Long important thread alert. Today, trump gave away the game again. He is actively working to destroy the sanctity of a free American election by undermining the USPS. He admitted it and now Congress must act to #Impeach him for it.
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We have the chance for a new America.
To have the America we think America is. We have the chance to decide who we are as a nation. We have been given that chance by the most brazenly corrupt president in our history. #Impeach
trump has gaslit the nation into believing in his image of success. He built a character. It is a facade. He is cosplaying what a child would think was a successful businessman turned president. Because he is still a child. His niece told us. #Impeach
He is a beer commercial. He uses our history as props in his show. He doesn’t respect the fight that resulted in civil rights speeches given in front of the Lincoln Memorial. He just wants the photo op. #Impeach
He doesn’t care about your beliefs. He gassed us. He dispersed peaceful protestors to get a photo op with an unopened bible in front of a church he does not attend. #Impeach
He is literally telling us he will not fund the constitutionally mandated USPS because they will bring millions of ballots to voters. He would not try to stop people from voting if he thought they were voting for him. #Impeach
He knows he can’t win without cheating. He told us in the first election ‘it’s rigged folks’ but this truth among the lies was not heeded. He was rigging it the last time. By not expanding mail-in voting during a pandemic and not funding the USPS, he is rigging it now. #Impeach
He created a system where the professionals in charge of democratic institutions have been forced out, fired, relieved of duties, some simply could not take anymore of the nefarious activities and had to leave. Replaced by true believers. Those who would do his bidding. #Impeach
Former chief of Staff John Kelly said as much when he told trump ‘not to hire a yes man, you’ll be impeached.’ He hired a yes man in Mick Mulvaney and he was indeed impeached. He deserves to be impeached again. #Impeach
The GOP let him off. For them, it’s not about trump trampling the institutions, it was about judges and undoing anything done by Obama. They stacked the courts with their ideology for generations. It’s a smash and grab on women’s rights, civil rights, lgbtqa rights. #Impeach
In so doing, they sold their souls. They sold out our country. Just as Judge Sullivan said about Michael Flynn. trump acts as a narcissist with a personality disorder. A toddler sits in the most powerful position in the world. Are we truly acquiescing to this? #Impeach
A country founded on the principled stance that a tyrant will not stand here. We shall have no kings. We decide our own fate as a free society. We do not bend the knee. We the people decide. And it is decision time. #Impeach
Do we want more of this? Do we want soldiers and unknown, unnamed, unaccountable paramilitary troops in our streets? Do we want to see protestors forced to make hostage videos denouncing peaceful protests like we have seen in Belarus? #Impeach
Is that the America we are? Is that the role we wish to play? Extras in a one man show? Do we want a cosplay president devoid of human empathy? Devoid of facts and incapable of executing the office he holds? America deserves better than that. #Impeach
When you see a stain, you scrub it ‘til it’s gone. #Impeach trump for Obstruction of Justice, for failure to faithfully execute his Oath, for inviting and taking advantage of foreign influence in our elections. Impeach him for the high crime of not preserving our postal service.
Impeach him for the high crime of not protecting us from the coronavirus as is required by his Oath. Impeach him for the high crime of enriching himself through his office by charging tax payers for his golf trips to his properties. #Impeach
Most importantly, Impeach him because it is our duty to do so. When democracy is under attack, the only ones who can save it is us. Congress has a duty to hold the Executive accountable. #Impeach #ImpeachTrumpAgain
I implore you to get in this fight. Call your Congress person, call your Senators. Tell them it is time to scrub this stain. It is time to impeach trump and his enablers. It is time to separate those who would do us harm from those who would see the republic survive. #Impeach
United we stand, divided we fall. Impeachment is election security. It is time to rise up and stand united. Wear a mask, wash your hands, vote. #Impeach
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We are in the Both Sides Era. For what seems the past decade, we have been subjected to both sides of the news, normalizing the weird, accepting the inappropriate, and moving on from the unforgivable.
Both sides are not the same.
A wee Sunday morning coffee🧵👇🏻
We have been so conditioned to Both Sides everything that we immediately fall into one side or the other. We are sorting ourselves based on memes and shallow thinking. Reporters complaining about hotel experiences due to the DNC running late, isn’t news. That’s a yelp review.
Have you noticed trump is on both sides of every issue? Probably not, because the “press hasn’t yet learned how to report on trump.” Why is covering trump any different from what they learned in journalism school?
Why not ask him about his incongruities? Or a follow up question?
Did you ever hear the phrase: “they have so much money they don’t know what to do with it.”? Not a problem, I’ve ever run into myself, but Project 2025 is just that. Billionaires want to be bankers. They want to sell off our governmental oversight to private companies they own.
Here is Project 2025. There isn’t one part of our lives this won’t touch. Think it doesn’t mean you? There is no provision to exclude from its effects those who vote for fascism so choose your candidate wisely.
Here is the part where they will abolish the federal reserve. It will be replaced by currency they can “create” and then lend out at their own interest rates.
“There is no place for political violence” has been a pretty common refrain throughout the weekend. It really got me thinking. ”Political violence” must be one of those “you know it when you see it” types of things.
Let’s see…
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Political violence strikes me as a visual medium but there are so many things that occur before we see the blood that I think might be political violence. Are we just numb to it? How do we define what is political violence and what is just violence? Why is it different?
Are Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s razor balls floating in the river, considered “political violence”? Kind of. I mean, the idea is people from south of the US shouldn’t be allowed to come here and take our jobs.
Political.
To deter from this, razor balls in the river.
Violence.
There’s been a lot said about Joe Biden since the debate. I, along with so many of you, watched it play out in real time as respected news transmitters read out ‘inside texts’ from knee jerk reactionaries.
After much thought, I won’t be voting for Joe Biden because he’s old.
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I’ll be voting for Joe Biden because he’s team democracy. I’m voting for ideas he represents. I’m voting for the team of people he can put together. I’m voting for my own interests and for your ability to vote for your own interests. I didn’t vote for him last time either, btw.
In 2020, I voted for a November 5th, 2024 election. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were the only options on the ballot that allowed this. I colored in Joe and Kamala’s bubble to keep the lights on long enough for us to have this election. Like many of you, I voted team democracy.
I am loathe to do predictions. However, there are some things you just can’t help but see coming. Project 2025 is a blinking red alarm and we all need to be aware of the stakes of this election. Please familiarize yourself with EO11246, be discriminating voters.
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On September 24th, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. EO11246 established Equal Opportunity Employment. It includes Non-Discrimination in Government. It includes Non-Discrimination Employment by Government Contractors and Subcontractors.
Focus on Non-Discrimination Employment by Government Contractors and Subcontractors. In Sub Part B under Contractor’s Agreements, contractors agree to not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Trust me…
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The above is the oath the President takes at 12 noon on January 20. Typically, it is administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but there is no law that makes that a requirement. You could have your gran do it. So why is it *usually* the Chief Justice?
For this thread let’s assume the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is there as a symbol of the law. Chief Justice Roberts in a way represents the Judicial Branch of our government on the day it grants power to the person who will symbolize the Executive Branch.