Well first off, there are loads of Christians who are not fundamentalists who are on the front lines in fighting ICE and providing sanctuary etc. But I know what you mean- you mean the Republican Christian fundamentalists.

That’s true too, but dealing with that problem has different outcomes. One is that they fold, or continue to pretend to do shit in big showy raids while actually letting lots of people go.

The other is that they attempt to manage denser populations than they actually can- using more makeshift camps, more concentrated…

Thing is, even if the push back is mostly for media fodder since it’s a hot topic right now and even if Congress can’t actually do anything over night, all this push back matters. THIS is what prevents powerful people to escalate the situation. All these assholes being pissed off that people reference Holocaust…

fuck these guys

BTW unless this guy is also actively trying to eliminate ICE and shut down all the camps, then he’s fair game for any of the chastisement coming his way.

Seriously, I know it can’t be this simple or the article would’ve mentioned it, but what are they talking about here? Leaks? Do they mean that McAleenan leaked the raids TO THE PRESIDENT? Who then tweeted about it? Or do they mean that he leaked it to the press and the president learned about it there, and then…

FWIW, I want Bernie. It’s not about him personally- he’s carrying baggage and has said/done some stupid things- but simply because he’s quite literally the only person running with any understanding of US imperialism. There’s no one else.

US under Obama (w/Hillary at the helm) pushed beyond the NATO charter and went for all out regime change, while cooperating with Salafists to do it. Then there’s the Benghazi scandal- which conservatives make conspiracy theories out of (leave that aside) but in real life, the debacle ended with salafists running off…

Oh yes my list of things that I hate Clinton for are very long, but her tenure as Sec of State and her role in destroying Libya is probably in first place, with her support for the invasion of Iraq as a close second. But she’s gone now, irrelevant, no reason to focus on her anymore, thank god.

Bernie had secret service…

Yes exactly. The Koch Brothers are libertarians. They may not be pure libertarians, but they are on that end of the spectrum. And as I said, libertarians do not want to enforce borders b/c they benefit from competitive labor- it drives down wages.

It’s one of those issues that’s actually at the core of everything in…

You know the funny thing about this is how so many people think this usage is new. AOC has been in organizing circles for years. In those circles, people have been fighting the whole ICE kangaroo court and detention center circuit for years now. And yes, since the first makeshift overcrowded camps popped up in later…

The US needs Israel to maintain its (USA’s) military & market hegemony in the region. It’s the US proxy there. Plus loads of Evangelicals like them for other reasons, but we’ll leave that aside.

Israel needs the US to exist.

The whole situation is sad and hopeless if I start thinking about it too long. I suppose that…

Do you honestly have such a starry-eyed childlike view of the world that you think the US chooses its allies or its enemies based on their human rights records or their treatment of gay people?

You do know that the US has recently made multi-billion dollar weapons deals with Saudi Arabia don’t you? That the US is…

I’m going to pretend for a second that you really don’t know what you are talking about. It’s possible because there is loads of misinformation and propaganda. And I’m going to take the leap that you are willing to correct your ignorance.

The US did not give Iran any money as a part of the nuclear deal. This is a lie…

The money was theirs, asshole. It has nothing to do with nice guys and meanies, grow up. There are no good guys, including the US.

“No way can the Iranian’s capabilities match that of the US.”

Yup, terrible. Thing is though, we can strike Iran from drones. They can’t strike the US. So if we do that to them, they will retaliate by hitting US bases in the region (which surround them) or oil industry targets in the region. Or they will hit Saudi Arabia or Israel since they are our allies. In any case, that’s…

Well to be fair, once you get secret service protection or have to fly around the country quickly, then it becomes impossible not to do chartered flights most of the time and first class (with naps) others. I don’t blame Clinton for not flying coach, though I blame her for millions of other things.

What I like most…

I guess you mean the first Gulf War? Their military was large but technically very far behind, and there was nothing really to compare it to since the Soviet Union had fallen and the US was literally the only powerful nation in the world. We don’t live in times like that anymore.

Computer simulations and war games…

Bernie conceded before the Dem convention and endorsed Hillary and campaigned for her. This is normal- it’s what Hillary did with Obama in 08. She waited until it was impossible for her to win. Everyone had the same handwringing “refuses to concede” bullshit both times- this is what close primaries are like. In both…