Republicans Covid bioweapon. Then it turned against them
Republicans apparently imagined that the pandemic would strike Democratic states and cities first. In 2020 Black, Latinx and indigenous were disproportionately affected
To put it clearly, Republicans enabled a campaign of mass death and disablement, thinking it would be primarily mean death and illness for those they regarded as opponents.
The worst-hit areas in the country are now Republican-led states and regions.
#Florida under raging science denier #DeSantis, with about 7.5% of the population, accounted for 20% of all new Covid cases.
The governors of Florida and Texas have banned mask mandates, making attempts to protect public health, including that of children, acts of defiance…
McCarthy tweeted, “Make no mistake – The threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state.”
One of those chief offenders is Tucker Carlson, who announced coronavirus “hasn’t been the disaster that we feared” and added this “short-term crisis may have passed…it looks like it may have” back in April.
From 2016 to 2018, the #UAE conspired, with #GeorgeNader and others, to make +$3.5 million in illegal campaign donations to garner influence
The campaign, ultimately overseen by UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, initially focused on providing contributions and gaining access
During the Trump administration, the #UAE’s covert influence operations continued as both the UAE and Saudi Arabia sought to turn the U.S. against their blockaded rival Qatar. The UAE sought to smear Doha’s reputation through it’s extraordinary legal influence operation
CREW files CRIMINAL COMPLAINT against Trump & Meadows
They violated the law "by attempting to weaponize the Department of Justice as part of their larger campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election”
News reports and recently released internal DOJ emails reveal Trump and Meadows engaged in a public and private campaign to pressure federal and state government officials to use their authority to instigate frivolous investigations into voter fraud, file baseless lawsuits
Trump and Meadows also appear to have violated criminal provisions of the Hatch Act by illegally pressuring and attempting to coerce high-ranking DOJ officials to advance a partisan political agenda to affect the outcome of the election.
While multimillionaire well-vaccinated Fox "News" hosts continue to sow doubt about masks and COVID vaccines to jack up the billions in revenue the channel brings in every year for the Murdoch family, the CEO of a hospital chain in Missouri is begging them to tell the truth. #MOG
"The Delta variant is in the Ozarks," tweeted Steve Edwards, CEO of hospital chain Cox Health in Missouri.
“We have been interviewed by NPR, CBS News, MSNBC, AP, Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, NYTimes BUT NOT @FoxNews."
The fight against election misinformation has a new target: your cable company
Critics of networks like #FoxNews and #Newsmax argue that the outlets fueled uncertainty about election results and should be dropped by cable providers
Not an easy battle. Fox News was the most watched cable-news network in the U.S. last year, and any attempt to squelch the outlet will be seen as an attack on free speech. No cable TV distributor has said they’re dropping the network.
contractually we generally do not have the ability to unilaterally edit content or remove channels from our lineup.”
No distributor has reached out to Fox about canceling, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified.
Historian wonders:
Is Joe Biden "a speed bump on the fascists' march to power"?
As part of their commitment to overthrowing America's multiracial democracy, the Jim Crow #Republicans continue to amplify and weaponize Trump's Big Lie
The Nazis ran in elections until they were the largest party in Germany's parliament, gridlocking legislative business
The Nazis worked to infiltrate crucial institutions like the police and the army. In 1931, Berlin police responded sluggishly to a massive Nazi riot in the city
139 #Republicans of the House and eight members of the Senate, led by Sens. #Hawley#Cruz, came out of hiding to vote to object to the electoral college vote.
While a police officer lay dying, they supported Trump's lie of a stolen election and embraced the insurrectionists