Thread by @ifindkarma

"We've seen a lot in these last 4.5 years of Donald Trump and nothing, in my experience, was more serious than this attempt to overthrow a lawful election, corrupting and weaponizing the Department of Justice. Absolutely horrifying."
@SenBlumenthal @maddow

"The very purpose of this law is to chill people. Not just abortion providers in Texas, but to chill the entire community of people who want to help women right now into second guessing whether they’ll be on the hook."
Dahlia Lithwick @maddow #WHPA #Bounty

“What I believe is unprecedented is for a member of House leadership of either party to be unable to condemn incitement of violence against a member of this body… What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?”
@AOC House speech, November 17, 2021

“Why hasn’t a single Republican member of Congress that was involved with January 6 been subpoenaed?”
Number 4 of 19 shocking unanswered Jan 6 questions

@donwinslow #ShockingUnansweredJan6Questions

“Any communications Mr. Trump has with this committee will be under oath and if he persists in lying then, he will be accountable under laws of this great nation and subject to criminal penalties for every false word he speaks.”
@Liz_Cheney @January6thCmte

Dear @January6thCmte, PLEASE subpoena Donald Trump Jr, Mo Brooks, Ted Cruz, Eric Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Jim Jordan, MTG, Andy Biggs, Kevin McCarthy, Josh Hawley, Jared Kushner, Paul Gosar, Charles A. Flynn, Ivanka… and 45*.
@donwinslow #SubpoenasNow✨

“There's this very large mass of Trump supporters who believe both that Biden is an illegitimate president who stole the office, and that violence is justified.”
@bartongellman to @maddow re: “Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun” (theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…)

“Mark, the President* needs to tell the people in the Capitol to go home. This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy.” Laura Ingraham

“…Further evidence of President* Trump’s supreme dereliction of duty during those 187 minutes.” Liz Cheney

“Did Donald Trump — through action or inaction — corruptly seek to obstruct or impede Congress’s official proceedings to count electoral votes?”
Liz Cheney, re: Mark Meadows’s Trump coup attempt PowerPoint

“The committee has firsthand testimony now that [Trump] was sitting in the dining room next to the Oval Office watching the attack on television [and] that his daughter Ivanka went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence.” @RepLizCheney✨

“[President* Trump] was in the dining room, gleefully watching on his TV as he often did — ‘look at all of the people fighting for me’ — hitting rewind, watching it again…”
former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham to CNN

“We must decide what kind of nation we [will] be. Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people?” @JoeBiden

“727 insurrectionists arrested… Who else should be jailed for this unsuccessful coup?” @colbertlateshow

“The threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. Debate them, vote… If that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster.” @JoeBiden

“Our democracy has been declining over the last 5 years. In fact, right after January 6 of last year, our country was classified as an anocracy… The most important thing is for citizens to be aware of the dangers of democratic decline.”
@bfwalter @AC360

“Voting rights: It’s time to be a hero… Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote… We could be heroes. What do you say? Senators, don’t be on the wrong side of history.”

“This is gravest crime we could imagine that a president could commit. If you don’t at least look at this with the closest possible microscope, you are basically saying that a president is completely above the law.”
@gtconway3d @chrislhayes @allinwithchris

“The concern is misplaced, because if you look at the statistics, African-American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as American voters.”
Mitch McConnell #MitchPlease @MeidasTouch

“[Donald Trump] threatens prosecutors. He uses the same language that he knows caused the January 6th violence. And I think that it tells us that he clearly would do this all again if he were given the chance.”

@Liz_Cheney @January6thCmte #Jan6thCommittee

Question: Will you commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election? [asked on September 23, 2020]

Donald Trump: “We're gonna have to see what happens...”

“President* Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election… Frankly there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.”

@Mike_Pence (on Feb 4, 2022) #LegitimatePoliticalDiscourse?

“If I run and if I win we will treat those people from January 6 fairly. And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.”
Donald Trump dangling pardons for insurrectionists, 1/29/22

“Lincoln said those who embrace sedition and turn backs on the Constitution threaten to ‘destroy the only democracy in existence and prove for all time — to both future Americans and the world — that a government of the people could not survive.’”@tribelaw

“January the 6th: We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent a peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next.”
Mitch McConnell, 2/8/22

“The [economic] data shows that GDP growth rises when Democrats get elected and falls when Republicans do. There are no exceptions.”



@StrikePac @RachelBitecofer #DemocratsForTheWin

“Putin is smart. He's taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions. I'd say that's pretty smart.”
Donald Trump 2/23/22 Mar-a-Lago fundraiser speech

“Very shrewd, very capable. I have enormous respect for him… He is very savvy… He would smile at me with a look that reminded me it's a tough world out there. I consider him an elegantly sophisticated counterpart…”
Mike Pompeo praising Putin 2/22/22

“I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine. Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ …Very savvy. I know him very well.”
Donald Trump 2/22/22 Clay Travis Buck Sexton show

“Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences…
In the contest between democracy and autocracy — between sovereignty and subjugation — make no mistake: Freedom will prevail.”
President Biden 2/24/22

“We must make sure within our own country, we are calling out those people who are giving aid and comfort to Putin, who are talking about what a genius he is, what a smart move it is — who are unfortunately being broadcast by Russian media.”@HillaryClinton

“@ZelenskyyUa’s address to the Russian (!) people might be the most moving speech that I've ever seen in my entire life. The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message.”
@PMoelleken #IStandWithUkraine #IStandWithZelenskyy

“The problem is not that Putin is smart — which of course he's smart — but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb.”

Donald Trump praising Putin while insulting NATO
CPAC 2022 speech, 2/26/22 #PutinWarCriminal

“[Trump] has exhibited little regard for democracy or human rights… What we have now is a Trump policy agenda that aligns far more closely with the interests of Putin and Russia than the interests of the United States.”
Clinton campaign video October 2016

“We desire to see our children alive. I think it's a fair one. Yesterday 16 children were killed… We are fighting for survival… Life will win over death and light will win over darkness.”
Volodymyr Zelensky speech to European Parliament 3/1/22

“[Russian soldiers] don't know why they’re here… These are not warriors of a superpower. These are confused children who have been used. Take them home.”
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speech 3/2/22
@ZelenskyyUa #StandWithUkraine️ #PutinWarCriminal

“We are all here defending our independence and our country. And it will stay that way. Glory to the men and women defending us. Glory to Ukraine.”
Zelensky selfie video, Kyiv 2/25/22


🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

“Take these seeds and put them in your pockets, so at least sunflowers will grow when you all die here… You came to my land. Do you understand? You are occupiers. You are enemies.”

In a world of Putins, be the Sunflower Seed Woman.

🌻 #SunflowerSeeds 🌻

“Good Lord, what do you want? Leave our land. If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table. But not from 30 meters away… Sit down with me and talk. What are you afraid of? We're no threat to anyone.”
Zelensky to Putin, 3/3/22

“How long do you need? How many legs, arms, heads should be severed so that you understand? …If you don’t have the strength to provide a no-fly zone, then give us planes. Would that not be fair?”
Volodymyr Zelensky 3/3/22

#UkraineUnderAttack #CloseTheSky

“Even if Putin destroys all our Ukrainian cathedrals and churches, he will not destroy our faith, our sincere belief in Ukraine and God, our belief in people.”
President Zelenskyy vows to rebuild the country 3/3/22

#UkraineUnderAttack #StandWithUkraine 🌻

“In the battle between Democracy and Autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment. The world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security. Freedom will always triumph over tyranny.” President Biden

@pttrn_ntgrty @MeidasTouch #FundUkrainianFreedom

“I was shocked to see how many reporters — around the world, by the way — seem to think it’s more of a tragedy when white people have to flee their countries.” Trevor Noah

@Trevornoah @TheDailyShow #UkraineUnderAttaсk

“There are no humanitarian corridors… We will not forget. We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war on our land… There will be no quiet place on this earth for you. Except for the grave.”
Zelensky speech 3/6/22 🌻#ExceptForTheGrave🌻

“We will not give up. We will not lose. We will fight until the end. At sea, in the air... We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets.”
Zelensky UK speech


#StandWithUkraine🌻

“Our military replenished its arsenal with equipment it took on the battlefield. Enemy tanks, armored vehicles, ammo will now work for our defense. What could be more humiliating for the invaders? We’ll beat the enemy with its own weapons.”
Zelensky 3/9/22

“Air bomb on the maternity hospital is the final proof. Proof that the genocide of Ukrainians is taking place… You must tighten sanctions against Russia so that it no longer has any chance of continuing this genocide.”
Zelensky address 3/9/22 #CloseTheSky

Reminder: Donald Trump’s first impeachment was about his attempt to extort President Zelensky by withholding military defense aid (javelins) until Ukraine announced a bogus investigation of Joe Biden’s son.

