Bottom line is @GregAbbott_TX
and @GovRonDeSantis are both lazy and shiftless. Neither has the backbone or work ethic to compete in the marketplace of ideas. Like most GOP politicians they're not truly entrepreneurial and don't care abt public svc. #Fresh #ONEV1 #ResistanceUnited
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2/ To some of my fellow trekkies this is a blasphemous statement! But I stand by it. As my fellow trekkies know this was to be the original Star Trek cast's final bow. The title was taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet who referred to the "undiscovered country" and his fear of death.
3/ In this movie, the undiscovered country was the future and how the prospect of peace scared those who had a stake in preserving perpetual conflict. Hence, militant Starfleet officers, warrior Klingons and conniving Romulans conspired to sabotage a galactic peace conference.
1/ This picture is of my grandmother and myself taken on March 20, 1982. The occasion was my Bar Mitvah. Recently, I've been looking at photos from that day and reflecting.
2/ One moment from that day is especially poignant to me. After I chanted my Torah portion from the Book of Exodus, my great grandmother, grandmother whom you see in that picture and mother were summoned by the rabbi to join me at the podium.
3/ As I held the Torah in my arms the rabbi said, "We are privileged to have four generations represented up here" and he gave a bio summary on each. My great grandmother had survived Polish pogroms. My grandmother was an activist for Jewish Refuseniks and my mom the teacher.
1/ I've never backed away from calling myself liberal. I've stayed true, even as the right wing racists waged a culture war for decades to make "liberal" a pejorative or epithet.
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2/ On the left today, it seems there are more folks saying, "I'm not a liberal. I'm a progressive." I get it. Understandably, many reacted to the far right's success at turning liberal into a dirty word by rebranding pursuit of economic and social justice as "progressive."
3/ There is a certain logic to that approach. Presumably, it's harder to brand "progress" as a pejorative than turning "liberal" into a slur to justify predatory capitalism & cultural repression against any perceived "other." Also, an impatience emerged toward us older liberals.
🧵Its's not about "Making America Great Again. It's about continuing our aspirational journey to be a more perfect union. @MamaGforSC is passionate about the journey. GOP only cares about power & privilege.
🧵Content of below thread are mock satirical personal ads of just a few of America's most toxic, depraved and corrupt scumbags. Partly, I do this as a cathartic exercise. Hopefully it entertains and inspires activism.
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2/ Married Male, Born in Canada, Cuban ancestry, Age 53. I fantasize about tickling Donald Trump's ballsac with my beard on a Cancun beach as he insults my wife and accuses my daddy of assassinating JFK. If Trump seizes power in 2025, he will put me on SCOTUS. Please love me.
3/ MWM, Age 39. I fantasize about joining Ted Cruz in a threesome on a Cancun beach as we both tickle Donald Trump's ballsac with our beards. I made lots of $ claiming to hate Trump & later licked his balls to be senator. I want all states to crimimalize vaginas. Please love me.
🧵*Content of below thread is a fictional scenario to highlight the urgency of our current moment in history.
Its's June 2025 as Jane Smith stands in her backyard in Syosset, NY on a serenely beautiful Saturday morning.
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2/ Jane's thoughts however are anything but serene as her husband John steps out to join her. John's face has a pinched expression reflecting stress, fear, shock and guilt. John has been a lending officer at a local bank for fifteen years. Jane's been a stay at home mom and wife.
3/ Thanks to John's lucrative career, Jane's had the luxury of working as a piano tutor when it suited her schedule raising her twin children Bobby and Brenda, both fifteen. Otherwise, Jane has enjoyed tending to her garden in the backyard, playing tennis at the club & painting.