The most disturbing thing from the last 4+ years has been a blatant push towards cruelty and the attempt to wipe empathy and decency from our discourse. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/26…
Talk of executing people you don’t like; sneering at and harassing parents whose children were murdered at school; harassing the surviving children; telling strangers you don’t care if their loved ones are fighting for their lives over COVID because “everyone dies.”
These things cannot be allowed normalcy. These things are not okay.
In certain parts of the world, the idea of “I’m gonna f*ck you over before you can f*ck me over because everyone is garbage” is pervasive. Allowing this idea to take hold here is dangerous to democracy and great for autocrats.

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27 Jan
YASSSSSS. They got the a$$holes who did this!!! They got them! msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/…
Arrested this morning:
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Criminal complaint - you can scroll through and read the descriptions of the texts/graphics they used, and how they line up with the story linked above.
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26 Jan
Since I know people love to read only the headlines, there are a few key caveats listed in this article, chief among them that they recommend closing restaurants and bars in exchange for keeping schools open. (more key points below) nytimes.com/2021/01/26/wor…
another key point: mask compliance. In our school district, kids are allowed "mask breaks," take their masks off to eat, and pre-schoolers are taking masks off to eat breakfast, lunch + snack, and to take naps. IMO, we need to cut down the removal of masks as much as possible.
key point #3: widespread testing. The Biden admin, and the experts cited in this article, call for widespread testing as part of the safe re-opening plan. This means testing before people have symptoms, and/or if they don't have them (in other words, rapid antigen tests).
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WTF? “And already, disillusioned QAnon followers are being preyed upon by extremist groups keen to pick up new members.” Take a look at all the Q t-shirts people were wearing as they violently overtook the Capitol. Q *IS* an extremist group.
If believing that our government is full of baby-eaters - and then ACTING ON IT, resulting in multiple DEATHS - isn’t extremism, WHAT IS?
They *could* turn to real-world action and violence??? Hello - did you see what happened on January 6? abcnews.go.com/US/qanon-emerg…
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That feeling when your president wants to do his job! 😀🌈☀️
That feeling when your president has surrounded himself with competent, serious professionals!
That feeling when your president will give informational press briefings!
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Social media in its current iteration allows bad actors to pretend to be anyone, anywhere, with any kind of credentials. There are no guardrails whatsoever for the public to effectively ascertain whether what they’re seeing is real or fake; organic or purposely manipulated.
Social media in its current iteration allows bad actors to erect and command digital armies - from thin air and with little investment - with none of us the wiser that they’re in our midst.
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I am now wondering if Bill Barr’s resignation had anything to do with catching wind of what was being planned. It was a few days after Trump allegedly met with Tarrio and a few days before Trump started telling people to show up on the 6th for a wild protest.
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