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"So stop minimizing the threat [Covid] poses [to our kids]... And stop asking our teachers and our kids to make sacrifices that so many of the rest of us aren't willing to make."
My #minirant tonight on Covid, school closures, and kids' health:
My #minirant tonight on Covid, school closures, and kids' health:
"We hear again & again about the mental health trauma of being denied in-person schooling... How come we almost never hear about the mental health trauma of losing a parent to Covid? 1 out of 500 children in America became an orphan."
My #minirant:
My #minirant:
"I'm no child psychiatrist but I'm pretty sure losing a parent to Covid is as stressful and traumatic, if not more so!, as being unable to go to school in person."
My #minirant on Covid, kids, and mental health/school closures:
My #minirant on Covid, kids, and mental health/school closures:
Joe Manchin, whose uncle was WV Sec of State, who joined his family business out of college, whose son took over his family firm, who carries on getting coal money payouts, is giving right-wing lectures on "entitlement mentality"? Seriously?
My #minirant:
My #minirant:
"When, as governor of WV, Joe Manchin was pushing for a multibillion-dollar bailout of the big banks, banks like Goldman Sachs, whose employees would go on to become some of Manchin's biggest donors, that wasn't 'entitlement mentality'?"
My #minirant:
My #minirant:
"'Entitlement mentality' is a conservative trope...no different to Reagan... 'welfare queens'...When Manchin's predominantly white voters in rural WV hear him talk about ppl & their 'entitlement' they're thinking about black ppl in big cities on welfare."
"While everyday Muslims have been demonized for decades despite condemning terrorism with our every breath, everyday Republicans are openly excusing, apologizing for, defending, and even praising domestic terror attacks."
My #minirant tonight on @MSNBC:
My #minirant tonight on @MSNBC:
"Foreign jihadists have never had mainstream support in America or apologists giving them encouragement inside of government. But our domestic terrorists seem to be able to count on the support of members of Congress which makes them a much bigger threat."
"Can you imagine if Ilhan Omar had put out a statement the day of an attempted Al Qaeda attack on the Capitol saying she 'understood' their 'anti American anger'?"
Me on the double standards with GOP Rep Mo Brooks & his apologizing for domestic terrorism
Me on the double standards with GOP Rep Mo Brooks & his apologizing for domestic terrorism
The NYT's @Nate_Cohn says we should set "aside intent" when judging the Georgia voter law.
In my #minirant, I explain why that's "nonsensical," & why setting aside the GOP's *ill* intent, which I document in detail, is “missing the forest for the trees.”
In my #minirant, I explain why that's "nonsensical," & why setting aside the GOP's *ill* intent, which I document in detail, is “missing the forest for the trees.”
Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, GA & AZ GOP legislators, GOP lawyers - they've all been open about the reason for new voter laws. To make sure the GOP can *win*.
As I point out, journalists who ignore that fact are doing their readers/viewers a disservice:
As I point out, journalists who ignore that fact are doing their readers/viewers a disservice:
"They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote... as a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down."
- Conservative activist/Heritage co-founder Paul Weyrich in *1980*
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- Conservative activist/Heritage co-founder Paul Weyrich in *1980*
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