Shankar puts a lot emphasis on the idea that what ICE is doing has, in his view, democratic legitimacy. "I think a lot of the policies, a lot of things that people are struggling with right now in the U.S. were voted on at the ballot box. What ICE is doing was voted on at the ballot box."

Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.

One compelling conclusion in the report: Biden admin was reluctant to pick “fights worth having” and settled for incremental gains out of “risk aversion.”

Former Labor Sec Julie Su is candid to me about failure to do more to reverse 50 years of worker backsliding:

newrepublic.com/article/2023...

“.. no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

- 12th Amendment 🤡

Marjorie Taylor Greene called Ghislaine Maxwell “a lair” and said, “I don’t think we should care what she has to say.”

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles