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10 Jun, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Diane Feinstein is a member of a legislative body in which a minority of members representing an even smaller minority of Americans is prevent a majority of members representing an even larger majority of Americans from passing popular legislation.

Diane Feinstein is a member of a legislative body whose work was interrupted by a deadly insurrection in its building, incited by the sitting president in a desperate bid to cling to power voters stripped from him.
Diane Feinstein is a member of a legislative body that unanimously re-authorized the Voting Rights Act, only to see an unelected Supreme Court unleash a wave of voter suppression by gutting it.
Diane Feinstein is a member of a legislative body that twice in the last 20 years has certified as the winner of a presidential election a candidate who received fewer votes than his opponent.
Diane Feinstein is a member of a legislative body in which the 39 million people she represents have the same number of Senators as the 575,000 people who live in Wyoming.
Diane Feinstein said the Jan 6 Commission was "critical...to ensure the continued strength and well-being of our democracy." Then the legislative body in which she served blocked it because the body allows the minority veto power over the majority.
California's 39 million residents have a Senator who wants to continue to allow a minority of Senators, from states a tenth California's size, to block popular legislation supported by the majority. I moved from DC to CA and still have largely theoretical Senate representation.

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9 Jun
The first woman in the entire history of the country to become Vice President is probably not “one of the least talented politicians in the country.”
nobody's ever gonna confuse me for Khive but if you think the first woman, first Asian American, and first black Vice President in America's entire 230-year history is a uniquely *untalented* politician, you're probably a very dim white guy who mistakes his privilege for talent.
claims about a politician's "talent" or lack thereof are classic "what does that even mean?" claims, btw. talent takes many forms.
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4 Jun
Rather than asking Manchin/Sinema for the 100th time whether they support dumping the filibuster, maybe reporters should ask them *what they are doing* to win the Republican votes they need in a 60-vote Senate to pass things they say they support.
‘Cause it sure seems like they aren’t doing a damn thing; they’re just A) claiming to support legislation while B) refusing to pass it with only Dem votes but C) waiting for someone else to win over Republicans.
Example: Sinema *says* she supports the For the People Act, though she won’t ditch the filibuster to do it.

OK, @SenatorSinema, what have you done this week to persuade 10 Republican Senators to vote for it? Which of your Republican colleagues have you lobbied? How did that go?
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13 Apr
Hi, @nytimes. Seems like an article that attempts to equate a donor to environmental causes with the Koch brothers and includes a quote from a “watchdog group” explicitly equating them should mention that *the watchdog group is funded by the Kochs.* desmogblog.com/capital-resear…
A key difference between the Kochs and Wyss, Arabella, etc etc, is that the Kochs have spent decades and billions of dollars attacking the concept of truth and funding a movement that seeks to destroy democracy, and Wyss, Arabella, etc etc have, you know … not.
This is some spectacular false equivalence by the @NYTimes. The substance of the Kochs’ actions — their goals, and the damage they do to society in order to achieve them — matters.
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13 Apr
I’ve been thinking a lot about Justice Breyer’s comments about the importance of trust in the Supreme Court, and the thing is: it’s even more important to have a *trustworthy* Court. And we do not. That’s why we must expand the court. Me, in @crookedmedia: crooked.com/articles/supre…
Democrats have won the most votes in 7 of the last 8 presidential elections, and yet two-thirds of Americans were not even born yet the last time the Supreme Court had a majority that was appointed by Democratic presidents.

Nobody can seriously argue this is how things should be
How is a court dominated by America's minority political party for 50 years and counting and that does things like gutting the Voting Rights Act, helping that party impose minority rule, worthy of our trust? It is not. It is a participant in the GOP's assault on democracy.
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6 Apr
LEFT: Headline

RIGHT: Paragraph 21

Keep carrying that water, @nytimes ImageImage
@nytimes If it was me, I probably would have noted that Edward Glaeser is a senior fellow at the right-wing Manhattan Institute, but giving readers that kind of context might make them wonder why this article even exists. Image
Car charging stations are tangible. Water pipes are tangible. Broadband is tangible!

What is the New York Times even talking about? Image
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19 Feb
Can’t think of a single time in history a Senator opposed a nominee of his own party for the stated reason that the nominee is too partisan. Unprecedented stupidity.

Joe Manchin voted to confirm Bill Barr, but says he’ll vote against Neera Tanden because she’s too partisan.

I don’t think “too partisan” is his real objection.
Joe Manchin voted to confirm Jeff Sessions — a man who had previously been rejected for a federal judgeship for being too racist — but says he’ll vote against Neera Tanden because she’s too partisan.

I don’ think “too partisan” is Manchin’s real objection.
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