“There is no place for political violence” has been a pretty common refrain throughout the weekend. It really got me thinking. ”Political violence” must be one of those “you know it when you see it” types of things.

Let’s see…
🧵👇🏻 Political violence strikes me as a visual medium but there are so many things that occur before we see the blood that I think might be political violence. Are we just numb to it? How do we define what is political violence and what is just violence? Why is it different?

There’s been a lot said about Joe Biden since the debate. I, along with so many of you, watched it play out in real time as respected news transmitters read out ‘inside texts’ from knee jerk reactionaries.
After much thought, I won’t be voting for Joe Biden because he’s old.
🧵👇🏻 I’ll be voting for Joe Biden because he’s team democracy. I’m voting for ideas he represents. I’m voting for the team of people he can put together. I’m voting for my own interests and for your ability to vote for your own interests. I didn’t vote for him last time either, btw.

I am loathe to do predictions. However, there are some things you just can’t help but see coming. Project 2025 is a blinking red alarm and we all need to be aware of the stakes of this election. Please familiarize yourself with EO11246, be discriminating voters.

A wee thread🧵👇🏻 On September 24th, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11246. EO11246 established Equal Opportunity Employment. It includes Non-Discrimination in Government. It includes Non-Discrimination Employment by Government Contractors and Subcontractors.

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Trust me…
🧵👇🏻 The above is the oath the President takes at 12 noon on January 20. Typically, it is administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but there is no law that makes that a requirement. You could have your gran do it. So why is it *usually* the Chief Justice?

Project 2025 is a day 1 program.

If trump wins, the period between Biden and trump would see the installation of trump acolytes in every corner of our government ready to begin the dismantling of institutions on January 20, 2025.

Have you ever heard of a Blackie’s Warrant?
🧵👇🏻 Of course not because it has no impact on your life whatsoever. Or does it? Because it totally does. If you have ever eaten in a restaurant, or eaten food from a grocery store or stayed in a hotel, or had a loved one being cared for, you may want to keep reading.

You may have recently seen an article @mtredden wrote in the Huffington Post about Judges going to a fancy West Virginia resort with the Koch funded Judicial Education Institute picking up the tab.



I am not sure I can find the words…👇🏻🤦🏼‍♂️
🧵huffpost.com/entry/judges-l… The article discusses how a newly appointed federal judge (who is married to an Affinity Partner of Jared Kushner, btw) did away with mask mandates on airplanes with the help of something called the Corpus of Historical American English.

tampabay.com/news/florida/2…

It’s been a while since we’ve used the wayback machine. Let’s see how it holds up on a short trip. We’re going to go on a journey back to a time before trump was president.

Don’t get too excited. It’s to do with aid to Ukraine.

A wee thread🧵👇🏻 On July 28, 2016, in Cleveland at the Republican National Committee, the GOP removed a single issue from their party platform. Essentially, it became trump policy to no longer provide aid to Ukraine.

A delegate said it was taken out by trump’s people.

npr.org/2017/12/04/568…

There will no doubt be a lot said by smarter people than I about this ruling in the GA v trump et al. case, but I would like to offer two important thoughts I hope they don’t miss.

Full ruling linked below.

Celebrity appearances not endorsements.
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s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2448… Firstly, please understand the danger. Look at what just happened. The whole country has been on edge awaiting this ruling because it determined whether or not a former president accused of some gangster shit, might get away with it because of some more gangster shit.

Roughly 25 things to know about Project 2025

Have you heard of Project 2025? It’s a ‘Playbook’. You can read the whole “Mandate” for yourself at this link and I encourage you to do so. *Please* know who you’re voting for in November.

A wee thread🧵👇🏻

thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/project2025/20…
First thing to know: There is a Project 2025. This is important to know. It exists. It’s a plan. It’s coming day one of the next conservative presidency. I am not being hyperbolic. If you are seeing this, it will have some impact on your life. It’s designed to.

I was thinking about my dad the other day. He’s still here, he’s fine. I was just thinking about him.

WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE

My dad would tell me stories about guys like his dad. Guys like his dad fought in WWII. Guys like my dad, revered those guys.

A wee thread🧵👇🏻 The only reason the tv set growing up didn’t have the History Channel logo burned into it was because occasionally, I’d watch sports. The history channel had documentary after documentary of WWII. My dad likes the air battles. He would talk about “Those Guys”.

You guys…I think I’m going to call it a year. I will begin my final thread of 2024 as I mean to end it, and that is conversationally and with gratitude. Thank you for all your continued dedication to self-determination and democracy.

I’m tired.

