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18 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
TRUMP, BIDEN & THE RATCHET EFFECT

While Dems gleefully dance on Trump's political grave, they ignore how dangerously consequential his presidency has been. And how little Biden will do to reverse it.

Trump totally reshaped the courts. Biden promises GOP-friendly incrementalism.
TRUMP, BIDEN & THE RATCHET EFFECT

With the acquiescence (or assistance) of Dem leaders, Trump:

▪️ Reshaped the courts in his fascist image
▪️ Normalized the torture of migrants
▪️ Empowered dictators
▪️ Gave a massive handup to billionaires
▪️ Damaged the #MeToo movement
TRUMP, BIDEN & THE RATCHET EFFECT

Biden and the Dem establishment want a tepid "return to normal." That 'normal' was living hell for most people.

Biden and the Dem establishment will make war on the left and coddle the right.

Thus, Trump's destructive legacy will be cemented.
TRUMP, BIDEN & THE RATCHET EFFECT

In a nutshell:

1. Install a horrible GOP president.

2. They move us toward fascism.

3. Dems fundraise billions off them.

4. ...while enabling their worst abuses.

5. Repulsed voters reinstate a Dem.

6. Dems rehabilitate the GOP president.

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18 Nov
CONGRATS OLIGARCHS!

#NancyPelosi was just reelected as Speaker. Image
PELOSI IS THE CHIEF PROTECTOR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT

An expert at pacifying her fans with laughably empty theatrics, while raking in millions off faux-opposition.

She funded Trump's worst abuses and refused to wield her power to hold ANY of his goons accountable. Image
Pelosi is part of the Democratic leadership (including the Obamas and Biden) who rehabilitated George W. Bush and gave him and his cronies a free pass for war crimes. Image
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7 Nov
CRUSHING THE LEFT — A thread

Battle lines are quickly being drawn between the Dem establishment and the anti-capitalist, anti-establishment left.

Dem leaders believe they can contain and manage dissent inside the system. It's outsiders they need to destroy.

So get ready.
CRUSHING THE LEFT (cont.)

The Obama admin punched HARD at the left. Expect it to be worse under Biden.

Step one: Pelosi is the party's most powerful defender of the oligarchy. Pay attention to whether her bid for speaker is backed by progressive members.

It will reveal much.
CRUSHING THE LEFT (cont.)

I've said repeatedly, there's no changing the system from the inside, so leftists like us must organize locally, regionally, and nationally.

There are numerous orgs/entities that could become a major power base for us. I'll have more on that soon...
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30 Oct
SHUT DOWN THE COUNTRY

MANDATE MASKS NATIONWIDE

GIVE PEOPLE A MONTHLY STIPEND

CANCEL DEBTS, RENTS, & MORTGAGES

Stop using people's bodies as fodder to enrich big corporations and billionaires.

#COVID19 #coronavirus
To anyone purposely misreading "shut down the country." Obviously, the most essential work will have to continue and we should give maximum support to essential workers.
To libertarians/rightwingers swarming this thread:

You guys are just fine with hand-ups to billionaires during this pandemic. It's the idea of money to working people that has you up in arms.

You're showing your true colors.
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27 Oct
MY 2020 VOTE -> THE GREEN PARTY

I'm in a deep blue state.

I choose @HowieHawkins and @AngelaNWalker.

I respect leftists & progressives, particularly in swing states, who have decided to strategically vote for Biden.

Either way, we must #vote AGAINST Trump and his goons.
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The past few years have been a very public soul-searching process for me. I've become radicalized by the realities around me and I've returned to my anti-establishment roots from the Bush era. The system is deeply corrupt. I will not uphold it one more day.
WHY I'M VOTING GREEN (cont.)

I've given 20 years of my life to fighting the GOP. I quit the Democratic Party this year because the leadership has enabled & empowered Trump. Just like they coddled war criminal Bush. Schumer fast-tracked Trump's judges. Pelosi funded his abuses.
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25 Oct
RANT - THE ESTABLISHMENT WINS

2020 is going to be a resounding victory for the Democratic establishment.

Donald Trump would lose to a rusty trash can, but when Biden wins, Dem leaders will claim that shunning the left and embracing Bush-era war criminals is what did it.
THE ESTABLISHMENT WINS

Under the "existential threat" umbrella, Dems convinced high-profile leaders on the left to get in line.

And egregiously, they did that while Pelosi and crew funded Trump's abuses and refused to exercise an iota of power to hold his thugs accountable.
THE ESTABLISHMENT WINS

The result will be a Dem leadership that treats GOP operatives like heroes and leftists like dirt.

And Trump will have locked in the judiciary for a generation, with the help of Dems who folded like a house of cards, most recently on #AmyConeyBarrett.
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PISSED OFF AS HELL THREAD

GOOD MORNING, I'M FURIOUS...

Furious at the monstrous, racist Republicans running the country.

Furious at the complicit, gutless Dem leaders who enable them.

Furious to hear that MILLIONS more are slipping into poverty while billionaires cash in...
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I'm furious at the unthinkably evil policy of STEALING babies, perhaps the deepest pain you can inflict on a human.

Furious that no official, GOP or Dem, faces prison for committing (and funding) crimes against humanity at the border.

nytimes.com/2020/10/15/opi…
PISSED OFF THREAD

I'm furious that raging white supremacists occupy the highest offices in our country.

Furious that we're living in a police state where Black people are lynched at will by police, and protestors brutalized and carted off in unmarked vans.
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