Trump’s quid-pro-quo denial, sung Ramones-style:

"Supporting Ukraine is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do. If Russia prevails and Ukraine falls to Russian dominion, we can expect to see other attempts by Russia to expand its territory and its influence."
Marie Yovanovitch 11/15/19

“Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.”
President Zelensky address to US Congress 3/16/22

🌻 #StandWithUkraine️ #ClosetheSkyoverUkraine 🌻

“We are fighting for the values of Europe and the world, sacrificing lives in the name of the future… American people are helping not just Ukraine, but Europe and the world to keep our planet alive. To keep justice in history.”
Zelensky address Congress

“This is an illegal war. Your lives, your limbs, your futures are being sacrificed for a senseless war condemned by the entire world… Help me spread truth: Let your fellow Russians know the human catastrophe that is happening in Ukraine.” @Schwarzenegger

“It’s ridiculous that we’re focused on the border in Ukraine. I gotta be honest with you: I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.”
JD Vance 2/19/22
#OHSen

When politicians show us who they are, believe them.

“He was an awful president… If anybody tries to look back and say that Donald Trump would’ve been better at this it is just utter garbage… You can dislike Joe Biden but don’t pretend that Donald Trump is any good.”
@AdamKinzinger @jimsciutto @CNN 3/17/22

“I do think [Donald Trump] was responsible [for January 6]…
It appears that part of the plan was to send this group up to Capitol Hill. I think the whole idea was to intimidate Congress, and I think that that was wrong.”
Bill Barr 3/4/22 @LesterHoltNBC✨

“Trump is not the champion of besieged democracies. His initial instinct was to call Putin’s actions ‘genius’ and characterize his description of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border as peacekeepers as ‘very savvy.’” @JoyceWhiteVance

🌻@AccountableGOP🌻

“[96 year old Boris Romantschenko survived 4 Holocaust concentration camps] and he was killed by a Russian projectile that hit an ordinary Kharkiv high-rise building. Each passing day makes clear what Putin’s ‘denazification’ is.”
Zelensky address 3/21/22

“We WILL win… There will be new cities. There will be new dreams. There will be a new story. There will be; there’s no doubt… Ukraine was beautiful, but now it will become great.”
Zelensky WAS video 3/20/22

@ZelenskyyUa #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraine🌻

“Russia criminally interfered in the 2016 election, they did it to help Trump win, and the Trump campaign knew and expected to benefit. These are facts.” Elie Honig


@StrikePac #StrikePac #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

“If I am confirmed, I commit to you that I will work productively to support and defend the Constitution and the grand experiment of American democracy that has endured over these past 246 years.”
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson opening statement 3/21/22 #KBJ

“You are my harbinger of hope. This country is getting better and better and better… The greatest country in the world — the United States of America — will be better because of you. Thank you.”
Cory Booker to Ketanji Brown Jackson 3/23/22 #AJustice4All

“A Black woman I did not know was passing me on the sidewalk. And she looked at me, and I guess she knew how I was feeling. And she leaned over as we crossed and said, ‘Persevere.’”
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson persevere kindness story

via @SenAlexPadilla:

“Clarence Thomas voted to hide from the J6 committee and the American people, deeply damaging evidence of his wife’s misconduct. And it wasn’t just shoplifting. It was an attempt to overthrow our government.”
@glennkirschner2 @StephMillerShow @tommyxtopher

“President* Trump and Dr Eastman justified the plan with allegations of election fraud, but President* Trump likely knew the justification was baseless, and therefore that the entire plan was unlawful.”
U.S. District Court Judge David Carter

@PaulaReidCNN:

“The question here is: Can you subvert the Constitution and the law?”
Bob Woodward on 457 minutes gap in White House phone logs of calls placed to and by Trump (1/6/21, 11:17am—6:54pm)

What’s in the 7-hour gap?

@realBobWoodward #7Hours37Minutes #7HourGap

"Attorney General Garland, do your job." @RepElaineLuria


✨ @January6thCmte #MerrickGarlandDoYourJob ✨

Ginni Thomas texts conspired with Mark Meadows to overturn the 2020 U.S. election, and then, instead of recusing, Clarence Thomas voted to block investigators from seeing the evidence.



@SRuhle @BarbMcQuade:

“[Donald Trump] should not be asking a foreign country to investigate a political rival. That is just improper.”
Susan Collins first impeachment 2/4/20 @NorahODonnell

“It’s time for [Russian] people to call on the people of the United States to change the regime in the U.S. early and to again help our partner Trump to become President*.”
Russian state TV host Evgeny Popov 3/28/22

@JuliaDavisNews

“I have no idea what a burner phone is, to the best of my knowledge I have never even heard the term.”
Donald Trump 3/29/22

What was Trump doing during #7HourGap?


@MeidasTouch #TrumpCoverUp #7hours37minutes

“The issue is not whether Trump lied about not knowing what a Burner Phone is. The real question is: WHY is he lying?”@MichaelCohen212

@January6thCmte #TrumpCoverUp #BurnerPhone

“If Trump’s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution.”
Judge David Carter ruling against John Eastman, 3/28/22

“Trump’s ‘stolen election’ [lie] succeeded in provoking violence on January 6. On this point, there is no doubt. The committee has videos, interviews, and sworn statements from violent rioters demonstrating these facts.”
Liz Cheney 3/28/22 @January6thCmte

“The most important thing you can realize right now is that there are no rules in war. And this war is psychological. PSYOP.”
Ginni Thomas text to Mark Meadows 11/14/20

Clarence Thomas also believes no rules apply to them, and he protects Ginni Thomas:

“Federal law requires that spouses of the Supreme Court Justices disclose payments that they have received…[Ginni Thomas] received more than $680,000 from the Heritage Foundation and yet somehow the Thomases failed to report that.”
@SenWarren @chrislhayes

“Supreme Court Justices are subject to federal law… 28 U.S. Code §455 requires them to disqualify themselves from any proceedings in which their ‘impartiality might reasonably be questioned.’”@JaneMayerNYer

“Sadly, the people who helped deprogram Ginni were also apparently involved in right-wing causes. As with SO many former members, she was overly susceptible and went from one cult to another (The Cult of Trump).” @CultExpert

Ginni Thomas speaking in 1986:

“Donald Trump is the first president* in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.”
General Mattis, June 2020



@ProjectLincoln:

“Say [Russia] starts blatantly interfering in our election again to help Trump. Can you have the least bit of confidence he'll protect our national interest over his own? YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T — which makes him dangerous to this country.”
@AdamSchiff 1/23/20

“We defend our freedom. To live. To love. To sound. On our land, we are fighting Russia, which brings horrible silence with its bombs. The dead silence. Fill the silence with your music.”
Zelensky Grammy speech 4/3/22

🌻@ZelenskyyUa @johnlegend #GRAMMYs🌻

“Concentrated evil has come to our land. Murderers. Torturers. Rapists. Looters. Who call themselves an army… Why were ordinary citizens in a peaceful city tortured to death? How could women be raped and killed in front of children?”
Zelensky Bucha 4/3/22

