[in case @neontaster misses these]

Here are @paulkrugman and @CharlesMBlow writing in the @nytimes about @repjohnlewis's words: "“I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president,” Lewis said."

Krugman now: "And no, Democrats never said Donald Trump was illegitimate"
>@paulkrugman in his own words: "So this was a tainted election. It was not, as far as we can tell, stolen in the sense that votes were counted wrong, and the result won’t be overturned. But the result was nonetheless illegitimate in important ways..."
nytimes.com/2016/12/12/opi…

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30 Nov
1/ Remember this @realDonaldTrump tweet about a "report" on @OANN that "DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE"? The story been deleted from OANN's website.
2/ I reported at the time that it was not on the website, but had only run on the air:
3/ As it turns out, it WAS on the website, at least briefly. Here's a cached version:
web.archive.org/web/2020111221…
Read 6 tweets
30 Nov
It is literally the top story on the Twitter News tab, but the tweet is still up and unlabeled.

Good grief, @Twitter. Has @zlj517 got something on you?
Here's the tweet so you can see if it's still up. As of 10:54, it is:
and here's the Twitter "event" link:
twitter.com/i/events/13332…
Read 5 tweets
12 Nov
I asked Edison Research about this @OANN report that @realDonaldTrump tweeted about: A spokesperson told me: "It is hard to respond to these reports that not only have no legitimacy but for the most part seem to be completely made up." 1/2
"Edison Research has no evidence of any voting irregularities and any claims that you see like this did not come from us." 2/2

Read 4 tweets
18 Sep
"The #1619Project does not argue that 1619 is our true founding."

"The 1619 Project is a major initiative observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding..."
Again, here: "...understanding 1619 as our true founding..."
nytimes.com/2019/08/16/us/…
Read 8 tweets
15 Sep
While I understand and sympathize with this position, simply hanging onto Donald Trump for another term is not going to do anything more than slightly delay the effects of the leftward lurch of the Democratic party, a lurch Trump's elevation has enabled and exacerbated.
If you believe that the extremes of the Democratic party push some people towards Trump, thereby forcing them to back someone they might reject under normal circumstances, then the reverse is valid as well. Trump's extremism will beget more leftward extremism.
If conservatives/Republicans continue to normalize voting and enthusiastically supporting someone like Trump, the road back will be even more difficult as the opposition digs in even more.
Read 6 tweets
16 Aug
Turns out the Washington Post uncovered the Great Mailbox Conspiracy ELEVEN YEARS AGO!

2009: "...half of the blue boxes in the Washington area have disappeared in the last nine years, and 200,000 nationwide have been plucked up in the last 20 years, leaving 175,000 total." ImageImage
Here's the link to the story:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content…
Some facts on delivery performance for the @USPS:
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