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Dec 23, 2021 20 tweets 9 min read Read on X
In the Eric Coomer v trump case, an attorney named Brandon Johnson was deposed. Brandon Johnson was an independent contractor for Defending the Republic comma Inc.

What is Defending the Republic comma Inc? The better question is who…a wee thread🧵👇🏻
Defending the Republic comma Inc. is how Johnson referenced a 501c4 charity in Texas. This manner of reference may be important, but for our purposes I will be using Defending the Republic or DTR because I don’t want to keep typing Defending the Republic comma Inc.
Defending the Republic was created Dec 1, 2020 and listed as its Directors were Joe Flynn, Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell. It was created in Texas. They received donations through their website. Their mission essentially to educate about election integrity, preserve republic. ImageImage
On Dec 27, 2020, Rep Louie Gohmert sued VP Mike Pence. That case alleged ‘competing slates of electors from contested states’ & ‘the VP has the sole discretion’ to determine which to count. His arguments rely on the 12th Amendment and Electoral College Act being unconstitutional. Image
Here is that case. It was dismissed.

casetext.com/case/gohmert-v…
But those arguments from Louie Gohmert seem really familiar.

🗣LIKE A 6 POINT PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT familiar.

If you haven’t already, you should read the John Eastman memo. Here it is. Notice the similarities. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2106… Image
But Joe, you began this wee thread talking about Defending the Republic. What does that have to do with a lawsuit brought by Louie Gohmert using John Eastman’s arguments?
Do you want to know which newly formed charity represented sitting Member of Congress Louie Gohmert in that lawsuit against Mike Pence? The suit that alleged Electoral College Act was unconstitutional?

It was Defending the Republic. ImageImage
So the charity directed by Lt. General Mike Flynn, his brother, and Sidney Powell, whose mission is to provide education on election integrity and preserving the republic, also provides legal services to congressmen who sue the Vice President in an effort to overturn an election.
Did Flynn suggest the lawsuit? If so, which one? Why did Gohmert bring this case? These would be good questions for the @January6thCmte to ask former JUDGE and current Congressman Louie Gohmert while he’s under oath.
But there is more to the story of Defending the Republic. It includes a woman named Staci Burk from Arizona.
Burk was also part of a lawsuit in relation to the election.

Loooooong story short, Burk had been considered a whistleblower of sorts and as such was being ‘protected’(🤷🏼‍♂️) by the First Amendment Praetorian. Image
Yes, the same 1st Amendment Praetorian that had been Lt. General Flynn’s bodyguards when he was in DC at Jericho Marches, Rallies, Hotels, Oval Offices and what have you.
As part of their protection (🤷🏼‍♂️) Burk alleges the 1AP stole her phone. She spoke about this with Joe Flynn. Listen to the audio here in this thread from @visionsurreal. You should really bookmark and read all of this.👇🏻
Yes. You did just hear Staci Burk tell Director of Defending the Republic Joe Flynn:

‘Your brother sent the praetorian guard’ and yes, you further heard Joe Flynn say:

‘No,no,no, Defending the Republic!’
The entire transcript from the deposition of Brandon Johnson is below. Deep within its pages there can be found exhibits in the Coomer v. trump case. One that stuck out to me had to do with a Defending the Republic post about New Hampshire.
courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file… Image
For more about New Hampshire, click here👇🏻
All of this amounts to just how critical it is that the @January6thCmte does it’s work, the @TheJusticeDept do theirs, and the media do theirs.
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Aug 25
We are in the Both Sides Era. For what seems the past decade, we have been subjected to both sides of the news, normalizing the weird, accepting the inappropriate, and moving on from the unforgivable.
Both sides are not the same.

A wee Sunday morning coffee🧵👇🏻
We have been so conditioned to Both Sides everything that we immediately fall into one side or the other. We are sorting ourselves based on memes and shallow thinking. Reporters complaining about hotel experiences due to the DNC running late, isn’t news. That’s a yelp review.
Have you noticed trump is on both sides of every issue? Probably not, because the “press hasn’t yet learned how to report on trump.” Why is covering trump any different from what they learned in journalism school?

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Here is Project 2025. There isn’t one part of our lives this won’t touch. Think it doesn’t mean you? There is no provision to exclude from its effects those who vote for fascism so choose your candidate wisely.

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“There is no place for political violence” has been a pretty common refrain throughout the weekend. It really got me thinking. ”Political violence” must be one of those “you know it when you see it” types of things.

Let’s see…
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Political violence strikes me as a visual medium but there are so many things that occur before we see the blood that I think might be political violence. Are we just numb to it? How do we define what is political violence and what is just violence? Why is it different?
Are Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s razor balls floating in the river, considered “political violence”? Kind of. I mean, the idea is people from south of the US shouldn’t be allowed to come here and take our jobs.
Political.

To deter from this, razor balls in the river.
Violence.
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After much thought, I won’t be voting for Joe Biden because he’s old.
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I’ll be voting for Joe Biden because he’s team democracy. I’m voting for ideas he represents. I’m voting for the team of people he can put together. I’m voting for my own interests and for your ability to vote for your own interests. I didn’t vote for him last time either, btw.
In 2020, I voted for a November 5th, 2024 election. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were the only options on the ballot that allowed this. I colored in Joe and Kamala’s bubble to keep the lights on long enough for us to have this election. Like many of you, I voted team democracy.
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A wee thread🧵👇🏻
On September 24th, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. EO11246 established Equal Opportunity Employment. It includes Non-Discrimination in Government. It includes Non-Discrimination Employment by Government Contractors and Subcontractors.
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“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Trust me…
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For this thread let’s assume the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is there as a symbol of the law. Chief Justice Roberts in a way represents the Judicial Branch of our government on the day it grants power to the person who will symbolize the Executive Branch.
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