A wee 🧵👇🏻 This year was more difficult than last year. Things are getting harder. My balance is getting worse and my body is getting stiffer. I’ve had more falls this year than last. Speaking of falls, it seems more leaves fell in the yard this year than last.

This is a wee thread. I tell you that now because there is no clever preamble, no fun intro to pique your interest. Just a simple request that you know I lack understand on this topic and make no judgments. I share it so those who can make sense of it hopefully do so.

🧵👇🏻 On December 23rd of 2016, the United Nations adopted UN resolution number 2334. It is here for you to read. Please do so. If you don’t, know the gist is that this UN Security Council resolution stated that Israel’s settlements have no legal validity.

press.un.org/en/2016/sc1265…

Good Saturday morning everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. For those of you not watching the John Eastman disciplinary hearing for his law license in CA, here’s a wee recap of the week.
🧵👇🏻 Let’s get caught up. Last time, Matt Seligman, a Harvard-Yale-Stanford-attorney-professor told us how he dedicated himself to reading every word he could get his eyes on about the transition of power since the 1780’s. This was an expert witness in every way.

Do you guys remember when we talked about Election Integrity? I think I did about 7 or so threads on that over the years. I hoped I was done. Perhaps 8 is enough?
A wee thread.

🧵👇🏻 Day 1 of the Election Crime Bureau symposium was a report out by each of the election integrity teams of the 50 states. Each had 3 elements. The first, a scorecard showing each of the States laws relative to things like Voter ID, No Drop Boxes, No Mail in voting. Each, scored.

Part III

Thank you to anyone who may have taken this long journey with me. I appreciate your commitment to democracy. This is one you may wish to read without distraction. If any of this information is new to you, it means you are not part of their plan.
🧵👇🏻 On June 17, 1987 a woman named Ursula Meese wrote a letter to Judge R. Allen Edgar in Chattanooga, TN. She was writing for leniency for a friend of hers. Her friend was a Congressman from TN who had been convicted of filing a false tax return.

Part II

On March 23, 1966 on page 6586 of the House Congressional Record appears the name Laszlo Szabo. Szabo was an officer in Hungarian Intelligence and Security Service until October 18, 1965 when he asked the US Govt for political asylum.
🧵👇🏻 Szabo testified in front of Congress. He told them that “2 forged issues of Newsweek Magazine were circulated in Africa, Asia and elsewhere in late 1963. The forgeries attempted to convey a false picture of the civil rights movement in America.”

Part I

I must have accidentally started up the wayback machine because it took me to 1969 into the living room of a guy talking about Communism, Marxism, and something called the John Birch Society. There was a bunch of people there, but unfortunately, no snacks.

🧵👇🏻 I’m kidding, I watched a video on YouTube called:
“This is the John Birch Society”

You can search it out and follow along if you’d like to. This series is an attempt to bring forth information shared in that video which appears to be a recruitment film from 1969.

Pay attention.

This thread is a bit of a departure from my typical offering. I don’t usually like to share what I go through when I’m ‘in the soup’ so to speak because I don’t think you’d find it particularly interesting and we have a democracy to save. I’ll keep it short.
🧵👇🏻 As you may know, I suffer from Ménière’s disease. For me it comes in waves. I have sudden attacks of violent vertigo. If I have one, I know more are coming. I also suffer from hyperacusis which for me means sound causes physical pain. Like most, this is not my only health issue.

The GOP would rather default on our debt than raise the debt ceiling.
The Democrats would rather raise the debt ceiling than default on our debt.

What is our debt anyway? 🤷🏼‍♂️

It’s you. You and I are our debt. So this means the GOP wants to default on you. It is theft.
🧵👇🏻 You pay your taxes and think to yourself, the government is stealing from me. So what do you do about it? You complain, get up and go to work so they can take your money in the form of taxes so you can complain about it, get up and go to work so they can take your money…

Do you remember when we found out who Senator Mike Lee was texting on November 9, 2020? You can read about that in the embedded thread, but come back to this one to find out what he was texting on December 30, 2020…
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https://twitter.com/dempseytwo/status/1515664552326750211

Welcome to all who clicked straight through to this part of our choose your own adventure. And welcome to those who read the embedded thread above. That was crazy, right? Here we go…

The Bottom Line Up Front:

The take over of the Supreme Court by the Republicans looks like an effort to undo prior decisions made by….wait, this can’t be right…the Republicans.

Do you remember Sandra Day O’Connor?

A wee🧵👇🏻 I bet the @aclu remembers her. They certainly had her on their mind…well, they had her successor in mind, when they put this list together when she came off the court.

aclu.org/other/cases-wh…