The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.

The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.

shooting her two more times through the driver’s window when he was well out of the car’s path by that point is also very blatantly not self defense

the implication of DHS’s statement is that she deserved to get shot for impeding ICE and accelerating her vehicle, but that’s not an argument for self defense at all. it’s an argument that the officer was justified in being punitive and vindictive