(1) When did you first realize Trump's habitual dishonesty was worse than his contemporaneous politicians?

For me it was on 4/5/18 when he paused for a microsecond before answering a question on Stormy Daniels.

(2) I hear ya, everyone is gonna try to say they wised up to him as early as possible, whether we did or not.

Gratuitous lying doesn't come naturally to me so I choose to mea culpa every time when it comes to #Cult45 and the past 5-6 years.

This lie was the first step for me.
(3) I've tried to become as skilled as I can be at reading body language. It can save you a lot of trouble in your life, because actions speak louder than words.

It's one of the most important life maxims to remember.

Actions speak louder than words.
(4) Shortly after this slip up in April 2018, it became undeniable that Trump's instructions to personal attorney @MichaelCohen212 included making payments to Stormy Daniels & many others. Three years later we are finally on the verge of Congress receiving Trump's tax files.
(5) IMO there's nothing illegal or improper about agreeing to an NDA about matters that although embarrassing for any politician or married man, were not illegal. Where Trump messed up was using campaign funds for it.

We now have evidence it's been the habit of a lifetime.
(6) And like Bill Clinton & Richard Nixon, it was the lying about it after the fact that did more damage to his reputation & political future from that time on.

Imagine if Trump had not paused for that microsecond to answer with a lie? Things might have gone better for him.
(7) He could have fudged the answer or deferred for a few minutes or hours then been honest about it.

That's not Trump's style. Never has been.

Compulsive lying has been his MO since childhood. He learned it from his father, Fred Trump.
(8) In itself, lying is not enough for me to "fire" a politician in my mind. There has to be at least some kind of context, because they all lie, all of the time. Anyone who doesn't, has a short political career.

Lying when you know the truth is about to come out is foolish.
(9) For balance, here's an example of a Democrat who lied in that way. In the 2008 primary Hillary Clinton lied about landing under sniper fire in Bosnia. Only, she didn't, & can't have. If it were true then the US Secret Service & USAF failed to protect a FLOTUS & first kid.
(10) There are video and photos of Hillary and a teenage Chelsea Clinton landing safely on a secure runway and greeting press and others on the ground. As is required for any US VIP landing near a war zone.

So why did she lie about it?

Keep reading...
(11) Like most successful politicians of our time, HRC and DJT lied because it seemed the best thing to do in the moment, and they assumed they would get away with it.

This short term thinking is characteristic of NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) or a similar PD type.
(12) NPD has many subtypes. IMO Trump is at the severe end. There are a plethora of examples from his life to support this claim.

Most of my basis for saying this comes from listening to Mary L Trump, who knows the family secrets, and also happens to be a PhD psychologist. Image
(13) I had put the Stormy Daniels case to one side in 2018 while I focused on the policies of Trump in office. I will always support most of them; Where he & I diverged was after #TrumpLost & refused to go quietly for the good of the country.

#TheBigLie

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(14) And Trump's conduct since leaving office has only gotten worse. I know many who have so lost trust & confidence in American institutions that they don't believe he will ever be held accountable.

Investigators are closing in from multiple separate angles. More so each day. Image
(15) Whatever course law enforcement take with regard to Trump, there are going to be dangerous consequences, bc the clearly paramilitary groups who slavishly support his far right ideology are champing at the bit to play the role of freedom fighters (iso the terrorists they are) Image
(16) Don't however mistake their caution for inaction or surrender.

I've watched the DOJ & it's subsidiary the FBI spend years secretly investigating organized criminal groups (incl. the politically violent) then do a big reveal that should impress even the most hardened cynic.
(17) The signs of progress are everywhere if you know what to look for. I'll keep this thread shorter by not itemizing them here.

Summary: Take heart. America is on the mend, even today.

#CountryOverParty
#BuildBackBetter
#NeverForgetJan6

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16 Aug
(1) Here's my take on the clothing change aspect of these photos tweeted about 45 mins apart today.

Prob wore the jacket over the shirt, then took it off.

We don't know the time each pic was taken.

Maybe the 2nd tweet was sent by a staffer who hadn't checked prev. tweets. ImageImage
(2) Others are commenting on the disparity between the displayed time in London and Moscow.

My hunch is that someone messed up when daylight saving changed in March. However:

It doesn't matter. To sane people.

And:
(3) There are complete and utter idiots unironically asking if Biden is dead, because of these photos.

May I remind y'all that similar inconsistencies were spotted in the photos of Trump at a table in the presidential suite at Walter Reed, when he had Covid in Oct 2020?
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15 Aug
Y'all blaming President Biden for the way Afghanistan is today but really you need to review what President Trump did there, like capitulating to Taliban demands to free Baladar in 2018, after 8yrs in custody.

An unmitigated fool. Blood on his hands.
nytimes.com/2018/10/25/wor…
Trump has blood on his hands in so many different ways. Along with his henchmen, some of whom are more competent than him and need to be stopped before they succeed at picking up his mantle.

I agreed with many aspects of his foreign policy. But not on Afghanistan.
I literally chose my Twitter handle @FreedomFriesInc to reflect my belief in the #CollectiveSecurity doctrine of institutions like #NATO, #ASEAN, (& the late #ANZUS, killed by NZ in 1986.)

In 2003 France let us down. So we jokingly renamed french fries. It was an early "meme".
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12 Aug
(1) NZ had just achieved it's largest Olympic medal haul in history. 20 from a country of 5 million people.

All our athletes, and the country were on a high.

Then 2 days ago 24 year old Olivia Podmore died by suicide.

au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics-2021-…
(2) I need to write a short Twitter thread so that some key messages get seen.

I have both professional & personal experience of trying to deal with suicide prevention & "postvention" in NZ.

We *can* learn some common signs of suicidal risk.

healthnavigator.org.nz/health-a-z/s/s…
(3) After decades of research around the world, the potential reasons why some people suicide are not a mystery.

We need to think about our loved ones, family, friends & others to see if they might be at risk. Then take action.*
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11 Aug
I'm sure Kabul will fall within a month or even sooner.😢

So that the deaths of 80* countries' soldiers wouldn't be in vain, I wanted the coalition to stay there longer. But then July 2021 ravaged the US w/ Delta.

The US needs it's people (& money) on the home front. Period.
*OK I see now it was >40 countries officially involved. I always thought it was more like 80, but I've made a mistake somewhere along the line. 20 years is a long time to follow the events of a war, right?

Anyway, it was a lot. Not just the USA. Even New Zealand helped...
I don't want the sacrifices of the other countries to be forgotten.

10 of my fellow Kiwis lost their lives serving in Afghanistan. There were a few more who fought for the UK but were NZ-born.

Lest we forget: newshub.co.nz/nznews/a-look-…
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11 Aug
(1) "Don't you want to see what happens if you don't give up?" #Nightbirde

This is relevant to everyone.

She is an angel lent to us and while she is here fighting I will absorb us much as I can from her hopeful soul.

(2) And if I have to go to her music & words to absorb that I will, in gratitude... the pandemic is a life changing, multi-year event that forces almost all of us to contemplate life itself in ways big and small. August 2021 is the harshest month yet for several countries.
(3) For these countries I cannot see a way for September to bring better news for us but we are going to try our darnedest to save lives and support each other.

So many things seem unimportant and right now for me they are.

Then a friend told me a #Nightbirde exists.❤️
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9 Aug
(1) As I predicted in February when New Zealand started vaccinating it's 5 M people, today we learned the Delta variant is almost certainly here & we're nowhere near vaccinated enough.

🚨Our rates are <the US Deep South.🚨

By my estimate:

1 dose: 27%
2 doses: 16%

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(2) My goal since February has been to receive two Pfizer doses & I'm relieved to say I have achieved that.

I have diabetes, qualifying me for early access, & other less common health issues also contributing to my high risk of complications.

I've been anxious since Jan 2020.
(3) My first instinct in Jan 2020 was to get to the USA. In hindsight I'm glad that didn't happen. Maybe someone up there is looking after me.

(I can understand those who say there's clearly no one up there looking after most humans at the moment.)

So, about NZ:
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