i'd be very sorry to see Twitter disappear; i have gained much from seeing what others think/write. but Mastadon has an appeal - so there I'm @RobertFordinMaine@newsie.social.

RT @jasmineelgamal: In a world where all lives were considered equal, would a 23-year old pregnant unarmed Palestinian woman be shot in the…

RT @azelin: This is simply not true. IS activity has gone down since the fall of the regime. Most attacks are by local Arab tribes that wan…

Washington overplaying its hand? $1.7 billion annually n aid to Jordan, $1.5 billion to Egypt obviously alot, but remember Cairo stiffed Obama & US aid in aftermath of Egyptian military coup vs Morsi n 2013 as UAE, Saudi Arabia stepped up. Existential for Cairo, Amman here?

RT @tparsi: It appears that the Saudis are recognizing how little interest Israel ultimately seems to have in normalization with the kingdo…

RT @DarrigoMelanie: Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 bill…

RT @RBReich: Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0…

RT @GregoryPWaters: 1) Big change in coast area complaints now vs my last trip in December "Security issues" now means lack of security pe…

RT @MairavZ: If Hamas is described this way (in the NYT), wouldn't it also be fair to describe the State of Israel as "the occupying power…

RT @PeterBeinart: Oppose my ideas all you want. But when you urge people in my neighborhood to give me a pager--in the wake of Israel's pag…

RT @mattduss: Maybe we should be more angry at the president who spent 15 months enabling mass atrocities than the voters who were upset ab…

RT @Dave_Harden: Here is the list of 99 USAID personnel who died in serving our nation abroad. May their memory be a blessing and may we le…

the gentleman who proudly wore an Israeli military uniform to his congressional job is explaining how American diplomacy should be conducted? seriously?

RT @FPWellman: Funny how @TomCottonAR lost his shit for years about the Chinese government having possible access to TikTok data but hasn’t…

RT @scarylawyerguy: Would hope the reporters who took down Hillary's campaign over her use a private email server would care that Treasury…

@EndWokeness over time their exporters will adjust and find new markets. yes, they may lower their prices to achieve that. and they'll suffer some pain in the process. but so will american consumers. for what, exactly?

@nicksortor from energy to vehicles to industrial imports, and yes, maple syrup, we import nearly half a trillion US$ worth of goods & services from Canada. americans will see higher prices no matter what. so, please remind me, what is Trump trying to achieve exactly?

RT @jaycjackson: I’ve got a buddy on this list. Omaha guy. Great husband. Father of four. He’s given his entire professional life to hi…

oh, there will be many tests before elections whenever they finally come. and there already have been a few tests.

RT @anewpolicyorg: From McCarthyism to the Patriot Act, assaults on civil liberties are often cloaked as defending civil rights and come wr…

Cotton didn't mention a second principle of Republican administration's foreign policy: it's fine, and sometimes good, to treat your pro-American friends like dirt. (i'm being polite, not using another word.) see Canada, Denmark, Mexico at end of week 2 of this administration.