Totally on topic, T**** gets involved with our soccer team, cheats, then the team loses. Is there anything he can't destroy? I was rooting for out team to win, but after T fixed the rules, a win would have no meaning. All the other teams played by the rules, but thanks to the orange a**hole we didn't and we lost.
We focus on the Strait of Hormuz, totally missing the fact that China is watching and taking notes. Our actions have put the entire South China Sea at risk, something we pay so little attention to. What will we do when China asserts its power.
As a young Marine, I attended a class on diplomacy at the State Department while training to be a Marine Security Guard. Our instructor, a senior Foreign Service Officer, randomly had me stand up. He held a fountain pen in his hand and asked what it was and what it symbolized. We were not sure, so he went on to explain; the fountain pen he held was a tool of diplomacy, a symbol of signing peace treaties, trade agreements, among a host of diplomatic functions. The work of real diplomacy in a difficult and complex world. He then pointed at me, asking the class what I was, what I symbolized. Again, we were not sure. He told us that we (Marines) were also tools of diplomacy, that we were symbols of one of the options our government held in its foreign interactions. We Marines represented the other end of the diplomatic spectrum, that of political failure, where the pen should have been used to reach accord rather than using the force of our military might.
Diplomacy is difficult and often slow to reach its intended goal. It takes knowledge, skill, honesty, empathy, and patience. Our actions with Iran have shown diplomacy was not only not used but ignored by a bully totally unqualified for his position.
I apologize for this, but I am going to repeat myself. I don't agree with Iran's terroristic mentality to achieve their goals but they necessarily have more integrity than the moron that got us into this mess. No intelligent person on earth can trust this rabid animal or anyone in the republican party.
I don't agree with the current leadership of Iran either, but I also recognize that the last 50 years of a country with a 2000-year history does not define it. It should not be surprising or upsetting to learn that America played a large part in the assent of the current regime. Still, the Trump administration's actions will be viewed historically as among the very stupidest of foreign intervention.
The joke is that we are energy independent. We no longer need a drop of Middle Eastern oil.
Iran Contra. The Iran/Iraq War. In Iraq, we pitted the Shia vs the Suni. and vice versa. Inside Iran, Shia hold a majority. But the remaining 5% to 10% of the population is primarily composed of Sunni Muslims—who are largely concentrated in the country's ethnic minority regions such as Kurdistan, Baluchestan, and parts of the Arab and Turkmen areas—as well as small recognized religious minorities including Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians.
But for Turkey, where Trump is today, we'd have supported the Kurds, who control a lot of Iranian oil. Turkey could have moved a lot of the oil north of the straits, diminishing Iran. Starting in 2021,
AI Overview
The Istanbul Canal is a $15–$20 billion megaproject to construct a 45-km artificial waterway connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. The channel, running parallel to the Bosporus, aims to ease maritime congestion, generate revenue, and bypass the restrictions of the Montreux Convention of 1936.
True, we don't need it. Still, I argue that fossil fuels are a finite resource and have many uses beyond energy production. I personally would like to see future generations have access through conservation and a continued move toward other renewable energy sources. It should not be just about the money today.
My military service allowed me a bit of knowledge of the JCPOA process and goals. One of the most difficult discussion points I had to make clear to my "liberal" Democrat friends was that the narrow focus was still a good deal. Many at the time felt the agreement should be scrapped as fatally flawed because it did not address human rights/women's rights. As important as international women's rights are, I still believe(d) keeping nuclear weapons proliferation is also important and should not be linked in this manner. One agreement, however narrow or incomplete, can open doors to other avenues for accord. Trump's actions have set us back at least two or three generations, as we all know trust, once betrayed, is difficult to restore.
The grip of the hard-liners was fading and the population of Iran was once again heavily in favor of secularization. They WANTED to see an end to their theocratic regime far more than we did.
Then Dump, with his anti-Midas touch, exhorted them to rise up and overthrow their leaders, promised to help them, then assassinated their leaders with a cowardly sneak attack. He then murdered a school full of young girls (and blamed THEM for doing it). And THEN he repeatedly stated that he wanted to blow up their power plants and bridges, and end their civilization and so much more.
He single handedly gave the Ayatollah's another 30+ years in charge. Not only did they defend Iran, they successfully forced the Great Satan to back down, remove sanctions, return their money and walk away.
