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Apr 22 3 tweets 2 min read
“This is our 1776 moment… you can’t allow (America) to just transfer power peacefully.” #MarjorieTaylorGreene (h/t @ShaneJFilomena)
#MarjorieTaylorGreene argued that her statements inciting insurrection are being chopped up. So now they are playing entire clips back in court.

Spoiler alert: IT JUST GETS WORSE FOR @RepMTG.

#MarjorieTaylorGreeneIsADisgrace
#MarjorieTraitorGreene now arguing that the video in which she asked 1M people to come to Washington to prevent the peaceful transfer of power on January 6th and refuse to go quietly into the night, she really wanted them to come in peace, behave themselves & then leave quietly.

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Apr 21
DYK: The sole beneficiary of Florida GOP Gov Ron DeSantis canceling math books in Florida is… Virginia GOP Gov Glenn Youngkin’s former company Accelerate Learning🧵
Before now, The Carlyle Group was best known for being the Bush/GOP-affiliated, Bin Laden family-backed firm that made huge profits from the war on terror: pressherald.com/2018/12/15/let…

Now The Carlyle Group has cornered a new market in America’s latest war: tallahassee.com/story/news/202… Image
54 math text books in Florida were rejected by DeSantis because of "problematic" content, leaving Glenn Youngkin's former company as state's sole provider of math books.🤔

But the examples submitted, "obscure more than they explain," says @jeremycyoung. fox13news.com/news/state-lea…
Read 4 tweets
Apr 8
Ruben Verastigui is a 27-year-old "pro-life advocate" and ex-campaign aide for former President Donald Trump.

He has also worked as a senior digital strategist for the @GOP.

He was just sentenced to 151 months in prison on child pornography charges. justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/dis…
DOJ: From Feb 2020 to Apr 21, "Verastigui was active in an online group devoted to trading child pornography and discussing child sexual abuse. Verastigui shared child pornography videos with another member of the group and made numerous comments about sexually abusing children."
DOJ: "Verastigui indicated his preference for babies, saying they were his 'absolute favorite,' and solicited another group member for videos of babies being raped. The other group member... sent Verastigui a video of a baby being raped... Verastigui responded enthusiastically."
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Apr 5
🧵 When Mitt Romney’s niece Ronna Romney McDaniel took over the leadership of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in 2017, the Republican Party was in crisis.... (1/x) Image
The election of the notorious pervert, pussygrabber, and pornstar-hush-money-paying Donald Trump had destroyed the party’s reputation as a protector of “family values.” (2/x)
Trump was a known associate of child rapists like Jeffrey Epstein and John Casablancas.

Even before the 2016 election, Trump was revealed to have hosted “wild parties with sex, cocaine and underage models” in which girls as young as 15 were "introduced" to older men. (3/x)
Read 12 tweets
Mar 14
1M US dead didn’t have to happen

The US having a higher death-rate-per-capita than any other wealthy nation didn’t have to happen

Trump was the worst possible President to lead America through a pandemic

By March 2020, he had already botched the nation’s #Covid19 response...🧵
February 2020 was the month in which Covid-19 “seeded” in NY, leading to a devastating first wave.

Trump spent the month golfing, holding MAGA rallies, visiting his own resorts, attending GOP fundraisers, and taking an election-year ego-stroking trip to India. (2/)
Trump lied us into a pandemic.

His failure to take Covid seriously, his failure to test, his failure to invoke the Defense Production Act, and his frequent promotion of “fairy tale” cures guaranteed that the pandemic would hit America harder than any other wealthy nation. (3/)
Read 22 tweets
Mar 11
March 11, 2020: WHO calls #Covid19 a "pandemic"

March 11, 2022: Nearly 1M US dead. US continues to have higher death-rate-per-capita than any other wealthy nation

How Trump's recklessness and incompetence put us on the path to this staggering death toll thedailyedge.substack.com/p/a-trump-crea…
The Atlantic, October 2020: “Trump’s carelessness didn’t just jeopardize his own health, and that of his wife, his aides, and the Secret Service. The September 26 White House event for the Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett appears to have compromised the health of many…
important officials. ‘More than 100 people gathered,’ NPR reported. ‘Guests mingled, hugged and kissed on the cheek, most without wearing masks. An indoor reception followed the outdoor ceremony. 7 days later, at least 8 people who were at the ceremony have tested positive’….
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Nov 4, 2021
21,072 Floridians have died of COVID-19 since July 4 this year.

Only 34 countries in the world have seen more Covid deaths than that since the start of the pandemic.
Fewer people have died of #COVID19 in Japan (population 126 million) since the start of the pandemic than have died in Florida (population 21.6 million) since July 4 of this year.
Fewer people have died of #COVID19 in South Korea (population 51.8 million) since the start of the pandemic than have died in Florida (population 21.6 million) since September 22 of this year.
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