“Are you ready to close the UN? Do you think the time of international law is gone? If not, then you must act immediately… The aggressor must be brought to peace immediately.”
Zelensky Speech UN video 4/5/22

@UN #StopRussianAgression #BuchaMassacre

“[Josh Hawley] is blocking the staffing of senior leadership of the Dept of Defense. And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists… A guy who, just about a month ago, voted against Ukraine aid.”
@brianschatz 4/7/22

“It’s absolutely clear that what President* Trump was doing — what a number of people around him were doing — that they knew it was unlawful. They did it anyway.”
Liz Cheney, CNN State of Union 4/10/22 #CNNSOTU

@Liz_Cheney @CNNSotu

“Please give me something to work with. I just need to know what I should be saying. Please tell me what I should be saying.”
Mike Lee texts to Mark Meadows 11/20/20
[begging him to justify overturning 2020 election]

🎥:@georgehahn

“I know that hate will only win if people like me stand by and let it happen… Call me whatever you want. I know who I am. I know what faith and service mean, and what it calls for in this moment. We will not let hate win.”
Senator @MalloryMcMorrow 4/19/22

“It think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you [Trump] should resign… I’ve had it with this guy [Trump]. What he did was unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it.”
Kevin McCarthy audio tape 1/10/21

#Maddow @maddow

“Trump and Kevin McCarthy did speak by phone last night, and Trump was not upset — at least for now — in part because McCarthy did not follow through with his plan to tell Trump to resign.”
@MZanona @therecount 4/22/22

#ResignKevin thiswillnotpass.com

“Trump and I, we've had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he's been a consequential president*. But today — all I can say is COUNT ME OUT. Enough is enough.”
Lindsey Graham 1/6/21 after the attack

“[Trump] bears responsibility for his words and actions. No ifs, ands, or buts. I asked him personally today… He told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. And he needs to acknowledge that.”
Kevin McCarthy audio 1/11/21 ✨ #McCarthyTapes

“Kevin McCarthy [in embracing cancel culture] called for more members of his caucus — other Republican members of Congress — to have their Twitter accounts cut off. The same way that Trump was cut off from Twitter.”

@jmartNYT @alexburnsNYT #McCarthyTapes

“How would [Jan 6 mob] know Mike Pence was the proper target of their wrath? …When I heard that he said, ‘I’m not getting in that car,’ that was utterly chilling to me. Those are six of the most chilling words in American history.”
@RepRaskin @chrislhayes

Steve Scalise 1/10/21: “It’s potentially illegal what he’s doing.”

Kevin McCarthy: “He’s putting people in jeopardy. And he doesn’t need to be doing this. We saw what people would do in the Capitol.”

#McCarthyTapes @January6thCmte thiswillnotpass.com

“Can’t they take their Twitter accounts away too?”
Kevin McCarthy to GOP leaders 1/10/21

In a moment of clarity, Kevin McCarthy openly hoped that big tech would invoke cancel culture to strip Republican members of Congress of their social media accounts:

“We now have the evidence to support a story of the worst presidential political crime against the union in American history.” Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin @January6thCmte @jamie_raskin #January6th

Laurence Tribe describes what “is being bandied about as the technique that they hope to use if they get Gorsuch and Kavanaugh and Alito and Thomas on board… to take the next election regardless of who wins.”

@tribelaw @JoyAnnReid @thereidout #TheReidOut

“In America, you have the right to seek the truth and speak the truth, even if it makes people in power uncomfortable… If Russian journalists [had such freedom] would they use it in the same way? Ask yourself that question every day.”
@Trevornoah #WHCD

“Fox News, I’m really sorry your preferred candidate lost the last election. To make it up to you, I’m happy to give my Chief of Staff to you all so he can tell Sean Hannity what to say everyday,” President Joe Biden jokes at #WHCD.

@JoeBiden @POTUS @Acyn

“69% of people across this country — across this country, red states and blue states, old people and young people — want #RoeVsWade to maintain as the law of the land… We have a right. Extremists? We’ve heard enough from extremists.”
@SenWarren @ewarren✨

“How dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body. HOW DARE THEY. How dare they try to stop her from determining her own future.”
Vice President Kamala Harris speech to Emily’s List 5/3/22

@VP @KamalaHarris @emilyslist #RoeVsWade

“Roe vs Wade is an important precedent of the Supreme Court.”
Samuel Alito confirmation hearing 2006 #RoeVWade

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.”
Justice Alito 2022

Justices Barrett, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas testifying under oath:

“They will do anything for the unborn. But once you’re born, you’re on your own… No neonatal care, no day care, no Head Start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you're preborn, you're fine; if you're preschool…”
George Carlin

“So go, be unafraid. We will not be delayed. We will not be masquerade to the tale of a handmaid. We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade, because when we show up today, we’re already standing up with the tomorrow we made.”
Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman)

“There's incredible pressure on you all to deliver heat instead of shed light, because the technology is changing so much. The system is changing. But it matters… The truth matters. American democracy is not a reality show.”
@JoeBiden #WHCADinner 4/30/22

A 60-page GOP INTERNAL USE ONLY memo has intentionally misleading talking points that portray immigrants as criminals AND accuse Democrats of “seeking to abolish all immigration enforcement” — so Fox ‘News’ can mislead its viewers.
@davidcicilline explains:

“[GOP ‘Rescue America’ 11-Point Plan] would raise taxes on half of Americans and sunset programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Why would you propose something like that in an election year?”
Fox ‘News’ to Rick Scott #itsINtheplan @StrikePac

“The only answer is at the ballot box, to elect people who will stand up for every American’s rights… Once you allow this kind of extreme power to take hold, you have no idea who they will come for next.”
@HillaryClinton @NorahODonnell #RoeVWade #WHPA

Chris Matthews: Do you believe in punishment for abortion?
Donald Trump: There has to be some form of punishment.
CM: For the woman?
Trump: Yeah. There has to be some form.

Do all Trump-endorsed politicians believe in punishing women??

3/30/16 interview:

“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn’t wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn’t wake up then either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.” June Osborne

#GOPHandmaidsTale @MeidasTouch

“We have members of Congress [such as MTG] who are cheerleaders for Putin, and are voices of nothing but defeatism, fatalism, and pessimism for democracy in Europe… so they try to distract us with a lot of phony rhetoric.”
@jamie_raskin @RepRaskin 4/28/22

“There's a good argument that Judge Luttig by not being on the Supreme Court did more for our democracy than most any sitting Supreme Court Justice or past one.”
@neal_katyal (to @chrislhayes) on the judge who counseled Mike Pence against ending democracy

“We are in greater danger today than we were on January 6th. The reaction has been just the opposite of what it ought to have been… We have a continued war going on now over America—over its institutions of democracy.”
Judge Luttig to @BillKristol 5/12/22

“[Ginni Thomas] refused to accept the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election [so] instead she tried to steal the election, overthrow the government and install a tyrant… Brother Thomas, why are you such a hater?”
@hakeemjeffries @RepJeffries 5/11/22

“Justice Roberts has said that the Supreme Court can self regulate. That’s simply not true. We’ve got one sitting Justice whose wife has been shown to have been planning the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.”
@MondaireJones @RepMondaire @KatiePhang

“Justice Clarence Thomas [at AEI 5/13/22] bemoaned the leak of the SCOTUS opinion that will likely overturn Roe v Wade, [claiming] that when you lose trust in an institution, it changes that institution fundamentally.”
@KatiePhang @katiephangshow #RoeVWade

“Out of 75+ scholar citations, only 4 are women. Out of 90+ judge/justice citations, 5 are women. ‘Justice’ Samuel Alito cites HIMSELF 6 times. And this [SCOTUS opinion] would effectively govern the bodies of millions.”
@MotherJones tiktok.com/@motherjonesma…

