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Tokyo Sand

@DHStokyo

19 Jan

You guys. Biden's team is just knocking it out of the park again. They planted 200,000 flags -- from every state and territory -- to represent you and me on the Mall. People who'd want to be at the #Inauguration but can't due to COVID. (Click to see the magnificent picture.)

There are 56 lights shining upwards, to represent the 50 states and 6 territories.

Here's a detail of the state flags.

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Tokyo Sand

@DHStokyo

19 Jan

Ok, guys. Clearly we are in great need of a story. The story of what happened the last time the Senate had an equal 50-50 split.

Don't assume you know the end to this story by the way. Ok, here goes. // THREAD

(By the way, if anyone is wondering, yes, I'm responding with annoyance at everyone irritated that Chuck Schumer is "working with" Mitch McConnell on the rules that will govern the Senate.)

First of all, yes, Kamala Harris is the VP and is the tie breaking vote. When there is a vote. Have you seen any votes happening in this discussion between Schumer and McConnell. No. Because they get to decide. There is no tie breaking vote on rule making.

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Tokyo Sand

@DHStokyo

10 Jan

Dear Republican Party,

No, we will not be moving on. We reject your attempts to change the subject because we see them for what they are:

You're desperately trying to escape accountability for the role you played in #TrumpsInsurrection on Wednesday. // THREAD

As Thomas Paine said, “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”

And until you take responsibility, we do not trust you to do the job you were elected to do.

Lest anyone think I am only talking to Republicans in Congress, I am not. I am also pointing my fingers at every Republican in state legislatures as well.

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Tokyo Sand

@DHStokyo

2 Jan

With the news that a dozen Republican senators plan to be openly hostile to #democracy on Jan. 6, and the understandable frenzy on social & the media about this, I want to be clear about 3 things:

1. Their stunt on Jan. 6 will fail. What happens after objections are raised to a state's slate of electors in both the House and the Senate, is that they each have to debate the issue and then vote. It can't take more than 2 hours.

The House has a Democratic majority, so there's zero chance that a state's electors will get thrown out. (Both the House and the Senate have to agree.) All this is, is political theatre and as such, it'll get a lot of attention and make Trump happy.

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Tokyo Sand

@DHStokyo

12 Dec 20

I’m so angry.

Republicans, right wing pundits, and bad actors are throwing America under the bus, and worse, are poisoning its own citizens to hate #democracy. // Thread

The Republicans have been anti-democratic for decades, which we can see from things like their vast #VoterSuppression tactics, but it used to be quiet. Hidden from view. No longer.

Throughout Trump’s presidency, Republicans have helped him by parroting lies, letting dangerous remarks take hold because they wouldn’t challenge them, and gaslighting the public themselves.

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Tokyo Sand

@DHStokyo

11 Dec 20

You must read what the four Attorneys General have said in their 🔥 response to the #TexasCase for #SCOTUS.

Thankfully, we have these AGs in battleground states standing up for the Constitution, federalism, and representative democracy. // Mini-thread

AG Josh Shapiro (PA):

"Texas's effort to get this Court to pick the next President has no basis in law or fact. The Court should not abide this seditious abuse of the judicial process, and should send a clear and unmistakable signal that such abuse must never be replicated."

AG Dana Nessel (MI):

"The election in Michigan is over. Texas comes as a stranger to this matter and should not be heard here."

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