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Mar 21

@LeaderMcConnell

So while @LeaderMcConnell pretends not to have made up his mind about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, he is trying out a few talking points for what will be his inevitable opposition. (Thread)
#LiveBlue2022
#ResistanceUnited

washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/…

1. How dare democrats nominate someone who may have empathy for criminal defendants? This is disturbing for two reasons. First, in a system that presumes innocence, why should a judge not come in with empathy for a criminal defendant?

Empathy doesn’t mean favoring that side. It means understanding emotions and viewpoints on a human level. The kind of thing you would hope a judge considering intent elements of a crime would be able to do.

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emp…

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@JeffRoushPoetry

Feb 26

Right now, before our eyes, we are seeing unfold before us the best reasons to reject the “America First” foreign policy ideas of the prior administration. While this moment of crisis is terrifying right now, it could have been much more so. (Thread)

First, a note: some on both sides of the aisle might argue, and not without merit, that this isn’t the time for that discussion. Trump is both out of power and a doddering idiot, and our focus should be on what those in power need to do.

But since so many on the right remain in the thrall of both Trump and Trumpism, to the point of praising Putin in this moment, the alternative to the leadership we have in place is neither as hypothetical nor as remote as one might wish. The big ideas matter as much as ever now.

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Feb 26

@SenJoniErnst

For hackery, selective memory, and GOP buffoonery, @SenJoniErnst earns tonight’s #FridayLimericks. #LimerickRhyme
Joni Ernst will keep claiming out loud
She’s an Iowan honest and proud.
But her party comes first;
Truth be told, she’s the worst—
kicks up GOP lies in a cloud.

https://twitter.com/senjoniernst/status/1496316620200976386

She attacked health care workers en mass
With a Q-anon lie dark and crass.
But when she jumped the line,
She considered it fine;
Joni’s games stayed devoid of all class.

newsweek.com/joni-ernst-spa…

During impeachment, with justice denied,
She claimed “unity,” letting Trump slide.
“Let’s move forward as one,”
She said, aiming the gun
To wage war on the Democrats’ side.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/28…

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@JeffRoushPoetry

Feb 25

There is so much misunderstanding about trans people in this world. I’m still learning, and probably always will be trying to understand more. But it is not about gender conformity, or about trying to fit a child into the parents’ gender boxes.

As the parent of a trans child, I never would have made the leap from gender non-conformity to her being trans. She came to me, with some trepidation—not because she didn’t trust me, but because she was still learning to trust who she was. It was a lot for her to process.

I’ll admit to being unsure at first. I hugged her, told her I love her, and started using what she told me is the name she wants to use. Meanwhile, I read all I could, reached out to others who have been through the self-discovery process she is going through.

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@JeffRoushPoetry

Feb 24

https://twitter.com/GogartyKay/status/1496849413238579202

The prior administration denigrated our European allies, weakened our national intelligence, and favored Putin in all matters—and did so with full support from almost every republican in Congress. That clown show’s consequences are revealing themselves for us all.

https://twitter.com/GogartyKay/status/1496849413238579202

That these rank hypocrites are now blaming Biden for the predictable result of Trump’s Russian appeasement is nothing but blatant political opportunism, lashing out against an administration taking seriously the threat that the prior president helped enable.

Biden is working with the allies Trump alienated, to try to manage diplomatically the catastrophe Trump enabled. We need to focus on the moment at hand, and we have a leader who is doing so. Those attacking him are trying to return us to the conditions that led us here.

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Feb 13

Inflation impacts people. It’s reality, and we have to face it. But rather than stepping up to help combat it, Republicans are cheering it on. So let’s look at some of the causes, and what can or can’t be done to help. (Thread)

@RandPaul

1. One cause of inflation is a market recovery. People have more money to spend, due to relief efforts and booming jobs. While someone like @RandPaul thinks giving Americans funds to stay afloat during a pandemic was a bad thing, people with more money to spend is positive.

The good news: this one will level off. Coming out of a pandemic, it’s like opening a dam. The water pours out hard and fast—but the market catches up, and the flow will find a normal rate soon, absent forces working to keep it artificially high.

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