Why so much concern about the freedom of navigation when this region is blocking a whole country, Cuba, from receiving any oil with the tragic consequences for the entire population. Preventable death in Cuba must be counted into thousands already. Did you think about that when you look ar yourself in the mirror Marco Rubio?
If I were Marco Rubio I would not be able to look in a mirror. And every time he's seen he appears to be trying to sink into invisibility. The mainstream media promoting him as a viable presidential candidate for 2028 is delusional. He fairly radiates weakness, and Republicans feast on displays of "strength" even when they are empty. Look at the ridiculous way they've tried to undermine James Talarico: "vegan," "low-T," "trans." All of which reveal more about the right's fear of being perceived unmanly than anything about Talarico.
Missed a very important point…nothing is coming out of the strait, and fuel reserves are about to hit bottom. Oil prices will explode upward as this comes to pass. The emergency isn’t over…..
The oil industry is a for-profit venture. Prices go up, and they celebrate. The current regime has done everything it can to suppress alternative fuel options and increase our reliance on fossil fuels. It’s a den of thieves.
The reality of the tRump Regime is far worse than most of us imagined... and I imagined quite a lot. We are now in post-empire status. We have no allies, a truly massive National Debt, and an idiot emperor who sits on the Oval Office floor playing in the contents of his adult diaper.
We can expect both economic stresses and shocks in years to come, along with the mishegoss of climate weirding. Heaven only knows what social chaos will follow, but let's hope it's more like Britain 1947 than Roman Empire 235 CE, with warring nomads and civil wars...
Well, we will pay for this blunder for years to come. What I want to know is what we will do with the 2/3 of the senate who are not up for reelection soon. I think some should be tossed out on their heads…John thune for on. As senate R leader he should have been holding the line with this president as Article I dictates…he ignored it and let his party run rough shod over our government. As the article said, republicans have lost their privilege to serve in our government due to their own behavior, choices and violations of the constitutional order. I think every one of them needs to be out if not charged.
As HCR said, the GOP is the fascist party. This should be disqualifying for any election, any candidate, until such time as they decide to be part of the democracy instead of part of the fascist takeover.
Good question. Not entirely sure but pretty sure many of them have actively approved things that are unconstitutional. There must be a mechanism for people who are NOT doing their job and violating their oaths at the same time 💁♀️
Midterms coming up. We're a democracy. Lets get to work and start with those, which could give us the house and (maybe the senate). Then we get ready to really go on offense for the 2028 election: rally, postcard, march, canvas door to door, talk to our neighbors, donate what we can to candidates we support. Speak up.
The Republicans who allowed tRump unchecked power on foreign policy include 6 SCOTUS justices who created the concept of impunity within his Presidential role.
Even if she had survived a few more months or even a year or so, she was going to be replaced by a Republican appointee so long as the Republicans controlled the Senate. As we found out the Democrats won control under Biden, so those few months made an unfortunate difference. RBG was not one to retire early even with her diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer is one of the least survivable at the 5-year mark. 9 or 10 years is very unlikely. The choice based on statistics just didn't fit her personality. I admire that determination and mourn her loss.
If there is one possible future fix it would be to eliminate the McConnel gambit and require a Senate vote on all SCOTUS nominees in the same term the nomination was made. That only takes a change to the Senate rules which can later be codified in law.
Easier said than done but it only takes a majority vote. McConnell used the "nuclear option" to reduce Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominees to a simple majority.
"Meanwhile, the Republican Congress, having entirely abandoned its constitutional and oversight role in America’s disastrous war, is equally responsible for this debacle."
It's important to remember in November that Trump only acted with unchecked, unconstitutional authority because the spineless house and senate republicans refused to carryout their war powers function. The Iran war is a disaster of REPUBLICAN making, not just Trump's.
Like so many other policy points, 'freedom of navigation' has a 'flexible' meaning regarding the BFF alliance of the US and Israel.
The US regularly bombs boats in the Caribbean that for all anyone knows have zero to do with the US in any way, while at the same time blocking shipping to or from sovereign countries such as Cuba based on any pretense, or no pretense.
Israel of course regularly attacks aid ships bound for Gaza in international waters and kidnaps their crews, with no meaningful consequence outside some 'concerned' language from the West, while it blows up fishing boats at whim. This rogue state's constant acts of piracy barely make the news.
