Last night actually happened. It hurt. It was abusive. It was an emotional assault. It was what a cornered scared wild animal does. It was the death throes of antiquated thinking. Joe got bum rushed, he knew it was coming, but it still stings the senses to see it play out.
Imagine for a second that the wicked witch was real. Imagine the terror you might feel when you see her literally melt in front of you. It’s not a pleasant thing. There is yelling. There is violent hand waving, there is destruction. All on display last night.
Last night we saw the witch get wet. trump didn’t do that for him. His own people are saying it was a bit much. He didn’t do it for the votes. He didn’t even do it for money. He did it for the distraction. He is a weapon of mass distraction. And he needs a big one.
Last night was a US Presidential Debate! People watched. They saw the wet witch screaming and smoking into oblivion. An old man screaming at clouds. An authoritarian. A caricature of what he thinks it means to be strong.
He bullied because that’s who he is. He mocked, because that’s who he is. His old ideas about who we are aren’t even accurate. He’s bastardized our own history. He is in his own reality and anything that is outside that reality is fake to him. That is offensive.
It is offensive, dangerous and hurtful to not disavow racists. It is offensive, dangerous and hurtful to maliciously feign confusion over which of Biden’s sons he is talking about. It is offensive, dangerous and hurtful to gaslight a covid weary citizenry looking for leadership.
And he did all those things amid this backdrop:
205,000 dead
$750 tax bill
Another campaign manager arrested
DNI disseminating propaganda
Cambridge Analytica vote suppression
All happened this week and it’s just Wednesday! All the trains are coming in at once. None have brakes.
After the spectacle, I got reaction from Fox. Hannity had Jr. on to give his expertise of how his dad did. The thing he said that stuck with me is this:
‘There’s actual Russia collusion now, there’s wire transfers.’
‘The FBI was working with a known Russian agent, a known spy.’
Who? Why did those specific words fall from his head? Is he trying to lay the foundation for the base that they will be hearing about people working directly with Russian agents? Might it be because of this?👇🏻
Thanks to the Mueller Report we know trump committed up to 10 acts of Obstruction of Justice.
Thanks to Jr., we know they’re thinking about what is coming.
This is their classic get ahead of the story to control the narrative play. It is a winning formula so far. But we know better. If last night hurt, it was designed to. We again have to show our strength and our resilience. Again, we are being called to do better.
We’re going to have to pull ourselves together to be better, be best, be bestest better and better best. We have to overcome this. We have to start putting the pieces together. Be there for each other, wear a mask, wash your hands, register to vote, vote.
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It’s been a while since we’ve used the wayback machine. Let’s see how it holds up on a short trip. We’re going to go on a journey back to a time before trump was president.
Don’t get too excited. It’s to do with aid to Ukraine.
A wee thread🧵👇🏻
On July 28, 2016, in Cleveland at the Republican National Committee, the GOP removed a single issue from their party platform. Essentially, it became trump policy to no longer provide aid to Ukraine.
A delegate said it was taken out by trump’s people.
But that’s a bit awkward because the newly minted GOP Nominee eventually ended up telling Robert Mueller he didn’t recall. Strange because trump, has like a great memory. And his uncle was like, a physicist or something.🤷🏼♂️
There will no doubt be a lot said by smarter people than I about this ruling in the GA v trump et al. case, but I would like to offer two important thoughts I hope they don’t miss.
Firstly, please understand the danger. Look at what just happened. The whole country has been on edge awaiting this ruling because it determined whether or not a former president accused of some gangster shit, might get away with it because of some more gangster shit.
This dude is so dangerous to prosecute, a former GOVERNOR declined to be the special prosecutor because of safety concerns. This dude is so dangerous because he has a dangerous crew. I don’t how to lay this out clearly for people to understand so please bear with me as I try.
Have you heard of Project 2025? It’s a ‘Playbook’. You can read the whole “Mandate” for yourself at this link and I encourage you to do so. *Please* know who you’re voting for in November.
First thing to know: There is a Project 2025. This is important to know. It exists. It’s a plan. It’s coming day one of the next conservative presidency. I am not being hyperbolic. If you are seeing this, it will have some impact on your life. It’s designed to.
This is a Heritage Foundation joint. There are roughly 386 ‘contributors’ to Project 2025 and at least 48 of them are Heritage Foundation. That’s 12% of all contributors give or take some bad eyesight, counting, and maths and unknown crossover organizational alignments.
I was thinking about my dad the other day. He’s still here, he’s fine. I was just thinking about him.
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My dad would tell me stories about guys like his dad. Guys like his dad fought in WWII. Guys like my dad, revered those guys.
A wee thread🧵👇🏻
The only reason the tv set growing up didn’t have the History Channel logo burned into it was because occasionally, I’d watch sports. The history channel had documentary after documentary of WWII. My dad likes the air battles. He would talk about “Those Guys”.
“Those Guys,” he’d say, “Those Guys sat in a bubble OUTSIDE the airplane, Joey!’ “Can you believe that? Imagine how cold it must have been!”
He was referring to the tail gunners on the screen.
You guys…I think I’m going to call it a year. I will begin my final thread of 2024 as I mean to end it, and that is conversationally and with gratitude. Thank you for all your continued dedication to self-determination and democracy.
I’m tired.
A wee 🧵👇🏻
This year was more difficult than last year. Things are getting harder. My balance is getting worse and my body is getting stiffer. I’ve had more falls this year than last. Speaking of falls, it seems more leaves fell in the yard this year than last.
The time change this year and its underreported havoc it wreaks on my medication is worse this year than last. I’ve torn my Achilles and my hamstring this year as opposed to no injuries last.
This is a wee thread. I tell you that now because there is no clever preamble, no fun intro to pique your interest. Just a simple request that you know I lack understand on this topic and make no judgments. I share it so those who can make sense of it hopefully do so.
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On December 23rd of 2016, the United Nations adopted UN resolution number 2334. It is here for you to read. Please do so. If you don’t, know the gist is that this UN Security Council resolution stated that Israel’s settlements have no legal validity.
The history of this resolution is one that helps put into context some of what we may be seeing today. At the time, Barack Obama was President and Bibi Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel. vox.com/world/2016/12/…