Thread by @davetroy

1/Want to know what’s gone wrong? @SenWhitehouse has been laying it out methodically for the last few months in speeches on the Senate floor.

This thread captures all of his speeches on THE SCHEME to date. Starting w/the Powell Report!🔥

2/The Powell Framework set a variety of mechanisms to remake American politics and society into motion.

3/@SenWhitehouse establishes that the principal goal of this scheme is to capture the most important organ of government: the Supreme Court.

4/And the way they would execute this capture is through establishing the right to use dark money and influence.

5/Key to this plan is the Federalist Society, deeply connected to the oil industry and the Catholic far-right.

6/Another such organization is the Judicial Crisis Network, formerly the Judicial Confirmation Network, now closely connected to Clarence Thomas.

7/The nomination and confirmation of Kavanaugh involve operationalizing several of these assets.

8/Those who point out this capture scheme are accused of “politicizing the court,” which is an example of the “Tu Quoque” logical fallacy used in “whataboutism.”

9/Increasingly, Amicus Briefs are being abused to influence the court in matters *before* they are in fact taken up, and to influence whether they are considered. This is undue influence and unconstitutional.

10/And, guess what? This same scheme is rooted in climate obstruction and disinfo, to protect the oil and gas industry. As I’ve been saying. Yesterday’s speech.

11/If you prefer to read these speeches, links are posted on @SenWhitehouse website below. But we need to come to grips with a few facts… (cont’d)

whitehouse.senate.gov/news/speeches

12/The current illiberal turn towards fascism, climate denial, COVID disinfo, cryptocurrency, nationalism and traditionalism are all rooted in the imminent demise of the oil and gas industry and its overwhelming desire to preserve itself.

13/We need to kill this beast, or it will kill us; and it will use every last bit of human influence it can purchase to try to stay alive.

We must smother it permanently using the full force of democracy and democratic institutions, if we are to survive.

Sorry, here is the correct link to Scheme #6.

14/For convenience, I also created a @YouTube playlist where all of these videos can be viewed in order. I'll add to it when/if he does more of these.
youtube.com/playlist?list=…