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As tonight’s unfolding #Ukraine tragedy underscores only too starkly—
—the @POTUS @JoeBiden Administration MUST PRESERVE (extended)#DETERRENCE 100% in the forthcoming #Nuclear Posture Review/#NPR.
Must avoid not only “#NoFirstUse/#NFU”—BUT ALSO “#SolePurpose”—road to perdition!
—the @POTUS @JoeBiden Administration MUST PRESERVE (extended)#DETERRENCE 100% in the forthcoming #Nuclear Posture Review/#NPR.
Must avoid not only “#NoFirstUse/#NFU”—BUT ALSO “#SolePurpose”—road to perdition!
Virtue signaling is no substitute for #deterrence signaling!
The #NPR must avoid not only widely-dismissed “#NoFirstUse” (#NFU) language, but also the dangerous concept of “#SolePurpose.”
Text/graphics from @DeptofDefense 2021 #China #Military Power Report show key reasons why.
The #NPR must avoid not only widely-dismissed “#NoFirstUse” (#NFU) language, but also the dangerous concept of “#SolePurpose.”
Text/graphics from @DeptofDefense 2021 #China #Military Power Report show key reasons why.
“#SolePurpose” = unacceptably erosive/destabilizing, not a no-or-low-cost #VirtueSignaling sop to #ArmsControl idealism.
Would reduce credibility/#deterrent of @POTUS’s potential counters to massive #conventional offensives by #Russia/#China.
Tragic reminder tonight in #Ukraine
Would reduce credibility/#deterrent of @POTUS’s potential counters to massive #conventional offensives by #Russia/#China.
Tragic reminder tonight in #Ukraine
With news breaking that Trump advisors say he's "unstable" and "out of his mind," now seems like a good time to remind everyone we really did hand this desperate psychopath the absolute power to use nuclear weapons and kill millions of people.
Here's how it would go down:
Here's how it would go down:
People always try to tell me this can't be how it works. They need to believe that someone — the Defense Secretary, the Joint Chiefs, or a general, somewhere, surely — has to sign off on it. Because the facts sound too obviously crazy to be real.
I get it, and I'm sorry, BUT.
I get it, and I'm sorry, BUT.
Everywhere Trump goes, a locked briefcase follows. Inside it is everything he needs to launch weapons that can end all life on Earth. At any moment he can open it up, flip through a book of targets, pick up the phone, and order up whichever armageddon on the menu he likes best.
“The danger he poses is related to past dangerousness he has shown in terms of verbal aggression, boasting about assaults, paranoid reactions… This is a national security threat and the White House has a credibility crisis.” @pttrn_ntgrty #The25thFor45
“It cannot be that here and now in 2020 we allow the government of the people, by the people and for the people to perish on this earth. No, it cannot and it must not… WE WILL VOTE.” @JoeBiden in Gettysburg
“The FBI says white nationalism is a real problem, and the FBI wants to do something about it, but President* Trump doesn’t want to talk about that. He doesn’t keep the country safe.” @GenMhayden @RVAT2020
Typical income taxes:
Teachers paid $7239
Firefighters paid $5283
Nurses paid $10,216
...and Donald Trump paid $750.
That is unfair by any measure.
#VOTE @JoeBiden #TrumpTaxReturns
Teachers paid $7239
Firefighters paid $5283
Nurses paid $10,216
...and Donald Trump paid $750.
That is unfair by any measure.
#VOTE @JoeBiden #TrumpTaxReturns
“Who do you owe the money to? Do you owe debt to ANY foreign nation? Do you owe anybody money who is impacted by any decision you make as president* of the United States? WE NEED TO KNOW THAT.” @KamalaHarris
Who does President* Trump owe $421,000,000 to?
Don’t the American people deserve to know?
#TrumpTaxReturns #BrokeAssPresident
Don’t the American people deserve to know?
