This use of the White House for Trump's re-election bid is so inappropriate. He doesn't even have to extort a foreign power anymore -- he's doing it right from the White House in plain sight with the cameras on. WITH IMPUNITY. #RNCConvention2020#VoteBidenHarrisToSaveAmerica
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? They're doing a live naturalization ceremony at the White House as a performance so we forget they hate immigrants and are violating the Hatch Act?
This is so completely disgustingly exploitative and unethical.
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If Trump is convicted of federal crimes, he will have to be incarcerated. The question arises as to how this would be done for a former president with Secret Service detail. I doubt he would be under house arrest at MAL where some federal crimes are alleged to have take place. 🧵
2. The Secret Service has no protocol for a protectee who has been convicted of a crime & imprisoned, so one would need to be developed if such a situation arose. One option? Shift agents in a secure federal facility.
Straight up Russian propaganda that benefits the GOP. This man is a useful idiot doing the work of Putin & the fools on the left will fall for it the same way they fell for the Russian asset, Jill Stein.
Imagine running for president & claiming NATO provoked Russia into genocidally attacking a sovereign country. Meanwhile, only tools of Russia propose peace talks since they will involve sacrificing Ukrainian territory.
This man in UNFIT for the presidency.
Every bit of that Cornel West tweet demonstrates an ideologue stuck in the past, who has not caught up with the present reality unfolding in Europe. It demonstrates how wholly unsuited he would be to any political leadership role. He would be as dangerous as Trump.
On this historic day when for the 1st time a former president has been charged with federal crimes, I have thoughts. A brief thread follows. /1
For more than 20 years (yes, that's going to age me, millennials - my favorite dating pool), I have written about the world for a living. /2
I have written about democracy and dictatorships, about democracy and coup d'etats. I have written about war and peace, about power and influence, about good governance and corruption, about legitimacy and authority. /3
Oh my God. Trump lawyer Parlatore is on tv flapping his lips about events in the grand jury. It is bloody shocking.
Andrew Weissmann wisely points out that there is no way Parlatore would not be in the room with the Grand Jury unless he was a witness. Parlatore goes onto explain why he had to be in the room. GO BACK to Weissmann, @MSNBC !!
Borrowing from Dostoevsky, Ogarkova calls Russia a culture where you have "crime without punishment, and punishment without crime." Indeed, "the powerful murder with impunity; the victims are punished for no reason." For Russia, war crimes ARE THE POINT. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Russia claims to be a powerful “pole” in the world to balance the West – but has failed to create a successful political model others would want to join. So it has nothing left to offer except to drag everyone down to its own depths.