1:03 mark of this #Durham hearing @HouseJudiciary on the #DurhamReport questioning by @RepSwalwell was a masterclass:

ES: President Biden through the Attorney General could have had you removed, fired, is that right?

Durham: I’m sure he could have.

ES: And you stayed on.

Durham: I completed my term as special counsel.

ES: Was there anyone you wanted to indict that you were prohibited from indicting by Attorney General Garland?

Durham: No.

🧵For context, this is the @latimes column I penned in August of 2022 that according to @TheAtlantic @TimAlberta's deep dive into CNN, had CEO Chris Licht bragging to his friends that he would "destroy" me.

Link: latimes.com/opinion/story/… It's very revealing that a piece from an Asian American commentator elicited this kind of reaction. First of all, I stand by every single word I wrote. I believe the entire purpose of a news organization is to protect truth and fact, to keep its audience tethered to reality.

I'm sure everyone on the right who is piling on @donlemon right now will be quick to direct the same energy and venom toward Greg Gutfeld ...

huffpost.com/entry/fox-news… or Donald Trump: vox.com/2016/10/7/1320…

🧵If you want an idea of the type of country Republicans are looking to create, take a look at how their party operates.

It is a place where if you vocalize any dissent, you will get canceled. It is a place where if you disagree with their anointed one, you will get branded a traitor and endlessly threatened and harassed.

It is a place where if you follow the law, you will be designated as an outcast.

Messaging Advice for Democrats: when talking about this historic #Infrastructure bill:

1.) Infrastructure = jobs. This is a job creation bill.

2.) Don’t get caught up in dollar figures - it’s not tangible enough to most Americans. Stick to language like “historic investment in” 3.) This bill is fully paid for. Period.

4.) #DemocratsDeliver more clean water to American families & to 400,000 schools.

5.) #DemsDeliver broadband internet access to millions of Americans who don’t currently have it.

6.) Most meaningful commitment to address Climate threat!

As I stand on this hallowed ground, I think about the lives of those who we lost, what their stories could have been, about the heroism of first-responders, and the remarkable demonstrations of unity that swept our nation.

#September11 #NeverForget thread I then think about the #PatriotAct, the lies that brought us to an un-winnable war, the way Fox News used the fear brought on by #September11 to stoke division through fear, weaponize the notion of “liberty” & radicalize the GOP electorate.

This morning, as I was helping with the set up for #ClimateForum2020, a Georgetown campus officer stopped me as I was coming back into the venue. I explained I was with the event and that there were people at the top of the stairwell who could vouch for my presence there. He grabbed my arm (I’m on a flight of stairs). I pulled away and asked him, “why are you grabbing me? Just follow me and around the corner is the entire crew. Once there, he grabs my arm again. I pull away. He yells that I’ve “assaulted him” and then three officers tackle me.

1.) Pretty much my entire life I've been asked (primary by white people) the question that I imagine every "asian" person cringes at inside: "Where are you from?" I'm certain the person asking this is completely ignorant to how annoying this question is and why... 2.) Over time, I began to answer the question by saying "New York" or "California" - where I had spent my childhood and formative years - just to give the person the benefit of the doubt that they weren't going where I already knew they were...