We need to divide the people responsible for the attack into two groups:
🔹The thugs who carried out the attack
🔹The leaders who didn't actually storm the capital, but who either aided with the planning or in some way enabled the attack.
To summarize, this case is bad for Trump for a whole bunch of reasons.
🔹First, the plaintiffs sustained actual injuries . . .
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Some of these tort cases are a bit weak because the plaintiffs have a hard time showing why they should have standing to sue. (Also, these are particularly sympathetic plaintiffs.)
🔹The facts are bad for Trump. The facts in this case are devastating.
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The Wisconsin Republicans shamelessly tried brazen voter suppression tactics. But you know what? People don't like it when they think someone is trying to make it hard for them to vote.
The modern Republican Party + Putin = True Love because have common goals.
For decades now, Russia has been “beckoning” to America’s far right wing, presenting Russia as the savior of white majority rule. (Timothy Snyder’s word)
Challenging Biden to a debate is a clever way to imply that there is room to debate.
"Debate" assumes a shared set of facts. Then you debate the implications.
This⤵️ is a tactic for elevating and giving credence to a falsehood. abcn.ws/3qX80Cl via @ABC
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This tactic is extremely effective. What Russian propaganda networks do is claim to air "all sides." They publish the truth as one of many possible theories, and then crowd the airwaves with so much "noise" that nobody can figure out what's true and what isn't.
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The American right wing does this by talking about their free speech right to promulgate lies. They claim that universities prohibit free speech by not allowing ALL ideas to be presented.
They want to put lies along side truth on the same stage.
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