Amanda Unvarnished

America must not stand idly by as our Afghan friends are brutalized by the Taliban. For honor, for meaning of lives lost, and for simple humanity, the President must urgently rush to defend, rescue, and give and expand asylum. There is no time to spare.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) August 13, 2021

The notion that the collapse of this 20-year American-led project is on anyone but us, this admin and the last, is insane.

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) August 13, 2021

Your bullshit boo-hoo sob story for a claque of traitor trash, insurrectionists, and violent scum moves no one. https://t.co/SSXbnwdpXM

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 13, 2021

Pretending COVID isn’t a problem and getting mad at people who take it seriously doesn’t make the virus go away.
Mitigation measures are unpleasant—life was better without a pandemic—but mass quarantines and remote schooling are worse.
Wishful thinking is a terrible strategy. https://t.co/NxuNOAvfGE

— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) August 13, 2021

I wish Gov. Abbott would declare a war on COVID instead of his fellow Texans. https://t.co/RmsQBBBvcQ

— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 13, 2021

Every option in Afghanistan was bad.
I’m more critical of withdrawing than most, and think too many Americans see war as all or nothing, where it’s clear victory or totally pointless.
But we should recognize the choice was, at best, between bad & worse, not between great & awful.

— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) August 13, 2021

A child under 5 has died of COVID in Florida. Please wear a mask, especially if you’re not vaccinated. It’s a lot less inconvenient that going to a funeral. https://t.co/nIOax4iFEv

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 13, 2021

which button do i have to press for you to drop the ICE contract? https://t.co/4RvIi3yo98

— tillie crimew 🏴🔥🖤 (@cybertillie) August 11, 2021

“i’m not a racist, but …”

let me stop you right there. the sentence 100% of the time only goes downhill from there.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) August 11, 2021

“homeschoolers demand other people’s kids have a normal school experience” might be the thing that finally breaks my brain https://t.co/7Eau7z7iAA

— kilgore trout, terminal hiccups patient (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 13, 2021

Republicans?

Here's looking at YOU. https://t.co/Bpxae976Bo

— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) August 13, 2021

While ostensibly about AirTags helping recover a stolen bike, this is a story of how, even for a privileged white male, NYPD doesn’t want to do its job, lacks the know-how to do its job, and has to be cajoled into acting when someone does the entire job for them. https://t.co/MxFBnMxbQb

— anildash (@anildash) August 12, 2021