Kaili Joy Gray
Kaili Joy Gray
@kailigray.bsky.social
Phrase-turner. Fist-shaker.
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Venezuela was a war, but Iran is just a military conflict. Sure.
Trump offers sales pitch for his war: "Afghanistan War: 20 years, 2,000 DEAD. Iraq War: 9 years, 4,600 DEAD. Vietnam War: 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 DEAD. Korean War: 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 DEAD. Venezuela War: 1 day, 0 DEAD. Iran Military Conflict: 4 months, 18 DEAD."
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It’s not actually great that the Graham Platners of the world have made “Free Palestine” their code for a sort of generic “Fuck you” to authority. Especially when the lesson of the Platner debacle is that sometimes authority is actually very important.
Maine U.S. Sen candidate Graham Platner says he has formally withdrawn his candidacy, posting a letter to the Sec of State requesting removal from consideration. The letter thanks supporters, calls for continuing the movement behind his campaign, and ends: “F**k ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.”
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It's the name for a J Street proposal that Rahm is riffing off: "J Street supports a comprehensive regional agreement that ends the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and provides Israel full acceptance by 22 former Arab adversaries" jstreet.org/the-23-state...
an absolutely incredible hillary clinton post that flew under the radar yesterday. the 23 state solution
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It sure is easy to send a message to Graham Platner with this form without even providing your name or email or any other identifying information. Hypothetically.
If you want a live link to the feedback form being circulated by the Platner campaign to volunteers, it's here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/9XL7GGG?my... Again, this is only for Platner campaign volunteers, and I cannot sanction bombarding it with comments from non-volunteers. Nor can I sanction that.
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If only there had been some clue early on that Platner had a rape problem www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Rand Paul's son has been getting in trouble for drinking for more than a decade. But sure, now he's gonna get help for his problem. www.wdrb.com/news/rand-pa...
Rand Paul son explains why he was ranting at Mike Lawler in public that he hates Jews and gay people and wants them all to die.
I'd forgotten just how much of a hot mess Rand Paul's son really is, which I used to write about a lot back in the day when Rand Paul was lecturing other (ahem, Black) people about how boys just need good fathers. www.wonkette.com/p/rand-pauls...
It’s so crazy it just might work. Brilliant idea from @yeargain.bsky.social.
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We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.
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@pkrugman.bsky.social recently said that the "good old days" of low prices should be fading away—and he's right. The problem is, it'll take many years. New (and my first piece at Strength In Numbers!) w/@gelliottmorris.com: Why consumer sentiment won't recover until the 2030s w/o bold new policies.
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This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal. Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*
BREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs' request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately. This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
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Can’t we negotiate some sort of deal where Republicans get to throw Comey in jail but it’s for interfering in the 2016 election and handing the White House to Trump instead of some stupid shit about seashells?
Sen. Jim Banks: "James Comey deserves to be indicted for a lot of reasons. He totally abused his power. The way he used that power against President Trump ... "
It's like they didn't even notice the First Amendment pocket squares at the WHCD
Breaking: The Trump-aligned FCC is planning to file paperwork as early as this afternoon that will challenge Disney's eight licenses for its eight ABC stations. The early-renewal move would be a major escalation by Brendan Carr and would be widely seen as retaliation over Jimmy Kimmel cnn.it/41XdjH1
Forcing Americans to pay for Trump’s ballroom will surely turn this around
Cannot begin to describe how awful this week's Economist/YouGov polling is for Trump. By a 63%-28% margin, Americans think the country's on the wrong track. And on issue after issue, including traditional GOP strengths, voters trust Dems more. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
The GOP’s excellent election message: You people need to pay for Trump’s emotional support ballroom and stop complaining about the cost of gas.
Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC, Sen. Katie Britt R-AL, and Sen. Eric Schmidt R-MO unveil plans to authorize $400 million in taxpayer funds to pay for a new White House ballroom.
"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler." — JD Vance
HASNIE: There does seem to be a normalization of rhetoric about assassinating this particular president. How can this administration put an end to this? LEAVITT: We need to recommit ourselves as a country to toning down the rhetoric. Democrats compare him to Hitler. These are despicable statements
He wouldn’t dare talk to her this way if he knew about the First Amendment pocket squares
O'DONNELL: In his manifesto, he wrote that 'I'm no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, & traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.' TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from a sick person. You should be ashamed of yourself, reading that. You're a disgrace.
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Here's the definitive answer to the debate over "who started it": Republicans. Before Trump pushed TX to gerrymander last year, the GOP had drawn 42% of all districts, versus just 14% for Dems (the rest were by neutral parties). The maps below from @stephenwolf.bsky.social make this explicit.
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Incredible that John Roberts created the shadow docket in part because his feelings were hurt that the EPA wasn’t respectful enough. But now, with his help, he has a president who openly and viciously attacks the court.
Who does she think should be blamed if not the guy who signed the executive order that did this? "He's kind of busy right now. My gender marker is not big on the issue. OK. So I get that, and I'm not blaming him whatsoever. I love the guy, and I love what he's doing."
"I can’t travel internationally anymore. I can’t use my passport," Caitlyn Jenner told Tomi Lahren in a recent interview.