“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” Eleanor Roosevelt
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This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
They are lying about JOBS.
They are lying about LAYOFFS.
They are lying about HIRING.
They are lying about FOREIGN INVESTMENT.
They are lying about DEPORTATIONS.
They are lying about KILLING NONCOMBATANTS.
They are lying about EVERYTHING.
They are lying about JOBS.
They are lying about LAYOFFS.
They are lying about HIRING.
They are lying about FOREIGN INVESTMENT.
They are lying about DEPORTATIONS.
They are lying about KILLING NONCOMBATANTS.
They are lying about EVERYTHING.
Here’s my response:
Paper of record:
Paper of record:
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage: