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Aug 18, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1. As I watched @UPonMSNBC this morning, the always insightful @Dr_CMGreer mentioned the LBJ observation quoted below. Of course, LBJ signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as other important legislation that aspired to level the playing filed & promote . . .
2. equality for all. I had heard that LBJ quote previously but just now realized how it perfectly sums up Trump’s singular agenda & why his anti-immigrant prejudice continues to appeal to & captivate his die-hard supporters. Trump is an across-the-board failure as a president...
3. His only “success” is tax cuts for the rich and corporate at the expense of the rest of us, the federal budget and our national deficit. This, of course, is a not a success at all but rather a slow-moving, long-term failure. Everyone loses, our country loses. So . . .
4. with our country going to h&ll in a hand basket, why in the world does anybody still support Trump? Or, borrowing/modifying a now-infamous refrain (“but her emails”), “But his supporters . . . “ this is where LBJ’s observation comes in, IMO. Trump does his nefarious best ...
5. to keep his supporters focused on the invading Hispanic hoards, the “infested” inner-cities and the prospect of lesser human beings flooding the US from sh*thole countries. Trump’s singular message is that his supporters might be hurting economically . . .
6. but at least they’re better off than - not to mention just plain better than - all these lesser people that Trump spends all his time hating and demonizing every damn day. And yes, all the while, Trump picks his supporters’ pockets and delivers the pilfered proceeds to ...
7. the rich and the corporate, to his family and his cabinet members, to the McConnells and the Grahams. Trump picks their pockets while he urges them to chant, “build a wall”, “deport them all”, “send them back” and the like. All the while, his supporters become poorer ...
8. both financially AND morally. But, if they hold tight to Trump’s message that they are better than the people of color Trump demonizes, than at least they get to feel superior to SOMEONE else. And as they bask in the glow of that faux superiority delivered to them . . .
9. by the ultimate huckster, and while they are distracted by their own maniacal chants of “build the wall” and “send her back”, Trump picks their pockets.

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Morning friends. The result in the 2nd E. Jean Carroll case is important foreshadowing for Trump’s upcoming criminal trials. When cases move from the court of public opinion into courts of law, Trump loses. He lost the NY civil fraud trial (we’re awaiting Judge Engoron’s …
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Unfortunately, we currently have a Supreme Court that seems determined to revoke or contract (rather than expand) human rights, civil rights, and equal rights. And when you couple this with the recent revelations about the obscenely lavish gifts and financial favors provided by
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As defendant Thomas Caldwell concludes his testimony in the Oath Keepers trial, a few overarching observations: the 2 defendants who have testified thus far - Caldwell and Elmer Stewart Rhodes - bear many similarities. They come across as pompous, self-important, egocentric,
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There are some curious tactical decisions being made by some of the defense attorneys in the Oath Keepers case. For example, defendant Caldwell’s attorney called a witness, Joseph Godbold, who is Caldwell’s friend and occasional employee on home improvement projects.
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