1/How is it that our President, while under investigation for conspiring with Putin against the United States of America, is being allowed by Congress to meet with him with no public debate here in US? Particularly after Singapore fiasco? nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
2/Are these R Senators going to be called on to explain what they did in Moscow last week? Seriously, how can this drift of the GOP into the arms of Putin and illiberalism not the biggest issue in US politics now?
3/GOP's embrace of illiberalism has become its defining characteristic, here and abroad. 2 Presidential elections won w/asterisks. Years of assault on ease of voting, illegal maps across the country. Stealing of SCOTUS seat. Congress abandons debate, committee process, CBO...
4/GOP no longer a Western style center-right party, and I would posit entire left-right construct no really longer applies here in US. More abt liberal/illiberal, democracy/oligarchy, open/closed, not left/right. Farcical for media to describe those who oppose Trump as "left."
5/W/TrumpPutin next week, appropriate for a check in on DHS election protection issue. After botching the border kids and Puerto Rico response, what do we know about DHS's efforts to keep foreign meddling out of US politics this year? theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
6/Great to see Dems in Congress speaking up on this outrageous appeasement of Russia, now spreading from the White House throughout the rest of the Republican establishment.
7/Trump continues to align the US with illiberal forces in the world today, denigrating democracies and our historic allies. It is all happening w/o debate in Congress, or even many Senators/MOCs weighing in. We deserve better, at least a debate.
8/The deal described here makes sense given the President's words - Syria for Crimea. But can someone explain what is in it for the US? Understand what everyone else gets out of it. But us, America Firsties, what do we get? newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
9/Read this thread, and heed the warning. Responsible leaders here in the US have to step up and fight where we are headed.
10/Great to see dozens of House Dems challenging Trump's embrace of Putin and illiberalism. Bravo to @RepAdamSmith and the others who got behind this.
11/Senate has begun its organized pushback against Trump's embrace of Putin and illiberalism. Great to see.
