Ridin’ on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday morning rail

Dealing cards with the old man in the club car

I’ll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Don’t forget to call your state’s medical board today, if you know any doctors who are spreading vaccine disinformation.

They can now have their licenses suspended for it. 🕺
I know there’s a lot going on in FL, but maybe folks in the media can spend a little time talking about the Data Targeting operation that has been helping the candidates get elected down there.
Of the last 9 Senate presidents in FL, dating to 2004, at least 6 have paid for Bainter's services. His clients have also included US Rep. Matt Gaetz and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Bainter is the guy who helped Frank Artiles with his illegally-funded fake “ghost candidates” scheme. 🤔
As the massive Israeli hacking and spyware company NSO runs PR and damage control, now that everyone is finally learning what they do, it’s worth remembering that their first deal was made by Eliot Broidy.

Former RNC finance chair.

h/t @Tentoads4truth
m.calcalistech.com/Article.aspx?g…
In Russia, a retired Admiral was run over by a train. Eight days later, his wife and son were slain in their apartment.

Have to wonder what he was into. Hard to make a name for yourself in Russia without bumping into organized crime - including in the government.

h/t @Ginger624
In other Russian news, the ISS was knocked out of position and lost control for about 45 minutes yesterday when Russia’s science lab direct-fired its thrusters after docking, delaying a NASA crew launch.

Reportedly a software glitch.

h/t @SusanHershSmith
courthousenews.com/russia-blames-…
John Pierce, the lawyer who has represented Rudy Giuliani, Carter Page, a Russian oligarch, Kyle Rittenhouse, and now represents around 20 Capitol insurrectionists, has been called a crook by his clients, and is currently the subject of an inquiry by the State Bar of California.
Correction on this story (thanks @bpettichord).

The wife and son were *found* eight days later, but it appears that they had been killed before the Admiral was hit by a train. He may have killed them.

Good reminder not to jump to conclusions; happens to all of us at times. 🥴
AdventHealth Central Florida, which announced a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations on Thursday, has moved to "black status," which means they are only performing urgent, time-sensitive and emergency surgeries.

FL is going backwards.

h/t @fmch6444
news-journalonline.com/story/news/cor…
According to an Oct 2020 FBI report, the amount of ammonium nitrate that blew up at Beirut port last year was only one fifth of the shipment that was unloaded there from a Russian-leased cargo ship in 2013, adding to suspicions that much of the cargo had gone missing.
On Dec 27, Trump pressured DOJ (Rosen and Donoghue) to falsely declare that the election was corrupt, so that he and his allies in Congress could use the assertion to try to overturn the results.

“leave the rest to me [and Congress]”

h/t @TeresaCCarter2
nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/…
The House Oversight Committee has uploaded a scanned PDF of Donoghue’s handwritten notes from the Dec 27th call to its website.

You can view them here:

oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…
The Arizona “audit” (cough) of the election has wrapped up and >2M ballots are being returned to the control of Maricopa County.

One of its own officials resigned over a lack of transparency, and 3 of the 16 GOP Senators supporting it have backed away & expressed reservations.
Michigan GOP in Disarray.🙂

“I don’t know that top-notch professionals would want to go into this quagmire,” said Jeff Timmer, a former Michigan GOP executive director who opposed Trump. “Unless you’re going to talk crazy talk, they don’t want you there.”
politico.com/news/2021/07/3…
🔥 DOJ has told Treasury that it has to send Trump’s tax returns to the House.

“The Chairman … has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President’s tax information. [By statute], Treasury must furnish the information to the Committee.”

justice.gov/olc/file/14191…

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25 Jul
I usually stay away from these (viral social issues) but, as a guy, if you are making a woman uncomfortable like this, you aren’t a “victim” of feminism - you are the problem.

If you can’t tell the difference, then you need some female friends in your life to explain it to you.
Does it happen to us too? Sure it does.

Is it the same? Not at all.

Guys who have a younger sister might have a *small* insight into how different it is.

It’s literally a universe of difference. This is where the power dynamic reveals itself. Just look at her face.
Imagine making a person feel that way. And then deciding to keep going.
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18 Jul
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Huge news today about NSO - the Israeli surveillance spyware that was used to help Saudi Arabia track Jamal Khashoggi before he was murdered.

Washington Post, working with other groups, have released even more evidence confirming abuses - background in this thread:
/1
For those familiar with NSO, much of this information will not be surprising, but is an extraordinary find, and a welcome confirmation.

For those unfamiliar with NSO, today’s news may be shocking.

A list of 50K targeted phones has been discovered.

/2

washingtonpost.com/investigations…
It’s important to understand that this software is a product of Israeli intelligence members partnering with the private sector to produce spy tools for profit, and wide usage.

They have been entirely dishonest about how it is used. A recent PR release shows their spin.
Read 19 tweets
13 Jul
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Iranian Intelligence Services Allegedly Plotted to Kidnap a Brooklyn Journalist, author and Human Rights Activist from New York City for Rendition to Iran.

Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges

justice.gov/opa/pr/iranian… ImageImage
The network that Farahani directs has also targeted victims in other countries, including victims in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, and has worked to procure similar surveillance of those victims. ImageImage
Why is there “a service offering military-style speedboats for self-operated maritime evacuation out of New York City?”

Why does that exist, exactly? Image
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13 Jul
I know people get tired of talking - and hearing - about the fact that the GOP has been doing some of these things for decades, but this is why I keep bringing it up.

Conservatives have been hearing these things since they were children.

There is no “switch” that flipped.
There is no such thing as “Trumpism.”

Nothing that Trump has done is more than just an incremental evolution.

Undoing “Trumpism,” is undoing 30+ years of toxic and divisive messaging that people have internalized since they were kids, riding in the car with their parents.
A lot of people still don’t get this.

Example: You can’t convince folks that attacking the federal government is wrong, while still accepting Reagan’s “evil federal government” philosophy.

This isn’t a liberal political vendetta against Reagan - it’s just plain reality.
Read 4 tweets
12 Jul
Katie Porter held a family friendly town hall, with kids and snow cones.

Republicans had the chance to submit questions like everyone else.

This👇 white nationalist GOP candidate organized a group of “protestors” to shout her down and deplatform her.

It ended in fist fights.
Nick Taurus only did this after the Orange County GOP sent out invitations to him and other Republicans, telling them they should go to Porter’s event and “press her.”
Notice the language he is using (hordes of immigrant voters) tracks closely with the “white replacement theory” propaganda that Tucker Carlson and InfoWars have been ratcheting up, where they warn that Dems are part of some sort of plan for a “genocide” of white people.
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9 Jul
Excellent news, Biden just fired the Trump appointee who was sabotaging work in the Social Security Administration and delaying checks to SS beneficiaries.

cc @arapaho415
We began trying to raise alarms about this - and point out that there was a path for action - about 3.5 months ago, so this is excellent, and very welcome news!
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