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Threads: radioactive.manticore (NewJeffCT)
Apr 28, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
To those who said Putin would not have invaded Ukraine when Trump was prez–that may be true, because Trump was so spineless & submissive around Putin that Russia got everything they wanted from Trump when Trump was in office
Let's look at some of what Trump did for Putin:
1/91) When Donny was running in 2016, long-time Russian asset & Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort led the effort to weaken GOP support for Ukraine in the official party platform.
2) Trump did not commit to NATO Article 5 to defend fellow members
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Mar 21, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Yes, inflation is high right now, but there has been a ton of great economic news since Biden took office. If you watched the news, however, you would think nothing good is happening with the economy. Is that really true, though?
Let’s look at some numbers:
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In December 2020, the last full month of Biden’s predecessor, the unemployment rate was 6.7%. Last month, it was 3.8%. That's a huge drop under Biden.
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Jan 12, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
A little over 30 years ago, the right-wing propaganda machine launched with Rush Limbaugh & his big syndicated radio audience across the country. He was so influential in the GOP that then President George H.W. Bush carried Rush's bags when Rush visited the White House.
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A few years later, Fox News was launched & eager Republicans defected en masse from CNN & mainstream media to find their safe space away from somewhat balanced news coverage that dared to sometimes ask hard questions of the GOP.
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Jul 6, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD –
Before his colossal failures with COVID-19, Donny Trump used to brag about the economy & much of the media went along for the ride. However, was the economy really that good before the #TrumpDepression hit? Let’s look at the facts:
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#wtpTEAM #wtp2020 @wtp__2020
First, Trump’s own words condemn him on the pre-COVID economy here where he CUT the pay of federal workers citing serious economic conditions. If the economy was great, why the wage cuts?
