I talked to Jamie Raskin about his explosive exchange with CNN's Dana Bash.
"The media should understand that the survival of the free press is at stake right now," he tells me. "There is only one party in America trying to censor and control the press.”
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2095...
The real importance of that Jamie Raskin–Dana Bash dust-up on Sunday: Raskin showed that Democrats and journalists share values that Donald Trump does not.
This is terrible for Americans and also hurts national security. Increasing the military budget won’t defeat Iran. What is actually called for — under a sane government — would be a systematic defense review with an eye to less expensive systems that are suited to modern war. (1/4)
This is called speaking truth to power. A message that we all need to hear and share Thank you @sifill.bsky.social for sharing.
Trump: "The US can't take of daycare. That has to be up to a state. We're fighting wars. Medicaid, Medicare -- they can do it on a state basis. We have to take care of one thing: military protection. But all these little scams that have taken place, you have to let states take care of them."
"Juan" is thinning WA apples. "I need to be very fast and precise to do this work at the speed the boss asks. I remove 3 apples from a bunch, leaving 2. This improves the tree's production and fruit size. Officially, I earn piece rate, but really barely make min wage." #WeFeedYou
Timothy Snyder
On this Tax Day a reminder that Trump has levied one of the largest tax increases on the American people in history through his tariffs, illegally, without Congressional authorization, as a first step in a broader strategy to continue shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to all of us.
BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.
This is a serious escalation.
