Excellent thread. Standing back and looking at everything, it's actually completely unsurprising that the "greatest nation on earth" has done such an abjectly terrible job of managing this pandemic. But it is angering.
The thing about Republicans is, they know they are a bunch of fkn liars. They think it's funny. Here's ANOTHER case of republican election malfeasance, AND it involves the complicity of their local law enforcement.
"...the Republic faces an existential threat from a movement that is openly contemptuous of democracy and has shown that it is willing to use violence to achieve its ends. No self-governing society can survive such a threat by denying that it exists."
"As grievous as was the blow we suffered on 9/11 in immediate loss of life and longer-term repercussions, [Osama] bin Laden and his cohort of foreign enemies never posed an existential threat to our survival as a constitutional democracy."
Republicans do not give af, and they will still be voting republican next year. I want to see a poll of how many Americans think the GOP is to blame for all of it.
Go, Beto! It's the same in Florida. The state refuses to expand Medicaid bc private insurance is a scam. Instead of Republicans in TX and FL admitting that they're protecting insurance profits, they just say "Obamacare" and their racist followers love it.
Excellent thread by Pro-Publica about the sugar cane burning. They aren't just burning their toxic crops so they can save money, they are spending big $$ to attack environmental groups who dare to try to hold them accountable.
The social media platforms are an insanely powerful public utility these days. They will eventually lose the free speech challenges over banning ppl, and it's fun to laugh at MTG throwing a tantrum. But what if it was you?
If these crimes aren't prosecuted, then the reality is that they aren't crimes. Even though they are. I guess we are going to see what Garland and @TheJusticeDept
are made of.
Right out the gate...first of all, anyone cool with being called "Bois" probably shouldn't be fucking with the police. I promise you, they are smarter than you. That's how you got your criminal records, remember? 🥴