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Aug 10 • 10 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
1/10. Trump knew he was going to lose the 2020 election.
2/10. It was predictable from his rhetoric in 2020 that he would try a coup to stay in power.
commonwealmagazine.org/not-normal-ele…
3/10. Trump knew that he lost the 2020 election.
4/10. Trump told a big lie in November 2020, in the precise sense of the term: so big that people wouldn't believe he would deceive them on such a scale.
5/10. The big lie itself is evidence of foreknowledge and intent to commit crimes.
6/10. Trump's big lie has had the predictable consequence of warping our political culture and making democracy harder to sustain.
7/10. Trump knew that he was lying. His collaborators knew that they were lying. A trial will be a useful reminder of that.
govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GP…
8/10. Trump knew that he was committing crimes. His collaborators knew they were committing crimes. Here again, a trial will help.
nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/…
9/10. The main reason that Trump should be tried for crimes associated with his big lie and coup attempt is to preserve the rule of law. He deserves a fair trial as would everyone else.
10/10. Big lies and coup attempts have to be seen for what they are, or they will multiply and bring down our system of government. So we also need a trial for the sake of a future of democracy.

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Jun 10
0/10 After Russia's destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, Ukrainians face a manmade calamity amidst the other horrors of Russia's invasion. Ukrainians are at work rescuing their fellow citizens from high waters, often braving Russian fire to do it. Here are ten ways to help.
1. Ukraïner have a small group on the scene who have been evacuating people right from the beginning. Your donation would mean a lot to them. You can support them on Paypal by following this link:
quicknote.io/23a881c0-e810-…
2. Rescue Now UA is a Ukrainian evacuation organization founded when this invasion began, now active in Kherson. They are constituted as a US 501(c)3 so donations by Americans are tax-deductible. You can consult the donation link here:
app.rescuenow.com.ua/en/campaigns/s…
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Jun 9
1/15. Today I read a number of Republican elected representatives assigning themselves the role of judge and jury in the Trump espionage case.
2/15. Why do I write "judge and jury"? Because to declare the man not guilty is to take the place of the judicial branch.
3/15. It's one thing when an average citizen does this.  We can all have our opinions. But it's quite another when a senator or a representative makes such a claim.
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Timothy Snyder Profile picture
Jun 9
0/10 After Russia's destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, Ukrainians face a manmade calamity amidst the other horrors of Russia's invasion. Ukrainians are at work rescuing their fellow citizens from high waters, often braving Russian fire to do it. Here are ten ways to help.
1. Ukraïner have a small group on the scene who have been evacuating people right from the beginning. Your donation would mean a lot to them. You can support them on Paypal by following this link:
quicknote.io/23a881c0-e810-…
2. Rescue Now UA is a Ukrainian evacuation organization founded when this invasion began, now active in Kherson. They are constituted as a US 501(c)3 so donations by Americans are tax-deductible. You can consult the donation link here:
app.rescuenow.com.ua/en/campaigns/s…
Read 12 tweets
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Jun 7
0/10 The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, controlled by Russia, has been destroyed. This brings humanitarian, ecological, and economic disaster to Ukrainians. Here are some guidelines for writing about this catastrophe.
1. Avoid the temptation to bothsides a calamity.  That's not journalism.
2. When a Russian spokesperson claims that Ukraine did something (e.g. blow a dam), this is not part of a story of an event in the real world.  It is part of a different story: about all the outrageous claims Russia has made about Ukraine since invading in 2014.
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Mar 16
Brief selections from and notes about the "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine" released to the @UN_HRC, which recognizes Russian war crimes in Ukraine. 0/8
"The Commission has documented patterns of willful killings, unlawful confinement, torture, rape, and unlawful transfers of detainees in the areas that came under the control of Russian authorities in Ukraine." @UN_HRC 1/8
"The Commission has found a widespread pattern of torture and inhuman treatment committed by Russian authorities against people they detained." @UN_HRC 2/8
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Mar 5
Thread pulling out some especially salient bits of @Mason_R_Clark's fine argument for how to bring the Russo-Ukrainian war to an end. 0/9
time.com/6258132/what-t…
"Putin is unlikely to ever change his maximalist intent to secure control over Ukraine." 1/9
@Mason_R_Clark
"Putin has tried to gain control over Ukraine in increasingly extreme ways for two decades" 2/9
@Mason_R_Clark
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