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Jul 7, 2024 25 tweets 9 min read Read on X
🇺🇸The media has become numb and impotent in handling the worst candidate in the history of US elections.
It’s time for the media to step up and do their job.
🧵that question why the media isn’t demanding Donald Trump to drop out!?
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Trump's character is marred by a history of narcissism, deceit, and disrespect. His derogatory comments about women, minorities, and even his opponents reflect a personality unfit for leadership.
Why is not any major news outlets or pundits asking him to drop out? 🤔
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Character: The infamous Access Hollywood tape revealed Trump boasting about sexually assaulting women, saying he can "grab them by the pussy." Such statements are beyond reprehensible. This should still be a reason for the media to be calling for his withdrawal. 🚫
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Character: Trump called fallen soldiers in Normandy "suckers & losers." This profound disrespect for those who gave their lives for the country is appalling. Veterans deserve better; Trump should step aside. 🇺🇸
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Character: Trump called John McCain "not a war hero" because he was captured. This blatant disrespect for a POW who served his country is disgraceful. He is not worthy of being in the race. 😡
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Character: Trump mocked disabled reporter Serge Kovaleski during a rally, showing a shocking lack of empathy and respect for people with disabilities. Such behavior is unbecoming of any leader.
Time to step down. 😠
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Character: How Trump shoved away Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic at a NATO summit serves as an example of what an arsehole he is and the disrespect he has for other people.
He is an embarrassment for the US internationally. 🌍
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Competence & Stupidity: Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was disastrous. His downplaying of the virus and promotion of unproven treatments, including suggesting the use of bleach as a cure, led to preventable deaths.
Why is he still in the race? 🦠
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Recently, Trump gave a bizarre speech, discussing battery-powered boats and sharks. He imagined a scenario where passengers chose between electrocution and shark attack, showcasing a lack of coherence and relevance.
Such incoherence is a red flag. 🚩
Competence & Stupidity: Trump proposed raking forests to prevent wildfires, an idea widely mocked by experts for its lack of understanding of forest management.
His lack of knowledge on many subjects is alarming.
He should withdraw his candidacy. 🌲
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Competence & Stupidity: Trump claimed that windmills cause cancer, a baseless and ridiculous assertion that was widely debunked. His spreading of misinformation undermines trust in scientific facts.
He should bow out gracefully. 💨
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Trump's presidency lacked significant achievements in key areas such as jobs, infrastructure, manufacturing, and foreign policy. He left a nation with little progress.
Trump needs to be confronted as the worst President in the history of the US. 🔧
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Policies: Trump's immigration policies, notably the family separation policy, were condemned globally for their cruelty and inhumanity. This is not who we are.
He will do it again. He should step down from the race. 🏠
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Policies: His attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act would have stripped millions of Americans of their healthcare. Such disregard for public welfare is unacceptable.
He has no new plan and It's time for him to step aside. 🏥
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Policies: Trump’s environmental policies, including rolling back regulations and withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, have set back efforts to combat climate change and protect our planet.
For a sustainable future, the media should as him not to run. 🌎
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Policies: His trade wars, particularly with China, harmed American farmers and businesses, leading to economic instability.
These actions should prompt calls for his withdrawal from the race. 🌾
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Policies: Trump is bragging about being responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade and attacking reproductive rights, voting laws, and more.
If someone’s not asking him to drop out, this alone should be a reason to vote blue down ballot. 🔵
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Trump faces multiple criminal indictments, including charges related to election interference and the Espionage Act.
He is also found guilty in the hush money trial.
Such legal issues should automatically disqualify him.
It's time for the media to ask him to leave the race. ⚖️Image
Crimes: A jury found him guilty of sexual assault in the E. Jean Carroll case, raising serious ethical and moral concerns. There are also claims from other women and serious allegations regarding the Epstein case. Someone with such a record should not run for office. 🚨
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Crimes: Trump faces numerous legal challenges, including the Trump Organization's conviction for tax fraud, a $25 million settlement in the Trump University civil lawsuit, and the dissolution of the Trump Foundation.
