The Republicans who control all these state governments have the power to improve the lives of so many people.

Yet they choose exactly the opposite—hatred, greed, bigotry, cruelty, malice, spite.

What the fuck? Have they no shame or sense of decency? (of course they don’t, their leader is Donald Trump, aka Roy Cohn’s disciple—McCarthy might have been shamed by censure and being discredited, but shame was certainly a foreign word for Cohn, as it is for Trump.)

These fucking assholes!

Mehdi Hasan calls out media's false equivalence re: the Culture War.

An extremely successful young woman on her own terms who appeals to young women on their own terms.

The misogynistic creeps and losers in MAGA/right-wing land can’t stand it. They need their own little Republican Safe Space, the poor babies…

Yeah, and the implication (explicitly stated by the Right) is that he's senile/infirm.

As if the guy who the Republicans are almost certainly going to nominate (again) is an exemplar of clear-minded competence and emotional/intellectual stability.

It’s simple: We can have President Biden again, or we can have the chaotic corrupt fascist disaster who preceded him. Do people really want a repeat of the latter? Heaven help us all if they do.

Of fucking COURSE he has ties to the Claremont Institute and Northern Idaho.

That combo just SCREAMS “Hey guys, I’m a fascist dipshit!”

The Buckley-Bozell family paved the way for later right-wing Republican horrors.

Up to and including Trump, DeSantis, and all the other Repub motherfuckers we’re dealing with today.

RFK Jr. is an extreme conspiracy theorist. Him being anti-Semitic wouldn't be a shock.

So many conspiracy theories—and conspiracy theorists—are anti-Semitic or at the very least promote classic anti-Semitic tropes. And anti-Semitism is itself arguably the original conspiracy theory.

And RFK Jr, like many/most conspiracy theorists, is a proven liar and bullshitter. I’m not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt, sorry.

It's not enough for them that they fuck us over with their decisions and policies.

They also expect us to shut up or even thank them for ruining our lives and robbing us of our rights and liberties.

They can’t handle anyone “talking back” to them. What cowards!

I can't see this ending well for him. Putin has had people killed for far less.

Good article BTW, thanks for sharing.

EU calls Serbia and Kosovo to Brussels for crisis talks after recent tensions

Source: The Guardian

The EU has called Serbian and Kosovan leaders to Brussels for crisis talks after raised tensions sparked fears of violence between the two countries.

EU leaders have already intervened on several occasions in recent weeks to try and de-escalate the situation but, after the arrest of Kosovan police officers by Serbia earlier this week, want face-to-face talks.

“In the light of ongoing escalation and the lack of meaningful steps towards this coalition we invited both leaders from Serbia, from Kosovo to come to Brussels next week for a crisis meeting,” said a spokesperson for Josep Borrell, the European Commission’s high representative for foreign policy.

The invitation was issued to the Kosovan prime minister, Albin Kurti, and the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, he added.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/eu-calls-serbia-and-kosovo-to-brussels-for-crisis-talks-after-recent-tensions