Nikki Haley says 1) no woman should be jailed for getting an abortion, 2) we should respect each womanâs personal experience, and 3) we should let the people closest to the issue decide. She's right. And that's why she â and everyone â should support freedom of choice. lnk.thebulwark.com/3LxyK9w
Nikki Haley says abortion is a deeply personal issue. Sheâs right.
Ramaswamy has issued an alarming new threat. As VP, "he would have required Congress to impose new federal rules," including a "ban on early in-person voting." "Only if Congress yielded to these demands would he have certified the election results on January 6." https://lnk.thebulwark.com/3szigr2
As vice president, he says, he would certify election resultsâbut only if Congress passes new restrictions on voting.
Republicans are demanding: 1) a ban on transgender people in the military, and 2) reinstatement of personnel who refused orders to get vaccinated against COVID. They pretend that the âwoke mind virusâ is a threat to military readiness, but an actual virus isnât. https://lnk.thebulwark.com/3QRqCo6
Republicans insist that service members who defied COVID vax orders should be reinstatedâyet those arguments are flipped when it comes to demanding that transgender personnel be discharged.
A joint @saletan.bsky.social@jvl.bsky.social Triad: New Poll: Some Republican Voters Might Actually Care About Trump's (Alleged) Crimes
And a counterpoint: What if they believe he's guilty, but don't care?
This was the most delightful and interesting interview I've had in a long time. We talked about the perils of online polarization, the importance of self-correction, and the corruption that comes from hating your opponents. Enjoy! https://pod.link/1536169792/episode/cbf4d04152f68ce79ebc75b7f8d4e7bb
Politics and Religion. Weâre not supposed to talk about that, right? Wrong! We only say that nowadays because the loudest, most extreme voices have taken over the whole conversation. Well, weâre t...
"Republicans stumbled into authoritarianism ... almost through a kind of sleepwalking." It was ad hoc: "Every time Trump abused his power, Graham simply broadened his interpretation of presidential authority to cover that offense." Catch Episode 5, out today. https://lnk.thebulwark.com/3Ok5Kme
By the time of the Ukraine scandal and impeachment, Lindsey Graham and other Republicans had grown tired of defending Trumpâs corrupt behavior. But they didnât blame Trumpâthey blamed the inves...
"In 2015, Graham had called out Trump as a race-baiting bigot. Now, just four years laterâwith a revised vocabulary and a clear conscienceâGraham was rationalizing race-baiting." In Episode 4, Graham excuses Trump's ethnic attacks on Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and AOC. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Y3VYcG
After the 2018 midterms, Lindsey Graham moved to a new stage of collaboration with Trump. Graham was no longer just protecting him from accountabilityâhe began helping Trump to usurp power. The Bulw...
While Lindsey Graham spent most of the '16 campaign excoriating Trump as a toxic demagogue, he began transforming into his chief apologist after the electionâin an effort to influence Trump on natsec and foreign policy. Listen to @saletan.bsky.social read Episode 2!
While Lindsey Graham spent most of the 2016 campaign excoriating Trump as a toxic demagogue, he began transforming into his chief apologist after the electionâin an effort to influence Trump on nati...