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8 Feb, 8 tweets, 3 min read
"The verdict of acquittal seems equally predetermined as GOP continue to morph from a political party to a cult of personality.

The Washington Post counts 37 certain GOP votes (three more than Trump needs) against conviction."

newrepublic.com/article/161288…
"The daunting arithmetic appears to have convinced most Senate Democrats not to waste time with a protracted trial.

As a result, the odds are high that there will be no impeachment witnesses, even though Democrats unsuccessfully begged for them during Trump’s first trial,"
"Trump Trial Also A Referendum On Authoritarianism In America -

A conviction would send a message that Republicans believe that elections and the rule of law are foundational, but so far, leaders prefer to avoid the issue."

huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…
"Then-President Donald Trump falsely claimed more than 100 times that Democrats had “rigged” or “stolen” the 2020 election ahead of January’s deadly insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol, a HuffPost analysis found."

huffpost.com/entry/trump-ri…
“If provoking an insurrectionary riot against Joint Session of Congress after losing election is not an impeachable offense, it is hard to imagine what would be.

1st Amendment was never intended to allow a president to provoke lawless action if he loses"

washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
“January 6 Was Just One Day in a Sustained Campaign -

The impeachment trial offers a chance to show how Donald Trump tried to undermine the election’s legitimacy for months—not just on the day of the Capitol attack.”

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
"A Times investigation looks at how prominent members of the GOP formed bonds with militias.

Actions taken by paramilitary groups in Michigan last year, emboldened by Trump, signaled a national crisis in the making."

nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/…
"Trump won’t be convicted.

Impeachment is still worth it.

Impeachment is the first step toward real democracy reform."

vox.com/policy-and-pol…

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8 Feb
"Congressional Democrats are pressing @JoeBiden to install new governing board members, creating a majority bloc that could oust DeJoy, a Trump loyalist whose aggressive cost-cutting over summer has been singled out for much of the performance decline."

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"pandemic set off a chain reaction of crises:

Package volumes swelled as Americans leaned into online shopping to limit outings. DeJoy’s summer overhaul hobbled long-held delivery protocols and jettisoned hundreds of sorting machines just as the pandemic was flattening its staff
"DeJoy’s support of GOP causes & million-dollar donations to Trump raised suspicions about how his postal changes might compromise ballot delivery.

Through it all, USPS financial position worsened:

It lost $9.2 billion in 2020, despite collecting $73.2 billion in revenue."
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8 Feb
“The Ugly Secrets Behind the Costco Chicken -

⁦@MercyForAnimals⁩ sent an investigator under cover to work on a farm in NE that produces millions of these chickens for Costco, and customers might lose their appetite if they saw inside a chicken barn nytimes.com/2021/02/06/opi…
“Torture a single chicken in your backyard, and you risk arrest. Abuse tens of millions of them? Why, that’s agribusiness.

All are part of an industrial agricultural system that, at the expense of animal well-being, has become extremely efficient at producing cheap protein.”
“When Herbert Hoover talked about putting “a chicken in every pot,” chicken was a luxury:

In 1930, whole dressed chicken retailed in the United States for $7 a pound in today’s dollars.

In contrast, that Costco bird now sells for less than $2 a pound.”
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8 Feb
“costs of #hygienetheater are greater. It’s absorbing precious resources.

Transit authorities have spent $ blasting surfaces w/ antimicrobial weaponry, as they discuss the need to cut service.

$ that should be spent on rides is being directed toward soap theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
“it builds a false sense of security:

If you believe coronavirus is spread from surfaces rather than air, you might be more likely to hang out in restaurant that cleans its tables—increasing odds you get sick from an airborne disease floating your way from strangers nearby.”
“Disinfectant mania also poses a health risk.

As hotels, gyms, and offices engage in an arms race for the most germ-smashing disinfectants, health experts are starting to warn that these measures might accidentally make patrons and employees sick.”
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8 Feb
“EVs command 54% of market share in Norway not because Norwegians love Tesla, but because Norway has thrown a small fjord’s worth of incentives and mandates behind them.

If Trump won 81k more votes across 4 states, we would not be talking about this ad.” theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
“Ferrell should have carpooled w/ Thompson & Awkwafina. They would have prevented more emissions that way.

EVs alone wont eliminate carbon pollution from transportation —we also need electric buses, better trains & more public transit—but theyre much better than gas-powered cars
“In 2017 GM’s CEO sat next to Trump when he announced rollback of climate-pollution rules.

When the Trump admin sought to strip Calif of its power to regulate vehicle pollution, GM joined in the lawsuit.

Ford and four foreign automakers took California’s side.”
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7 Feb
“I had no idea that tipping was a legacy of slavery or that racism and sexism had operated to keep women, especially Black women like me, shut out of federal protections for wage labor.

I did not question tipping as a practice...” nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opi…
“Men of all ages commented on my looks, asked me if I had a boyfriend, slipped me their phone numbers, and expected me to laugh along w/ sexist jokes.

I often played along, after learning from experience that the price of resistance would be the loss of tips that I had earned.”
“After the Civil War, white business owners, still eager to find ways to steal Black labor, created the idea that tips would replace wages.

Tipping had originated in Europe as “noblesse oblige,” a practice among aristocrats to show favor to servants.”
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7 Feb
“Paris hosts a dozen of these "repair cafes" – free, monthly initiatives that allow local residents to fix household objects and electronics with the help and advice of enthusiastic volunteers.

Pioneered by journalist Martine Postma in Amsterdam in 2009.. bbc.com/future/article…
“In Europe, where the problem is particularly acute, researchers estimate only 12% to 15% of mobile phones are properly recycled – despite around 90% of the population owning one.”
“surveys have found nearly two-thirds of Europeans would rather repair their products than buy new ones.

Much like Imene's kitchen scales, French officials believe the current system is broken and needs to be fixed.”
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