“Anywhere you see these hateful bills being passed, ADF is behind it. The goal is to turn America into a Christian theocracy… This is a hostile takeover [and] they have their claws in everything.”
🎥: wildfiresmile on TikTok tiktok.com/@wildfiresmile… ✨#ADF

“Republicans have made clear that their goal will be to seek to criminalize abortion nationwide [dispensing] with precedent and privacy in overturning Roe.” Speaker Pelosi

#BansOffOurBodies
#AmericanWoman @PDXEleven @Eleven_Films

“Forcing birth in a nation that doesn't offer paid leave, that doesn't offer subsidized child care, has high-levels of maternal deaths and infant mortality rates. So we are never going to be free unless we fix the structure.”
@reshmasaujani @AliciaMenendez

“Did we just live to see the high watermark of liberty and freedom and rights in this country? … For the last 50 years, America has trusted women to draw that line [and now SCOTUS] is poised to take that understanding away.”
@PeteButtigieg #RoeVWade #Roe

“Griswold, Loving, Roe, Lawrence, and Obergefell survive only together… The rights of the marginalized are bonded together in writing through these decisions to form a single thread. If one tears, the entire fabric is undone.”
@MoRepMackey @CapehartJ #Roe

“Legislative bodies—not only at state level but at the federal level—certainly could legislate in that area… It should be resolved [in] legislative process. So yeah [national abortion ban with no exceptions] is possible.”
Mitch McConnell 5/7/22 @StrikePac

“We have got to protect people’s access to abortion pills [and] we’ve got to keep pressuring the government officials who work for us to protect rights that we fought for and that the majority of Americans f—ing want.”
@iamsambee @FullFrontalSamB #RoeVWade

“Fox ‘News’ is upset about protesters outside judges’ homes and apparently has no idea what’s been going on for the last 40 years.”
@Trevornoah @TheDailyShow #RoeVWadeprotest #Roe

“Ginni Thomas and her supporters insist that her advocacy stands separate and apart from her husband’s work… Why not call for him to resign? Why not hold hearings? … What do you think Republicans would be doing if the situation was reversed?”@mehdirhasan

“There ARE rules, and they do apply to almost every judge in this country, that say that if your spouse has an interest in the case, you need to recuse — [but not on] Supreme Court because it holds itself above the ethics code.”
@JaneMayerNYer #GinniThomas

Query: Do you think Clarence Thomas should resign?

@SpeakerPelosi: I don't think he ever should've been appointed… If your wife is an admitted and proud contributor to a coup of our country, maybe you should weigh that in your ethical standards.

3/31/22:

“There has to be some sort of oversight of the Supreme Court… given what we have just learned about Ginni Thomas and [‘Justice’ Clarence] because right now the legitimacy of the Court is hanging in the balance.”
@glennkirschner2 @CapehartJ @TheSundayShow

“The symmetry between Ginni and Clarence Thomas’ work has never been more obvious. While Clarence fought to give state legislatures constitutional authority to reject election results, Ginni lobbied state legislators to do that.” @mjs_DC

@JoyceWhiteVance:

“What are we doing? Why are we here, if not to solve problems like this? …This only happens in this country and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day.”
Chris Murphy speech (@ChrisMurphyCT) #Uvalde

“When are we going to DO SOMETHING? … Senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings, I ask you: Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children?”
@SteveKerr #UlvadeTX

“It's on you.”

Beto O'Rourke interrupted Governor Greg Abbott's press conference about the Uvalde Massacre to demand he do something about Texas’s gun problem. Thank you, Beto!

@BetoORourke @therecount #UvaldeMassacre
#UvaldeTX

147 Republicans voted against democracy on January 6, 2021.

“[GOP’s ‘Rescue America’ plan will] enrich corporations and the ultra wealthy at the cost of working people. McConnell claims that Rick Scott’s proposal isn’t the Republican agenda, but we’ve got the receipts.”
@briantylercohen @MorePerfectUS @NoLieWithBTC

“Most Americans support keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and children— the majority of us do, Democrats and Republicans. The reason they call them common sense gun laws is because that’s what they are: common sense.”
@jimmykimmel @JimmyKimmelLive

“To begin to do something [codify law] 21 to buy a rifle… We need universal background checks. We need red flag laws with teeth… We have to be the ones putting forward solutions for responsible gun ownerships.”

@AdamKinzinger @RepKinzinger #GunReformNow

“Mark my words. This time will be different… Republican state legislatures across the country including Florida have passed gun reform. We just need them to do it in Congress.”
@davidhogg111 #MarchForOurLives

Outside Houston NRA convention: #VoteThemOut

Across the street from the NRA convention: “Am I next?”

#GunSafetyNow #GunSafetyLawsNOW #NRAprotest

“It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.” Amanda Gorman

How can Republican Senators listen to the words of Amerie Jo Garza’s father Angel and do nothing?

“How is it that an 18-year-old can buy an AR-15-style rifle and 1600 rounds of ammo, like we saw in Uvalde? … Should an 18-year-old have an AR-15? … You can’t buy a beer [or cigarettes] when you’re 18.”
@Acosta to NRA Board Member Judge Phillip Journey

It was easier for a 13-year-old boy to buy a rifle from a private seller at a gun show than to buy beer, cigarettes, porn, and lottery tickets. (🎥:#RealSports 2014)

Gun show loopholes still exist.

Senate Republicans won’t even vote to DEBATE safety laws.

“We are at a point [where] we are going to have to mobilize a greater movement… Until the redemptive power of the love for all of our children is greater than the destructive power of the love of our guns and money, [nothing] is gonna change.”@CoryBooker

“Women and mothers have political power… We need to use our voices and our votes [to] demand change, and if our lawmakers don’t act, hold them accountable— [the] unglamorous heavy lifting of grassroots activism.”
@shannonrwatts @SymoneDSanders @MomsDemand

Republicans in 2022 voted against cracking down on gas station price gouging, against fighting domestic terrorism, against helping end the baby formula shortage, against veteran benefits, and against lowering insulin prices.
They voted against gun buyer background checks in 2021.

“Is this the moment to reform gun laws? … Why is this just an American problem? Why is America the only country that faces this kind of mass shooting? You can’t answer that, can you?”
Sky News (@Stone_SkyNews) 5/25/22

Cowardly lyin’ Ted Cruz walks away:

“It’s all BS! They built up to this moment [and] we saw it fail in real time.”
@chrislhayes debunks ‘good guy with a gun’ myth, 5/27/22

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump repeated NRA’s ‘good guy’ lie —invented to sell more guns — just 3 days after #UvaldeMassacre:

“90% of the people were unrecognizable… [Blood] covered them from head to toe… [AR-15] was shattering concrete…
You can only imagine what it does to a human body.”
Rusty Duncan on 2017 Texas church murder of 26 people

@60Minutes cbsn.ws/3wRb1sZ

“Thoughts and prayers [are not enough]. Only action will save our kids. Only real gun reform will restore America’s future. This is about military-grade weapons that are killing our children in school.”#AwakenDawn
@Eleven_Films @PDXEleven @JoyAnnReid #VOTE

“[@January6thCmte is] less interested in who helped people storm the Capitol and more interested in what the President* knew, when the President* knew it, and what the President* did or did not do to stop it.”
@ElieNYC @TiffanyDCross @CrossConnection #Jan6

“Shortly after hundreds of rioters at the Capitol started chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence!’ on Jan 6, 2021, [President*] Trump was complaining that the VP was being whisked to safety… Mr. Trump had said something to the effect of, maybe Mr. Pence should be hung.”

@nytimes #January6th

“When you see text messages that have all three branches of government involved — wife of a sitting Supreme Court Justice, chief of staff of a congressman, chief of staff of a president* — it’s just so troubling.”
Denver Riggleman to Anderson Cooper 6/1/22

Peter Navarro: “At 1pm [on January 6, 2021] Senator Ted Cruz and Gosar, a representative, started the ‘Green Bay sweep’ beautifully, challenging the results of Arizona…”

@AriMelber: “Do you realize you are describing a coup?”

