1/ Donald Trump’s fatal flaw: Of his many defects, Bob Woodward may have identified the worst per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott via @Salon >> Trump knew all about the dangers of the virus. Of course he did. Trump lied about what he knew. Ditto....
2/ ... Trump is contemptuous of "his" generals, calling them "a bunch of pussies." >>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >> We learned only days before he had called those who gave their lives in battle "losers" and "suckers," so we knew that, too....
3/ ... >> What we haven't learned yet is why. If Trump knew way back in February that the coronavirus was as dangerous as the 1918 flu pandemic and was likely to cause severe damage to the economy,>>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >> ...
4/ ... why didn't he[Trump] do what he'd always done and buy his way out of it?
5/ >>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >> Why didn't he[Trump] propose a package of about $8 trillion to $10 trillion that would attack the virus with health care spending and protect the economy with a massive stimulus?...
6/ ... It was a perfect setup: He[Trump] could have convinced the supine Republicans to go along,>>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >> ...
7/ ... the Democrats would have been all for it, he[Trump] would be spending someone else's money, >>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >> and he might well be coasting his way to re-election by now....
8/ ... But once he[Trump] had made his case that the virus was just a "hoax," that it was "like a flu,">>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >> and that the U.S. had "pretty much shut it down," he forfeited his chance to spend his way through the crisis....
9/ ... >> Instead, what we got was more than 6.6 million cases of coronavirus, nearly 200,000 dead, and another Trumpian tsunami of lies and cheerleading. >>per bit.ly/3kcsAf4 by @LucianKTruscott >>
Trump pins Supreme Court immunity hopes on Brett Kavanaugh not remembering his own argument via @msnbcmsnbc.com/deadline-white…
@MSNBC By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”
In his immunity brief to the Supreme Court, Donald Trump name-checks two articles by Brett Kavanaugh from before Trump appointed him to the high court….tinyurl.com/26quumrr
@MSNBC @Jordan_S_Rubin By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,” The… [Donald Trump immunity brief to the Supreme Court quote articles by Brett Kavanaugh]...citations were obviously meant to support the former president’s broad immunity claim.tinyurl.com/26quumrr
By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”
Massachusetts’ highest court has issued an important ruling on sentencing and modern science, banning sentences of life without parole for people younger than 21 when they committed the crime.tinyurl.com/yv2ddchp
@Jordan_S_Rubin By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”On Thursday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court extended its sentencing precedent to cover “emerging adults,” [banning sentences of life without parole]tinyurl.com/yv2ddchp
@Jordan_S_Rubin By @Jordan_S_Rubin in ,”…meaning people who were 18, 19 or 20 at the time of the criminal offense. [Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court banning sentences of life without parole]tinyurl.com/yv2ddchp
By @glennkirschner2 in ,
[regarding the Impeachment Judgments clause] Sauer [Trumps Lawyer]apparently decided he could rewrite that portion of the Constitution, and urged the judges to adopt what he’d like the Constitution to say.tinyurl.com/yv2tq5nt
@glennkirschner2 By @glennkirschner2 in , In layman’s terms, this[the Impeachment Judgments clause] meanstThat evenIf theHouse ofRepresentatives impeaches aPresident &the Senate convicts at his impeachment trial, the president can still be prosecuted for his crimes.tinyurl.com/yv2tq5nt
@glennkirschner2 By @glennkirschner2 in , “In an argument unlike any I have ever seen in my 30 years as a federal prosecutor, Sauer[Trump's Lawyer] apparently decided he could rewrite that portion of the Constitution,...tinyurl.com/yv2tq5nt
per by @HC_Richardson,"Late Friday night the Texas Supreme Court blocked the lower court’s order, pending review, and today, Cox’s lawyers said she had left the state to obtain urgently needed health care.tinyurl.com/2x5kp7gn
@HC_Richardson per by @HC_Richardson,"...the Texas Supreme Court ruled against Cox, saying she was not entitled to a medical exception from the state’s abortion ban.tinyurl.com/2x5kp7gn
@HC_Richardson per by @HC_Richardson,"The image of a woman forced by the state to carry a fetus with a fatal condition at the risk of her own health and future fertility until finally she has to flee her state for medical care is one that will not be erased easily.tinyurl.com/2x5kp7gn
“I do think that right after the [Supreme Court] decision,some folks, especially in Dem...states, felt like their rights were going to be protected,”...“And now they’ve seen...Republicans move towards a nationwide abortion ban.”said Rep.DelBene, D-WA per nbcnews.to/3poBLS0
[Rep.Suzan DelBene D-Wash] ] and other Democratic strategists noted that voters will continue to hear more stories of women who suffer because they cannot access abortion care, as Republican-led states move to restrict abortion access. per nbcnews.to/3poBLS0
...Republican presidential candidates have voiced support for federal abortion bans as they compete in their primary. per nbcnews.to/3poBLS0
Is it possible to attribute this to climate change Per on.msnbc.com/3J7GUUW by @ZeeshanAleem interviewing [Michael Mann, a professor of atmospheric science at Penn State and the author of “The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet,”] @canilor
@ZeeshanAleem@canilor Per on.msnbc.com/3J7GUUW by @ZeeshanAleem interviewing [Michael Mann, a professor] "Moreover, eastern North America, where all of this is happening, is one location where we expect the greatest increase in combined heat and drought from human-caused warming.