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8 Dec, 8 tweets, 3 min read
Texas (Ken Paxton) just sued PA, GA, WI, and MI in the Supreme Court over 'unlawful election results' in 2020 presidential race

MAGA is going crazy over this, believing that this is their magic bullet to overturn the election.
h/t @satirehat

cnbc.com/amp/2020/12/08…
I wonder why Paxton would be desperate to stay in power. Maybe he really needs a pardon for his more severe crimes? 🤔
Nothing to worry about, I’m sure.
You aren’t supposed to order people to stop cooperating with investigators are you?
Wow, Paxton is up to *seven* whistleblowers?

Sounds totally above board.
It’s very normal for a state Attorney General to get a $25,000 gift after joining lawsuits, right?

“Lawyers for Nate Paul gave AG Ken Paxton $25k after he waded into civil suit”
If Marc Elias isn’t worried about the suit, then I’m not worried.
Good thread here on the mechanism that Paxton is attempting to exploit, and why it’s likely to accomplish nothing for them - especially within the time frame that they need.

Of course, it still helps them undermine faith in elections, and gives MAGA justification to believe.

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9 Dec
RAGA = Republican Attorneys General Association
RAGA, RGA, RSLC

Republican networks used to coordinate the subversion of state governments, legislatures, and law enforcement.
RAGA - known funding sources.
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7 Dec
Corrupt Mexican officials have helped drug cartels in the country obtain state-of-the-art spyware which can be used to hack mobile phones, according to a senior DEA official.

...

including the Israeli company NSO Group and the Italian firm Hacking Team
“In articles [...], Martínez, who was killed at age 48, told her readers that two successive governors in her home state of Veracruz looted the treasury and allowed cartels to operate freely with the help of local and state police.”

Murdered in her home.

washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
Recall NSO’s role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
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7 Dec
Read this thread, and realize that this is just *one state.*

Then imagine what the scale of this suppression program looks like nationwide.

The GOP wants to keep the federal government out of elections because they are bigger than any single state, and can flood them like this.
FTR, I am *not* suggesting the federal government should run or manage elections in states.

But I do believe we need:

1) Federal laws against common electoral dirty tricks

2) Federal guidelines on technology

3) Recognition that national threats require national responses
Indeed:

“Jenna Ellis’ affiliation with [Amistad Project] — as well as other links [...] — suggest a coordinated effort to flood the nation’s courts with repetitive litigation that allows the president to claim the election results remain contested.”

washingtonpost.com/politics/thoma…
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28 Nov
As tens of thousands were dying of opioid overdoses, McKinsey worked with Purdue and the Sackler family on strategies to “turbocharge” OxyContin sales.

They planned counter strategies against drug enforcement agents - and against mothers of o/d victims.
nytimes.com/2019/02/01/bus…
The above article is from Feb, 2019, but new information has recently come to light with more details.

Recall that originally, McKinsey initially tried to hedge on the extent of their involvement, making claims that implied the information may be 2nd- and 3rd-hand & unreliable.
But today, we learn damning details exposing the advice that McKinsey offered the Sacklers - even suggesting that Purdue could offer pharmacies/distributors *rebates* for every overdose, to give them incentives to continue selling OxyContin.

nytimes.com/2020/11/27/bus…
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27 Nov
The GOP began embracing elements and actors decades ago who had contempt for genuine democracy when it didn’t help their agenda.

They have made deals with many such groups over the years. The Republican party is fully a vessel for these interests.

This will not end with Trump.
The GOP is an inverted political party.

Rather than gaining power by asking segments of the electorate for their support, they cynically attempt to “manage” democracy, by manufacturing a loyal voting bloc through emotional/psychological manipulation, and disinformation.
It’s important to understand that Russia didn’t just unilaterally attack the U.S. in 2016. They were *invited* to attack our elections by the GOP (the RNC was in the loop on the wikileaks dumps).

The GOP made yet another desperate “deal with the devil.”

gregolear.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-…
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24 Nov
This is an important question, and one that needs to be taken seriously.

The GOP has broken a "123-year tradition against voting on judicial nominees of an outgoing president of the defeated party during a lame duck session.”

Why?

To maintain power from unelected seats.

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Senate GOP breaks 123-year tradition to pack courts with Trump’s judicial nominees in spite of loss

The latest judge approved by Mitch McConnell & Co. is a 33-year-old lawyer who the Bar Assoc. rated “not qualified"
h/t @sisu_sanity

/2

salon.com/2020/11/19/sen…
Why the seeming urgency to fill the courts with Federalist judges?

The GOP knows demographics are not on their side.

As Lindsey Graham had noted as early as 2012, “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”

time.com/5628283/trump-…
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