As a woman who‘s been screaming for years about women leaving the GOP, this is maddening. That so many people I respected bent the knee. That the principles I believe in were betrayed. That there was no attempt to constrain him — or primary him. It was obvious the damage he’d do.
Given my position as a #NeverTrump woman, I’m obviously inclined to believe Tim’s tweets. Maybe I’m wrong! I was in 2016 because I focused on the wrong polls and signs. But he won by ~80K votes in 3 states. It remains insane to me that the GOP utterly capitulated to him.
And I see people talk about how registered Republicans who oppose Trump/support Biden won’t be “allowed” back in the party, & I just have to wonder who they think is leading the charge against Trumpism in states across the country? If the GOP suffers a historic loss next month?

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76 years ago today, on June 16, 1944, South Carolina executed a 14-year-old child, George Stinney, Jr.

He was so little that they used a Bible as a booster seat in the electric chair.

In 2014, a court ruled that he had not received a fair trial and overturned his conviction.
“The 14-year-old had not seen or spoken to his parents for wks, & they were too terrified of the white mob to show up @ the trial. Instead, strangers surrounded him. 1500 people swelled into the courtroom, too many to fit. They flowed out of every door.”
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“Lloyd Batson, a white pastor, left with them. At the request of George’s father, he had attended the execution. He’d promised to look George in the eyes before he died so that the [14-year-old] child would know that someone in the room loved him.”
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OF COURSE I wrote about @taylorswift13’s new activism. Fun fact: This piece started at more than 3000 words because I just had so much to say about her, the new album, and her politics. (If you want my analysis of each song on LOVER, just let me know!)
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I believe Swift has a right to champion causes she believes in... But it seems the more Swift leans into her new political identity, the more she recklessly simplifies complex issues and deliberately antagonizes those who disagree with her.
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Am I watching a different Gillette ad than everyone who’s mad about it...? I don’t understand why people are angry about a message to be the best man you can be by stepping in to stop bullying, being supportive fathers, & calling out bad behavior instead of looking the other way.
What in the ad does Piers think was an attack on masculinity? The only reference to masculinity was *toxic* masculinity. What does Piers think we should allow boys & men to do in order to let boys be boys & men be men? Gang up? Harass? Treat others poorly?
The ad even says “we believe in the best in men.” That’s an inspiring and positive message!
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