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Thom Hartmann

12 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read

Is Trump about to commit his ultimate treason? /1

The Founders greatest fear, when it came to the president, was that a man would be installed in the office who was in debt to, or loyal to a foreign government. It’s why they put the Foreign Emoluments ban in the Constitution. /2

Jared Kushner visited the Saudi‘s and the UAE just before they blockaded Qatar; within a few months an investment fund heavily financed by Qatar gave Kushner the billion dollars he needed to save his failing real estate empire, and the blockade ended. amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/… /3

Trump also helped prevent efforts to hold Saudi dictator MBS responsible for his murdering Jamal Khashoggi, and stabbed the Syrian Kurds in the back when Turkey’s president told him to. Trump, of course, makes millions from his properties in Turkey. /4

Now, Trump himself is about to leave office with debts exceeding $1 billion, over $400 million of them personally guaranteed. So, what does he have or know that a foreign government might be willing to pay him $1 billion for? /5

Over at The New York Times, reporters Sanger and Schmidt note, about Trump’s Pentagon shake-up: “The hires come as Mr. Trump and some of his aides have been pressing to declassify documents that would describe sources of information inside the Kremlin.” nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/…

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11 Nov

How can America prevent Republicans from stealing the 2024 election and installing a fascist? /1

Republican threats to have individual states choose electors for Donald Trump even though their citizens voted for Joe Biden are not about this election; they’re about putting a fascist in the White House in 2024. /2

And the reason Republican elected officials across the country are letting this drag out, even though they know Trump has no chance because Biden‘s margin of victory is so large, is to see how far they can push this in anticipation of 2024. This is a test. /3

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10 Nov

Two things could be going on with Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the election. /1

Either he’s dragging this out so he can raise money to line his own pockets, or he’s coordinating with the billionaire donors who largely own a number of Republican state legislatures to steal the election. Or both. /2

The Constitution says that individual states’ legislators can award their electoral votes to whomever they choose; it just takes an act of the state’s legislature, in most states signed by the governor. It’s never happened, but it is constitutional. /3

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9 Nov

1/ We’re coming out of one of the darkest times in American history, certainly the darkest time in the memory of most living Americans.

2/ Fear and hate have been the dominant national emotions during the last two Republican presidencies. They were used to lie us into a war in Iraq, and to tear us apart from each other for the last four years.

3/ Joe Biden becoming president means that we can focus on making life better for American citizens, rather than trying to demonize each other.

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5 Nov

(1/13) Even losing will be a business opportunity for Trump

(2/13) When Donald Trump first decided to run for president, he confided to friends that his real goal was to get publicity for his brand and squeeze a larger payment out of NBC for his TV show. He even bragged he’d be the first person to make money running for the White House.

(3/13) Once he unexpectedly won, he turned that into a business opportunity, redirecting over $100 million of government money into his own properties and businesses.

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4 Nov

(1/11) There’s a reason this election is this close. The old saying is, “Own the media, own the country,” and this election proves it true.

(2/11) Democrats have been totally stupid when it comes to the information wars. While Republicans built an enormous national “talk to people all day, every day, all year“ media infrastructure, Democrats only pour money into advertising once every four years.

(3/11) In the 1970s and 1980s, conservatives began building out an intellectual infrastructure to seize control of the political narratives in America.

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Thom Hartmann

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3 Nov

(1/14) This election proves the need for a right to vote

(2/14) America needs an absolute right to vote, like most other major democracies.

(3/14) One legacy of slavery is that our Constitution does not contain an absolute right to vote for all citizens who have achieved the age of majority.

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