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I won’t even fuck a Republican & I treat my vote more seriously than my vagina.
Oct 23, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
1973 lFair Housing Act Violations: Federal officials found evidence that Trump had refused to rent to Black tenants and lied to Black applicants about whether apartments were available

47 years ago The next week we took the depositions. My boss took Fred’s, and I got to take Donald’s. He was exactly the way he is today. He said to me at one point during a coffee break, “YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T WANT TO LIVE WITH THEM EITHER”
-Elyse Goldweber
DOJ lawyer for FHA
Oct 23, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Reminder: Nearly 1,800 factories disappeared during the Trump administration between 2016 and 2018 (BLS 2020; U.S. Census Bureau 2020a, 2020b).
What about 2019-2020?
Womp Womp Companies Trump said would create thousands of jobs have failed to deliver

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Oct 22, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
tRump & Tevfik Arif
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence laid out a slew of accusations against Arif: “Information obtained by the committee suggests he was involved in Russian organized crime, money laundering and human trafficking”

“The one I dealt with was Mr. Arif. Mr. Arif had the contacts.”
- tRump

theblacksea.eu/stories/footba…
Oct 22, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Today’s #HorribleHistory highlights one of the times the US decided a duly elected government wasn’t in their interest so they actively worked against it.

The 1973 Chilean coup d'état led to Pinochet & horrible breaches of human rights

amnesty.org/en/latest/news… For the 17 years of Pinochet’s dictatorship 1,000s were kidnapped, tortured & executed

bcn.cl/bibliodigital/…
Oct 21, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
Reminder: Since 2005, Trump had applied for at least 130 trademarks in China, they were denied. However China began reversing their decision shortly before the election. Many approvals coincide with presidential actions.
China’s approval of one of Trump’s trademark applications became official—coincidentally only a few days after Trump reversed his previous position and endorsed the “one China” policy.

nytimes.com/2017/02/09/wor…
Sep 27, 2019 25 tweets 22 min read
@symplsymin @LINDARIGSBY5 @rickwtyler 8 U.S. Code § 1324a. Unlawful employment of aliens
msnbc.com/hardball/watch… @symplsymin @LINDARIGSBY5 @rickwtyler 8 U.S. Code § 1324a. Unlawful employment of aliens
nytimes.com/2017/11/27/nyr…
Jul 11, 2019 8 tweets 5 min read
@realDonaldTrump How Russian Money Helped Save Trump’s Business

After his financial disasters two decades ago, no U.S. bank would touch him. Then foreign money began flowing in.
foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how… @realDonaldTrump World of Influence: A guide to Trump’s foreign business interests
opensecrets.org/news/2019/06/t…