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Nov 3 4 tweets 2 min read
Some people are on the fence on their midterm votes because, while the loss of women’s, workers’, and LGBTQ rights kind of stinks, they are more worried about prices. If that is you, have you heard any actual plan the GOP has to remedy this?
#ResistanceUnited
#LiveBlue2022
It’s easy enough to yell “Prices! Economy! Very bad things!” But the GOP answer to your economic pain is to let companies do what they want (other than support diversity), cut Social Security and Medicare, and cut taxes for the rich. None of this helps you.
Americans face different battles, different struggles, different challenges. That’s part of why our democracy exists, part of why we depend on it. Democrats want your voice to be heard; republicans want dark money and gerrymandering to ensure their richest donors carry the day.
Whatever your highest priorities are, look to the leaders who want to hear it, and want to develop not just an attack line about it, but a plan to address it. The Democratic Party is currently the only source of those leaders. #VoteBlueIn2022

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Nov 3
So my concern with this kind of post isn’t the condescension of “educate yourself,” nor the absurdity of believing a widely discredited “documentary” from a lazy partisan felony hack over all the evidence that the election was free and fair.
My concern is more that pseudo-intellectuals like @DineshDSouza give cover to folks like Paul here to participate in the undoing of democracy. Whether Paul is an intentional dissembler or an unwitting fool is really irrelevant.
We live in a world where if you want to find “evidence” for any position in the world, you can do so. And if a Paul is too busy selling real estate or too lazy or incompetent to vet obviously partisan sources of disinformation, he just shares blatant lies out to the world.
Read 8 tweets
Nov 3
More than at any other time in my life, 2022 is an election for the long term. Republicans have promised obstruction and retribution if they gain majorities, and we have seen enough in recent years to know they are not bluffing. (Thread)
#ResistanceUnited
#LiveBlue2022
Disappointed by the Dobbs opinion? So am I. But a Republican senate will never confirm a Biden SC nominee; it will get worse, not better.
Upset that we haven’t seen accountability for the Trump White House RICO conspiracy? Guess what happens to every congressional investigation if Democrats lose control? They get replaced by the Gym Jordan Snitches Get Stitches Committee.
Read 9 tweets
Nov 1
Democracy is hard. For it to work, candidates have to present their ideas to an often skeptical public. People who disagree have to find a way to work toward the common good. Today’s GOP comes with no ideas, no working together, no honest reckoning with voters. (Thread)
Most of the media is conditioned to be a conduit for dialectic: to push conflicting ideas together as part of the process of choosing. But today, we don’t have that, and we need to stop pretending. One party wants democracy to work, and one does not.
I am voting blue down the line: not because any candidate is perfect, not because I agree with every individual position, but because I am not ready to give up on our American system of government. That makes democrats our only viable option.
Read 4 tweets
Nov 1
Republican talking points are all about attacks, rather than about ideas designed to improve American lives. There is a reason for this: across the board, Democrats’ policies work better for you. (Thread)
#ResistanceUnited
#LiveBlue2022

vox.com/policy-and-pol…
The most obvious area of this is human rights. If you or someone you know and love is a woman, a minority, or LGBTQ, Democrats want to protect your rights. Republicans want to use you in culture wars designed to distract from their policy deficiencies.

speaker.gov/issues/human-c…
But there’s more. For all the GOP talk about how the economy is more important than citizens’ rights, democratic policies work better for the economy too.

cnbc.com/2022/10/31/op-…
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Sep 25
At first glance, the GOP plans for this country make little sense. None has popular appeal. None makes the lives of most citizens better. But if you view it all as a plan for subjugation, it starts to make sense. (Thread)
#ResistanceUnited
#LiveBlue2022
First, a note. They are saying things out loud now that they wouldn’t have not long ago. That’s because they believe they’ve gerrymandered themselves a House win, and lied their way to as many statewide seats as they can. They think they’ve gamed their way to votes not mattering.
And the truth is, they are close. So many people vote against their interests, or sit out entirely. Democrats need to work harder than ever to get voters to act on their own behalf. 2022 may be one of the last chances to do so.
Read 12 tweets
Sep 24
Tonight’s #FridayLimericks spotlight @JRMajewski, who, um… 🤦‍♂️ #LimerickRhyme
Though he’s seeking to help write our laws,
Now Majewski is grasping at straws.
He has plenty to say—
But he’s lying all day,
Throwing crap out to cover his flaws.
He’s a nut job who doesn’t belong—
And on every position he’s wrong.
But the GOP cheats’
Gerrymandering feats
Gave a chance where he doesn’t belong.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/05/27/fed…
JR’s fully a Q-Anon nut;
Skips the facts and talks straight from his butt.
He was there in the mix
To attack on 1/6–
Which alone means he can’t make the cut.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
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