With an “increasingly Stalinist atmosphere enveloping, suffocating [Russia]” for all you Putin loving Trump Republicans who stand in opposition to aiding Ukraine, here’s just a small bit of what your boy is doing to his own people. #Navalny @juliaioffe
puck.news/the-tragedy-of… “A 72-year-old woman was sentenced to five years in a penal colony for sharing someone else’s posts on social media. А young woman was given jail time for wearing rainbow earrings after the Kremlin named the “international L.G.B.T. movement” an extremist one, on par with ISIS.”

1/5 “My intent to give a voice to Oklahomans who had questions was never also an intent to diminish the voice of any Black American.” @SenatorLankford what exactly did you think was going to happen when you sought to throw out the votes in Ga., MI. or Pa.?

https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1349955786420715521

2/5 What did you hear exactly when we pleaded with you and your colleagues not to pursue this course of action? And while you ignored our plea, what evidence did you present to justify your decision to overturn this election?

1/4 I believe like a majority of my fellows patriots the office of the Presidency embodies who we are as Americans. It represents the heart of our compassion, the better dreams of those who built this country both freed and enslaved, the eyes of those filled with hope or despair 2/4 and the wisdom of each of us to make a meaningful difference. The Chair behind the Resolute Desk has always been bigger than any one person or any political party.
It is neither prop nor ornament. It is the seat of the people.

1/8 As attention turns to the #MuellerTestimony I'm reminded of Sen. Margaret Chase Smith in her 1950 #DeclarationofConscience--a response to her party and the tactics of #McCarthyism--where she noted among other things "We are Republicans. But We are Americans first." 2/8 "It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country. Democrats and Republicans alike have contributed to that confusion.."