If you leave Trump in office, he will use his office to incite more violence.
Once you realize the Senate is a bunch of Ents, you can never un-realize it.
Both houses of Congress authorized the use of military force within 72 hours of 9/11. Congress can move quickly in response to terrorism when it wants to. Impeachment needn’t take weeks.
Yes, we were right. We continue to be right. You should start listening to us. If Congress leaves Trump in office, he will use his office to incite more violence.
Both houses of Congress authorized the use of force within 72 hours of 9/11. Congress can act quickly in response to terrorism if it wants to. So I’d like to hear less “if we can” and more “we must.”
Just thinking about how the New York Times kept insisting Donald Trump was running a “law and order campaign” even as he was encouraging his supporters to become violent on his behalf.
I’m *pretty skeptical* that if BLM activists spent a month publicly detailing their plans to go to DC to overturn an election by force they’d be allowed to get close enough to the Capitol to brawl with cops on the steps and force evacuations.
It was always pretty clear that the Lincoln Project ads that got a lot of attention were unlikely to be particularly effective wrt actual voters Joe Biden needed. Not because “Twitter isn’t real life” but because Democratic voters aren’t GOP voters. (1/N)
A lot of Democratic activists are perpetually frustrated Democrats aren’t more “aggressive” and “hard-hitting.” (I often share this view!) So they’d see a harsh LP ad and think “See, Republicans know how to throw a punch!” and assume the LP ads were *effective.* (2/N)
(There’s nothing some Democrats enjoy more than assuming Republicans are strategic geniuses.) (3/N)
Hi. I see you’re a former prosecutor. I’m curious how many poor black defendants you decided to let history, not a jury, judge. Or is that reserved for powerful white fascists?
Putting a former Secretary of State in a sub-Sec/State international role focused on climate is a big deal, as is establishing a climate seat on the NSC.
These are both *really* good signs about the Biden administration’s seriousness about climate.
I strongly suspect I will at some point find the administration’s approach to climate inadequate, but for now, it’s weird to see people overlooking the significance of the Kerry announcement in favor of being disappointed by something it didn’t actually say (Kerry = Climate Czar)
I think some of this is people are underestimating how rare it is for a former Secretary of State to take on a smaller international role. IIRC, Baker did some Iraq-related envoy thing but I don't think that was as full-time as this seems to be. Can't think of another.