Vladimir Putin is an anti-democratic, genocidal killer who is not only causing death and destruction in Ukraine, he’s destroying the future of Russia and Russians. Tell me again why extremist Republicans think this is a man to admire.

There’s been a lot of talk about popcorn and the hilarity of Kevin McCarthy’s humiliation. Honestly, I find all the chaos and nihilism and ignoring of the responsibility to govern just plain sad.

Would there be a George Santos without a Donald Trump modeling pathological lying—and getting away with it?

There are those who look at President Zelensky and the Ukrainians as if the aid request is merely self-serving—as if they don’t grasp that the fight with Putin and Russia is not only for their sovereignty but for NATO and all those who believe in and are dedicated to democracy and justice.

For the record, releasing Trump’s tax returns in 2016 might have saved our democracy six years of pain and trouble. Every presidential nominee should be required by law to make their returns public.

Just a reminder, no matter how this goes, it will always be political persecution and he never did anything wrong. https://america.substack.com/p/grievance-persecution-and-the-endless

Actually, the tax returns of all Supreme Court justices should absolutely be made public. That should be a requirement to be one of the nine people with lifetime appointments who make final legal decisions for the rest of the country.