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Jan 19
The voting rights bill is about to fail in the Senate.

That’s not being alarmist — it’s stating reality.

For all the lip service the Sinemas and Manchins and Romneys of the world pay to bipartisanship, there is a simpler reality in play right now.

1/13
Republicans know that obstruction — obstructing literally everything — is their path to power.

They’re going to do absolutely nothing for as long as they can, to grind things to a halt while their allies at the state and local level continue to stack the deck in their favor.
Their candidates know it.

The directive is coming from on high.

The campaign arms of the GOP are parroting this message like the propaganda flaks they have become.

And it is showing in the quality, or rather lack of quality, of their recruits for the 2022 midterms.
Read 13 tweets
Oct 19, 2021
In 2015, Donald Trump attacked Senator John McCain, saying he did not like men who were captured in war.

When he was a candidate and as president, Trump pretended to know more about the pressing issues facing our nation than the leaders of our military services themselves.
In 2018, after the passing of President George H W Bush he displayed enormous disrespect for Bush’s heroic combat service in World War II.
Trump’s pattern of contempt for our military is complemented by his admiration for the kind of foreign authoritarians and strongmen American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have so often been called to defeat.

In 2020, he referred to our troops as ‘suckers and losers.’
Read 6 tweets
Jul 10, 2021
Political strategist and Lincoln Project ally @TrygveOlson has 7 rules for fighting autocracy.

In the #DemocracyVsAutocracy battle, if you practice these rules, we may just win.
Read 8 tweets
May 18, 2021
For too long, there has been an increasing imbalance of power between the governed & the government.

We’re proud to announce the launch of our allied organization @FranklinProjUS — a nonpartisan group dedicated to civic engagement & education — to help restore that balance.
.@FranklinProjUS will help empower YOU to organize in your community for a stronger democracy.
We need to expect — and demand — better.
Read 5 tweets
May 13, 2021
.@Rep_Clyde thinks the attacks of Jan 6. were no different than a group of tourists visiting the Capitol.

Can you spot the difference?
Maybe that first one was too hard.

How about this one, @Rep_Clyde?
Oh! This one is easy, @Rep_Clyde...
Read 4 tweets
May 13, 2021
We agree!

Here’s a thread of the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election.

Let’s start there.
Senate Republicans who objected:

Ted Cruz (TX)
Josh Hawley (MO)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
Cynthia Lummis (WY)
John Kennedy (LA)
Roger Marshall (KS)
Rick Scott (FL)
Tommy Tuberville (AL)
House Republicans who objected:

Robert Aderholt (AL)
Rick Allen (GA)
Jodey Arrington (TX)
Brian Babin (TX)
Jim Baird (IN)
Jim Banks (IN)
Cliff Bentz (OR)
Jack Bergman (MI)
Stephanie Bice (OK)
Andy Biggs (AZ)
Dan Bishop (NC)
Lauren Boebert (CO)
Mike Bost (IL)
Mo Brooks (AL)
Read 12 tweets

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