GOP election pitch:
- yes we tried to overthrow US Gov’t, but we *failed*
- our last 3 POTUS brought recessions and higher deficits
- we want the planet to warm faster, more kids to die in schools, tens of millions to lose health insurance
- Slavery was good, child labor too 1/
- American First! Except when it comes to Russia and Saudi Arabia.
- No the War on Terror/Iraq and Afghan Wars were NOT the biggest foreign policy disasters in US history
- you thought Dred Scott decision was bad, wait to you meet the Roberts Court
- book banning is good 2/
- Our largest political organization is PRETENDING to be a news organization and was found guilty of lying to our viewers to aide an insurrection against the United States
- Russia, can you hear me?
- Tried to crash US/global economies to hurt Biden but *failed* at that too 3/
- we also undermined America’s COVID response, making sure far more Americans died than would have otherwise. 4/
On the various third party candidates: 1) none of them have any chance of winning, so not sure they deserve our attention 2) given gravity of election, likely all will get far less support than they hope 3) for Dems, strategic response is the same - spend time building up Biden
4) embrace of pro-Putin positions by West & Kennedy are deeply disqualifying, will be huge problem for them 5) anticipate extraordinary artificial amplification of all these candidates in social media - don't be surprised by it, mistake it for real support
6) as for No Labels, think real story is not its power but its weakness. My guess is absolute ceiling for Manchin or anyone else is like 8-10%.
Will be within a few months clear failure, life long embarrassment for whomever goes. Does Joe Manchin want to become Jill Stein? Why?
209k new jobs, wage growth strong, unemployment 3.6%, inflation 1.2%
33.8m jobs = 16 years Clinton Obama
13.2m jobs = 29 months Biden
1.9m jobs = 16 years 2 Bushes Trump
7 times as many Biden jobs as last 3 R Presidents COMBINED! 1/
Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, there have been 49m jobs created in America. 47m - 96% - have been created under Democratic Presidents. Basically all of them. 2/
Job creation under Biden has been running at 50 times the rate per month than the last 3 GOP Presidents.
Rs averaged 10k per month over 16 years. This month alone was 200,000, or almost 2 yrs of R job growth. 3/
Much to celebrate today:
- best recovery of any advanced economy
- growth remains strong, no recession on horizon
- inflation has come way down, 1.2% in May
- deficit, flows to the border, murder rates all significantly down
My wish on this July 4th is for us to feel better abt the American project, our democracy, our leaders, our institutions, each other.
Far more is going right than wrong in US today; Americans are a good people, and we are a great nation.
We have to find our way back, together.
Joe Biden is a good President.
The country is better off.
We have a lot of challenges ahead, and MAGA remains a serious threat, but we have made so much progress, and need to celebrate the wins when they come.
To my friend @RonBrownstein, I wonder if this really is a "dead hand" moment w/the Court. Current Court wasn't appointed in a previous ideological era, and stayed on. They somehow wrested control w/only 45% of the vote over last 8 elections, and are rolling back freedoms. 1/
Current SCOTUS situation feels far more illiberal and reactionary than "dead hand," particularly given that one of the seats is stolen, and 2 Justices, Alito and Roberts, were appointed by a President given the Presidency by the Court itself. 2/
Court has serious legitimacy issues now:
- Rs only getting 45% of the vote since 1992 but have a 6-3 Court majority
- ongoing corruption, new 303 Creative scandal 👇
- Garland stolen seat, Coney Barrett's appt violated McConnell rule
For every one starting to check into the ridiculous RFK campaign spend some time on google learning about the long history of Russian amplification of anti-vaxx sentiment in the US and Europe.
Research has shown that Russian anti-vaxx amplification began in the US as early as 2014, and was arguably the first wide scale Russian social media op in the US. These early tests helped inform Russia’s consequential pro-Trump work in 2016.
It’s really unbelievable that Elon and his crew have fallen into this anti-vaxx, pro-Russian, anti-Western cesspool.
Lots of people died due to this crazy shit; it’s deeply tied to Russia; and it all appears designed literally to kill more people in the West, spread disease.
Hello GOP talking points:
- illegal border crossings down 70%
- murder rates down 12%
- economy is strong/recession not imminent
- inflation/deficit down
- Putin struggling in Ukraine
- Trump family took $2b fr Saudi gvt
- Your dude betrayed the country 1/