"What I object to were rules that permitted thousands of Georgia voters to be denied participation, to have their votes cast out… I will disagree with the system till it is fixed." Stacey Abrams to Ted Cruz
“The number of COVID deaths in the U.S. has dropped from 4380 people on the day that President Biden took office to about 700 people a day now.” @StevenBeschloss
“I inherited a nation in crisis. The worst pandemic in a century. The worst economic crisis since Great Depression. The worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War… After just 100 days — America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility.”
"We won't ignore what our intelligence agencies have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to our homeland today: White supremacy is terrorism."
— President Biden, 4/28/21 #JointSession
"Madam Speaker. Madam Vice President. No president has ever said those words from this podium. No president has EVER said those words. And IT’S ABOUT TIME." President Biden re: an extraordinary, memorable, and historic American moment 4/28/21 #JointSession
“I want people to understand the significance of January 6… I want people to understand that thousands of rioters came to the Capitol hell-bent on violence and destruction and murder." DC Metro Police Officer Michael Fanone 4/27/21 @donlemon @CNNTonight
“The President* of the United States sending an angry violent mob to disrupt proceedings at the Capitol cannot stand… This is not something we can look past or pretend didn’t happen or move on… We’ve got to make sure this never happens again.” Liz Cheney
"President* Trump bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have IMMEDIATELY denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding." Kevin McCarthy, January 13, 2021
Well, Kevin, we remember that U.S. House floor speech:
“One of the most influential Dark Money groups in Republican circles is WRITING VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS IN SECRET to make it harder for Black, Brown, and Young people to be able to VOTE.” @AriBerman to @chrislhayes
“May is #MentalHealth Awareness Month and thanks to Obamacare there are numerous resources for you to get HELP — and for the sake of our Democracy, I truly HOPE you do.” Tiffany Cross (@TiffanyDCross)
"You can be in favor or against more government regulation and still have home in the Republican Party… The ONLY thing you cannot be is in FAVOR of VOTING RIGHTS and against #TheBigLie." @marceelias@DeadlineWH
1. Abolish police unions. 2. Abolish law enforcement qualified immunity. 3. Make convicted police officers pay court judgments with their own pensions.
“What is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution? …What is wrong with having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?”
Joint Chiefs Chair General Mark Milley
@RachelBitecofer “Open up large parcels of inexpensive land in the outer reaches of the cities… Create thousands and thousands of ‘high quality’ tents…”
Trump detention camp plan 7/26/22
@RachelBitecofer “Trump’s legal theory is that presidents are entitled to absolute immunity for official acts. Under this theory a sitting president could violate the law with impunity.” @AdamSerwer
@Acyn @RepRaskin “Trump’s lawyer argued that as president* he could order the assassination of rivals and face no prosecution unless he’s impeached and convicted. But of course he could just kill or threaten to kill Members of Congress who dare to impeach or convict him.”
“The Twitter thing is different, right? We are seeing in these recent years that Elon Musk has behaved erratically at times, that the biographical facts that you mentioned that led to him at times talking about his loneliness, his sadness…” @RonanFarrow
“You take a guy with this much power, who is talking openly about his sadness, his isolation, his loneliness… There are people around him who are concerned. And then we as a nation — and indeed as a world — have to be concerned…”
@RonanFarrow @TheReidOut
“There are so many unanswered questions…lingering. How, for example, did Biden get 15 million more votes than his former boss Obama? Was the 2020 election a miracle? Honestly we don’t know and don’t expect an answer tonight.”
2/16/23 #FoxNewsLies#FoxLies
“WATCH: The Fox on air vs. off air comparison. To understand the depths of Fox’s hypocrisy, you really need to hear what the stars of Fox were saying on TV versus what they were telling each other behind the scenes.” @mehdirhasan
“In the long haul, I think you and all these opinion shows [are bad for America] because you’re very good at what you do [attracting] people who are determined that ideology is more important than facts.”
Ted Koppel to Hannity 2017
“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience... To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”
Carl Sagan