As January 6 nears, I think we should acknowledge that lying is the message. That since 2016, the GOP has been preemptively crying about election fraud. GOP governor candidates cry fraud before results are in.

It’s not about facts; it’s about normalizing lies to confuse reality.
FACT: Far-right extremists, including Trump adviser and convicted felon Roger Stone, first popularized “Stop the Steal”, which dates back to the 2016 election and serves primarily to dispute Democratic votes in multiracial areas.-@MichaelEHayden @splcenter
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020…
FACT: Glenn Youngkin’s Campaign Surrogates Are Already Crying Fraud Ahead of Virginia’s Gubernatorial Election—So Is Trump: The Republican can’t disentangle himself from election fraud conspiracy theories that helped win him the nomination.
rollingstone.com/politics/polit… @RollingStone
FACT: As Newsom leads California recall polls, Larry Elder pushes baseless fraud claims.
A website paid for by Elder's campaign on Monday predicted his defeat and blamed unsubstantiated fraud claims.
nbcnews.com/politics/elect… @NBCNews
FACT: As @jimstewartson will explain in Ep7 of @radicalizedpod, the grinding down of reality with lies is having real world impacts.
FACT: They weren’t tourists, Trump didn’t win, the Kremlin-infected GOP lies, people are being radicalized by lies.

January 6 was an attempted coup. The officers who prevented the overthrow of our democracy are heroes.
FACT: Lying is the message. To assert power over truth.
FACT: Parroting anything Trump says in relation to January 6 is parroting treason. Full stop.

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1 Jan
Zoom party invites for the next book party go out tonight! There’s still time for an invite for those who buy the book this weekend (use discount code: EMPATHY).

Look forward to seeing everyone on January 8! And do let’s make it a great year.💞🎊🎉 ko-fi.com/s/7eaa40d5ef
Those who bought the book on or after December 16, please look for invite via email late tonight xo Image
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In no particular order, here’s some of the work I’m most proud of this year. My interview with @jimstewartson in @BylineTimes 1/
Here me and @sianushka reveal the transnational ties behind the Rittenhouse fundraiser in @BylineTimes 2/
So me and three smart fellows created a podcast this year. 3/
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26 Dec 21
I wonder if the freedom to not get vaccinated is going to bankrupt our country and if that’s the entire point from those funding anti-vaxx hysteria.
“The remaining ranks of unvaccinated Americans steadfastly opposed to getting a shot tend to be younger, whiter and more Republican than those who have received the vaccine.”-@nytimes
nytimes.com/2021/12/25/us/…
“75% to 80% of patients admitted to the facilities for covid-19 are unvaccinated.”-@washingtonpost
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24 Dec 21
Inspired by @paulmasonnews I will try to create a list of films and vignettes that I couldn’t possibly live without, as recommended binging this Christmas weekend.

As a warmup, here’s Fred Astaire dancing drunk in “Holiday Inn.”
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And here’s what happened when Bette Davis didn’t get her way in “Of Human Bondage.” 2/
And here’s where Barbara Stanwyck learns Nietzsche in “Baby Face.” Yeah.
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23 Dec 21
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”-Joan Didion, write in peace ❤️‍🔥 Image
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New Mexico native Robert Mercer has a partner in the gun prop biz🤔.

“$55 million will go to hedge funder Robert Mercer’s project in Ridgewood, Queens, which he owns with son-in-law George Wells and Ryder Washburn—a prop-gun supplier to film productions.” therealdeal.com/2021/11/22/730…
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