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8 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The more we learn, the more we need to come to terms with the simple, terrifying fact that a U.S. president — Donald Trump — GENUINELY tried to overturn a free and fair election and become an autocratic squatter president clinging to power. And a BUNCH of Republicans helped him.
If you don’t think this desiccated party; now shorn of nearly EVERYBODY who was willing to stand in the way, including some who stood up last time but who are gone or are now playing ball, won’t try EVERYTHING to steal the 2024 election for Trump… you are fooling yourself.
The Republican Party ITSELF is a clear and present danger to American democracy. Even the innocuous-seeming ones are suspect, in that we have seen that under pressure, they all become good Bolsheviks, to paraphrase @RadioFreeTom. Take this seriously, folks. Wake up, Democrats.
DO SOMETHING, Merrick Garland, before it’s too late!

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Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 Profile picture
7 Oct
Our goal tonight was to make it very clear what @LeaderMcConnell and the rest of the @SenateGOP are doing: they are gambling with your Social Security, Medicare, military pay and the economy JUST SO THEY CAN RUN ADS IN 2022
Claiming ONLY DEMOCRATS built up a $30 trillion debt.
They know, just like YOU KNOW, that the two parties TOGETHER, over hell, DECADES, spent that money. But they want to run 2022 campaign attack ads led by ex corporate Medicare Fraud co CEO @SenRickScott’s RSCC PRETENDING that Dems are spending $30 trillion on Build Back Better.
It’s a cynical and dangerous game that they’re not just playing with the economy and your livelihood — they’re also playing with their own fortunes. Mitt Romney, the richest Senator, is worth about $250 million. Mitch at #9 is worth around $34 million. Is that why they blinked?🤷🏾‍♀️
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3 Oct
So to summarize… it’s
President Biden + The Democratic Caucus, progressive to moderate, House and Senate vs Two People. This isn’t “Democrats in disarray.” It’s two people defying their entire party without even presenting a counter-proposal or a cognizable explanation.
Two people…
Two people…
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1 Oct
So @SenatorSinema didn’t even feel pressed to stay in DC and “negotiate” with the president and her fellow Dems. Hopefully Arizona press will ask her if she’s back home to meet with constituents or just lobbyists. As always, she’s also welcome to discuss on @thereidout. Any time.
Good piece by @Will_Bunch on what the Sinema train wreck means… inquirer.com/columnists/att…
And for those giving @SenatorSinema a pass for heading home to see the doctor… well… it’s more complicated than that, of course…
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28 Sep
The House Progressive Caucus is using its numbers and the power that comes from them to do something extraordinary: to try to enact a popular agenda that helps ordinary people over the objections of the powerful donor class. It’s breathtaking to watch.
Whatever happens, it’s a powerful counter to the ways conservative Democrats like @Sen_JoeManchin and @SenatorSinema have used their minuscule numbers in a super narrow majority to try to force their donors’ agenda on the Democratic Party writ large…
not to mention how Republicans have used their numbers to try to Kamikaze the country and the economy to try and wring a clumsy return to power out of the ashes.
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22 Sep
When anti-vax, anti-mask people drone on about “freedom,” what’s unavoidable is that by definition they mean the “freedom” to get sick (and use up limited healthcare resources) and to infect other people with COVID. There’s just no way around that and I cannot understand it.
If your child is exposed to the virus and you choose to send them to school anyway, particularly unmasked, what you’re saying is you literally don’t care if they get other kids or their teachers or other families sick or even cause deaths because your convenience matters more.
The only other option is that you cannot financially afford to not send them to school, in which case we need alternatives like universal childcare, but with options to separate children who have had COVID exposure from other kids. Who’s gonna do that work and for what pay?
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20 Sep
Seems like we're getting to a point where there may simply be two separate Americas: one where people choose or must take their chances with the virus (and unfortunately the healthcare systems around them remain in crisis) and one where norms are accepted to reduce COVID death.
And where those Americas happen to intersect, there may be flare-ups of confrontation (and crowded ICUs.) But for the most part, states, cities and businesses that choose norms and COVID reduction could well return to something approximating "normal" vs the "open COVID" spaces.
And if these variants don't slow down, what will that do to decisionmaking by corporations and industries as they choose where to locate? And what is the impact on tourism and on these states' relative economies? (States like Vermont are already advertising their high vax rates.)
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