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22 Nov, 12 tweets, 6 min read
This #SundayMorning , we're starting to get a clear picture of what a post-Trump America looks like. What will happen to Trump's rabid white supremacist fan base?

They're lost in an echo chamber of their own making & increasingly radicalized.
(THREAD)

politico.com/news/2020/11/2…
(2) Supported by right-wing media, the base has taken to shaping their own reality over on Parler and to some extent Facebook, where they are still allowed to promote baseless election fraud conspiracies unchecked.

Twitter however has become ground zero.

onezero.medium.com/twitter-prepar…
(3) While social media grapples with the post-truth world Trump & his base promote, most Senate Republicans have retreated into the most dangerous defense of all. Silence.

Without voices of reassurance from GOP national leadership, panic has ensued.

cbsnews.com/news/senate-re…
(4) One would assume Trump lashing out with threats directed at incumbent GOP governors such as Kemp, DeWine, and others would be met with pushback now that he's lost.

But the silence from figures like McConnell says a lot about the future of the GOP.

politico.com/news/2020/11/2…
(5) It tells us they believe Trumpism is the future of the GOP & they don't have the coalition to bring the base back to center.

The GOP, for better or for worse, is now the party of Trump & QAnon. Those are their voters. That's where their loyalty lies.

rantt.com/the-party-of-q…
(6) And that means that this post-Trump utopia we've been envisioning where everything goes back to "normal" and we can stop worrying about politics isn't going to happen.

Constantly teetering on the edge of collapse is the new normal for our country.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
(7) It took decades of apathy to get us here and it will take decades of activism to get us out. But first, we have a pressing problem.

What to do about Trump supporters and QAnon junkies.
Can Vanilla ISIS be rehabilitated or are they lost to extremism?

lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…
(8) Disinformation and anti-science rhetoric has been as deadly a pestilence on this country as coronavirus. We need a concerted effort from the fourth estate to combat it.

This is the most vital work to be done in the post-Trump era to save democracy.

washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
(9) Some advocate tolerance in handling Trump's supporters, but that's not how you deal with temper tantrums.

You remind kids firmly of the rules & enforce consistent consequences. As the adult in the room, you impose time out until they're ready to talk rationally & calmly.
(10) We knew the election aftermath would be contentious & it hasn't disappointed. But I think we all thought Trump and QAnon extremists would "come around" when reality challenged their world view.

They're not coming around. They may never come around.

vox.com/21558524/consp…
(11) So we do what we have always done. We build coalitions. We compromise. But some things are non-negotiable. There are facts. There are rules that decide how we agree to live and govern together.

Keep each other accountable. Hold the line.

theconversation.com/facebook-youtu…
(END) Thanks for dropping by for our #SundayMorning thread, suggestion courtesy of @lcgarbage

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1 Nov
This #SundayMorning before #Election2020 , I'm documenting 101 reasons Trump is unfit for the presidency.

Keeping this to 101 was difficult. The ways Trump has assaulted our democracy is a cup constantly overflowing no matter how often we're forced to drink from it.
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(2) The US reputation around the world is in shambles.
Trump has...

-Leaked classified info to Russia
-Ignored a bounty placed on American soldiers
-Engaged in an extortion scheme in Ukraine
-Granted clearances to security risks (Kushner)
-Abandoned our Kurdish allies
(3) Least we forget, Trump has also...

-Sent "love" letters to a murderous dictator
-Shoved the prime minister of Montenegro
-Hung up on the Australian prime minister
-Withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal
-Started trade wars with China that damaged the US economy
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4 Oct
This #SundayMorning we're asking the question everyone is asking. How sick is Trump REALLY & who's in charge?

There are mixed messages coming from the White House but reading between the lines is fairly easy.

Signs point to Trump being seriously, perhaps critically ill
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Dexamethasone indicates the President has severe respiratory complications from COVID-19.

(3) All of which is to be expected given Trump's age and health risks like obesity. So why is the White House rushing to leak that a critically ill Trump might be released from the hospital as soon as tomorrow?

This is perhaps the biggest tell of all.
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My heart goes out to @chrissyteigen

I’m grateful when women share about their miscarriages because too often these tragedies happen in silence.

1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage.

You are not alone
You didn’t do anything wrong
There are no right words for this kind of loss
When I had mine it was my 35th birthday. I was on a business trip in Indianapolis. I remember being in the bathroom, bleeding and crying and thinking it was the worst moment of my life. And it was. I’d never felt so alone.
For weeks afterward I struggled with this bizarre idea that I’d done something wrong. Even though I had a perfectly healthy five year old boy, I felt ashamed. As if I was broken somehow.

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27 Sep
Last week we covered Democrats' options to obstruct a nomination, but this #SundayMorning as a schedule and a plan to push the Senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett before the election has emerged, we're looking for clues of exactly what the Democrats are planning.

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(2) Because the filibuster is gone, Democrats are going to have to get creative in their efforts to slow down the nomination process. At this point, the hope is the election results will dramatically change the calculus for the GOP.

We need 37 days.

cbc.ca/news/world/sup…
(3) Previously we'd discussed what the House could throw in front of the Senate to slow confirmation & keep them busy. Impeachment is a possibility, but legal experts are skeptical.

The Senate could refuse to hear witnesses & dismiss with a majority vote

msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
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24 Sep
What happens when a small red, mostly rural state of three million refuses to take coronavirus seriously and doesn’t issue a mask mandate?

Exactly what you’d expect.

sltrib.com/news/2020/09/2…
This will rapidly become a problem because while Utah’s death rate has been small compared to other states due to a younger, healthier population, they also have a tiny hospital capacity. One of the smallest per capita in the country.
Utah’s daily positive rate is now 14%. Since late August, the rate of new cases among patients ages 15 to 24 has more than tripled. As that group’s share of infections began to drop last week, cases among other age groups began to rise sharply.

Schools are seeding outbreaks.
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21 Sep
I am fine with the DOJ intervening and cutting off funding for these jurisdictions with the highest rate of violent crime in the US according to FBI crime data.

Alaska
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Alabama
Missouri

Guess who isn’t in the top 10?
NY, OR, and WA
Source below. These numbers are based on the most recent violent crime and murder data from the FBI.

moneywise.com/a/the-worst-st…
Oh. You want most violent anarchistic cities with the highest rates of both violent and property crime? Fine.

Anchorage
Memphis
Wichita
Lubbock
Spokane
Shreveport
Corpus Christi
Mobile

It’s the FBI’s data not mine.
No NYC or Seattle or Portland to be found.
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