For the sake of integrity, he should step aside. 💼
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Crimes: Trump’s financial scandals, including profiting from his presidency, highlight a blatant disregard for ethical standards.
Why isn’t he confronted with this when he talk to the media or in debates?💰
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Crimes: His abuse of power when he attempted to coerce Ukraine into investigating a political rival showcased his willingness to undermine democracy for personal gain. He should not be running for office again. 🇺🇦
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Crimes: Trump's handling of sensitive national security documents and his willingness to show them to unauthorized individuals pose a grave threat to national security.
For the safety of the US and the world, he should not be allowed to be a candidate. 🔒
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The accumulation of character flaws, incompetence, harmful policies, and criminal allegations paints a clear picture.
For the sake us all, the media must relentlessly question and follow up during debates and interviews.
The convicted felon Trump needs to drop out.Image
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Feb 1
🇬🇪Georgia is sliding into a legal dictatorship. Not overnight. Step by step. Each protest is met with a new tailored law.
Each law designed to exhaust, criminalize, and isolate society until resistance itself becomes illegal.
Here is how the latest law changes everything.
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Step one: the so-called “Russian law.” Sold as transparency. In reality, a stigma law targeting civil society and media. Georgians protested in massive numbers. The government learned protest alone would not stop it.
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Step two: halting EU accession talks. A strategic break with Europe, framed as “sovereignty.”
Georgians protested again. The message from society was clear: Europe is the choice, not isolation.
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🇬🇪Georgian Dream is Europe’s most un-democratic and human rights-violating force currently in power.
Today, they announced new amendments to the "Law on Grants" that criminalize receiving foreign support, restrict political participation, and outlaw core democratic activity
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Georgian Dream is doing this for one simple reason: it works. Every previous authoritarian law has been met only with Western “concern,” “worry,” and polite “urges to reconsider.”
No consequences. No costs.
GD feel absolute power and they use it to crush all opposition.
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They can do it because EU and US politicians are not reacting. Silence has become permission. Each non-response signals that the next anti democratic escalation will also be met with no reactions.
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🇬🇪Georgia and Georgian Dream is emerging as a key enabler of Russia’s sanctioned shadow fleet.
New reporting by Finland’s YLE reveals how Georgia-registered companies are keeping Russian oil tankers operational despite EU sanctions.
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At the center is Arnika Trade LLC, a company registered in Tbilisi, identified as a key intermediary supplying spare parts for Finnish Wärtsilä engines used on Russian tankers under sanctions.
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These are not old contracts or accidental spillovers.
The reporting documents systematic deliveries from 2023–2025, routed via third countries specifically to evade EU and Western export controls.
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🇬🇪🇮🇷Georgia is strategically very important to the Iranian regime.
Not marginal. Not incidental.
Under Georgian Dream, Georgia has become a country Iran actively relies on to move money, goods, and political influence.
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That importance did not emerge by accident. It grew as Georgian Dream steadily lowered political, diplomatic, and economic barriers between Tbilisi and Tehran, even as Iran faced deeper international isolation.
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🇬🇪Georgia is no longer a democracy.
This is not “backsliding” or “under strain”.
It is an authoritarian system where power is, right now, being engineered to never change hands.
Calling it anything else is denial.
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Georgian Dream didn’t stumble into this.
They built it.
🔹Law by law
🔹Fine by fine
🔹Ban by ban
Repression that looks legal still counts as repression.
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This includes the systematic party takeover of the state itself.
🔹Courts
🔹Prosecutors
🔹Regulators
🔹Electoral bodies
🔹Oversight institutions
Once captured, these bodies stop restraining power and start enforcing it.
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Thousands of Iranian-linked businesses are now registered in Georgia. Trade volumes are up. Air links operate. Financial and commercial channels remain unusually permissive for a country formally aligned with the West.
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