"Sinema switched parties all but in name in 2014 after receiving money from the Koch-backed Chamber of Commerce, which gave her a leadership award in 2020. Their investment in her has been paying off." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
"As Senate Karen gave her backstabbing speech against voting rights right before MLK Day, she wore a cross, even though she is not religious. This is another symbolic gesture, much like the 'Fuck Off' ring she wore previously." -- @AndreaChalupapatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
"Sinema is trying to position herself as a 'maverick' in the style of fellow Arizona Senator John McCain. She may be trying to gain ground as a Koch-backed 'independent' VP candidate alongside a Posh Trump." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
"It doesn't matter who runs in 2024 if people don't have voting rights. Right now is the moment that matters. The election will be determined not by candidate popularity, but by the most extreme voter suppression laws in 60 years." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
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"American legal 'experts' need a crash course in how the court system works in authoritarian kleptocracies instead of assuming that the norms and protocols of the US system are sufficient to face our current threat." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
"The US is increasingly a mafia state. There were always elements of that, always plutocracy, dark money, etc. But the rule of law was decimated under the Trump admin, with mafia tactics -- bribery, blackmail, threats of violence to public officials -- becoming commonplace."
"Look at the protests in Kazakhstan. The protesters' complaints were about decades of entrenched corruption, kleptocracy, mafia state rule, and a justice system bereft of integrity. That is where the US is headed unless people get a grip on reality and fight back."
"Trump can be put away now based on the Mueller Report. Garland should stop running out the clock. It's a dangerous dereliction of duty, especially as Trump holds neo-nazi rallies with an eye on 2024." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
"Trump, the leader of a seditious conspiracy, has been walking around free for a year after stoking a violent attack on the Capitol. The longer Garland waits, the more dangerous it's going to be to our country." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
"Stop discussing indictments like it's a game and you're keeping score. We are facing threats to our democracy, public safety, national security. It's not about revenge. It's not about partisanship. The danger is so far beyond that." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/karen-of…
If you critique Garland on Twitter, you will be harassed by a troll bot farm reciting identical talking points. Their latest talking point is that Merrick Garland heroically investigated the Oklahoma City bombing.
The myth of Garland and Oklahoma City was spurred by mainstream media pieces released in unison upon his nominations in 2016 and 2021, nearly all relying on quotes from his corrupt Big Law mentor, Jamie Gorelick
Who is Jamie Gorelick? She was Garland's DOJ mentor. She has also been: 1) Jared and Ivanka's lawyer 2) Oil spill corporate defender 3) Big Tech defender 4) Profiteer over student loan crimes 5) Alan Dershowitz's protege
And more. THREAD on Gorelick:
"Trump has praised Merrick Garland and praised the 20 GOP Senators who confirmed Garland. This is not ironic praise, much like it was not ironic when he praised Nancy Pelosi and pushed for her to be Speaker." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/merrick-…
"Trump is dealing with his own sadistic narcissism, pushing boundaries as far as they go. But because there's no give, there's no pushback, there's no challenge, he has to amp it up by confessing his crimes and then naming who is refusing to investigate them."
"Trump confessed to obstruction of justice once on national TV in 2017, and no one held him accountable. So he confessed to it again in 2021, and again, no one held him accountable. For a normal DOJ, this would be evidence. But Merrick Garland looks the other way."
"Merrick Garland's Jan 5 speech both-sides the coup. He stated there is political violence on both sides whereas experts have long said white supremacist terrorism is the most dangerous terrorist threat the US faces." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/merrick-…
"It's very clear that the political violence and determination to turn our democracy into an authoritarian prison is overwhelmingly coming from one side, a danger that Garland did not acknowledge." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation
"Garland claims he does not have an agenda while he funds witch-hunt investigations like the Durham probe and refuses to consult the Mueller Report and its documentation of multiple cases of obstruction of justice. Garland and the DOJ have a right-wing agenda." -- @gaslitnation
There is an extra @gaslitnation episode this week. @AndreaChalupa and I released the episode from Jan 6, 2021, that we taped right after the Capitol attack. This is our instant reaction, no longer paywalled: patreon.com/posts/our-janu…
“There is a giant propaganda operation right now telling you that everything is fine, you just need to wait it out, you just need to watch our ‘great leaders’ play 3D chess...” — me on January 7, 2021 patreon.com/posts/our-janu…