I've been sitting here watching my Twitter feed.
It's perfectly clear that a team of thugs sent by Mohammed bin Salman, killed Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. 1/
It's perfectly clear that a team of thugs sent by Mohammed bin Salman, killed Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. 1/
It's also perfectly clear that Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo, along with others, are desperately trying to help the Saudis find some way to make this acceptable. 2/
The Turks are dribbling out the grisly information a bit at a time to keep the story in the headlines (although I'd really rather not hear the details). 3/
A few senators have denounced the Saudi actions. Mitch McConnell is telling us his plans to further destroy the safety net and people's lives. 4/
Private people doing what Trump and company are doing, with the same public information, would be arrested. But we have no police force to do that to the President. 5/
Congress was supposed to do that. But the Republicans have fallen into line behind Trump. Every Republican in Congress is an accessory to Khashoggi's murder. 6/
I would say it's time to demonstrate in the streets, but we have an alternative coming up in less than three weeks. Do you want criminals running the government? You can do something about that. 7/7