The US just has no credibility at all in this regard or practically anything else. This country is a failing state, a crumbling empire that commands little respect anywhere.
The current total control of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is what we get when Trump-MAGA run foreign policy and the “Department of WAR.” Yet another major f*ckup the American taxpayer in particular, and ALL American citizens in general will pay for, for untold years after Trump is gone. He cares not about that. The only thing he cares about is staying out of jail, accruing more power and riches, and vengeance against anyone who opposes those things.
He’s simply a caricature of a president..a “fun-house mirror” distortion of what the founders intended. He embodies every vice that they could imagine, and some they likely couldn’t.
Cute with words. What is that supposed to accomplish? How about getting busy and working on the midterms, get out the vote, talk to people, doing something worthwhile? I'm tired of lazy people using serious forums to show off how "clever" they are. We have a problem here that needs solving. Get to work.
this reads like a provocation. I hope you are doing what you think is necessary to save the republic. I am and certainly do not feel accountable to you.
"There is no such thing as “partial” or “conditional” freedom of navigation of the world’s oceans and waterways. "
Yet as a result of Trump's (and Netanyahu's) international bugled meddlesome and illegal war, that is what we are now facing. The uncertaintay of the future is playing into Iran's hands. The dust has yet to settle, though it's clear that Iran will have more influence over the Strait than we will.
The remaining decent people of the US & World are caught between the Predator Capitalists (Trump, Bezos, & the Muskrat, et al) and the foaming at the mouth Religious Psychos such as the Iranian Republican Guard and the White Christian Nationalists in the US. One side will do or accept anything that will make them a few more pennies of profit and the others will do anything that the God Voices in their heads command. Meanwhile the "Progressive" Dems focus on pronouns and group hugs for anyone they can label "Indigenous" and the "Moderate" Dems worry about alienating their Predator Capitalist donors while mouthing negative rhetoric about billionaires. As all this is happening a large portion of the semi-conscious American electorate will not be distracted from their entertainment apps other than for the brief moments when there's a spike in the price of gasoline, hamburger, or "fast fashion".
I was with you until your diatribe against “progressive” dems. I don’t find it helpful to trivialize people who are trying to make the country better, with greater equality and less demonizing of those deemed “different”.
I believe that all humans deserve the same rights and to be treated equally. I also believe that you shouldn't give your enemy a stick to beat you with. Emphasizing the differences of oppressed people (race, gender, religion, etc) gives the enemy (MAGA) a rhetorical weapon to use against us (Democrats). The low-information, flip-flop voters who aren't comfortable with complicated reasoning are susceptible to simplistic messages that make their voting knees jerk. I will say no more.
Second: Will the Democrats be strong and stay strong and not drop the ball? This is the biggest foreign policy blunder in years, and Trump must be reminded of this daily!
Every single thing the occupant of our people’s house touches turns to sh*t….except his bank account.
off topic but am soccer team lost...
Totally on topic, T**** gets involved with our soccer team, cheats, then the team loses. Is there anything he can't destroy? I was rooting for out team to win, but after T fixed the rules, a win would have no meaning. All the other teams played by the rules, but thanks to the orange a**hole we didn't and we lost.
I was hoping our guy would say he would honor the red card and decline to play...
he would have gotten world wide respect
If only he would feel a twinge of conscience. Conscience? Donald J Trump? Has anyone ever seen pain reflected on that leathery old face?
only when someone steps on his grave...
He nixed the Knicks
I was going to write the same thing. You beat me to it.
We focus on the Strait of Hormuz, totally missing the fact that China is watching and taking notes. Our actions have put the entire South China Sea at risk, something we pay so little attention to. What will we do when China asserts its power.
As a young Marine, I attended a class on diplomacy at the State Department while training to be a Marine Security Guard. Our instructor, a senior Foreign Service Officer, randomly had me stand up. He held a fountain pen in his hand and asked what it was and what it symbolized. We were not sure, so he went on to explain; the fountain pen he held was a tool of diplomacy, a symbol of signing peace treaties, trade agreements, among a host of diplomatic functions. The work of real diplomacy in a difficult and complex world. He then pointed at me, asking the class what I was, what I symbolized. Again, we were not sure. He told us that we (Marines) were also tools of diplomacy, that we were symbols of one of the options our government held in its foreign interactions. We Marines represented the other end of the diplomatic spectrum, that of political failure, where the pen should have been used to reach accord rather than using the force of our military might.