@TheBeatWithAri 1/4/22:

“I will lead the charge. I will take Schiff and Raskin and Pelosi and Luria… all of those clowns and kangaroos [with] subpoenas. We’ll start with the impeachment of Biden for Ukraine [when GOP is in power].”
now-indicted Peter Navarro to Ari Melber 6/2/22

“If you’re a Republican, you can’t even lie to Congress or lie to an FBI agent or they’re coming after you... Of course you’re gonna lie. Everybody lies!”
‘Representative’ Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Newsmax 6/3/22

“When a coup attempt goes unpunished, it becomes a training exercise.”

“Conservatives have been tryna distance themselves from Russia because they think we have a short memory [but we remember] the 8 GOP Senators that spent the 4th of July in Moscow in 2018 and the infiltration of the NRA by Russian spies…”@sumpeoplelikeit

“Trump has betrayed our national security. He has compromised our elections. And he will do so again… You cannot constrain him. Truth matters little to him. What’s right matters even less. And decency matters NOT AT ALL.”
@AdamSchiff 2/3/20

@Eleven_Films:

Reporter: “Is [President* Trump] saying if he doesn’t win this election that he will not accept the results unless he wins?”

Kayleigh McEnany: “The President* has always said that he’ll see what happens and make a determination in the aftermath.”

8/19/20:

“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by…” Donald Trump

9/29/20 — 99 days before January 6, 2021:

“The fact that they’ve brought these cases against 2 different groups over the course of 6 months implies a certain confidence on the part of the Justice Department about what a good case they’ve got.”

#Maddow on Proud Boys seditious conspiracy indictment

“[President* Trump] summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack... There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
Liz Cheney 1/12/21

Liz Cheney 6/6/22:

BAIER: I want to pin you down on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to say that as of January 20, Trump will be president?

JOSH HAWLEY: That depends on what happens on [#January6th]…

BAIER: No it doesn't… Congress doesn’t have the right…

1/4/21:

“I do think [the January 6 coup attempt] was a conspiracy. It’s extremely broad [and] well-organized. It’s really chilling… People need to understand how easily our system can unravel if we don’t defend it.”@Liz_Cheney

#January6th cbsnews.com/news/liz-chene…

“We cannot just sweep [#January6th] under the rug. We need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. And I’m committed to making sure that happens.”
Kevin McCarthy 1/11/21

#January6thInsurrection #January6Hearings

“Just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” Donald Trump 7/24/18

“To my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a time when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
Liz Cheney 6/9/22

#January6thCommitteeHearings #January6thCommittee
#January6th

“I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen…which I told [Donald Trump] was bullshit… The incumbent [cannot] stay in power based on its view unsupported by specific evidence there was fraud in the election.” Bill Barr

#January6thCommittee: “Did that affect your perspective about the election when Attorney General Barr made that statement?”

Ivanka Trump: “It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr, so I accepted what he was saying.”

#January6thHearings:

“Any legal jargon you hear about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy to defraud the United States — all boils down to this: January 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup.”
Bennie Thompson

#January6thHearings:

“The judge evaluated the facts, and he reached the conclusion that President* Trump’s efforts to pressure VP Pence to act illegally—by refusing to count electoral votes—likely violated two federal criminal statutes.” @Liz_Cheney

#January6thHearings vs Fox:

“Trump PLACED NO CALL [to] instruct that the Capitol be defended…Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day, and made no effort to work with the Department of Justice to coordinate and deploy law enforcement assets. But VP Mike Pence did.”

“When a coup attempt goes unpunished, it becomes a training exercise.”

Helpful definitions of treason, sedition, coup, terrorism, and fascism — as we understand the ongoing threats are not over, and that is why it is important to hold perpetrators accountable:

@JoyAnnReid: Did Donald Trump know that the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers would be his enforcers of staying in power?

@glennkirschner2: This was a plot. This was a plan… This was not a riot or a crowd that got overenthusiastic and spun out of control.

“What I saw was a war scene… Officers on the ground were bleeding and throwing up… Friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people’s blood… It was carnage… Hours of hand-to-hand combat.”
Officer Caroline Edwards

#January6thHearings:

72% of Americans believe that mass shootings are preventable.

44% of Republicans say that “mass shootings are something we have to accept.”

@CBSNewsPoll @SalvantoCBS #march4ourlives

98% of Republicans voted no on the Gun Violence Bill to protect children from gun violence on June 8, 2022.

Earlier June 8, pediatrician Dr. Roy Guerrero testified
that Uvalde kids were decapitated by bullets; still, 202 Republicans voted against trying to keep our kids safer.

“After ONE child died using a Peloton treadmill last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission intervened… but when hundreds of children die using guns, there is no federal response. There is no federal safety standard for guns.”
@katieporteroc 6/8/22

“Two children whose bodies had been pulverized by bullets fired at them, decapitated, whose flesh had been [so] ripped apart, that the only clue as to their identities was the blood-spattered cartoon clothes still clinging to them.”
Dr. Roy Guerrero 6/8/22

Q: What do you want to be different?
Miah Cerrillo: To have security.
Q: Do you feel safe at school?
Miah: No
Q: Why not?
Miah: Because I don’t want it to happen again.
Q: Do you think it’s going to happen again?
Miah: [nods yes]

Congress testimony 6/8/22:

“It all happened too fast… All kinds of training — Nothing gets you ready for this. We trained our kids to sit under tables and that's what I thought of at the time. But we set them up to be like ducks.”
Arnulfo Reyes #UvaldeStrong gma.abc/3Q6KRes

“Maite wore green, high top Converse with a heart she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature…The same green Converse on her feet [was] the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting.”
@McConaughey 💚

“We need responsible gun ownership… Regulations [are] a step forward for a civil society… [Uvalde children’s] dreams are not going to be forgotten. We start by making the loss of these lives matter.”
@McConaughey complete remarks:

“If there is nothing [you will do] then respectfully, Senators, you should yield your positions of authority and influence to others who are willing to lead. The urgency of the moment demands no less. My mother's life mattered.”
Garnell Whitfield Jr 6/7/22

“Just arm the justices and let them protect themselves. It’s what you want teachers to do.”
@Saadia___M TikTok: tiktok.com/@saadia___m/vi…

“When you say you love America, what aspect of America are you actually talking about?”

Trump’s coup plan to hold onto power:
1) Spread #TheBigLie that election was stolen
2) Corrupt plot to oust AG
3) Corrupt pressure on Pence
4) Corrupt pressure on state officials
5) Corrupt fraudulent electors plot
6) Summon mob #Jan6
7) Let violence unfold; ignore pleas for help

“I believe [DOJ] will conclude that evidence is absolutely strong enough to convict [Trump] beyond a reasonable doubt—of at least FOUR major federal felonies [including] seditious conspiracy [and] inciting to insurrection.”
@tribelaw @AymanM #Seditiongate

“I [found] myself in the middle of a battle…I’m not combat trained…I just remember that moment of stepping behind the line and just seeing the ABSOLUTE WAR ZONE that the West Front had become.”
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards

#January6thHearings:

“No one approaching the Capitol [on #January6th] in this video did anything to help U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards [as she was knocked unconscious by violent stampeding insurrectionists]... NO ONE.” @ValerioCNN

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“On this point there is no room for debate. Those who invaded our Capitol—and battled law enforcement for hours—were motivated by what President* Trump had told them: That the election was stolen and that he was the rightful president.”
#January6thHearings:

Donald Trump knew that he lost the 2020 election.

Trump's innermost circle—Ivanka Trump, Bill Barr, etc.—knew Biden was legitimately elected long before the Capitol attack. Even Mark Meadows said, “So there’s no there there.”

