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8 Jul, 11 tweets, 5 min read
In today's thread, it seems like pundits who push anti-vaccination propaganda have often been vaccinated themselves.

This matters because low vaccination rates driving the current surge have one thing in common.
Trump voters.
Here's who has & hasn't been vaccinated.
(THREAD)
(2) Let's start at the top. TRUMP. That sneaky grifter and his wife got secretly vaccinated in January.

Who else? Try just about every GOP leader and most red state governors including McConnell, McCarthy, DeSantis & more. They all got their shots.

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
(3) So what about the folks over at Fox News? Of course they did. And some of them were bragging about it on camera months before they started questioning the administration's push to vaccinate more Americans.

businessinsider.com/fox-and-friend…
(4) What about the pundits though? Well... Hannity got his and he actually was pretty public about it so all eyes turned to Tucker Carlson.

Who once again appears to be part of the problem.

uproxx.com/viral/sean-han…
(5) Predictably the chief purveyor of anti-vaccination propaganda won't say if he got his shot. Tucker discussed vaccine hesitancy in May with Brit Hume, who shared he'd had the shot & encouraged everyone to get vaxxed.

Tucker is still mum on the topic.
vanityfair.com/news/2021/05/t…
(6) And of course Rupert Murdoch himself got vaccinated ages ago. In December of 2020. No word on Lachlan but he ironically ordered all Fox staffers to work from home until Labor Day.

Sure doesn't sound like he thinks the pandemic is over.

thedailybeast.com/rupert-murdoch…
(7) What then is this nonsense from Fox News in recent weeks that has expanded beyond Tucker's show and infiltrated interviews with anti-vax sentiment.

It seems clear conservative pundits have gotten their shot. Why continue pushing anti-vax views?

esquire.com/news-politics/…
(8) Well you know the answer to that already. Fox News has never cared about the health of their viewers or the communities they serve. They care about profit.

And anti-vaccination propaganda sells.
Just ask the disinformation dozen.

npr.org/sections/healt…
(9) It's clear Fox is profiting off politicizing the pandemic even as advertisers increasingly flee the toxicity of being associated with the brand.

In particular, Tucker Carlson's cocktail of white supremacy and pandemic denial nets revenue.

nytimes.com/live/2021/05/0…
(10) As Carlson's clout has grown, so has criticism of his increasingly virulent conspiracy theories.

The best way to smother a fire, even one started by an arsonist, is to starve it of oxygen.

Let's just hope we can do the same with Carlson.

vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/t…
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8 Jul
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I only filed one sexual harassment complaint but the microaggressions were constant.

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(2) I watched brilliant women bust their butts working crazy hours only to be told that some young dude had edged them out of a promotion. Again.

Coming from the education world, it was eerily reminiscent of those environments where men make the decisions and women do the work.
(3) My first month, I got pulled aside by my male manager after I had offered some suggestions about content planning in a meeting.

I was told he didn’t appreciate me “questioning” his authority and that I needed to stop being so aggressive.
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6 Jul
Now that the 4th of July holiday has come and gone, let's check in on vaccination rates state by state.

As you're probably aware, Biden just missed his goal of having 70% of American adults vaccinated with one shot. Here's what comes next.
(THREAD) Image
(2) Vaccination rates slowed dramatically in June, so we just edged over the finish line in some spots. About 20 states reached the goal, putting the country at 67.5% of adults partially vaccinated.

58.6% of US adults are fully vaccinated
78.7% of 65+

npr.org/sections/healt…
(3) Colorado and Oregon were some of the last states to reach the goal. And surprisingly Utah joined their ranks after counting some missing doses from the Indian Health Department and VA.

Utah becomes one of the first red states to reach Biden's goal.

ksl.com/article/501996…
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In today's thread, we're asking if the US is on track to meet 70% of adult Americans getting one shot by July 4th.

The short answer is it depends.
And contrary to popular belief it actually doesn't solely depend on convincing red states to roll up their sleeves.
(THREAD)
(2) Let's start with where we're at. There's been some confusion about what we're measuring. If you look at states with 70% of eligible residents vaccinated, those numbers are abysmal.

Fortunately, Biden's goal is just adults (18+)
And that makes a big difference. We're at 65%.
(3) BUT there is a HUGE difference from state to state and as you might expect it depends entirely on whether we're talking red or rural areas.

Yes. Red states are dragging our average down. Way down.
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In today's thread we're tackling a complicated question. Why are Dems even trying to negotiate with Republicans at this point?

My answer is simple. Why are you pretending they don't have to? Bi-partisan solutions aren't a political luxury right now. They're a necessity.
(THREAD)
(2) There's a push by the media to frame every effort at passing legislation as Democrats too weak to play hard ball and Biden as niave.

This is disingenous because it entirely discounts the political reality of a split Senate. We don't have the votes.

politico.com/news/2021/01/2…
(3) We can't even corral our current caucus into ditching the fillibuster to supporting voting rights, nevermind garnering Republican votes.

The Senate is designed to support minority rule. And that's a problem we can't fix right now.

cnn.com/2021/05/20/pol…
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In our #TuesdayThread we're taking a closer look at what the hell is going on with the DOJ. Confirmation that they will continue to defend Trump in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit is utterly infuriating.

Why would the DOJ defend Trump and what does it mean?
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(2) First it's important to be clear what the lawsuit is about. Trump is being held personally liable for defamation in regards to remarks he made about Carroll while president.

The results of this lawsuit do have wider implications.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
(3) DOJ lawyers working under the Trump administration had already argued federal workers are protected from lawsuits while executing the duties of their office. A trial judge rejected that argument and the DOJ appealed.

Enter Biden.

newsweek.com/trump-acted-sc…
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In today's thread we're asking what should be done about January 6th?

Republicans want the public to forget about it.
We can't let them gaslight us about what happened that day, but here's why we don't hold enough cards to force their hand.
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(2) The resolution to establish the commission passed the Dem-controlled house but it appears doomed in the Senate thanks to the filibuster.

So far Murkowski, Romney, and Collins have indicated they'd support the commmission but 10 GOP votes is doubtful.
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There must be consequences or democracy will continue to suffer.

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