Cassandra of Troy

@taliaotg Because tasers fail and mace doesn’t always work and both require the officer to get close enough to the guy such that he could easily end them with the machete.

Holy shit. Cops had plenty of time to tell this guy 20 times to drop the knife, and “de-escalated” by saying “they could get him help” and in all that time, no taser, no mace, nothing. But according to yall, they HAD to shoot IMMEDIATELY. 🤡🤡🤡🤡 Bootlicking melts your brain.

Does NYPD know how to disarm people without going straight to lethal force? Follow-up question: Has anyone else noticed that NYPD consistently reacts to a person with a knife by shooting them??

@nicktheg00 @jasonwilliamsmd That 5-6 months means THE WORLD to his children. I respect Ben a great deal for suffering this to have more time with his family.

@jasonwilliamsmd So you live an extra five or six months but it can make you look like this? We’re supposed to laud an extra 6 months or so of life as some massive breakthrough? If that is “the most important thing to happen to pancreatic cancer in a generation” then that is pretty pathetic.

Daraxonrasib is the "nasty drug" Ben Sasse is describing, and it may be the most important thing to happen to pancreatic cancer in a generation. RAS mutations drive more than 90% of pancreatic cancers. For decades the protein was considered undruggable. Daraxonrasib is the first in its class to directly target the active form of RAS, and in early trials second-line patients saw median progression-free survival of 8.8 months. The number most of these patients usually get is closer to two or three. The FDA granted it Breakthrough Therapy and Orphan Drug designation for a reason. The field is finally moving because we stopped chasing one answer and started attacking the biology that actually drives the disease. Ben is facing the most unforgiving diagnosis in oncology with extraordinary courage. Praying for him and his family.

@IhabHassane Why are countries allowed to set their own immigration rules? I don’t know, take it up with the UN and international law.

Why does every Jew in the world have the right to immigrate to Israel, but Palestinians whose families were ethnically cleansed from it in 1948 do not?

@douglassmackey She can’t legally consent as a psych patient. It’s still rape.

She is a crack whore with a long history of trading sexual favors for drugs. She also hides her age, telling johns she’s 18. She has a long history of running away from home or from rehab facilities to live on the streets, do drugs, and trade sex for favors. She was not “raped” in the psychiatric facility and the strong subtext is she was probably flirting with the rehab workers in exchange for favors. One man has been arrested for groping her and watching her touch herself, which was caught on surveillance video. Another man accused of offering her a Percocet and vape pen for a glimpse of her breast strongly denies the charges, saying she made them up in retaliation when he wouldn’t give her what she wanted. Her father has a history of making amateur porn videos with her stepmother in the house where the child lives, and posting them on Pornbub and Onlyfans. None of this excuses the adults who abused her, obviously. All of them should be locked up. And the girl needs long term psychiatric help and should be committed for a long time.

@0xRacist I’m taller than Hunter and I’m a woman. You’re ridiculous.

Fun fact: one of these women is actually a man, but nobody knows which one because it's impossible to tell

@Chewcocka_ @RoninJoey @bennotshapiro @Ybot683196 @BlueCheese608 How, exactly, are democrats supposed to “hold a vote” when they don’t control the house or senate and can’t bring anything to the floor?

@RoninJoey @bennotshapiro @Ybot683196 @BlueCheese608 More cowardly shit. Have Dems held a vote on the illegal war in Iran yet? ICE wouldn't exist without 4 years of Dem funding that matched previous Trump highs folks!

People like Sarah Longwell (& Liz effing Cheney) DISAGREED with Kamala on 80% of policy. But they recognized the danger of Trump, put that aside, & endorsed. People like Hasan Piker (& Rashida Tlaib) AGREED with her on 80% but couldn’t be adults. Who’s earned our thanks here?

@Chewcocka_ @RoninJoey @bennotshapiro @Ybot683196 @BlueCheese608 If you flatten “support on” Gaza, ICE, and Iran until there’s no meaningful difference, sure. It’s all just buzzwords with you guys. No actual policy discussion at all.

@RoninJoey @bennotshapiro @Ybot683196 @BlueCheese608 "it does matter to me" Your vote says otherwise. "I also believe the alternative is far worse and I am correct about that" There is bipartisan support on Iran, ICE, and the genocide in Gaza. Like I said, you value decorum above all.

@Normal_n_Online @ryangrim This isn’t inconsistent with what she said on the podcast.

@ryangrim She’s tweeted about Hasan like half a dozen times since YESTERDAY when she tweeted this

As much as I've enjoyed this discourse, gonna have to mute this person. If you have so thoroughly lost a debate that you are now constructing psychedelic-level straw men -- lady, nobody ever claimed the only way to win a senate race in alaska is to go on hasan piker's twitch stream! -- you're not just debasing yourself but anybody who engages with you.

@Reasonable68 @BlueCheese608 The logistical hurdles of conducting a primary made that proposition extremely challenging and, therefore, extremely risky. Why does nobody understand this?

@BlueCheese608 Why couldn't Kamala be the adult and step aside for a better candidate that wasn't tied to Biden and his incredible unpopularity? Everyone was supposed to hold their nose and do the right thing except the candidate we are supposed to want as our leader.

@AustinDyches @supremeMilo @KINGMATT9914 @GavinNewsom @AIPAC @Dearborngov St. Andrews is in Detroit, not Dearborn. I love Dearborn but you’re suggesting throwing the people of Detroit under the bus to favor Dearborn residents. That’s messed up.

@supremeMilo @KINGMATT9914 @GavinNewsom @AIPAC Also shoutout to @Dearborngov! Love your city. I got to explore it a bit when I went to go see a Godspeed You! Black Emperor show at St. Andrews hall in Detroit the day prior.

