They tell us there is no bipartisanship. They argue against bills to weaken them, get what they want, and still don’t vote for them. They tell us the president was practically and morally responsible for the Insurrection. They tell us there was no Insurrection.
They tell us to vote for them so they can eliminate voting rights. They tell us they are pro life while executing DNA exonerated Black men. They tell us they are the party of law and order, yet they won’t allow investigations.
They tell us we cannot appoint Supreme Court Justices in an election year, yet they confirmed one after 10 million people voted. They tell us they are against cancel culture, yet excommunicate Liz Cheney for recognizing reality.
They tell us votes should only be counted on election night, yet we are weeks into a privately funded, fourth recount of an election that was certified months ago. They tell us they will not put forward a platform of ideas, yet they want to govern.
They tell us they can’t get a fair shake while standing in gerrymandered districts they created so they can ensure election victories. They tell us they are fighting for us but ask us to show up to their fight. Something tells me we shouldn’t believe what they tell us.
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The following thread illustrates the danger of trump’s ability to learn on the fly, adjust quickly and do anything it takes to be the top boy. To know what we may be dealing with, buckle up Boxing fans, we’re headed to the 80’s🧵👇🏻
On January 22, 1988, Donald Trump hosted the first of two heavyweight title fights at trump plaza in New Jersey. He had no idea what he was doing. But, then he did. And he adapted quickly. 1988 was a banner year for Donald as outlined in this piece. politico.com/magazine/story…
For those who don’t remember or weren’t there, ‘88 Mike Tyson was the best boxer of the time, in his prime and at the peak of his powers. He was the fastest, strongest, hit the hardest, could take anyone’s punch (if any landed at all) and he was popular. He was ‘box office’.
Mitch McConnell is opposed to an investigation into Insurrection. This is an act of fealty to a twice impeached president who yelled at him via blog posts. Hair Fewer pulled his leash and now McConnell responds with self preservation. He knows what an investigation will find.🧵👇🏻
An Insurrection is an attack on our country. Just as we were attacked on 9/11, we were attacked on 1/6. Both dates represent traumas brought on by ideological terrorism. Mitch McConnell not wanting an investigation into an Insurrection is a dereliction of duty. Know him.
Mitch McConnell allowed the rise of trump in order to serve his own needs to mold the judiciary in his image. He used trump as much as trump used him. Know him.
The ducks are lining up. Reality is about to emerge from the fog. It is slow, and methodical, but soon we’ll see the picture.
Below is a review of FOIA documents received by @JasonLeopold and others. The docs are here👇🏻 assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2069…
🦆🦆🦆context is here🧵👇🏻
🦆1. Rudy Giuliani is raided by the FBI and most likely, the raid was focused on crimes that may have occurred in relation to activities in Ukraine. Activities that we now know are part of a disinformation campaign to dirty up Biden leading into the election.
The US Treasury department has announced sanctions against a number of Russians. Some of these names ought to be familiar by now. Read them here. Lots to place in context, and loads to unpack. Let’s dive in. 🧵👇🏻 home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
I’ll start with the name that should be most recognizable, Konstantin Kilimnik. You’ll remember him from such attacks on our democracy as taking internal trump campaign information during the 2016 election from trump campaign manager and ostrich jacket connoisseur Paul Manafort.
Another name is Yevgheni Prigozhin aka Putin’s chef. You may remember him from such swept under the rug by Bill Barr items as the Mueller Report. Putin’s chef was cooking up disinformation bots to interfere with the 2016 election. Sow some discord, add a pinch of IRA bots...
It’s incalculable the damage trump and Republicans did to us. The fact that those who were complicit in the attempted overthrow of our government remain on our Intelligence, Judiciary and Homeland Security committees is a national security threat. The damage is ongoing.
This Senate Intel hearing is scary. Republicans all of a sudden found masks. There is discussion from IC about China coming in through the back door. As we have been focused on Russia threats for 2 presidential election cycles with help from elected officials, we’re missing it.
Understand that. Our elected officials in the form of spreading disinformation, taking to propaganda outlets to sow the discord’s sought by Putin, did the work to undermine our democracy. How can we trust them to now do the work to protect us?
Last night there was a court filing related to a bond hearing for one of the top Oathkeepers. They were arguing for his release from jail while pending trial. This is the opposition from prosecutors.🧵👇🏻
So much to unpack in here: According to the document (read it, it’s fascinating) this Oathkeeper has been denied medication. (Testosterone), and get this...he ‘cracked off’ a shot at his neighbors dog! Oh and there is a ‘Congress team’.
Setting aside the need for testosterone for the treatment of hypertension (seriously, read the link above) this document also reveals the presence of a ‘Congress Team’. Who the hell is that. Are these members of Congress? This document also shows us Person 11.