1/17

Thread on “October Surprises”
2/17

An October Surprise is, “a news event deliberately created or timed or sometimes occurring spontaneously to influence the outcome of an election.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_s…
4/17

2016 saw three doozies:

1. Access Hollywood tape. (Ineffective.)

2. Wikileaks release of hacked Clinton campaign email. (Devastating.)

3. Jim Comey re-opening email investigation. (Nail in the coffin.)
5/17

I’ve thrown a lot of surprises.
I’ve been surprised occasionally.
I’ve never ruined a surprised.

Until now.

Spoiler Alert: Stop reading this thread if you’d like to be surprised in October.
6/17

The first is obvious: trump will claim (aka lie) a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been found, tested, produced, already deployed, and we’ll have so much vaccine we’ll beg him to stop vaccinating.
7/17

The second is named Durham.
8/17

Democrats who think I misspelled Dunham and meant Leah, would be wrong.

I meant Durham. John Durham. A name 100% of people on the Right know, and close to 0% of Democrats have heard of.
9/17

John Durham is trump & Barr’s final attempt to destroy Obama — and by extension Biden — by investigating, well, everything related to why the investigation into trump’s Russia ties was opened in 2016.

Here’s an explainer from @lawfareblog:

lawfareblog.com/durham-investi…
10/17

Durham’s report is expected in...

You guessed it.

Was originally supposed to already be released.

But Barr has indicated it won’t be ready until...

You guessed it.
11/17

The Durham investigation isn’t like the Mueller investigation. It’s endgame isn’t to produce a report. Their goal is to bring criminal charges against those they “investigated” and found to have broken the law.

Meaning, we could wake up one day to Grand Jury indictments.
12/17

In May, Barr said neither Obama nor Biden was the focused.

Over the last 17 months, we’ve learned Barr is an evil lying liar who will go to any lengths for trump.

And even if they aren’t the focus, trump and the Right will make them the focus, and make a lot of noise.
13/17

There will be no convincing trump supporters, many Republicans, and maybe even some Independents, that this is nothing more than a last ditch attempt to save trump.
14/17

But that’s all it is.

So it’s important for Democrats to be prepared, to not be surprised, to be armed with the truth — and most importantly, not shit their pants, which Democrats excel at.
15/17

In 2016, too many Democrats said, “I love Hillary, but this thing with her emails...”

That can’t happen again.
THAT CAN’T HAPPEN AGAIN.

Democrats need to resolve, beginning in their own minds, that they will call these accusations what they are:

Lies.
16/17

After Democrats dismiss them as lies, Democrats need to stop trying to explain and immediately pivot to making clear it was trump, his family, his friends, his advisors, and his campaign who conspired with a foreign adversary to destroy Hillary Clinton.
17/end

Bottom line:

Don’t fall for it. Fight it. Flip it.

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In 1980, Carter had to fend off fellow Democrat Ted Kennedy.

In 1992, Pat Buchanan was a thorn in Bush’s side reflecting tension within the GOP.

In 2020, trump enjoyed complete fealty from ~90% of the Republican Party. No meaningful dissent whatsoever.
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.@SavannahGuthrie is showing exactly how to handle donald trump.
A huge tell he’s intimidated by @SavannahGuthrie is that he hasn’t barked “excuse me” at her.
He’s losing 1/2 a point per minute. By 8:39pm he will be at zero.
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6 months 28 days since trump was rushed to the hospital without explanation.

Which is in itself an explanation.
Struggling with the water glass was telling.

But what was on full display today was his longtime balance problem.

Specifically: negotiating stairs, slopes, ramps, uneven ground. All caught on camera on multiple occasions.

These are all symptoms of 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘆𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step. Thx @realDonaldTrump for daring the mainstream media to cover your health after your tweet...

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@nytimes
June 14, 2020

nytimes.com/2020/06/14/us/…
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trump was taken to the hospital EIGHT DAYS AGO.

@drsanjaygupta: ‘What happened is unusual: an unscheduled hospital visit for very routine testing could‘ve been done at the White House... took everyone by surprise, including much of the hospital staff.’
cnn.com/2019/11/24/hea…
“We know that Trump is 73 years old, has heart disease and is clinically obese. For any man of that age and medical history, an unexpected visit to the hospital is concerning.”

@drsanjaygupta

cnn.com/2019/11/24/hea…
“Over the past week, I have spoken to doctors who've previously worked at the White House and those who are currently in touch with the White House. They all say that what happened last weekend is unusual.”

@drsanjaygupta

cnn.com/2019/11/24/hea…
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This can’t just be the horror of the day with a new one the day after and the day after and in a week someone jokes “I’m old enough to remember when.” It can’t be added to the pile.

It’s its own category.

And yes, I’ve been paying fucking attention.
One would normally say it will take someone being killed before something is done.

But getting someone killed is exactly its purpose. It would be their mission accomplished.
Context from the @nytimes:

This video was shown at trump’s Miami hotel by an organization supporting trump. The weekend event was for trump supporters and attended by Don Jr and Sarah Sanders and what will certainly turn out to be many other rotten souls.
nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/…
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Giving @TheEllenShow shit for this is a new low in rabid puritanism.

People really aren’t sure where Ellen stands? Are they not sure where Mrs. Obama stands: elle.com/culture/celebr….

Grow up.
I for one have had enough with Ellen, Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga. They have all deceived us long enough as secret war-criminal enablers! Expose them all!
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They’re in TEXAS — which REJECTED BETO.

Worst of all: the football is PIGSKIN.

It’s clear...

ELLEN IS ANTISEMITIC & ANTIMUSLIM!

We’ll keep digging.
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