conv.politics

“You would actually hurt me”— Adam Hamilton, Democratic Senate candidate in Kansas · full quotes →

“These tactics unacceptably draw from the playbook of the antisemitic boycotts, divestments and sanctions movement”— Draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of State (draft document) · full quotes →

“Ugh, someone I was talking to was like we need billionaires to run shit because look how fucked our society is rn. Like mf society is fucked because of those…”— soup3972, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →

“A plane carrying Xi landed at 5.39pm. It said 'Air China', and taxied beyond the jets parked on the tarmac.”— Cat Zakrzewski, White House correspondent, The Washington Post · full quotes →

“At least 21 people have been shot by federal immigration agents during the second Trump administration, according to an ABC News count.”— ABC News · full quotes →

“I do see the Senate as a firewall in a lot of ways. We will spend probably the next two years — if the House flips — trying to do impeachment or investiga…”— John Thune · full quotes →

“One of the great things about Britain, and one of the things that I have a responsibility to defend, is the freedom and democracy that we all enjoy.”— Wes Streeting · full quotes →

“Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are both in the U.S., fulfilling diplomatic engagements as tensions remain high with both…”— CBS News · full quotes →

“Are you unionized? Throw it back at the employer en masse. They cannot sack you all.”— wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · full quotes →

“why standing may be the biggest obstacle to stopping them and what John Roberts' dissent could be signaling to future challengers”— The Bulwark · full quotes →

“What world is Melania living in?”— Mother Jones, Outlet headline/framing · Bluesky · full quotes →

“Why use the name COGE, given that DOGE has "caused so much harm. People lost their jobs and important services were cut. Is that what COGE is?"”— Public commenter · full quotes →

“BREAKING: Judge Kelly just concluded there's no "national security" argument in this case”— muellershewrote.com · Bluesky · full quotes →

“President Trump greeted China's Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday evening in an unusual presidential welcome for a foreign leader.”— CBS News · full quotes →

“Absolutely, 100%, they all hide behind Martin now, like it's one Democrat. We need to put them on the record.”— Bernie Moreno, Senator, R-Ohio · Semafor · full quotes →

“corruption in the highest order”— Troy Jackson, Democratic challenger · Press · full quotes →

“the system issue has been resolved and the agency worked with the secretary of state's office to identify incomplete records to backfill incomplete information.”— Texas Department of Public Safety · full quotes →

“Trump's Bro Sesh With Xi Jinping Was Thoroughly Weird”— Rolling Stone, Publication headline · full quotes →

“I think it's important that we have regulation over crypto. I just can't sign onto a bill that gives permission, literally a handwritten permission slip, to…”— Sen. Elissa Slotkin · full quotes →

“It makes it that there will be a referral from us to the Department of Justice, but there also will have to be a further examination of her recent records to…”— Rand Paul · full quotes →

“The home of Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham has joined rival networks in suspending its coverage of pooled presidential events.”— Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times reporter · Mastodon · full quotes →

“Biden left you "the envy of the world," jackass.”— patricjreynolds.bsky.social · full quotes →

“a blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles”— CNN, MS NOW and Politico, Plaintiffs, joint lawsuit · YouTube · full quotes →

“We asked her to publicly acknowledge that she is a white woman of Jewish heritage and an Israeli settler family.”— Philly Educators for Palestine and Racial Justice Organizing Committee, Joint statement from activist organizations · full quotes →

“It's all bullshit. It's ONLY about #SelfEnrichment”— Nonilex · full quotes →

“Welfare must be a safety net for those who genuinely need it, not a lifestyle choice for those who can't be bothered.”— Kemi Badenoch · full quotes →

“The overwhelming majority of the Americans captured in those records did nothing wrong. Instead of serving discrete local investigations, as contemplated by…”— Sen. Josh Hawley · Roll Call · full quotes →

“Normalizing Putin is the same as normalizing imperialism and genocide. Then again, those are apparently concepts that fit well in the current White House.”— jonas-haraldson.bsky.social · full quotes →

“Majority of Democratic Voters Want to Prosecute Both Biden and Trump Administration Officials Over Gaza”— @TrackAIPAC · full quotes →

“What? You never heard about Patriot Day Freedom Fest? Don't worry, no one has...”— madgreek2024.bsky.social · full quotes →

“Well, I think the Iranians misread our system. I think the Iranians are under this illusion that Democrats are going to win in November, and the president will…”— Marco Rubio · full quotes →

“But voters think the president's backing will hurt the candidate.”— Poll finding (reported across multiple outlets), Poll data · Cleveland.com, NJ.com, AL.com, PennLive · full quotes →