Hi, welcome to the new Democratic Party. We're not voting for @GavinNewsom, ever. Please understand when I say we are now holding you Centrists hostage. If you nominate this soulless silverspoon failson, you will lose the election becuase we will not vote for him. You can nominate someone the people want, or you can lose. We know you'll choose the latter so we will prepare accordingly, we suggest you do the same.

@AustinDyches @supremeMilo @KINGMATT9914 @GavinNewsom @AIPAC There were Jews in Israel before Islam existed? That’s just true.

@supremeMilo @KINGMATT9914 @GavinNewsom Your candidate sent an Epstein associate to Dearborn, Michigan to say Jewish people were in Israel before Islam existed. That's why she lost. There is ethnic cleansing in Lebanon because we have allowed Israel to tell us which candidates we are allowed to run via @AIPAC

@SirWirtz @SarahLongwell25 You agreeing with Piker isn’t context, ok?

American has caused so much death and despair during the 20th century abroad (especially Middle East) that the blowback from such actions would inevitably result in an attack on Americans. It was a vulgar and uncouth way to say it - but it wasn’t some cheerleading statement of joy.

Look, the dumbest thing about all this is that I didn’t and don’t care about Piker. Piker never comes up in focus groups with voters as someone they’re following—the way a Rogan or Tucker or Candance does. I don’t think he’s singularly making an impact on politics in any way commensurate with the attention he’s getting. But I care about Tim. I agreed with @Timodc’s original point that using Piker as a litmus test is dumb. Calling up Jon Ossoff to ask what he thinks about Piker is dumb. It is an unnecessary distraction. But I felt like Tim’s discussion of Piker was too dismissive of some of Pikers more toxic positions. And that was the part I wanted to react to. There’s nothing I can do about the fact that the internet distortion field has overtaken the whole thing. And that people are debating my views in a way that is totally divorced from my actual, very-well documented views. That’s just part of what happens when doing this work. The only thing I can do is keep saying what I actually believe. And what I hear voters saying they believe. But politicians can reach voters who are angry about the Iran war and even about America’s relationship to Israel without going on the stream of a guy who said America deserved 9/11. But, it’s also no doubt true that he’s being elevated by the whole conversation and the right answer to questions about him should probably be “Piker, who?” Because that’s what most voters would say if you asked them.

@Joshn4d @Athenas_Son_V The book isn’t even out yet? How do you know?

@Athenas_Son_V She’s a racist sack of shit, who’s probably still a registered Republican. In her book Bill Kristol and Israel are good guys and Mamdani and Piker are antisemitic bad people. This is why Democrats lose. This is why Democrats are beholden to corporate interests

@sonofmalachy5 @BartonFlagg2 @Alejandro27Ale @SarahLongwell25 Leftists aren’t the base.

@BartonFlagg2 @Alejandro27Ale @SarahLongwell25 How many elections do you guys have to lose before you realize elections are about getting your base out?

Longwell has, for years, vocally and loudly encouraged disaffected Republicans like herself to vote for democrats as the only alternative to stopping Trump. She has used her platform to try to convince people to pull the lever for us. That is someone who is welcome in the tent.

@ZhouEnnui @demsocsean It will have a lot about what voters say they want, which is the most important thing.

@gray_jedi_ @demsocsean I guarantee it won't have anything about policy

My main takeaway from this was the revelation that Sarah has a book coming out on how to defeat MAGA when Kamala lost following her exact game plan (down to campaigning with Liz Cheney). Tim Miller is only Never Trumper who has actually truly thought about what happened in 24.

@keithdorejel She didn’t? She was asked to moderate the event. She didn’t ask for it or plan it.

I didn’t actually realize Longwell was one of the clowns that pushed Harris to campaign with Liz Cheney but now it’s apparent she should not be taken seriously.

@WajahatAli Because El-Sayed was going to CAMPAIGN with Piker, not just go on his stream. That’s why they’ve been the focus, not because of whatever conspiracy you’ve concocted.

Agreed but only Hasan Piker and Abdul El-Sayed have been consistently attacked for the past 2 weeks. The tent is not big enough for them but always open for Bill Maher and anyone who supports Israel and the genocide in Gaza. No one is blind to this.

@abbot_k81635 @LisaBlackpoint @WajahatAli Slotkin isn’t a leftist.

@LisaBlackpoint @WajahatAli Liars and the lying lies they tell :

The past 2 weeks, the same Dems who forced Liz Cheney on us, refused to have a single Palestinian speaker at the DNC, and continue going on Bill Maher's show without ever once pushing back on his racism and Islamophobia, have been OBSESSED with Hasan Piker. They realize they no longer control the majority or the party. Curious if they will adapt or try to burn it all down. I predict the latter.

@johnkonrad @mikenelson586 @RadioFreeTom It’s not a semantic point. Iran is launching missiles at many targets in the region. The scope of the war is not just Iranian soil.

@mikenelson586 @RadioFreeTom You honestly think I don’t know about the deaths of our brave Army soldiers? That’s a LOW blow Mike If you want a semantic debate about the meaning of “war” vs “combat zone” vs whatever… I’m happy to debate But an emotional gut punch to make a semantic point is uncalled for

Please, @RadioFreeTom, explain what exactly the Army is doing in this “war.” I haven’t seen a single Army boot on the ground. Trump won’t even let the Marines secure Kharg Island. You’d think a Naval Woke College professor would know the difference between a naval-air campaign and an actual war. Honestly, Tom Nichols, you don’t hate yourself enough.