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“In violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power—over multiple months—Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated 7-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent transfer of presidential power.”

#January6thHearings:

“We will focus on President* Trump’s efforts to pressure VP Mike Pence to refuse to count electoral votes on #January6th… What President* Trump demanded Mike Pence do wasn't just wrong — it was ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL…”

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

After the Capitol was breached on #January6th, Trump tweeted at 2:24pm — “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution” — which prompted “Hang Mike Pence!” chants by the insurrectionists.

“[Trump told WH staff that his] supporters at the Capitol ‘were doing what they should be doing’…Aware of the rioters’ chants to hang Mike Pence, [Trump] responded with this sentiment: ‘Maybe our supporters have the right idea.’ Mike Pence ‘deserves it.’”

“They were peaceful people. These were great people. The crowd was unbelievable. And I mentioned the word love. The love — the love in the air. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Donald Trump (describing his #TrumpCoupAttempt)

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“We were invited by the President of the United States”
“Trump asked us to come”
“He personally asked us to come to DC that day”
“He said he was gonna go, go with us. That he was gonna be there.”
“He asked for us to come to DC, big things are gonna happen”

“Extremists viewed [Trump’s] tweet as a call to arms.”
“We aren’t getting through this without a civil war.”
“He wants us to make it WILD—that’s what he’s saying.”
“The goal is to keep Trump in power.”
“They did not find Speaker Pelosi.”

On December 18, 2020, President* Trump met privately at the White House with Michael Flynn, Powell and Giuliani. They discussed “having the military seize voting machines and potentially rerun elections.” Then he tweeted “will be wild.”
#January6thHearings:

“Rep. Perry contacted the White House in the weeks after #January6th to seek a presidential pardon. Multiple other Republican Congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.”

#January6thHearings:

Sean Hannity: “No more crazy people… No more stolen election talk. Yes, impeachment and 25th Amendment are real and many people will quit.”

Kayleigh McEnany: “Love that. Thank you. That is the playbook. I will help reinforce… A great service for your country!”

Texts 1/7/21:

“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid...” Valery Legasov #TheBigLie

“President* Trump…followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani—to just claim he won and insist the vote counting stop. To falsely claim that everything was fraudulent… Millions of Americans believed him.”

#January6thHearings:

“The Trump campaign knew these claims of voter fraud were false; yet, they continued to barrage small dollar donors, encouraging them to donate to ‘The Official Election Defense Fund.’ @January6thCmte discovered NO SUCH FUND EXISTED.”

#January6thHearings:

“I said to him: ‘Are you out of your f—ing mind?’ I said, ‘I only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on: ORDERLY TRANSITION.’”
White House lawyer Eric Herschmann to John Eastman 1/7/21

@AccountableGOP 🐼 #January6thCommitteeHearings:

“The conspiracy to thwart the will of the people is not over. [Rogues] thirst for power but have no love or respect for what makes America great: devotion to The Constitution, allegiance to the rule of law, our shared journey to build a more perfect Union.”

#January6Hearings Day 1 (6/9/22) — 3-minute recap:

Donald Trump knew that he lost the 2020 election and he “oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated 7-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the peaceful transfer of presidential power.”

#January6Hearings Day 2 (6/13/22) recap:

The Big Lie was The Big Ripoff: Trump used FALSE claims of election fraud to raise $250 million for a post-election “defense fund” that did not legally exist. The money went to his hotels and his Save America PAC.

“Trump campaign used FALSE claims of election fraud to raise $250 MILLION DOLLARS from supporters who were told their donations were for the legal fight in the courts. But the Trump campaign didn’t use the money for that. #TheBigLie was also #TheBigRipoff.”

“Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”
Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) 2/27/19



#TrumpCoupAttempt

“‘I’m going to give you the best free legal advice you’re ever getting in your life: Get a great f—ing criminal defense lawyer. You’re going to need it.’ Then I hung up on him.”
WH lawyer Eric Herschmann to John Eastman 1/7/21

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“On January 5, the same man was part of a tour of the Capitol complex led by Representative Barry Loudermilk. After Trump’s speech [on #January6th], the man walked toward the Capitol and made remarks about Members of Congress.”
#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“Oath Keepers, Patriot Front, Proud Boys, the #January6thHearings… This is a story about a groundswell…What it is, is a nationwide paramilitary army that is prepared to do battle for its own purposes.”
@kathleen_belew @maddow @MaddowBlog #Maddow

“Targets of these fascist pro-Trump paramilitary groups — like Patriot Front, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys — are political targets of our current Republican Party. The paramilitary groups are providing physical attacks to reinforce political attacks…”
#Maddow:

“The closer that she gets to this, the more uncomfortable we have to be about Justice Thomas’s participation in ANYTHING relating to #January6th.”
George Conway re: Ginni Thomas emails with John Eastman

@gtconway3d @chrislhayes #January6thCommiteeHearings

“I’ve decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works,” Trump lawyer John Eastman emailed to Giuliani shortly after the #January6th insurrection.

John Eastman KNEW the #TrumpCoupAttempt was ILLEGAL.

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“Still Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy… They would attempt to overturn the 2024 election in the same way…but succeed.”
Judge J. Michael Luttig

#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thCommitteeHearings:

“$250 MILLION dollars: That’s the floor. Stop The Steal isn’t just a conspiracy theory; it’s a brand…FOLLOW THE MONEY [motivates more] investigation…I think it’s the largest conspiratorial grift in the history of the United States.”
@RepRiggleman @SRuhle

Third #January6thHearings (6/16/22) — 3-minute recap:

Trump plotted with lawyer John Eastman to pressure Pence to overturn the 2020 presidential election. What Trump wanted the VP to do was unconstitutional and it led to the violent attack on The Capitol.

“40 feet. That’s all there was. 40 feet between the VP and the mob.”

The Proud Boys would have killed then-VP Pence, Speaker Pelosi, and other lawmakers if given the chance on #January6th, an FBI confidential informant said.

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“90+ recruits were hand-picked from thousands [nationwide]… Identifying Proud Boys in the crowd reshaped my personal perception of #January6th. As #January6thCommitteeHearings continue, understanding their role is more important than ever.”@_stella_cooper

“We tracked these Proud Boys through #January6th and found they were essential not to only one breach, but to FIVE… Tactics we saw Proud Boys repeat: Instigating efforts to get inside the Capitol building and disrupt the certification of election results.”

“This is not what tours look like. These are not places you take tours…THAT IS NOT THE ONLY GROUP THAT I SAW [Jan 5]…
The constantly shifting narrative [of Reps] Loudermilk and Davis…calls into question their dedication to our common oath.”@RepSherrill

“What these emails [between Ginni Thomas and John Eastman] confirmed is that Thomas's efforts to overturn results of the election and her involvement in some of these schemes are wider than previously known.”
@JaxAlemany @NicolleDWallace #TrumpCoupAttempt

“Ginni Thomas could clear up any misconception about why John Eastman would bring up a ‘heated fight’ among the Supreme Court Justices about whether they should hear arguments in Trump’s election lawsuits.”
@KatiePhang #TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thHearings

“There’s another big investigative gap in this space, and it’s the Supreme Court being unwilling to look at its own problems, as regards Justice Thomas.”
@SenWhitehouse re: Ginni Thomas emails to John Eastman

@Lawrence #GinniThomas:

John Eastman is STILL attacking our democracy.

#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thCommitteeHearings
@lawindsor #JohnEastman🧵:

“I think what [@January6thCmte is] presenting before the American people certainly would rise to a level of criminal involvement by a president, and definitely failure of the oath. The oath HAS to matter here.”
@AdamKinzinger on the need to prosecute Trump

“If what I just described is not levying war against the United States — against the democratic process — what is?”
@glennkirschner2 gives @KatiePhang 5 reasons why he believes Donald Trump should be prosecuted

#TrumpCoupAttempt:

Just 3 minutes after President* Trump’s #January6th tweet at 2:24pm about Mike Pence lacking “courage,” a mob of his supporters quickly filled the Capitol.

