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Sep 2 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Why, what's this? Trump standing in front of two men in uniform as he defends his racist remarks about The Squad? BUT WHAT ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL TRADITION????
nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/…
Here's the thing, I'd prefer for all politicians not to stand in front of troops or cops & give speeches.

But to think *that* is something worth remarking on tonight, & not the substance of his speech or the existential moment our democracy is in... I just have no words tbh.
Maybe we worry more about the 'presidential tradition' that says a president leaves office when he loses and doesn't incite an armed insurrection. Or worry more about losing free and fair presidential elections altogether in two years time. #JustSayin
Btw hat-tip to @grantstern for first spotting that Times piece and that pic of Trump and the Marines.

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Aug 19
It’s like the flu! It’s harmless! It’s mild!
I’m still astonished at the fact that, despite the wealth of evidence showing the long-term health risks from even ‘mild’ cases of Covid, as a country we have just shrugged, accepted mass infection, and acted as if the still-cautious among us are the *odd* ones. It’s madness.
Touch wood, I haven’t had Covid yet but, thanks to indifference of so many of my fellow Americans & recklessness of my government, I probably will get it at some point.

Still doesn’t mean I am *ok* with getting it! It is really bad & even ‘mild’ cases come with long-term risks.
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Jun 25
Ridiculous. Infuriating. Inexplicable.

What does Biden ‘agree’ with doing? What does the leader of this country want to do to stop the increasingly fascistic assault on our democratic institutions and basic rights?
I’ll say this everyday if need be but you can blame the awful Manchinema as much as you like for Dem inaction but the reality is that much of the leadership of the Democratic Party, from the White House to Congress, is not cut out for this radical political moment we are in.
‘Vote harder’ just doesn’t cut it, that’s for sure. Yes, tell people to vote but vote for what? What’s the plan? Codify Roe? Okay but what happens when the Supreme Court shoots it down? And vote harder without… voting rights? That’s a very privileged and closed-eye approach.
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Jun 23
As you watch the Supreme Court today undermine some rights (Miranda!) while expanding others (guns!), don’t forget that it doesn’t have to be this way. Dems control the White House & both branches of Congress for a few months more & could un-pack/re-balance this GOP-packed court.
All the folks shouting ‘Manchin & Sinema’ in the replies, 1) I am well aware of their obstructionism & have devoted multiple shows to them over past 18 months, but 2) how come Biden, Schumer, & Pelosi oppose court expansion? Why can’t they come out for it & make it party policy??
You can blame a lot of stuff on Manchin & Sinema, and I do!, but you can’t blame them for Biden and Pelosi and other top Dems repeatedly ignoring, belittling, and knocking down the idea of Supreme Court expansion. It needs to be mainstream Dem policy and pledge for the midterms.
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Apr 25
“To smear ordinary gay Americans working in our schools as secret ‘groomers’ or as pedophiles is sick, is inexcusable, is outrageous."

I spoke from the heart on @MSNBC re GOP tropes & reminded viewers of our dark past & how I evolved on this issue too:
"Even decades later... helping perpetuate that [anti-gay] nonsense is without a doubt still one of the things I regret most. I don't want to go back to that awful time."

My commentary on the GOP trying to turn back the clock, and my own past/evolution:
"Yet today. in 2022, when gay rights are established in law and command the overwhelming support of the American public, you have a Republican Party that is bringing back those anti-gay tropes and smears in plain sight."
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Apr 22
Me: "Isn’t that hypocritical, that [Israel] has nuclear weapons that you don’t allow the IAEA to check?"
Ehud Olmert: "I'm not under investigation here and I'm not under police inquiry."

My exchange with ex-Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on nukes:
Olmert to me: "You are very nervous, don’t be so nervous."

Me to Olmert: "I'm not the one not answering a question about [Israel's] nuclear weapons."

Watch our exchange on Israel's secret nukes stockpile, that they refuse to acknowledge or open to IAEA:
Me: "Israel has nuclear weapons does it not?
Ehud Olmert: "I'm not under inquiry here...Israel never admitted that it has any nuclear capacity."
Me: "That's convenient."
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Apr 12
Literally from the link you cite:

“1-in-3 adults under 30 owe 34% of all student loan debt, totaling $578 billion. 34% of adults aged 18 to 29 years have student loan debt, making them more than twice as likely as adults in any other age group to have student debt.”
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Also:
Also from January, @NateSilver538

cnbc.com/2022/01/28/mos…
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