Profile picture
Jamil Smith @JamilSmith
, 3 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter
Stephen Miller, the xenophobic cretin who championed locking up immigrant kids after ripping them away from their parents, is planning for more right in time for the midterms. Hot and fresh racism for the masses before they go to vote! @nancook reporting. politi.co/2JTKaTn
"Amoral trolling is not good politics," @jbouie writes regarding the goblin Stephen Miller. "The outrage to Miller’s policies does not dissipate like the anger around his college newspaper columns; it becomes critical fuel for action and opposition." Ouch. slate.me/2tfkgCg
Read @mckaycoppins on Stephen Miller. theatln.tc/2IRa7qm
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Jamil Smith
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @JamilSmith see all

Profile picture
I wrote a lot of words in 2018, and I had arguably my most successful year as a writer. I also had one of my most unhappy years as a human being. But I did good work on the page, and on myself. And that’s why I will always be thankful for this lovely, terrible year.
I thought that I’d start 2019 by adding some context to this, looking back on a complicated year of successes and strife with more than just a list of my favorite bylines.
I started 2018 out of sorts. Caught walking pneumonia in Vegas last New Year’s Eve while going there to see a Bruno Mars concert with my wife. Spent January essentially incapacitated, but recovered sufficiently to interview the great @AnnaDeavereS and later, to take a meeting.
Read 16 tweets
Profile picture
John Kelly made news with “To be honest, it’s not a wall,” but I was struck more by what is absent here. An apology to @RepWilson for his lies about her. Accountability for his role in Trump’s immigration crusade. Recanting his Confederate apologism. Alas. lat.ms/2GOzY1o
“What happened was Jeff Sessions, he was the one that instituted the zero-tolerance process on the border that resulted in both people being detained and the family separation,” John Kelly told @mollymotoole. “He surprised us.” That is such a fascinating quote, for many reasons.
One, Kelly appears to concede that Trump’s family separation are both inherently bad policies. This is someone seeking to avoid looking having he and @POTUS appear like villains. Ignoring his own role, he displays a consciousness of guilt while simultaneously trying to avoid it.
Read 7 tweets
Profile picture
This @jmartNYT and @melbournecoal report is full of quotes from people who seem as though they don’t want to just come out and and say that Bernie Sanders should sit this one out, for any number of reasons. I agree. O’Rourke, for me, isn’t the reason why. nyti.ms/2RfuaCd
This argument sums up the main reason that I feel Sanders shouldn’t run again. Any white challenger to Trump will have to prove her or his bonafides on issues specific to voters of color. Sanders may not have the widest credibility gap, but it’ll be close. slate.trib.al/kkcDfiW
Alluded to but left underexamined in this @jonathanchait argument is the fact that a significant part of Bernie’s support came from white guys unwilling to vote for a woman. Those men may have just found a new white, male candidate to back in Beto. nym.ag/2CCwuLb
Read 5 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Trump and Mussolini: 11 Key Lessons from Historical Fascism

Italian fascism provides a better model for our moment than Nazi Germany—and the comparison is not encouraging.

By: @Anis_Shivani for @AlterNet
Thread ✔
1/
Fascism is a religion. The 20th century will be known in history as the century of fascism.
〰️ Benito Mussolini

2/
I’d like to draw some comparisons and contrasts between our present situation and that of #fascist Italy between 1922 and 1945. I choose fascist #Italy rather than #Nazi #Germany because it has always seemed to me a better comparison.
3/
Read 169 tweets
Profile picture
1: #RebrandTrumpRapistPedophileHumanTraffickerInvestigateImpeach
A LOT of are things reaching critical mass very soon in U.S. politics. This thread will show many of the more horrible things that Donald Trump @POTUS has been accused of and I never have or never will ignore them.
2: #RebrandTrumpRAPISTPedophileHumanTraffickerInvestigateImpeach
27 Women Who Have Accused Donald Trump of Sexual Misconduct @alternet alternet.org/gender/27-wome…
If this isn't a big deal to you, you may be a miserable human being!
3: #RebrandTrumpRapistPEDOPHILEHumanTraffickerInvestigateImpeach
Not only does the media NOT TALK ABOUT TRUMP BEING AN ACCUSED RAPIST, THEY REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT HIM BEING AN ACCUSED PEDOPHILE.
I'm am ANGRY about this & don't know which is worse, public apathy or media apathy.
Read 123 tweets
Profile picture
Stephen Miller is still pushing new and more horrific drafts to disqualify or revoke permanent residency from LEGAL immigrants.
The ugliest man alive is pushing to make delinquent debt including IRS debt and CREDIT SCORES be factors for removal.
2/ he is putting this part on steroids
By these standards (public benefits....determined in any way on the basis of income, resources, or financial needs) I think the 1% getting $1 trillion in tax cuts they don’t need are deportable... sorry I am salty today
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
We’re collectively raising our voices against Trump’s morally bankrupt policies and rhetoric toward immigrants. Today we're rallying in streets across the country to say: #FamiliesBelongTogether. #EndFamilyDetention #TheMarchContinues
familiesbelongtogether.org
Ripping children away from their parents and locking them in cages, and stripping immigrants of due process rights offends the Constitution and our fundamental principles of justice, fairness and equality. #EndFamilyDetention #FamiliesBelongTogether splcenter.org/news/2018/06/2…
We #StandWithImmigrants in Atlanta, Georgia. #FamiliesBelongTogether #EndFamilyDetention
Read 5 tweets
Profile picture
ICE lied, told flight attendants the kids were a soccer team. They weren't. Now this flight attendant won't work when the US transports children away from their parents. "I might as well have been a collaborator on their transport." houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-mat… #EndFamilySeparation
Can it happen here? Nazi historian says “the ultimate safeguard against aspiring authoritarians, and wolves of all kinds, lies in individual conscience” nybooks.com/articles/2018/… @CassSunstein
"We want no part of it" — @united Airlines CEO, saying his jetliner will not carry detainees separated from their family under the inhumane #Trump administration policy, in planning since September, which medical authorities have called child abuse. The statement:
Read 11 tweets
Profile picture
I used to work in refugee resettlement- I ran the youth education department

After a training about working with clients who have experienced trauma I become passionate about studying the subject vis-à-vis kids

This chills me to the bone.
It should do the same to you.

THREAD
We like to throw the word "traumatic" around colloquially

So much so it almost stands in for descriptors like 'unpleasant' or 'embarrassing'

But you need to understand something about this article, and these kids, and the consequences of what we are doing here

(thread)
'Trauma' is so much more than an unpleasant memory or an embarrassing moment

Trauma has PHYSICAL consequences

And those physical consequences manifest themselves in a way that cannot be understated or ignored

(thread)
Read 27 tweets

Trending hashtags

#VictimShames #Marines #WengerOut #Minutemen #Midterms #Americans #education #RWNJ #Trumpism #immigrants #racist #labor #suffering #July #Recharge #NotAllWhiteWomen #CanadianIdentity #fullmeansfull #Border #theoriginalfacebook #resistance #terror #BiHealthMonth #Impeach #accommodations

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!