His stated love of Duterte’s anti-drug trafficking policies during his first term is a prime example.

Prime example of burying the lead thereby sane-washing the authoritarian turn in the country.

This one is fake.

Excellent work.

CSA is a top-notch decimation of white supremacist / Lost Cause bullshit.

We hope.

Dems need to go hard after farmers given the large opening with tariffs. Even reducing the gap by 5-10% would be a massive shift.

So if you agree with the truth claim of Snyder’s statement, you think it’s impossible for him to be sincere in claiming it, because he left the country? I can understand not liking the decision, or wishing it was different. But w/ the # of historically important exiles that seems a strange take.

I was referring to the question as to whether what Snyder said was true or not. We can judge him separately on his choices, but again, they don’t affect the fact claim of whether Qataris will have better health care than Americans.

That seems like a ridiculous criticism. It’s either true or not. His decision to be an ex-pat shouldn’t materially affect the answer to that question.

If you have a plan to invoke the insurrection act, you are almost by definition NOT in an emergency situation that requires it.

Follows in the steps of Texas Governor James Throckmorton who during Reconstruction denied white on black violence was an issue while Union generals could see it live, and Freedmen’s Bureau records documented it. See historian William Blair’s The Record of Murders and Outrages.

2/ The rest of the time right-wing violence clearly leads the way. Islamist violence adds a potential third category. While I understand the urge to group it with right-wing violence given the fundamentalist religious connection, I think its more solely religious nature justifies a distinction.