By the way, if we need a drone complex in DC, there are military bases nearby set up for that kind of thing. Fort McNair is three miles from the White House. Just kick out Stephen Miller, Hegseth, and Rubio, and build a drone center where they've been living in taxpayer housing.
Trump administration sitrep, Sep. 20, 2026:
The megalomania and the narcissism, the machismo and the militarism, the bigotry and the nativism, are all increasingly out of control.
This is an excellent excerpt from Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social . It's well worth two minutes of your time.
I'll be reading her full text later today.
In a powerful Rosh Hashanah sermon, @weareikar.bsky.social's Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social explains why she's become disillusioned with how we track antisemitism today.
Just like with the ballroom, another scam by Trump to turn this into a “military complex” to prevent the courts from intervening by using “national security” as his excuse for vanity projects.
Former special counsel Robert Mueller was asked if Russia is still interfering in our elections. He responded “They’re doing it as we sit here” during his 2019 congressional testimony.
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
With 45 days until the midterms, I urge you all to:
1) Help get out the vote.
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference.
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism.
We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
Trump misstating and touting a meaningless deal over Greenland, while the entire Middle East security architecture falls apart due to his own actions, is emblematic of this administration’s foreign policy.
New in PN: Retire in peace
"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health. n.pr/4Aw2pYX
“60 Minutes” — once a fearless national treasure — has been largely gutted. Over a year ago, I appeared on “60 Minutes” because I trusted the leaders of CBS to report the news with honesty and bravery.
That will be my last appearance on the show. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.
Baloney.
Economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social debunks their lies. Watch.
Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care."
So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents.
It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/
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🚨BREAKING: Democrats renewed their bid Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order.
I am proud to be representing the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries in the critical fight for voting rights. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The guy who did such an incredible job with the Reflecting Pool, Ballroom, Kennedy Center, National Mall, and Great American Fair is going to redesign our warships. What could go wrong?
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states.
The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.
Screwworm cases continue to rise.
And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
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Terrible things are happening outside. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Everyone is scared. — Anne Frank Diary