No matter what this president does, demagogues will accuse him of "open borders.”
No. He should not. First, because it’s the moral thing to do, and second, because fuck them. It’s not like Tucker and his ilk are going to go start praising Biden for not bringing in the refugees. They’re not gonna go “Well we thought you were totally open borders, but now that we see you’re capping Afghan refugees we’d like to apologize because we were totally wrong.”
Taliban fighters take control of the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul on August 15, 2021.Zabi Karimi/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. The weeks ahead will bring exhaustive debate about the grim developments in Afgha...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area.
I’m really glad you said this out loud and everything but seriously you really should go check the shitty website you edit because the call is coming from inside the house.
Ron DeSantis is a governor uninterested in actually governing, a lawyer with little respect for the law, an anti-elitist with an Ivy League education and a hypocrite unbothered by inconsistency. Populist politics, not public policy, is his long suit. So it is not surprising that he has made a monumental mess of masking in public schools.
Ensuring the long-term survival of Afghan forces and the evacuation of Afghan interpreters were lower priorities than a fast withdrawal with no U.S. casualties.
'The entire process is broken,' Biden transition official. ‘We never had a normal transition and had to play catch up…Now Cruz is holding everyone… And there’s no end in sight.’
The former USA Gymnastics doctor said he had followed Bureau of Prisons rules in paying $300 to his victims while spending more than $10,000 on himself.
Good.
While most Republicans focus blame on President Biden, some former Trump officials are pointing to the deal that Biden's predecessor signed.
The Taliban will be looking for the people in those pictures
Press Statements by the Staff of Truman National Security Project
I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.
The most powerful officers are held to the lowest standard of accountability.
The test of Biden's mettle comes now.
