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19 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
@atrupar The absolute moral decay of Fox News is beyond belief. Putin is a corrupt dictator who assassinates & jails critics, torments his fellow Russians & has been waging cyber war against the United States & our democracy, but Fox pays a fortune to “personalities” that cheer for him.
@atrupar Also, when Hannity talks about “the media mob”, how can any person in their right mind not understand that he is more an example of that than virtually anyone? His nonstop harassment, defamation & zealotry seem very much like a strategy of radicalization & incitement.
@atrupar And beyond that... this endless yelling about nonexistent “radical socialism” by extremists who never present any evidence other than “because I yelled it”... how can anyone not see they are simply deflecting from the autocracy & corruption they celebrate?
@atrupar ... especially when they are actively, perversely, celebrate corruption & autocracy—as if no one had ever proclaimed the sanctity of the universal rights of all human beings... In other words: no person who takes Hannity or anyone like him seriously has a chance at being free.

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13 Feb
Trump lawyer Van der Veen gives reasons for acquittal:
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2) Rule 23 (each allegation as separate article)
3) due process
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He doesn’t mention innocence as a possibility. #VoteToConvict
On reason 1) Jurisdiction: The Constitution requires a Senate trial. Trump was impeached while in office, for actions committed while in office, so that question is moot. The Senate voted to recognized its jurisdiction & ALL 100 SENATORS swore to serve as jurors.
On reason 2) Rule 23 - The argument that Trump did so many things wrong he must be acquitted because there is only one article is nonsense & shocking. The other crimes are provided as evidence of the core crime, both of Trump’s state of mind & ongoing intent.
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Maybe Trump knew the likely result of his speech was violent insurrection bc 1) he had told the violent insurrectionists to “stand by”, 2) they had massed outside DC awaiting orders, 3) his team intervened to change the rally date to Jan 6, then 4) moved route to the Capitol...
5) he celebrated attempted murder when supporters tried to run a bus off the road; 6) he celebrated the invasion of the Michigan Capitol by armed insurrectionists; 7) he celebrated attempted kidnap & murder of the governor of Michigan...
8) he had personally ordered an illegal paramilitary attack on peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park, where chemical agents were used in an offensive manner, 9) a grave crime his supporters imitated when they attacked the Capitol...
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11 Jan
No one should use powers of office to influence campaigns; they should do what is right. But since ⁦@HouseGOP⁩ seem to think it would be too risky to break from #TerroristTraitorTrump, they should rethink their notions of future electability... thehill.com/homenews/house…
You cannot campaign as being for “law & order” if you don’t stand firm against Trump’s incitement of armed insurrection against the Constitution itself. You cannot call yourself a patriot if you don’t stand firm against the seditious conspiracy & ALL of its adherents...
You will not be able to claim the mantle of Lincoln if, when your nation was attacked by Nazis & traitors, you stood by & asked that the rest of the country try to understand them. You will not be able to call yourself conservative in any way, if you stand with coup plotters.
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11 Jan
The @FBI is warning of dozens of coordinated paramilitary plots connected to the Capitol insurrection, targeting DC & state capitals. We are in the midst of an ONGOING TERRORIST COUP PLOT. Any use of office that provides aid or comfort is unlawful. #14thAmendmentSection3
Trump worked for months to foment this insurrection in an effort, by his own words, to overturn the results of a free & fair election. ANY use of public office to provide him with any personal aid or comfort, in these circumstances, is unlawful. #18USC2384
There is, by the way, no such thing as “armed protests” that also happen to be planning to “storm” government buildings or carry out “an uprising”. This is a paramilitary coup plot. It is now nationwide & it is all traceable to Donald Trump’s incitement. cnn.com/2021/01/11/pol…
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11 Jan
If Bill Belichick accepts the Medal of Freedom from Trump after he instigated a terrorist insurrection, he opens himself, the @Patriots & the @NFL to potential liability for providing aid & comfort to a seditious conspiracy. #18USC2384
If Belichick goes ahead with the ceremony, the @Patriots should immediately announce his dismissal & the @NFL should initiate proceedings to bar him from any future association with the league. Records of any support for Trump-linked groups should be turned over to the FBI.
Before any Trump fan or @Patriots fan says this sounds too extreme or unfair, consider that Bill Barr, the loyal AG who acted to protect Trump from indictment or impeachment, said Trump orchestrated the insurrection & “betrayed his office.”
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11 Jan
Please share this: The attack on the Capitol was a terrorist attack, in support of a seditious conspiracy. With sedition, homicide & felony murder charges, participants could face 60+ years in prison. Anyone present who invaded the Capitol should voluntarily surrender to the FBI.
There were explosives & other deadly weapons & evidence of a plot to kidnap & murder elected officials. Funding for the event, for the campaign of seditious lies that radicalized some attackers & for events where direct incitement occurred will be traced.
Anyone who provided any tacit or direct support to any of these elements of the conspiracy—lies about the election, threats or extortion of public officials, infiltration of law enforcement, or funding of any kind—should surrender to the FBI.
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