#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thCommitteeHearings

“Dr. Eastman and President* Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history. Their campaign was…a coup in search of a legal theory.”
Judge David Carter 3/28/22

#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thHearings:

“I've lost my name [and] sense of security—all because a group of people…scapegoat[ed] me and my daughter Shaye, to push their lies about how the Presidential election was stolen.”
Ruby Freeman, former Georgia election worker
#LadyRuby #January6thHearings:

“The point is this: Donald Trump did not care about the threats of violence. He did not condemn them. He made no effort to stop them… We cannot let America become a nation of conspiracy theories and thug violence.”@Liz_Cheney

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere. Do you know how it feels to have the President of the United States to target you? The President ofthe United States is supposed to represent EVERY American. Not to target one. He targeted me.”
Ruby Freeman #LadyRuby

Fourth #January6thHearings (6/21/22) — 3-minute recap:

Trump pressured local and state level officials to throw out 2020 presidential election results. When these public servants wouldn’t abide Trump’s scheme, he worked to ensure they’d face consequences.

“If the most powerful person in the world can bring the full weight of the presidency down on an ordinary citizen who was merely doing her job with a lie as big and as heavy as a mountain, who among us is safe? None of us is.”
@AdamSchiff closing statement

“Somebody” — Ron Johnson has “no idea” who — dropped off a strange envelope at Ron’s office and his Chief of Staff almost had Ron hand-deliver it to VP Pence on #January6th?

That’s his story about his role in Trump’s fake electors plot?

#TrumpCoupAttempt

“What angers me so much...about that [Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss] testimony is that I know that those women are going to get additional threats because they were brave enough to get on television and talk about what happened.”
@DrJasonJohnson re:#LadyRuby

Members of Congress who sought pardons from Trump include Scott Perry, Louie Gohmert, Matt Gaetz, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

All of them voted against democracy on #January6th after the Capitol attack.

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“Keep all protests PEACEFUL. Peaceful, peaceful… Threats and intimidation are not speech. We must stand against violence in any form… With your VOTE, you can act. You can have the final word. This is not over.”

@POTUS @JoeBiden #RoeVsWade #RoeOverturned

“People, I figured it out. Yo, get me a taxi to the Supreme Court! You know what, get me a taxi to the bar next to the Supreme Court. I want to tell Justice Kavanaugh something...”
@Trevornoah @TheDailyShow #RoeVWade

#RoeVsWadeOverturned #RoeVWadeProtest

“When Republicans tell you what they’re going to do, LISTEN… They’re telling us now: They’re going to have a nationwide ban on abortion, and it is up to us in 2022 to stop them [and] protect our healthcare.” #VOTE

@katieporteroc @RepKatiePorter @Lawrence

“I don't care what the Bible says… [Christian women] have every the right in the world to not get an abortion, to not take birth control. But they do not have the right to dictate my life and what I decide to do with my body.”
@AnaKasparian 2018 #RoeVWade

“The center of the court is completely misaligned with what public opinion is... This is the court that is not really afraid of electoral outcomes anymore, because this is the court that makes it harder to vote every year.”
@Dahlialithwick @NicolleDWallace

“If you have...a Supreme Court where 5 of the 6 conservatives were appointed by a president who lost the popular vote, you are seeing...the triumph...of minority rule...[Justices] think they’re untouchable because in some sense, they are.” @Dahlialithwick

“That could be their vehicle to impose a NATIONWIDE BAN on abortion—on the order of the U.S. Supreme Court… They will now wield [power] however they want…to change the country however they want without restriction, and you must do what they say.”@maddow

“What makes people think that this radical conservative Supreme Court…would allow Congressional law protecting #RoeVWade? I’ll tell you the answer: THEY WON’T…as long as we let these 6 conservative theocrats control our country…”
@ElieNYC @TiffanyDCross

“[Ben Wattenberg 1987 book says] ‘60% of fetuses that are aborted every year are white. If we could keep that 60% alive, that would solve our birth dearth.’ Does that sound like racism to you? And if it doesn’t, I want to know why it doesn’t.”
Jane Elliott

“Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and Republican Congressmen… We have an obligation to tell people that this was an illegal, corrupt election.”
Donald Trump to Richard Donoghue

#January6thCommitteeHearings Day 5 (6/23/22) recap:

“I don’t f—ing care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me. Take the f—ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”
Trump KNEW his mob had rifles and pistols on #January6th

Cassidy Hutchinson #January6thHearings:

“Please make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy.
Keep in touch with me. We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen.”
WH Counsel Pat Cipollone to #CassidyHutchinson 1/6/21

#January6thCommitteeHearings:

“They had weapons [that] were confiscated: pepper spray, knives, brass knuckles, tasers, body armor, gas masks, batons, blunt weapons… with firearms, including AR-15s, near the Ellipse on the morning of #January6th.”

#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thHearings:

“I remember Tony mentioning knives, guns in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray, body armor, spears, and flagpoles…
These f—ing people are fastening spears onto ends of flagpoles.”
#CassidyHutchinsonTestimony

#TrumpCoupAttempt #January6thHearings

“[Trump said] ‘I'm the f—ing president. Take me up to the Capitol NOW.’…
Engel grabbed his arm, said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel…Trump used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel…towards his clavicles.”
#January6thHearings

Pat Cipollone: They’re literally calling for the VP to be f—ing hung.

Mark Meadows: “You heard [Trump], Pat. He thinks Mike [Pence] deserves it. He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong.”

Pat: This is f—ing crazy. We need to be doing something more.

Cheney: Do you believe violence on January 6 was justified morally?
Michael Flynn: Fifth [Amendment]
Cheney: Do you believe violence on #January6th was justified legally?
Flynn: Fifth
Cheney: Do you believe in the peaceful transfer of power?
Flynn: Fifth

“The mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
Donald Trump in Council Bluffs, Iowa 9/28/16

#TrumpCoupAttempt

Pat Cipollone: The rioters have gotten to the Capitol, Mark.

Mark Meadows: [Trump] doesn't want to do anything, Pat.

Pat: Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your f—ing hands.

#January6thHearings:

Liz Cheney: The night before #January6th, President* Trump instructed Mark Meadows to contact both Roger Stone and Michael Flynn regarding what would play out the next day.

#CassidyHutchinson: That’s correct. That is my understanding.

#January6thHearings

Cheney: Did Rudy Giuliani [seek a] pardon related to January 6?
Cassidy Hutchinson: He did.
LC: Did Mark Meadows ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a Presidential pardon related to #January6th?
CH: Mr Meadows did seek that pardon. Yes ma’am.

“I don’t f—ing care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me… Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol after the rally’s over…from the Ellipse. Take the f—ing mags away.”
Donald Trump in backstage tent 1/6/21

#TrumpKnew @AccountableGOP:

“This [upcoming Moore v. Harper] case is the single greatest threat to United States democracy since the #January6th attack. This is a really big deal.”
@imillhiser @KatiePhang #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

January 6th was practice. SCOTUS is Trump’s real coup.

“How did [‘independent state legislature’] theory…suddenly migrate to the centerpiece of a case that will be heard next term by the U.S. #SupremeCourt? It should worry EVERYONE who cares about free and fair elections.”
@marceelias @NicolleDWallace #SCOTUS

“Why the Supreme Court is in the midst of a major crisis of legitimacy [in] 60 seconds…This is an anti-democratic, pro-minority rule, GOP-packed Supreme Court that needs to be urgently rebalanced.” @mehdirhasan

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #SCOTUSIsIllegitimate

“From environmental regulations to abortions to guns to school prayer to voter rights—this is one of the most radical Supreme Courts in American history.”

The election wasn’t stolen. The Supreme Court was.

#SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtIsCompromised #SCOTUS

“Fear of the Court’s power being minimized caused them to back off their overreach and abuse of power… President Biden should entertain expansion of the #SupremeCourt [and] forcefully come out in ending the filibuster.”
@AOC @StephenAtHome #ExpandSCOTUS

“This extremist Supreme Court is facing a legitimacy crisis. They have gutted the EPA’s authority to rein in polluters…
They are substituting their personal views for the law while Americans pay the price.”
@ewarren #ExpandTheCourt #ExpandTheSupremeCourt

Swing state Senate candidates:
AZ—@CaptMarkKelly
FL—@valdemings
GA—@SenatorWarnock
IA—@FrankenforIowa
KY—@Booker4KY
NC—@CheriBeasleyNC
NH—@SenatorHassan
NV—@SenCortezMasto
OH—@TimRyan
PA—@JohnFetterman
SC—@kmforsenate
UT—@EvanMcMullin
WI—@TheOtherMandela
#VoteBlueDownBallot #VOTE

“We are now facing a situation in which Justice Clarence Thomas may be able to succeed [using #MoorevHarper to apply Independent State Legislature doctrine to elections] where his coup-plotting wife #GinniThomas failed.”

@chrislhayes #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt

“Ginni Thomas is reported to have done a lot of unlawful things and @January6thCmte did not even issue a subpoena.
What are they waiting for? Have her testify in public hearings under oath and on television.”

please follow @donwinslow #SubpoenaGinniThomas

“What's radical is what this current #SCOTUS has been doing this entire term… To be clear: the conservative Justices…are now only months away from helping to overturn American democracy as we know it [using #MoorevHarper].”

@mehdirhasan #ExpandTheCourt

“Any one court decision [won’t necessarily] dramatically change the landscape, but this case [#MoorevHarper] is different…
This is a radical idea that would strip state courts of the ability to protect voters.”

@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @chrislhayes

“I went to law school with [Justice Clarence Thomas]. He’s been a person of grievance for as long as I have known him — resentment, grievance, anger… Women are going to die, Gayle. Women will die.”@HillaryClinton
#ExpandTheCourt #ExpandSCOTUS #GinniThomas

“Trump promised…to destroy Putin’s hegemony… [Russia] will have to think whether to re-install him again as the American president*. We haven't decided yet.”
Russian state TV host Olga Skabeeva 7/5/22
@JuliaDavisNews #TrumpTantrum #TrumpCult #TrumpRussia

“I can’t see Americans swallowing the obvious fraud. Just going with one more thing with no frickin consequences… The whole coup and now this… Many of us can’t continue the GOP charade.”
Ginni Thomas text messages to Mark Meadows 11/24/20
@iamgabesanchez:

“WE COULDN’T BELIEVE there were enough people to walk alongside them. One morning we woke up from an uneasy sleep and there was no more laughter…It mustn’t happen again. We can’t let it. We simply can’t let it happen again.”
Twilight Zone 1963 #NeverAgain

“California [will] make our own insulin at a cheaper price, close to at cost, and to make it available to all…
Because in California, we know people should not go into debt to receive life-saving medication.”
@GavinNewsom @CAgovernor #Insulin4all #Insulin

“Freedom is under attack in [Florida]… In California [we] still believe in #freedom. Freedom of speech. Freedom to choose. Freedom from hate. And the freedom to love. Don’t let them take your freedom.”
Newsom DeSantis ad #IndependenceDay2022

@GavinNewsom:

“If Republicans win, their strategy is an anti-democratic strategy… The Republican Party will likely push us closer to autocracy, making the US an anocracy, which puts us at higher risk of political violence.”
Barbara F Walter (@bfwalter) @ProjectLincoln

@AndrewYang: You describe civil war in the U.S. as hundreds of militias engaging in what most people would consider terrorist activities. How many militias exist right now in the U.S.?

Barbara F Walter (@bfwalter): Over 400… Most are far-right groups.

“Two best predictors of [violence] are whether a country is an anocracy [partial democracy] and whether ethnic entrepreneurs …are using racial, religious, or ethnic divisions to try to gain political power.”@bfwalter

Barbara F Walter civil war interview:

“The far-right militias… have doubled down. They are angry, resentful, [and] believe the election was stolen from them. [Extremists] believe the only way to improve things… is through violence.”@bfwalter

Barbara F Walter civil war interview w @CapehartJ:

“21st century civil war tends to be [decentralized] like an insurgency where you have multiple factions, militias, paramilitary groups… They tend to use unconventional tactics like guerrilla warfare and terrorism.”

Barbara F Walter (@bfwalter) @amanpour:

“93% of the people arrested for the [#January6th] attack on the Capitol were white, and the key characteristic according to [University of Chicago] researchers uniting the attackers was not ideology or geography but in fact race.”

@tonydokoupil #Allentown

“The threat on #January6th continues to exist against our democracy… We continue to see threats of violence by the #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers at local and state levels across our country. We need to take this threat seriously.”

@MargaretLHuang @AymanM

“The #OathKeepers…evolved during the Trump years into a radical gang. So did the #ProudBoys…Showing how those people came together [and] how coordinated they were [and] if they were tied to Roger Stone…will be interesting.”
@oneunderscore__ @KatyTurNBC

“The headline here is not only ties between Trump’s inner circle and these [white-power violent hate] groups, but their ties with one another… A broad groundswell…guerrilla army that is interested in the overthrow of America.”
@kathleen_belew @JoyAnnReid

“If you come into my community and you commit a crime, you deserve to be held responsible. I don’t care what your race is. I don’t care what your gender is. I don’t care the status you’ve reached.”
DA Fani Willis in Fulton tells NBC 7/6/22 #TrumpForPrison

“Donald Trump launched the attack on the Capitol and refused to call it off… He told those around him Mike Pence should be hanged. Donald Trump waged war — levied war — against the United States on and around #January6th.”
@glennkirschner2 #JusticeMatters

“[Trump] was very concerned about the…photograph that we would get because the rally space wasn’t full. He wanted it full, and he was angry that we weren’t letting people through the mags with weapons.”
Sixth #January6thHearings (6/28/22) — 4-minute recap:

“At the White House on December 21 [2020 meeting]: Congressmen Brian Babin, Andy Biggs, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, Paul Gosar, Andy Harris, Jody Hice, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry [and] Marjorie Taylor Greene.”

#TrumpCoupAttempt #CoupCaucus #January6thHearings:

“Authoritarian parties have two essential features in common, in history and around the world. They do not accept results of democratic elections when they lose, and they embrace political violence as legitimate.”

Jamie Raskin closing statement @RepRaskin

“If [President* Trump] is willing to…whip up a civil war among his followers using lies and deceit and snake oil — regardless of the human impact — what else is he going to do if he gets elected again?”
Jason Van Tatenhove #OathKeepers #January6thHearings

“One of the crimes that is much harder to prove that…came into play as a result of [#January6thInsurrection] findings and these links between extremist groups and Trump allies is…seditious conspiracy.”
@JaxAlemany @NicolleDWallace #OathKeepers #ProudBoys

Stephen Ayres apologized to Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, fmr Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, fmr DC Police Officer Michael Fanone, and DC Police Officer Daniel Hodges.

If he really wants to make amends, he will help more people deradicalize.

“If a hitman is hired and he kills somebody, the hitman goes to jail [and so does] the person who hired them. There was an attack carried out on #January6th and a hit man sent them.
I want you to get to the bottom of that.”
Harry Dunn (@libradunn) 7/27/21

“Remember how there was…evidence of officers and others inside on #January6th supporting insurrectionists, but…it was too politically risky to investigate thoroughly so they brushed it under the rug and now we still have no idea who or what is safe?”@AOC

“We need to quit mincing words and talk about truths.
What [#January6th] was gonna be was armed revolution.
People died that day…
There was a gallows set up [at] the Capitol…
This could’ve been the spark that started a new civil war.”
Jason Van Tatenhove