A $1B fund Congress gave the Pentagon in the March Cares Act to build up the country’s supplies of medical equipment has instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors & used to make things such as jet engine parts, body armor & dress uniforms. washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
So instead of spending that money on tests and swabs like they were supposed to, Trump's pentagon used the money to line the pockets of military contractors.
That means this totally non-doctored photo-op could have been paid for with money intended for masks and medical equipment, used instead to arm the troops that illegally attacked peaceful protestors.
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1/9 Make no mistake: these barbaric actions are a part of Trump's America.
Before leaving office, Trump's DHS cronies cut special deals with multiple states, including Texas, to continue their abhorrent anti-immigration policies.
2/9 Trump's DHS, 12 days before President Biden was sworn in, struck a “binding” deal with Texas agreeing to consult with the state for 180 days before making changes to immigration policy, effectively tying the hands of the new administration.
3/9 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) & the Customs and Border Protections (CBP) officers unions, were actively involved in shaping immigration under former President Trump and continue to undermine the Biden administration’s immigration policies. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
These are threads looking at the debacle that was the 2020 election and all the ways the Trump regime attempted to cheat, up to and including actual insurrection and a continuing Big Lie that has become the new core of the GQP.
First up is a thread on the attack on the US Postal Service, when mail-in ballots became essential during a pandemic. This thread morphed into a general thread about Trumpian claims of voter fraud, and its efforts to change the outcome:
This hub is for threads focused on Trump's grifting, personal finances, and his consistent LIE of being a self-made man when in fact he's lied and cheated every step of the way, starting with the thread that began this section.
I make GIFs, infographics, memes, videos, & maintain large threads fighting the horrors of the Trump regime & the GQP's insurrection; further links in thread.
New threads for a new era. I maintain a number of threads, some re-constituted from my first account. Many of these I store and organize in various hubs.
This is my thread on Trump regime atrocities renewed and better organized into sub-threads:
Trump claimed he loves the military, but like most dictators what he really liked is throwing their weight around & using them to make himself look good.
This series of threads & articles shows how Trump REALLY feels about our military & veterans: