I have an observation. It will be a depressing one, but my intent is not to depress you; it is to diagnose an issue so that we can collectively treat it. I believe Democratic voters, at this moment in time, feel like they have just enough strength for one more big fight. We lived through 4 years of Trump. We fought him at every turn. We defeated him. We lived through COVID. We've overcome that, as well. Then, we've lived through the Biden presidency & we've had to experience the fatigue of No One but Us seeing the good Biden has done.

Anyone who acts pompous about Biden vs. someone else at this stage is lying to you. There is no certainty here, other than the election can be won. There is no perfect way to turn the dial. To gain just enough voters such that you don't lose so many others. This is ridiculous. I have no real knowledge of how Biden or Harris would do better in terms of the general election. All I have are arguments, tied together w/ data-analytic observations & personal reflections. That's all any of us have. I'm so tired of know-it-alls. People w/ humility know more.

We have to start connecting the dots. Here are 2 examples:
1. Climate Scientist @MichaelEMann, writing about how Doom is exploited by Russia to degrade climate change action
2. Historian @TimothyDSnyder, writing about how Doom has been exploited by Russia & fascists everywhere

I began to connect the dots earlier this year. I had been feeling doom since 10/7. Doom b/c of all the real, awful events. Then doom b/c of what felt like a shared reality & purpose becoming unraveled. Doom at what felt like an inability to influence anything. Loss of agency.

A personal story: I would not have known that there were people in the U.S. who genuinely loved Hillary Clinton if I hadn't had Tuberculosis in 2016. I learned what "Hillary Love" was from my healthcare worker. Her love for Hillary made me see Hillary differently. When you have TB, you are assigned a healthcare worker to deliver your medication every day. Often, you are put in quarantine & your healthcare worker is the only person you see. My healthcare worker, my beloved J, was with me every day from April 2016 to October, 2016.

I have seen people panic these past few weeks that I'd never thought I'd see panic. Same with despair. Then, when I saw someone panic or despair who I would never have expected panic or despair, I started to panic & despair. Then you would too. We fed off of each other. Even those of us who could see the vicious cycle felt compelled to return again and again and again. Each one of us was affected by someone we know & respect showing panic & despair. I've never been in the middle of a psycho-social whirlwind like that one.

Hi, folks, I have some good news. It's based somewhat in anecdote, but I am confident in my anecdotal experience reflecting reality. The Biden campaign & others want the focus to turn to Project2025. The good news is: It's working. This is from the past week: Social media is not reality, but what we talk about in social media is what drives narratives. There is much to learn about the fact that Israel/Gaza consumed all of our energy for 9 months & now is a "non-story." We stopped talking about it when we panicked about the debate.

I feel like people aren't getting this &, personally, I think it's the most critical calculation about "winning" that we need to be having. Let's put aside our emotions for a minute; our loyalties, etc. Let's consider what we "know" vs. what we "don't know."🧵

https://twitter.com/BeelkJ2413/status/1811794920396533948

We know what Biden's floor is. We know what it is after many years of elections & his presidency. Critically, we know what the floor looks like after a bad debate performance & an onslaught of negative media. Biden is at his weakest moment right now. He is still tied w/ Trump.

Hi. I am about to swear. I apologize for this. I don't think it's particularly becoming. I also think there is no way to convey my thoughts without swearing, perhaps to a great extent.

Democrats: Get Your Fucking Shit Together. The truth about why we lost 2016 was not a Trumpian revolution. It's because we looked weak. We made ourselves weak. We made HRC look weak. What y'all are doing right now makes this weak-ass shit from 2016 look like fucking pudding. You Are Weakening Us.

I will put this plainly, w/o hyperbole: If the U.S. leaves NATO, we will be looking down the barrell at a level of European warfare we haven't seen since WWII. Putin will invade more countries. Europe, for the 1st time in 80 years, will go it alone, w/o the U.S.

https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1810835829599637972

Look at a map. Consider a captured Ukraine, which is very possible if Trump wins. Romania, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, & Poland have all said they are prepared for greater warfare. France, Germany, & Britain are preparing to defend them.

French leftists were not instructed to vote for "a better life." They were instead instructed to join forces w/ the Center to avoid "the worst possible outcome." American leftists could take a real lesson from this, but instead they're making up an alternative reality.

https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1810068336757105106

Trust me. I'm inspired by the French today, just as I have been inspired by the French in '02 & '15 & many other years. But what is inspirational about the French then & the French now is their formation of coalitional strength, despite deep antipathy, in order to oppose fascism.

-First 20 mins made me panic
-I recovered, as Biden did
-After watching w/ partner, who is not a partisan Dem or news-junkie like me, felt grumpy, but ok, Thursday night
-Partner was like, "Are you kidding me? Trump sucked!"
-Next day, Democrats + the press made me feel awful

https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1808587251032731790

I really did think the first 20 minutes were bad. I really did think Biden recovered. I did worry about "perception." Everything that has made me feel increasingly sick since has been b/c the people around me created it. Biden has also done well since then.

The political press was like, "LOL, KHIVE is for Biden." I have a personal response, mixed w/ an objective one. Both boil down to: you don't understand KHIVE. I'm not responding to the political press right now, but I'll make some points, here.

https://twitter.com/ThinkngMansGame/status/1808530353251848328

The political press does not understand KHIVE, which has never been more obvious than their "shock" at KHIVE standing by Biden. No one who understands KHIVE would be shocked by this. The basis of KHIVE is solidarity. If you don't "get" this, you shouldn't report on KHIVE.

When he was 45-years-old, RFK Jr. blocked his family's 23-year-old baby-sitter in a room & began "groping her, putting his hands on her hips and sliding them up along her rib cage and breasts." This sexual assault was only interrupted when another man walked into the room. One of RFK Jr's best friends--Jay Carson--bought some lambs a few years back, had his children befriend the lambs, then slit the lambs' throats in front of the children. This friend produced a campaign video for RFK Jr, in which this question was posed: “What if he’s not crazy?"

I am not sure what y'all learned from the Civil Rights movement but, personally, one thing I learned is that you never stop fighting. Come back to me when we're living in Jim Crow conditions. Until then, do not disrespect what those folks did by saying you can no longer fight. Think for just one moment about what Black people were going through & about the nation that put them through that pain, then come back to me & tell me it's time to stop fighting. Start respecting your elders. Start respecting those who made America a better country.

If Trump wins this election, NATO might fall. Start thinking about what that means. The US has the most powerful military in the world. The US is thus the most powerful member of NATO. NATO was created to deter Russia. What happens if the US leaves? More European-based warfare. Trump intimated earlier this year, as he has many times before, that he doesn't care about NATO. NATO is a deterrence force. The main aspect of this deterrence is the US military. Putin has invaded Ukraine & has sights on Moldova. What happens if the US leaves?

The Republican party is weaker than it's ever been. They were historically slaughtered in a midterm election. A convicted felon is their nominee. They have a hard & low ceiling of support. You wanna talk about Democrats' weaknesses? Fine. Start acknowledging the other side. The Republicans are running a race where they are trying to persuade *zero* voters to join their side. The conventional wisdom of moderating in a general went in the trash long ago. They are trying to get out their own voters & to *soften* Democratic support.

CNN's first comments were about how Biden's performance was bad, based on the first 10 minutes. I don't think that's a good analysis. Everything is about the first few minutes. Everything.

Why is it so hard for the American political press to understand that a person with a diagnosed stutter might actually stutter?

https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1806059124536348876

This is @JoeBiden's response to the first question in a recent interview w/ @TIME. Do you think he sounds "singularly inarticulate," as @NewYorker just described him? time.com/6984968/joe-bi…

Pitting Jews against Black people & vice versa is a PsychOp w/ roots in Russian propaganda. The strongest non-Jewish voices against antisemitism on this site have been Black Center-Leftists. As a white gentile, I am forever grateful for their logic, receipts, & moral backbone. I vaguely remember hearing of inter-community conflicts in NYC. If such conflicts existed, they were locally-determined. Not national or at a group level. Nowadays, I see not only allyship w/ Jews from Black communities but real "Leadership" on the issue of antisemitism.

The scientific consensus is that COVID19 is of zoonotic origin. We should ask why the @nytimes presents us w/ non-scientific arguments that run against this consensus, just as Fauci testifies in front of a clan of Republican witch-hunters in Congress. The false equivalency of the press has gone on for so long that we seem to have almost exhausted our ability to respond to it. Whether it's the Republican party vs. The Democratic Party or, in this case, The Scientific Consensus vs. The Unfounded Conspiracy Theory.

I have been frequently mistaken for being Jewish—or even *accused* of being Jewish—throughout my life. This suggests that gentiles most certainly do have a 1)“Looks like a Jewish person” category in their brains & that 2) This category matters enough for them to comment on it.

https://twitter.com/tractor_owner/status/1792400112712610275

I always hesitate to talk about these experiences b/c I fear claiming Jewish trauma as my own. I hope my Jewish friends will correct me if I unintentionally do this. I am not claiming trauma. My only aim here is to offer testimony, as a witness, to the totality of the evidence.