Other than those who follow me on Twitter (or Wyden), almost no one knew about the #SAFEAct & what was in it (a ban on internet connectivity & mandatory robust manual audits for all federal races in 2020.) This messaging failure allowed TFG to play victim. IMO. 1/
The Democrats are still messing up by not reintroducing the #SAFEAct or another standalone bill just focused on audits in 2022. Seriously. That Bill might even get some Republican support. Worst case, if they oppose it, you use that to show they are insincere about integrity. 2/
Maybe I’m wrong. But this is my strong opinion on strategy. I am not equating Ds with Rs. Rs are rotten to the core. I worry Ds are not good enough negotiators or messagers to defeat them. 3/
I was really good at negotiations when I practiced law. From what I’ve seen, most Democrats are not. If you lack leverage, you engage your constituents and make them your leverage. Yes I screamed about this at the time. I even went to DC and met with congressional staff. 4/
Wyden did this. It’s why he is pretty much the only MOC that I can cite to show that Republicans are hypocrites on this issue and that at least one Democrat tried to address internet connectivity & voting machine concerns before 2020. 5/
There are no good quotes from any other Democrats on election security. And that is an enormous messaging failure. 6/
Seriously, where were the other Democrats?! Was was Wyden the only one really going to the mat? He fought for it and warned the public. The others were limp. 15/
I begged the Democrats to use talking points. They would not. Wyden was the only one worth a damn on this issue. From what was public anyway. And what happens in public matters. They work for the public. 16/
17/ #SAFEAct - where were the Democrats’ graphics? @_Jo_di did this one
18/ Wyden, Wyden, Wyden.
19/ The other Democrats? Mostly MIA.
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In case u were wondering why many on the far right support Israel: “For more than a century, prominent European and American xenophobes have embraced Zionism because it offered Jews—who they didn’t want in their own countries—somewhere else to go.” 1/ jewishcurrents.org/antisemitic-zi…
2/ “Zionist leaders grasped this from the outset. In his 1882 manifesto Auto-Emancipation, often described as one of Zionism’s founding texts, …activist Leon Pinsker explained that ‘the struggle of the Jews for national unity & independence’ is ‘calculated to win the support of the people by whom we are now unwanted.’”
3/ “In 1895, Theodor Herzl confided in his diary that ‘the anti-Semites will become our most dependable friends.’”
Elon Musk’s UK “civil war” tweet was in response to a tweet by Ashley St. Clair, a close associate of Roger Stone protege Jack Posobiec. They were together inside Roger Stone’s tent on 1/5/21. 1/
“Elon Musk suggested that ‘civil war’ was inevitable in response to false claims about the recent UK riots,” sparking a “diplomatic firestorm.” The British government has “condemned his actions, with one official complaining that Musk was ‘accountable to no one.’” 8/8/24 1/ thedailybeast.com/countries-cant…
NatCon panelist Timon Cline wants SCOTUS to reverse Everson, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states. He says that, in the past (which he apparently prefers), states cld & often did limit full civil participation to Protestants & had “Christian religious tests for office” & robust blasphemy & obscenity laws. 1/
Um, right wingers want SCOTUS to overrule the 1947 SCOTUS decision in Everson, which has prevented states from establishing & enforcing an official state religion (SCOTUS puppet master Leonard Leo co-chairs the Federalist Society.) 7/3/24 1/ fedsoc.org/fedsoc-review/…
3/ A major driver of the movement to ignore or reverse Everson appears to be Yoram Hazony, leader of the National Conservatism (NatCon) movement linked to Peter Thiel & JD Vance. This is an article from 5/23/22. americanreformer.org/2022/05/yoram-…
NatCon’s 2022 Statement of Principles—signed by Peter Thiel, Project 2025 leader Russ Vought, William Wolfe, & many others—harmonizes w/ Joel Webbon’s remarks. It was also signed by NatCon founder Yoram Hazony who has said that Jews shld live in Israel. 1/ nationalconservatism.org/national-conse…