Harold the Hatter

Let's start with this pledge. The next Democratic President will never have the Israeli PM in the Situation Room. Trump having Netanyahu there before launching an immoral and illegal war is a betrayal of the American people.

Another public poll is out! It shows us with a 5 point lead. Too close for comfort.

The U.S. spends far more on healthcare than other rich countries. $15,000 per person (almost double), 18% of GDP (nearly twice as high), and healthcare inflation is 7% (roughly double others). Yet outcomes are worse. Life expectancy is lower, infant & maternal mortality higher, and chronic disease like diabetes and heart disease higher. Canada with single payer has far lower costs than the US, and even than Germany & Switzerland, and provides better, universal coverage. Most important, in an AI world, people's healthcare must not be dependent on their job. Every doctor should be in network. Medicare for All is needed for our time. It is a moral and economic imperative.

New reporting reveals the Pentagon threatened Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador over the Pope's anti-war statements: "America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.”

TED CRUZ: "Let's stop attacking pedophiles.”

We need to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump. Threatening war crimes is a blatant violation of our constitution and the Geneva Conventions.

⚡️🇱🇧 Israeli strikes continued hitting Lebanese territory even after a ceasefire announcement, Al Jazeera correspondent Heidi Pett reported from Beirut in the early hours of Wednesday morning. In the 30 minutes following the announcement, three airstrikes hit the village of Shutras in eastern southern Lebanon near the town of Khiam, where intense fighting has continued throughout the 6-week war. Artillery shelling was also reported in Khiam. Two earlier strikes since the announcement hit near a hospital in the city of Tyre and the town of Lashkar in the Bekaa Valley — a site of multiple strikes in recent days, where Israel also destroyed two bridges across the Litani River. An Israeli drone was still flying low over Beirut after 3 AM local time. No official confirmation of the ceasefire has been received from the U.S., Iran, Israel or Hezbollah. The only public announcement has come from Pakistan’s Prime Minister, who said the ceasefire would include Lebanon and was effective immediately. Pett noted cautious, mixed reactions on the ground. First responders, who have responded to airstrike after airstrike for six weeks, were looking forward to a break — but Lebanese civilians remember that the 2024 ceasefire was violated hundreds of times by Israel over 15 months, with continued drone assassinations and a sustained military presence in southern Lebanon throughout that period. Israeli leaders have also explicitly stated that displaced Lebanese from the south will not be permitted to return until Israel deems northern Israel safe — leaving hundreds of thousands facing continued displacement regardless of any ceasefire.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ At least 1,530 people have been killed in Israel’s war on Lebanon.

You won't hear a better 55-second description of MAGA and Trump than this: in terms of the perspective of any minimally honest MAGA supporter:

Kyle Kulinski: “If you are a political commentator and you have a take on Hasan Piker, do me a favor and just shut the fuck up. We’re living in a world where Donald Trump is waging an illegal and offensive war against Iran. The outline of WW3 is there for shit sure. Gas is absolutely skyrocketing. Our AI bubble is about to burst. We have a looming fucking global depression. We have war crime after war crime after war crime. All this shit is going on and we’re supposed to have a fucking conversation about Hasan Piker?”