We as Americans, esp conservatives, have become skilled at denying inevitable outcomes
Worth looking at a few hard truths & understanding why Putin is happy w/ what he sees: /1
politico.com/magazine/story…
Worth looking at a few hard truths & understanding why Putin is happy w/ what he sees: /1
politico.com/magazine/story…
Lots of people are warning us to open our eyes to what is right in front of us.
Woodward: hope there isn't a crisis b/c chaos in WH.
Anonymous oped writer: potential for crisis is worse than we know.
@RadioFreeTom: we are already deep in crisis /2
Woodward: hope there isn't a crisis b/c chaos in WH.
Anonymous oped writer: potential for crisis is worse than we know.
@RadioFreeTom: we are already deep in crisis /2
But really -- what did we think was going to happen?
This is the question I want to ask all the people appeasing, normalizing, and excusing the erosion/erasure of institutions, norms, and values under this president. What did you think was going to happen?
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This is the question I want to ask all the people appeasing, normalizing, and excusing the erosion/erasure of institutions, norms, and values under this president. What did you think was going to happen?
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What did you think would happen when POTUS minimizes attacks by foreign adversary; when Rs vote against elex security funding; when gerrymandering is the art/science of elex -- and hostile adversaries learn to exploit it?
Of course Georgia happened /4
Of course Georgia happened /4
What did you think would happen when guy who pled guilty of lying to FBI, who is scared of both Trump+Putin, is given a media platform?
Of course Papadapoulos lied+changed his story to bolster narrative investigation should never have started /5
Of course Papadapoulos lied+changed his story to bolster narrative investigation should never have started /5
Of course Papadapoulos keeps on casting about -- in terms that mirror perfectly what POTUS and congressional Rs are doing to undermine Mueller's investigation. /6
Of course Papadapoulos has a new version of events just minutes after he was sentenced. /7
What did we think would happen when POTUS was allowed to target FBI/DOJ officials who have built their careers fighting Russian organized crime and intelligence operations -- officials who understand the patterns they see now? /8
Of course this targeting was on purpose, to disarm those best equipped to defend against these threats -- and of course the entire campaign is ultimately about Mueller. /9
What did we think would happen when the president has lied to the American people thousands of times since taking office with no consequence?
Of course POTUS would end up openly posting sketchy disinfo accounts /10
Of course POTUS would end up openly posting sketchy disinfo accounts /10
What did we think would happen when the dozens of contacts between the Trump team and Russian agents have been ignored and explained away at every turn?
Of course the layers of contacts with Kremlin intermediaries would keep accumulating /11
Of course the layers of contacts with Kremlin intermediaries would keep accumulating /11
Whatever the motivation or explanation, what POTUS does every day is what Russia would want -- blunt object and sharp edge of disruption, both /12
All I can say is; stopping making excuses for the worst elements in America -- "if only they knew."
They know.
Stop patting bigots/racists, cheaters/liars on the head & explaining away their behavior.
We've done the same to the Kremlin for years. And look where we are now. /13
They know.
Stop patting bigots/racists, cheaters/liars on the head & explaining away their behavior.
We've done the same to the Kremlin for years. And look where we are now. /13
Every time someone says POTUS just doesn't understand -- if only he knew! -- but the judges/taxes/whatever...
Every time someone argues "Tucker Carlson is a smart man" as a way NOT to lead with "gosh he sounds like 1935" ... /14
Every time someone argues "Tucker Carlson is a smart man" as a way NOT to lead with "gosh he sounds like 1935" ... /14
Every time leadership doesn't say anything about elected members of Congress meeting with European Nazis; or inviting American Nazis to the State of the Union; or allowing Nazis/sympathizers to run for office as Republican candidates... /15
Every time you do this, you are normalizing behavior that has set the world on fire again and again. And when the fire burns again -- it's your fault too. /16
"We're focused on things that actually matter," says WH spox.
What might those be if not our values and morals and the very idea of truth? If not protecting the vulnerable among is? If not the safety of our citizens from direct attack by a hostile adversary? /17
What might those be if not our values and morals and the very idea of truth? If not protecting the vulnerable among is? If not the safety of our citizens from direct attack by a hostile adversary? /17
This is the same message from the anonymous NYT oped writer btw -- we're focused on things that matter! So don't worry about the president's laothesome, toxic behavior which is eroding the foundation of everything we are as a nation. /18
Here's the truth Republicans haven't faced as they hide behind "Trump is delivering on our agenda."
If he's the only vehicle to get your agenda thru -- if only way to get it is to abandoning everything you once said matters -- probably it sucked in the first place. /19
If he's the only vehicle to get your agenda thru -- if only way to get it is to abandoning everything you once said matters -- probably it sucked in the first place. /19
Why did it suck? Because a group of extremists were allowed to hijack critical functions -- like judicial appointments. Womens' rights, civil rights, voting rights -- these extremists are trying to undo the last 70 years of American history and progress ... /20
...even when the vast majority of American opinion disagrees with them.
Americans are tolerant & accepting of change. But there's a small group of people who want you to believe that is a lie. /21
Americans are tolerant & accepting of change. But there's a small group of people who want you to believe that is a lie. /21
Is it any wonder Putin found an ally in these men?
Putin would also like to undo the last 70 yrs of history + maintain a system where "the people" don't matter /22
Putin would also like to undo the last 70 yrs of history + maintain a system where "the people" don't matter /22
Your silence will always haunt you more than the cost of making a mistake.
The rise of these terrible forces has been met w/ a whimper from too many afraid of losing their power. In doing so, they expose that they don't understand new rules of power+disruption in this century/23
The rise of these terrible forces has been met w/ a whimper from too many afraid of losing their power. In doing so, they expose that they don't understand new rules of power+disruption in this century/23
The Kremlin didn't create the seams in our society (that they pull at so ably). But storm of domestic+foreign bad actors aspire to same goal: an imaginary world that never really was, but when a small group of elite didn't have to work so hard to monopolize wealth and power
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