The best way to save your sanity is to get busy as a volunteer.

You work with like-minded people.
You are strengthening democracy.
And you lift yourself out of the exhausting daily news cycle.

There is plenty to do: terikanefield.com/things-to-do/
I practice what I preach:

Past 6 years: I worked in several elections (in 3 different states) as a voter protection volunteer lawyer.

I spent several weeks in a detention center offering legal advice to asylum seekers through @RAICESTEXAS

I worked in a polling place . . .
. . .in the CA recall because I was afraid enough people wouldn't volunteer because the poll workers were facing so many threats and so much violence.

When you're busy you have less time to doom scroll.
*meant threats of violence

It was always a thankless job, more so now more than ever.

On my list of things to do is get involved in local elections.

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More from @Teri_Kanefield

30 Nov
Anyone listening?

They've been deep in the weeds of the statutory language, but now they're back arguing whether this is a clash between the branches.

It isn't. The legislative and executive branches are in agreement.

Trump (as former POTUS) is not a branch of government.
The conflict is between the former and current president, not between the branches.

Issue: So what is the role of the courts?

Can the court overrule the incumbent president on behalf of a former president?
Here we get these hypotheticals. What if four former presidents disagree with the incumbent president. (Implication: What if the current president is totally off his rocker?)

Answer: There is still no clash between the branches.
Read 15 tweets
30 Nov
Hi, @djrothkopf

I’ll answer your question here.

l'll begin by pointing out a few legal errors. You said this about the DOJ and the Carroll case⤵️

You referred to her case as a rape case. Actually, it was a defamation case.

1/

cc @Delavegalaw Image
This is an important distinction because the defamatory comment was made while Trump was president.

I wrote about Garland’s decision here: terikanefield.com/has-merrick-ga…

The controlling law is the Westfall Act.

2/

@djrothkopf
In a nutshell, the legal issue is governing whether the defamatory act was committed during the scope of Trump’s employment as president.

The legally correct answer (most likely and perhaos unfortunately) is yes.

Again, for more, see: terikanefield.com/has-merrick-ga…
@djrothkopf

3/
Read 9 tweets
29 Nov
If you read the article you see Schiff was talking specifically about the January 2 call in Georgia.

A grand jury has been convened and the Georga prosecutor said she's working on it.
See: nytimes.com/2021/11/06/us/…

You all read past the headlines, right?
The first paragraph says Schiff is "concerned."
The last paragraph fact-checks Schiff.

Very large and influential accounts had meltdowns over the headline: See NOTHING is happening!!!!!

What am I going to do with all of you?

*I'm wagging my finger like a schoolmarm.* ImageImage
I am putting each one of you into the corner and taking away points for not reading past headlines.

Now you'll all have to earn extra credit to make up for it.

Read 4 tweets
29 Nov
What if instead of repeating: "there've been no consequences," everyone did:

"OMG, the Trump Org has been INDICTED for FRAUD!
And the GJ is still hearing evidence."

Repeat a million times. Let it sink into the public consciousness. ("Her emails")

Instead of minimizing it.
These things puff Trump up and help his Strongman image:

🔹There are never any consequences!
🔹He gets away with everything"
🔹Yeah, okay, but what about . . . ?

These guys ⤵️LOVE when you say that.

("no consequences" also isn't true)

2/
The right-wing understands how to do that. They take something that wasn't a crime ("her emails") and repeat it over and over. Mainstream media picks it up. Pretty soon even people who don't know better start thinking HRC was a crook.

What do Trump critics do?

3/
Read 8 tweets
28 Nov
Yes, the Republican Party is radicalized and will stop at nothing to get power.

I am suggesting that this is not new, and that trying to
achieve a true liberal democracy is a constant battle.

The problem is one of expectations.

1/
People who have been following me for a while will find this threat repetitious, but I have new followers, so here goes.

One way to see the current Republican Party is that they want to return to the 1920s (or earlier!)

But let's take the 1920s.

2/
White men ruled all of our institutions: Universities, governor's mansions, both political parties, labor unions, Congress, the press, etc.

There were no laws against fixing prices, or manipulating markets, or insider trading.

3/
Read 15 tweets
28 Nov
It's easier to bash than build.
It's easy to jump to conclusions without all the information.

I've seen this reasoning: "There's no reason for this to take so long, therefore, Garland is either incompetent or corrupt."

The flaw logical flaw lies in: there is "no" reason.
When I took philosophy courses in college, I was taught that it's easy to criticize and find flaws, but first, try to understand.

When I taught English at the college level I found that students were quick to judge characters.

It's easy to bash.

Some of this comes from the nature of social media.

If you missed the video Timothy Snyder posted yesterday, please see it. In the second Tweet, I linked to the thread in which I tackled the same issues before seeing his video.
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