Diplomacy is difficult and often slow to reach its intended goal. It takes knowledge, skill, honesty, empathy, and patience. Our actions with Iran have shown diplomacy was not only not used but ignored by a bully totally unqualified for his position.
I apologize for this, but I am going to repeat myself. I don't agree with Iran's terroristic mentality to achieve their goals but they necessarily have more integrity than the moron that got us into this mess. No intelligent person on earth can trust this rabid animal or anyone in the republican party.
I don't agree with the current leadership of Iran either, but I also recognize that the last 50 years of a country with a 2000-year history does not define it. It should not be surprising or upsetting to learn that America played a large part in the assent of the current regime. Still, the Trump administration's actions will be viewed historically as among the very stupidest of foreign intervention.
You are correct Jim. The CIA was instrumental is putting the Shaw in power. Stupid is as stupid does.
The joke is that we are energy independent. We no longer need a drop of Middle Eastern oil.
Iran Contra. The Iran/Iraq War. In Iraq, we pitted the Shia vs the Suni. and vice versa. Inside Iran, Shia hold a majority. But the remaining 5% to 10% of the population is primarily composed of Sunni Muslims—who are largely concentrated in the country's ethnic minority regions such as Kurdistan, Baluchestan, and parts of the Arab and Turkmen areas—as well as small recognized religious minorities including Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians.
But for Turkey, where Trump is today, we'd have supported the Kurds, who control a lot of Iranian oil. Turkey could have moved a lot of the oil north of the straits, diminishing Iran. Starting in 2021,
AI Overview
The Istanbul Canal is a $15–$20 billion megaproject to construct a 45-km artificial waterway connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. The channel, running parallel to the Bosporus, aims to ease maritime congestion, generate revenue, and bypass the restrictions of the Montreux Convention of 1936.
True, we don't need it. Still, I argue that fossil fuels are a finite resource and have many uses beyond energy production. I personally would like to see future generations have access through conservation and a continued move toward other renewable energy sources. It should not be just about the money today.
In this country Trump has repressed the competition -- alternative energy. Meanwhile "our" refineries are kiting prices.
All true.
Did anyone? Ever? (I'm talking about "intelligent people".)
Your description is exact and correct.
And worse, we had a diplomatic solution painstakingly negotiated, which Trump ripped up. Sad
My military service allowed me a bit of knowledge of the JCPOA process and goals. One of the most difficult discussion points I had to make clear to my "liberal" Democrat friends was that the narrow focus was still a good deal. Many at the time felt the agreement should be scrapped as fatally flawed because it did not address human rights/women's rights. As important as international women's rights are, I still believe(d) keeping nuclear weapons proliferation is also important and should not be linked in this manner. One agreement, however narrow or incomplete, can open doors to other avenues for accord. Trump's actions have set us back at least two or three generations, as we all know trust, once betrayed, is difficult to restore.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good continues to be a wise maxim.
Bingo!
The grip of the hard-liners was fading and the population of Iran was once again heavily in favor of secularization. They WANTED to see an end to their theocratic regime far more than we did.
Then Dump, with his anti-Midas touch, exhorted them to rise up and overthrow their leaders, promised to help them, then assassinated their leaders with a cowardly sneak attack. He then murdered a school full of young girls (and blamed THEM for doing it). And THEN he repeatedly stated that he wanted to blow up their power plants and bridges, and end their civilization and so much more.
He single handedly gave the Ayatollah's another 30+ years in charge. Not only did they defend Iran, they successfully forced the Great Satan to back down, remove sanctions, return their money and walk away.
Great Job TACO! Well done!
An obsessive can't focux.
Exactly. Well written.
Why so much concern about the freedom of navigation when this region is blocking a whole country, Cuba, from receiving any oil with the tragic consequences for the entire population. Preventable death in Cuba must be counted into thousands already. Did you think about that when you look ar yourself in the mirror Marco Rubio?
If I were Marco Rubio I would not be able to look in a mirror. And every time he's seen he appears to be trying to sink into invisibility. The mainstream media promoting him as a viable presidential candidate for 2028 is delusional. He fairly radiates weakness, and Republicans feast on displays of "strength" even when they are empty. Look at the ridiculous way they've tried to undermine James Talarico: "vegan," "low-T," "trans." All of which reveal more about the right's fear of being perceived unmanly than anything about Talarico.
