Share this page!

Spike Cohen Profile picture
Twitter logo
11 Dec 20, 9 tweets, 5 min read
.@JoeBiden has tapped retired Army General Lloyd Austin to serve as his #SecretaryOfDefense. There are many reasons why that is a problem. Image
General Austin sits on the board of directors at #Raytheon, a company that makes billions of dollars a year in profit from the wars overseas, and has done particularly well selling weapons to the Saudi government for their US-sponsored genocide in Yemen. Image
This appointment is a perfect example of the revolving-door relationship between the White House and lobbyists for major crony corporations like Raytheon and others. #Corruption Image
Additionally, US law bars recently retired military officials from serving as Secretary of Defense, the top post in the Pentagon, and for good reason.

nytimes.com/2020/12/09/us/…
America requires civilians run the DoD so we could try and avoid the horrors the British colonial rule imposed upon colonial Americans. This process, in theory, is *supposed to* humanize a violent position, and provide civilian oversight of the Pentagon.
nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna6…
As the #TrumpAdmin accelerated our military's involvement around the globe, it also accelerated the police state presence through the Pentagon: unloading ever increasing levels of military equipment to local, state, and federal police all over the nation
wired.com/story/pentagon…
.@JoeBiden is giving us every reason to believe that he intends to continue this trend.
The Senate MUST reject Biden's request to change the law allowing Gen. Austin to serve as #SecretaryOfDefense Image
If that fails, the Senate should reject Gen. Austin for the nomination itself to tell Biden that we demand an end to the empire, and to #EndTheWars

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
“He gets the job done.”, says Biden.
That simple statement speaks volumes when you look at the horrific foreign policy of the Obama/Biden administration.

Simply put, #GeneralAustin is the personification of the military industrial complex, and he needs to be rejected explicitly.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Spike Cohen

Spike Cohen Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RealSpikeCohen

Spike Cohen Profile picture
22 Jan
They restricted healthcare workers & let your loved ones die.

They robbed you of your livelihood.

They ran up debt in your name & handed trillions to billionaires.

Now they dangle $1400 of your own $ in your face & say you have to get a vaccine that's still in clinical trials. Image
They don't know if the vaccine slows transmission or not.

They don't know how long immunity will last.

They can't even guarantee that the long-term side effects won't be worse than the effects of COVID itself.

But they'll prod and coerce you to take it, and guess who profits.
Don't take my word for it, look for yourself.

Here's one of the trials being undertaken right now, for a vaccine that's already being mass-distributed.

Time of completion, where they'll be confident to say it's safe and effective: 2 years from now.

clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04… Image
Read 6 tweets
Spike Cohen Profile picture
20 Jan
In one of Muhammad Ali's last fights, one of the commentators insisted Ali was "saving it for the final rounds".

Then he was "saving it for the last round".

Then "for the last minute."

"for the last 30 seconds."

This is what MAGAs sound like waiting for Trump to be the hero.
If he was going to:

- drain the swamp
- end the wars
- declassify secrets
- lock up the deep state
- release the kraken

He would've already done it.

Instead he's going to leave today with little fanfare, having damaged his party, and leaving his supporters in a lurch.
The reality is, this is what he always does:

- make big promises
- fail
- blame everyone else
- walk away, leaving those who supported him holding the bag

And the architect of every bad policy to come out of DC for the past 50 years is going to replace him.

Trump built that.
Read 4 tweets
Spike Cohen Profile picture
19 Jan
Last day of the Donald Trump presidency. Let's see where we're at on those 2016 campaign promises!

1. "I will build a great wall, and Mexico will pay for it!"
Only 80 miles of new wall was built where there was none before. Mexico didn't pay for it... you did.
2. "If I become president, we're all going to be saying 'Merry Christmas' again."
...
3. "I'll eliminate 'Department of Environment Protection' (EPA)"

He did cut the budget, but the EPA is still alive and well. In fact, he felt the EPA was necessary enough to look into his claim of “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times as opposed to once."
No, really.
Read 15 tweets
Spike Cohen Profile picture
18 Jan
As you know, today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Did you know that a jury voted unanimously in 1999 that he was killed by the government, Memphis police, and the mob?

Probably not. Here's the story:
In 1993, a man named Loyd Jowers claimed on national TV that he was paid $100k by Memphis mobster Frank Liberto to help with the assassination of MLK. He also claimed that Memphis Police Officer Earl Clark was who actually shot him, not James Earl Ray, who was just a scapegoat.
Loyd claimed that, after 25 years, he could no longer keep the secret, and wanted Dr. King's family to know the truth, and for James Earl Ray's name to be cleared.
Read 8 tweets
Spike Cohen Profile picture
7 Jan
The reason for the protests and riots that are happening right now, is for reasons that are way more similar to why the BLM protests and riots happened than either side is willing to admit.
At the core of these riots, at the core of why they voted for Trump in the first place, is frustration and fear over what they see around them: lost jobs, low wages, the cost of living skyrocketing out of control.

Simply put: people who are happy and comfortable don't riot.
The problem is that they're misplacing their anger and rage. This isn't about left vs. right, Republican vs. Democrat, White vs. Black.

It's about the people vs. a relative handful of incredibly powerful politicians and cronies (including Trump and Biden) who rob us every day.
Read 9 tweets
Spike Cohen Profile picture
5 Jan
You may have heard of Bill A416, a proposed law in New York that would grant the Governor the ability to imprison or deport anyone he deems to be a "public health threat".

But it's actually way worse than that.
Not only does A416 give Cuomo the ability to detain and remove people without trial, appeal or oversight, it would also grant that power to anyone he wishes. "Including, but not limited to" means pretty much whoever he wants.
This bill turns the Governor into an overlord who can appoint anyone he wishes to remove whomever they wish, as long as they decide that person is a "threat".

Given the government's track record on civil liberties, just picture how that could be used in the future.
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @RealSpikeCohen has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @RealSpikeCohen!

Read all threads by @RealSpikeCohen