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May 17 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Scare article from Rolling Stone to make you angry at Manchin and Sinema for "accepting" money from "Republican" donors.

Even taking this at face value, it doesn't mean what Rolling Stone wants you to think it means.

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rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
First, Republican candidates are traditionally very well-founded. It makes sense for Democrats to accept campaign money from anyone who'll give it.

Second, any money a "Republican" donor gives to a Democrat is money they didn't give to a Republican, and that's a Good Thing.

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Third, assume "Republican" donors give money to politicians who'll support their interests. The only reason to give money to Dems is if they think Republicans aren't going to be in charge. If they thought Republicans would run the Senate in 2024, they wouldn't fund Dems.

3/8
That third point should give you hope. If even big-money Republican donors think Republicans can't take the Senate, there's no reason for us to give up on keeping it.

Fourth, how bad would it be if "Republican" funding helps keep Manchin and Sinema in the Seante?

4/8
Think about it. A) Those two, having a (D) after their name, means Democrats control Senate committess, investigations, subpoenas, agenda, what bills are considered, and weather a Dem president's judges and executive appointments are approved. And B) ...

5/8
... B) Yes, Manchin and Sinema have voted against a couple of big things we all want. (The soution there is to elect more Democratic Senators in 2022.) But they have an excellent voting record generally in supporting President Biden's agenda.

6/8
Don't believe me? Here's data. Sinema and Manchin both have better voting records than Sanders, Warren, or anyone in "the squad." Having them remain in the Senate (particularly if we net 2 or 3 more Dem Senators in 2022) is NOT a bad thing.

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projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress…
On top of all that, Manchin and Sinema aren't even up for reelection until 2024. For us to be distracted by Rolling Stone scare articles now will take attention away from the necessary effort to increase the number of Dems in the House and Senate THIS YEAR.

#VoteBlueIn2022

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May 18
As we move heavy into campaign season, the "I won't vote for the lesser of two evils!" crowd again does their schtick, so remember the contrast of the Trump Reich against what came both before and after.

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The schtick is designed to make you sit out the election, for the purpose of ensuring we're saddled with the =greater= of evils.

But really, can Barack Obama or Joe Biden be called "evils" when compared to Trump? Seriously?

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Since purity and perfection don't exist, every decision, in every field, at every moment of every life is =always= a choice between "the lesser of evils"--if one insists on ignoring the preponderance of good.

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May 18
After the primaries, we'll be heading into serious election season. I want to remind everyone, despite the language pundidiots use, there is no such thing as "momentum." It's a term they've invented to help depict the series of polls leading up to an election as a horserace.

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"Momentum" is an idea from physics. If something it moving it takes effort to stop it from moving. That's not how politics works. If opinion polls are shifting, it takes continued effort to make them =keep= shifting.

That's the opposite of momentum.

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A poll--ANY poll--is a snapshot of opinion at a specific point in time. At a different point, the numbers will be different, for a great variety of reasons. If there is an apparent "trend", it's because particular ad campaigns and other factors are being effective.

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May 17
I decided this year to take a series of panoramas of the sunrise from the same spot, one a month, to show how the position of the sunrise changes against the horizon. I've now got the first six in the series. This one was taken Dec 17, 2021. Note the position of the sun.
This second panorama was taken on Jan 20, 2022. The point of the sunrise has scaled the peak to the left of the sun's position on the first picture. I'm facing roughly east, so north is to my left. The point of sunrise will move northward throughout this series.
The third panorama was taken on Feb 19, 2022. The point of sunrise is already more than halfway up the next slope to the north. It moved farther from January to February, than it did from December to January. The days are getting longer more quickly now.
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May 13
If Republicans take the House or the Senate (or, gods forbid, both) no one is safe.

It's gone too far now. They've gone too far.

They've told us who they are. For the love of all that's holy, believe them.

#VoteBlueOrDIe.
I don't care what's wrong with the Democratic candidate(s). I don't care what they've done personally, or which issue or which vote you disagree with.

If Republicans are allowed to gain power again, America is done.

It's not just this election. It's every one forevermore.
You might not approve of someone's personality or stance on some particular issue. It may even be an issue that might be awful for you personally.

It doesn't matter. This is bigger than you.

If we don't all hang together, we will surely all hang separately.
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May 13
Articles like this miss the point. Yes, Republicans lie. They gaslight. They're hypocrites. Fascists can't be honest about the authoritarianism they push. Pointing out their dishonesty doesn't sway anyone, because their supporters love them for that. They think it's clever.

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Yes, Alito's pretense that he's overturning Roe to give the power to decide about abortion's legality "back" to "the people" is a clear lie, because he is shredding voting rights in such obvious ways that he clearly doesn't give a damn about the opinions of "the people".

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But that's not the point. The point is, fascists make up any damn shit that suits their purpose, and their reasons never matter. They want you to argue over their "reasons" and point out their "hypocrisy," because they don't care about that. It's distraction and deflection.

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May 10
Government does not exist to make a profit.

Government does not exist to stifle competition.

Government does not exit to enrich shareholders.

Government should not be run like a business.

Government should be run like a government.

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Citizens are not customers.

We are not consumers.

We are not shareholders.

In a democracy, the citizens =are= the government.

Government exists for our benefit.

And for no other reason.

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Government should not be run by the boss.

Government should not be subject to market forces.

Government should be government.

When Republicans oppose "big government", they're opposing the ability of government to function for the benefit of the citizenry.

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