When he looks in the mirror, he sees Norman Braman.
You said it all Anastasia.....bravo !!!!
Freedom of navigation is also denied the fishermen and so-called drug-runners bombed out of existence by you know who
What a trail of destruction. And nobody opposes him.
Another crime against humanity committed by the US, adding to so many occurring inside and outside of the US. The ICC is taking notes, I'm sure.
Missed a very important point…nothing is coming out of the strait, and fuel reserves are about to hit bottom. Oil prices will explode upward as this comes to pass. The emergency isn’t over…..
The oil industry is a for-profit venture. Prices go up, and they celebrate. The current regime has done everything it can to suppress alternative fuel options and increase our reliance on fossil fuels. It’s a den of thieves.
The reality of the tRump Regime is far worse than most of us imagined... and I imagined quite a lot. We are now in post-empire status. We have no allies, a truly massive National Debt, and an idiot emperor who sits on the Oval Office floor playing in the contents of his adult diaper.
Any student of history knows that this could be a prelude to further decline, particularly when seen in the context of the past quarter century.
It is rather sobering to peruse the list of (former, mostly) empires in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_empires
We can expect both economic stresses and shocks in years to come, along with the mishegoss of climate weirding. Heaven only knows what social chaos will follow, but let's hope it's more like Britain 1947 than Roman Empire 235 CE, with warring nomads and civil wars...
Let's hope? Hmm. Italian saying: chi vive sperando, muore cacando.
Great proverb. We might hope the second clause applies to a certain president.
No, he's playing with his billions in crypto and other ill-begotten gains.
. . . as if they were his diaper contents.
There ya go, Ellen.
Nice toy aeroplane in pride of place.
Well, we will pay for this blunder for years to come. What I want to know is what we will do with the 2/3 of the senate who are not up for reelection soon. I think some should be tossed out on their heads…John thune for on. As senate R leader he should have been holding the line with this president as Article I dictates…he ignored it and let his party run rough shod over our government. As the article said, republicans have lost their privilege to serve in our government due to their own behavior, choices and violations of the constitutional order. I think every one of them needs to be out if not charged.
As HCR said, the GOP is the fascist party. This should be disqualifying for any election, any candidate, until such time as they decide to be part of the democracy instead of part of the fascist takeover.
Tossed out through what mechanism?
Good question. Not entirely sure but pretty sure many of them have actively approved things that are unconstitutional. There must be a mechanism for people who are NOT doing their job and violating their oaths at the same time 💁♀️
How could I possibly know that?
Suggestions would be welcome.
Midterms coming up. We're a democracy. Lets get to work and start with those, which could give us the house and (maybe the senate). Then we get ready to really go on offense for the 2028 election: rally, postcard, march, canvas door to door, talk to our neighbors, donate what we can to candidates we support. Speak up.
The Republicans who allowed tRump unchecked power on foreign policy include 6 SCOTUS justices who created the concept of impunity within his Presidential role.
Not to forget that going back to Roberts (Stare Decisis), they all lied in their confirmation hearings, not just little fibs but whoppers.
Not like RGB - she just refused to give a definitive answer or any answer.
She gave the last drops of her life to ward this off.
Even if she had survived a few more months or even a year or so, she was going to be replaced by a Republican appointee so long as the Republicans controlled the Senate. As we found out the Democrats won control under Biden, so those few months made an unfortunate difference. RBG was not one to retire early even with her diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer is one of the least survivable at the 5-year mark. 9 or 10 years is very unlikely. The choice based on statistics just didn't fit her personality. I admire that determination and mourn her loss.
If there is one possible future fix it would be to eliminate the McConnel gambit and require a Senate vote on all SCOTUS nominees in the same term the nomination was made. That only takes a change to the Senate rules which can later be codified in law.
"Only"?
Easier said than done but it only takes a majority vote. McConnell used the "nuclear option" to reduce Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominees to a simple majority.
A far better option, wouldn't you agree?
"Republicans have disqualified themselves from holding power."
There's a line for the ages.
"Meanwhile, the Republican Congress, having entirely abandoned its constitutional and oversight role in America’s disastrous war, is equally responsible for this debacle."
It's important to remember in November that Trump only acted with unchecked, unconstitutional authority because the spineless house and senate republicans refused to carryout their war powers function. The Iran war is a disaster of REPUBLICAN making, not just Trump's.
