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Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

@streetnoodle @wmweeza @Logically_JC @atrupar @pmcgil511 Lmao. It's their job to step in.

@wmweeza @Logically_JC @atrupar @pmcgil511 They wanted no part of this.

Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.

Even making children anywhere in the world *fear* that they might be suddenly destroyed is an atrocious crime against humanity.

@bbirdbPhD I would like to know how to make it stop. Haha

@VioletBadger What is what? Haha

I am a very sensitive person and I refuse to be told that my natural state is wrong.

@JamieBonkiewicz Living amongst Germans in the eighties...I'm pretty sure how stupid we are.

You know what’s fucking insane? There are actually people in the United States right now that have ZERO clue what even went down today.

@realKyleKeegan @JamieBonkiewicz Good thing that you and your cows didn't 🤯. Let's not assume.

@JamieBonkiewicz I was out tending to cows in the pasture all day, but, I mean, I just assumed Pedo TACO caved in one way or another.

@AirMan1979 @cmclymer @BlueSky_Report Go fuck your mirror.

@cmclymer @BlueSky_Report If you thought Trump was going to use nukes, find the nearest mirror, look at yourself and say ,”God was I an idiot”. That simple. He was never going to nuke anyone you drama queen.

I spent all day today wondering if the sitting President of the United States would use nuclear weapons on a country of 90 million people—the vast majority of whom he claims to be liberating—just because he’s angry over that totalitarian regime thoroughly embarrassing him over his unnecessary, illegal, and disastrous war of choice. Just as our country was waking up to go to our jobs and take our kids to school and run errands and do all the typical things that need to be done on a Tuesday morning, Trump dangled this threat: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” He threatened nuclear strikes because he isn’t getting his way in a war that never should have been escalated in the first place. I spent all day talking to colleagues and friends about what this could mean and wondering what needs to be done to put a stop to this because—surprise—we take it seriously when a deeply unstable person with the power to launch nuclear weapons claims he will do so. I wondered why so many people in politics and media are apparently unaware that POTUS has sole authority over the launch of nuclear weapons and does not need clearance from Congress or the courts—even for a preemptive strike—and the only thing standing between Trump and that decision are his military commanders maybe, hopefully—who the hell is certain anymore—refusing that order. I watched as too many journalists—so fearful are they of offending their Access Daddy and his acolytes—pretended that this threat reflective of a brain-addled, narcissistic sociopath was another political parlor game to be navigated with musings on what Democrats should be doing while Republicans are running the whole goddamn show. I watched as yet more journalists chirped about their bullshit phone calls with Trump, which were, per usual, entirely neutered of meaningful substance. I watched as so much of the left side of the American political spectrum bickered and bitched with each other and were at each other’s throats over what should be done while we’re out of power, just as Trump was betting and hoping we would. I wondered if tonight would be the beginning of a broader war with nuclear weapons that would throw the world into violent chaos from which we’d never recover. You ask me if I’m relieved over this supposed “two-week ceasefire” as Trump yet again postpones his ultimatums, manipulates markets to enrich himself and his cronies, and needlessly scares the shit out of the American people and the world? No, I am not relieved. I am angry. I am enraged. The thoughts going through my head at this very moment cannot be uttered. This is not sustainable. We should not have to live in perpetual fear like this. ---- Link to full essay available here for easier sharing: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/we-cant-keep…

@StephenKing Trump is Randall Flagg. Everyone knows this.

@StephenKing I have Mambo Number Five on repeat to get me through this shit show. Thanks for that.

I predicted someone like Trump many years ago, in THE DEAD ZONE. So now I'm saying this--in the next 12-16 months, we're going to find out if the two machines for the removal of a man unable to fulfill his duties actually work. They are impeachment and the 25th amendment. He is deeply unwell .

@PawlowskiMario @theliamnissan Don't blame him for vanishing.

The @TheLiamNissan just deleted his account, I hope he is ok🙏

@ArtCandee @mmpadellan Thank you.

@mmpadellan They’re doing anything to stay relevant in the sinking ship they created.

Never thought I'd see the day when I agree with Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Marjorie Taylor Greene... ... but they're ALL calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove trump from office. What a bizarre moment in time.

The President’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran. This type of rhetoric is an affront to the ideals our nation has sought to uphold and promote around the world for nearly 250 years. It undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home. The oppressive, terror-spreading regime of the Islamic Republic must be distinguished from the people and the civilization of Iran. Everyone involved—especially the President and Iran’s leaders—must de-escalate their unprecedented saber-rattling before it is too late.

@JamieBonkiewicz I've been a mess since 2016, so yes.

Can we sue the fucking Trump administration for psychological trauma and emotional distress?

@skoodog @RepJeffries I agree. Where in the hell are you?! I just tried calling your office. No answer. All I got was a shitty email asking me to make a contribution.

@RepJeffries Stop demanding Republicans do things, YOU ARE minority leader!! Bring the War Powers resolution to the floor! Bring articles of impeachment to the floor! If sitting congressmen and senators want to throw in with a war criminal, remind them of Nuremberg.

Congress must immediately end this reckless war of choice in Iran before Donald Trump plunges us into World War III. It’s time for every single Republican to put patriotic duty over party and stop the madness. Enough.

@anthonyzenkus I got another email from Jeffries asking for money. I told him to piss off and ask AIPAC for the money. Useless.

Why aren't Schumer and Jeffries holding an emergency joint press conference right now calling for the military chain of command to stand down and for the Vice President and a majority of the administration to invoke the 25th ammendment? WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING RIGHT NOW?

Dear Americans, if you hate Trump, repost.