Bernie & Manchin have only cast opposing votes 13% of the time so far this term. But it was closer to 50% over the last few years.

Let's go back & look at some times where Bernie went rogue & voted NO when the Democratic Party voted YES!

(These are just a handful of examples) Image
Bernie was one of 2 Senators (along with Rand Paul) to vote against Iranian & Russian sanctions in 2017. Image
Bernie was one of 3 Senators to vote for maintaining the US Embassy in Jerusalem this year.

(1 of the other 2 was Elizabeth Warren) Image
Bernie voted against a voluntary background check review program for people who work with children or people with disabilities.

Manchin supported it. Image
In 2018 Bernie voted against flying flags at half-staff for first responders killed in the line of duty.

Manchin supported it. Image
Bernie twice voted against amending a bill that would allow the White Mountain Apache Tribe to use settlement funds to build and improve their rural water system. ImageImage
Last week, Bernie was one of 4 Senators to vote against oversight and supply chain transparency. Image
Bernie was one of 5 senators to vote against the Dept of the Interior providing containers to protect the caskets of veterans buried in National Parks. Image
Bernie voted against Biden's pick for Secretary of Agriculture, Democrat Thomas Vilsick. The other 7 no's were Republicans. Image
If you want to play along at home, here's where you can compare the voting records of any two Senators!

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Feb 25, 2022
Due to current events, it's a good time to remember...

Ilhan Omar's father received his military officer training in Soviet Russia.

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Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was a high ranking officer in President Siad Barre's BRUTAL regime in Somalia.

Somalia was allied w/the Soviets for the early part of Nur's military career and Nur completed his military officer education in Soviet Russia.

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To be clear...Ilhan Omar's father wasn't just some poor conscript in a war.

Nur Omar Mohamed was an esteemed senior officer in the Somali National Army, for Siad Barre.

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Read 10 tweets
Jan 27, 2022
How do you know if something is an op?

Some people are naturally better than others at determining whether something is grassroots or astroturf.

But there ARE telltale signs that things might be less organic than they seem.

πŸ‘‡ Here's a series of tests to help figure it out! πŸ‘‡
1. Coordination

πŸ”²Are many "unaffiliated" people suddenly saying the same thing "independently" of each other?

πŸ”²Are unrelated groups suddenly in total agreement on what the specific goal is?

πŸ”²And do they also act as though there is only one way to achieve that goal?
2. Disingenuous Demands

πŸ”²Is "making demands" the only action the group has actually taken to achieve their goals?

πŸ”²Are the demands illogical or even impossible?

πŸ”²Are the demands directed at someone who isn't actually hindering progress?

πŸ”²Do their goalposts keep moving?
Read 7 tweets
Dec 22, 2021
Only ONE bill written by any member of The Squad has actually become lawπŸ‘‡

πŸ“œRashida Tlaib
Bills Passed: 1 of 41
Amendments agreed to: 8 of 8

πŸ“œAOC
Bills: 0 of 33
Amends: 2 of 9

πŸ“œIlhan Omar
Bills: 0 of 65
Amends: 4 of 5

πŸ“œAyanna Pressley
Bills: 0 of 58
Amends: 9 of 11
Here are the same stats for the rest of the JusticeDems πŸ‘‡

πŸ“œCori Bush
Bills Passed: 0 of 10
Amendments agreed to: 0 of 1

πŸ“œJamaal Bowman
Bills: 0 of 10
Amends: 1 of 2

πŸ“œRo Khanna
Bills: 5 of 67
Amends: 5 of 6

πŸ“œPramila Jayapal
Bills: 0 of 79
Amends: 11 of 17
Here are the same stats for some OTHER Reps who were also elected in 2018 πŸ‘‡

πŸ“œElaine Luria
Bills passed: 4 of 35
Amendments agreed to: 2 of 2

πŸ“œJoe Neguse
Bills: 3 of 112
Amends: 8 of 9

πŸ“œConor Lamb
Bills: 3 of 51
Amends: 3 of 3

πŸ“œLucy Mcbath
Bills: 2 of 29
Amends: 1 of 1
Read 6 tweets
Dec 20, 2021
In their most recent elections, AOC took in more than twice as much money as Joe Manchin did.

β€’AOC 2020: $21mil
β€’Manchin 2018: $9.5mil

Only $300k of Manchin's donations came from untraceable small dollar donations.

$16.4mil of AOC's fundraising was untraceable. ImageImage
"But Liz" I hear you saying, "Manchin is bought & paid for by Fossil Fuels. AOC gets small donations!"

People don't seem to realize that campaigns have STRICT contribution limits.

β€’PACs can donate $5k/yr
β€’Individuals can donate $2900/election
β€’Corporations cannot donate Image
Whenever you see a stat like "Senator X received $1mil from Big Pharma"...

That figure is calculated by OpenSecrets based on their own internal criteria:

β€’donations from *individuals* who work in an industry in ANY CAPACITY
β€’corporate PACs

(Both of those are capped at ~$5k) Image
Read 4 tweets
Oct 24, 2021
A few months ago, Sunrise Movement's national account tweeted out some "educational" resources about the fundamentals of Israel-Palestine.

So, I clicked on those links because I wanted to see exactly what messaging Sunrise was pushing to their teenage supporters.

It's bad.

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This is the where the first link in Sunrise's tweet takes you.

"introduction:

Palestine is a country...being occupied by the state of Israel, a Jewish ethnostate established by Zionists in 1948".

No wonder these kids no nothing about what's actually happening.
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Here are the "Basics" of what Sunrise wants their followers to learn about Israel-Palestine:

β€’That it has little to do with religion

β€’That antizionism is NOT antisemitic (& anyone who says it is is islamophobic)

β€’That a Palestinian one-state solution is the only option
Read 11 tweets
Oct 22, 2021
Don't forget that AOC sells an entire line of merch that says:

πŸ’’ Tax the Rich πŸ’’ ImageImage
Each item purchased is considered a campaign contribution.

I still can't figure out how this works with FEC regulations.

And just for comparison: most (if not all) Members of Congress have merch of some sort. Bumper stickers, t shirts, etc πŸ‘‡

AOC's VOLUME of merch sales is the crazy part. This was never something the FEC needed to focus on.

It could act as yet another proxy to hide donors' names. ImageImage
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