Like so many other policy points, 'freedom of navigation' has a 'flexible' meaning regarding the BFF alliance of the US and Israel.
The US regularly bombs boats in the Caribbean that for all anyone knows have zero to do with the US in any way, while at the same time blocking shipping to or from sovereign countries such as Cuba based on any pretense, or no pretense.
Israel of course regularly attacks aid ships bound for Gaza in international waters and kidnaps their crews, with no meaningful consequence outside some 'concerned' language from the West, while it blows up fishing boats at whim. This rogue state's constant acts of piracy barely make the news.
The US just has no credibility at all in this regard or practically anything else. This country is a failing state, a crumbling empire that commands little respect anywhere.
The current total control of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is what we get when Trump-MAGA run foreign policy and the “Department of WAR.” Yet another major f*ckup the American taxpayer in particular, and ALL American citizens in general will pay for, for untold years after Trump is gone. He cares not about that. The only thing he cares about is staying out of jail, accruing more power and riches, and vengeance against anyone who opposes those things.
Donald is no Alexander.
He’s simply a caricature of a president..a “fun-house mirror” distortion of what the founders intended. He embodies every vice that they could imagine, and some they likely couldn’t.
I have a new acronym for him… TOFU
Bulky, white, flavorless, OK.
Sorry there in Budapest, TOFU emerged a couple of months ago, but never caught on like TACO etc.
The ‘O’ in TOFU?
“Only”
We can manage something a bit more pungent, with a bit of thought in idle moments.
Cute with words. What is that supposed to accomplish? How about getting busy and working on the midterms, get out the vote, talk to people, doing something worthwhile? I'm tired of lazy people using serious forums to show off how "clever" they are. We have a problem here that needs solving. Get to work.
this reads like a provocation. I hope you are doing what you think is necessary to save the republic. I am and certainly do not feel accountable to you.
I'll never forget that mic drop, when he was first given something to sign: "Hey! I'm the president!"
Er, no. Alexander didn't outlive his youth and beauty, to start with.
Trump had youth, but he has always been a doughy, smirking creep.
"There is no such thing as “partial” or “conditional” freedom of navigation of the world’s oceans and waterways. "
Yet as a result of Trump's (and Netanyahu's) international bugled meddlesome and illegal war, that is what we are now facing. The uncertaintay of the future is playing into Iran's hands. The dust has yet to settle, though it's clear that Iran will have more influence over the Strait than we will.
Watch for this to happen in other world chokepoints.
Let us hope that the conditions that fomented the current Strait of Hormuz are not a precedent, nor are repeated anywhere else on the planet.
The remaining decent people of the US & World are caught between the Predator Capitalists (Trump, Bezos, & the Muskrat, et al) and the foaming at the mouth Religious Psychos such as the Iranian Republican Guard and the White Christian Nationalists in the US. One side will do or accept anything that will make them a few more pennies of profit and the others will do anything that the God Voices in their heads command. Meanwhile the "Progressive" Dems focus on pronouns and group hugs for anyone they can label "Indigenous" and the "Moderate" Dems worry about alienating their Predator Capitalist donors while mouthing negative rhetoric about billionaires. As all this is happening a large portion of the semi-conscious American electorate will not be distracted from their entertainment apps other than for the brief moments when there's a spike in the price of gasoline, hamburger, or "fast fashion".
I was with you until your diatribe against “progressive” dems. I don’t find it helpful to trivialize people who are trying to make the country better, with greater equality and less demonizing of those deemed “different”.
I believe that all humans deserve the same rights and to be treated equally. I also believe that you shouldn't give your enemy a stick to beat you with. Emphasizing the differences of oppressed people (race, gender, religion, etc) gives the enemy (MAGA) a rhetorical weapon to use against us (Democrats). The low-information, flip-flop voters who aren't comfortable with complicated reasoning are susceptible to simplistic messages that make their voting knees jerk. I will say no more.
First they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out ...
Maybe a bit simplistic, but mostly true and horrifying.
Long, complicated messages aren't read.
Sorry, I was distracted. What was that again?
First and foremost: TACO, TACO, TACO!
Second: Will the Democrats be strong and stay strong and not drop the ball? This is the biggest foreign policy blunder in years, and Trump must be reminded of this daily!
The Iranians have "cards", in Trump's parlance. He is so dumb.