#TrumpTaxReturns #BrokeAssPresident
“President* Trump’s actions and language are in fact racist. Those words gave permission to white supremacists to think what they were doing was permissible… We are less safe today because of his leadership.” @NeuSummits @RVAT2020
"These people actually hate America. At the same time, they desperately want to control America." Tucker Carlson @ReallyAmerican1 #FireTuckerCarlsonNow #TuckerDunksTrump
I’m voting for Joe Biden and my vote is the vote that is going to make a difference. Pass it on.
@DoYouEvenLif #BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica
@DoYouEvenLif #BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica
Bullock's first-strike answer was horrifying. Disqualifying.
"No first use of nuclear weapons" should be a no-brainer. For Bullock to suggest that as president he'd use the threat of nuclear attack as a bargaining chip is appalling.
A couple of people have told me it's bad to make a #nofirstuse pledge because it limits the president's options. I asked them under what circumstances an American president should launch a nuclear first strike.
#Nukes are in the news a LOT, and it's scary that one man has his finger on the button. But we built them, we can take them apart, and we don’t have to have one person in charge of ending the world. Learn more about #NoFirstUse at bit.ly/nfuqa
A #NoFirstUse (NFU) policy is a commitment by a country to never be the first to use #nuclearweapons in a conflict. Learn more about why a country should adopt a No First Use policy and what you can do about it in our Q&A outrider.org/nuclear-weapon…
You can see how a #BombBlast would impact the place where you live on our website too. We'd love more people to learn about this - Here's a short link you can share with friends and family: Outrider.org/nukes
We should never be the first to use a nuclear weapon in a conflict. I'm proud to join with @RepAdamSmith, Chairman of @HASCDemocrats, to introduce a bill that formalizes what most Americans already believe: the United States should never initiate a nuclear war. #NoFirstUse
Here’s my entire bill on #NoFirstUse:
The only purpose of the US nuclear arsenal should be deterrence. Retaining the right to use nuclear weapons first won’t make Americans safer. In fact, in increases the possibility of a dangerous miscalculation & puts us – & everyone else – at greater risk of nuclear devastation.
1/ With Mattis and Kelly heading for the door and the myth of “adults in the room” evaporating, now feels like a good time to remind everyone that, yes, We The People really did hand a flailing, impulsive ignoramus the unadulterated power to end life on Earth as we know it.
2/ On a daily basis folks insist to me this isn’t how it works. They need to believe that someone — Sec Def, the Joint Chiefs, or a general, somewhere, surely — has to agree. Because the alternative sounds too insane to be real life.
Allow me to burst your precious bubble.
Allow me to burst your precious bubble.
3/ Everywhere Trump goes, the nuclear briefcase follows. Inside it are levers to weapons made to wipe cities off the map. At any moment he can open it up, flip through its black book of targets, pick up the phone, and tell the Pentagon which armageddon on the menu he likes best.
Worried that @realDonaldTrump could launch a nuclear war? @RepTedLieu and @SenMarkey's bipartisan bill would prevent @POTUS from launching a nuclear first strike w/o Congressional authorization. Congress must act now to preserve global stability & pass our bill. RT if you agree. 
#HR669 continues to gain support from Members of Congress who agree that Congress must be a check on @POTUS authority to use nuclear weapons. Is yours one of them? Check here: bit.ly/2qm9OuN. #NoFirstUse
Thank you to the following Members of Congress for supporting #HR669:
✅@RepMcGovern
✅@RepGaramendi
✅@RepYvetteClarke
✅@repblumenauer
✅@RepRaulGrijalva
✅@repmarkpocan
✅@RepBarbaraLee
✅@PeterWelch
✅@EleanorNorton
✅@RepMaloney
✅@RepKarenBass
✅@RepRaskin
#NoFirstUse
✅@RepMcGovern
✅@RepGaramendi
✅@RepYvetteClarke
✅@repblumenauer
✅@RepRaulGrijalva
✅@repmarkpocan
✅@RepBarbaraLee
✅@PeterWelch
✅@EleanorNorton
✅@RepMaloney
✅@RepKarenBass
✅@RepRaskin
#NoFirstUse
