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In that case, I take back what I wrote about him.
Well, that ends my utilization of AirB’nB.
How can so many, presumably smart people be such inhumane bastards?

Maybe intelligence is not an indicator of wisdom, empathy, or ability to ascertain truth, justice, or fairness.
There are many reasons to declare, "Never Forget!" Dick Cheney's role in Iraq 2, being a major one.
Incidentally, this is not a real Horseshoe effect. In this case both left and right actually have very good reasons to criticize Cheney.
The left: his strident & relentless championing of military intervention (which only destabilized every country)
The right: from their America First isolationism.
But, we all know, and I think history bears this out, that American conservatives have a lot more "complications" in their past that they will have to atone for.
I think they'll find a way to skirt caring about this violation, too. We'll see, I guess, but when are we likely to see their decision?
Been that way since the success of FDR, I'm afraid; a combination of fervent anti-communists and utter cynics, willing to do or say anything to regain an iron grip on power.
Their two wings, The Dulles Brothers and the McCarthyites, lying their way back into power ever since.
It is reckless, but also shows no signs of any strategic vision, any planning whatsoever; only what's stuck in Trump's grill in any particular moment (or Hegseth's, Miller's, or Rubio's preferences).
It's not "America First". It's "Anywhere To Change the Headlines"...
Bernie's got the answer:
Trump and Johnson thought the Senate Democrats would cave, but because We the People got loud after the CR debacle in March, they've held the line - and republicans don't know what to do with people power.
Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.

End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
I am happy to hear that we are. Thanks; but also for introducing the idea to us.
"...incredible to me that Trump is not out campaigning anywhere...a sign of how weak and unpopular he has become...we are in the closing days of the election and he remains cloistered, weary of & distant from the people, as he has become in his decline, his madness, his corrupt authoritarianism."
Trump's extraordinary political decline has come despite his clear information superiority and the declining influence of independent, legacy media. It makes it all that much more remarkable, durable and problematic for them.
Trump's job approval in polls since Friday:
- 37%-63% (-26) CNN
- 41%-59% (-18) CBS
- 41%-56% (-15) Strength In Numbers
- 43%-57% (-14) ABC/Washington Post
- 43%-56% (-13) NewsNation
- 43%-55% (-12) NBC News

There's a reason he isn't campaigning.
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-limp...
"...It reminds me of the great (Muhammad) Ali-(Joe) Frazier fight — because Toronto kept coming. … So let me just say this: Don’t forget to give Toronto some love. That team probably would have beat any other team, right? And they gave the world a Series that nobody’s going to forget forever.” - MJ.
From @theathletic.com: How can you tell when you’ve just been part of the greatest World Series game of your lifetime?

Game 7 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays kept us riveted from start to finish. Nobody is going to forget this one. nyti.ms/3JI4ZVV
Might help with housing costs.....
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
This is such a very good idea. Why aren't we doing this here in California?
This seems like a good idea; what happens if when Trump tries to deploy CA's NG into another state (OR, IL, NY), they're already helping with CA critical missions? SNAP, food banks, re-forestation?
The Criminals are now running the prison system.
Or, as Billie Eilish so beautifully asked,

"If you're a billionaire....¿WHY Are you a billionaire?...
"No hate, but...Give your money away......"
This is when you have to wonder, “How fucked up are your police?”
He pardoned Zhao, without “knowing anything about him”.
And yet Zhao had just profited his sons some $2Billion.

This is not TRANSPARENCY!

It’s WILLFUL IGNORANCE!
He should’ve known.

It can’t be legal to sell a pardon for $2B contribution.
Maybe in Russia. Not in my USA
I think Momdani is creating the future of a truly democratic party.
Hakeem Jeffries is doing so little to democratize the democratic party; he’s defending the ‘do as little as possible’ flank of it.