Words have no meaning. The president is mentally incompetent. His aides and cabinet members insult us by pretending he's a normally functioning adult. It's all totally insane, a complete farce.
It doesn't say "physically incapacitated" or "diagnosed with mental illness". The president is required to be at least 35, and Trump clearly lacks the intellectual or emotional development of a normally functioning adult. He is incapable of properly discharging the powers and duties of his office.
Donald Trump has the intellect and temperament of a child, and he has a child's understanding of the world. He demonstrates it every single day. The 25th Amendment provides for replacement of the president if he is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."
He has the temperament and judgement of a child. That's not sufficient for the president of the United States, especially when he starts delivering outlandish ultimatums in time of war.
Trump demanding the "unconditional surrender" of Iran is 25th-Amendment-level idiocy. Either he literally doesn't understand what he just demanded, or he intends to occupy Iran, arrest its leaders, etc. Either makes him completely incompetent to have sole control of the US nuclear arsenal.
Trump has fully shattered the world we all grew up in. It’s a dramatic break from how things worked before, even compared to the Iraq War and other misadventures - the United States abruptly tumbling over a cliff and becoming literally more reckless and domineering than Putin’s Russia.
He clearly doesn't understand what "unconditional surrender" means. He thinks the Iranian leadership might agree to let the US military occupy Iran and try all of them for crimes of terrorism?
“This proved frustrating for Justice Sam Alito, whose commitment to originalism waned when confronted with the prospect of not prosecuting a brown man.“ @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app telling it like it is, as always.
It was always Tuberville, but this makes it official.
Suddenly nobody cares anymore. Yay!
Test cases: Sabato's Crystal Ball lists three purple states with Democratic governors as toss-ups (MI, WI, AZ). It will be intersting to see where they end up 8 months from now. centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
I'm curious to see whether this decisively tilts "purple state" elections toward Democrats this fall, as voters may decide that living in a state with a Democratic governor and legislature is their best protection against the depredations and incompetence of the Trump administration.
If we divide states between Red and Blue it should be on the basis of who controls the state government, since that's where the most consequential differences lie. For example, states controlled by Democrats are collaborating to protect public health, while states controlled by Republicans are not.
Agree, and it highlights one of the most destructive media failures of our era. "Senate votes down..." simply increases the general cynicism about Congress and discourages useful action, while "Senate Republicans vote down...." illuminates the escape route from this madness.
If the mainstream media learned anything from their coverage of the Iraq War debacle, this statement would be the subject of a top headline in every newspaper, something like "Trump Makes Baseless Claims to Justify Iran Attack". It turns out the mainstream media didn't really learn anything.
I think this was the plan all along: turn a mainstream media news outlet into a right-wing blog.
Also weird how Turning Point USA leaders keep showing up in these situations, while at the same time Republican politicians all over the country are trying to force colleges and universities to erect Charlie Kirk statues on their campuses.
HUNDREDS of millions! And she lied to the Senate yesterday about the bid process (there was no bid process).
This is not a strategy for regime change, it's a strategy to immiserate 90 million Iranians indefinitely by refusing to let them have a functioning government.
That's about 490,000 hamsters, in case that makes it easier for you to visualize.
I like this new trend where the witness refuses to answer the question and tries to tell irrelevant lies instead, but the member of Congress immediately shouts them down and refuses to let them interrupt.
This cartoonishly childish Hegseth persona is an insult to the American military, the American people, the Iranian people, and just about everybody affected by this war. It is absolutely incredible, in the literal sense, that this man is at the hinge of the chain of command in this spiraling war.
Hearings, subpoenas, votes that force Republicans to defend the indefensible, including impeachments of Trump and his criminals. It would be tragic if Democrats won the House and then said "impeachments are futile because the Senate won't convict anyone". Yesterday's grilling of Noem is encouraging.
We're at a strange juncture in history. Winning just a handful of seats in the midterms could bring Congress back into existence, like a ghost reclaiming human form. But it will only make a difference if Democrats do something with the powers they're granted.
For all practical purposes, Congress has ceased to exist. The only function they serve is to occasionally sign off on whatever the president wants. It's like the legislative body in a dictatorship, it exists strictly for show.
Thank you for your bluntness.
This is just a crazy level of combined incompetence and idiocy. Apparently not a single person involved in planning the debacle even thought of this.
She's sounding extremely Eichmann-ish. It's all about the efficient mass-disposal of human beings.
These are the seemingly normal people who turn out to be monsters when tested. 85 years ago, guys just like Bessent were saying "Gas chambers? Yes sir, right away sir, I'll call the contractors and make the arrangements."
