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Sep 8 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
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Now that @realDonaldTrump has said his mass deportation effort will be 'bloody' I have a modest proposal for @nytimes @washingtonpost @WSJ @USATODAY @politico @NBCNews @CBSNews and @ABC: Ask him and his campaign these simple questions: 1/1. How are you going to identify who gets deported? 2. How will you distinguish between undocumented immigrants, naturalized citizens, and native-born Americans?
3.Who will carry out this program? What will their rules of engagement be?
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Feb 29 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@realDonaldTrump, since your brain and your body are failing, I created a little slide show to help you remember things. Here's the first one: 1/
.@realDonaldTrump This is a Mercedes 2/
Feb 24 • 15 tweets • 1 min read
Today, @CPAC, @realDonaldTrump is rolled out his General Election messaging. A quick tweet thread to remind everyone what America looked like #fouryearsago...1/
#fouryearsago, @realdonaldtrump had been impeached for the FIRST time for blackmailing @ZelenskyyUa in exchange for military aid...2/
Aug 25, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Dear @NoLabelsOrg, you keep pushing Ross Perot as the reason to pursue your pro-Trump fantasy. Perot ended 1992 with 20% of the popular vote and ZERO Electoral Votes. History sees him as a spoiler. That’s what you’ll be. But it won’t be just a presidency, but democracy itself. 1/
In fact, you never mention the last two third party candidates to receive significant Electoral Votes? Why? Because using Strom Thurmond (1948 Dixiecrat ticket) and George Wallace (1968 segregation) is bad politics. Nancy and Mark know this, but they do it anyway. Why? 2/
Jun 13, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
You can get a lot of ink, like @NoLabelsOrg, if you’re willing to say anything to anyone at any time. Problem is reality still says you’re spoilers. politico.com/news/2023/06/1… 1/
This quote, from Ryan Clancy, is pure gold. 2/
Feb 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This is what happens in a conventional campaign with a conventional candidate. They’ve been planning this for weeks and decided to push on, despite the news yesterday and the #Parkland anniversary today. The video is 3.5 minutes of blah that the #MAGAs are already ridiculing 1/
And “normal” Republicans will roll their eyes at. To have ANY chance of making a dent in Trump, Haley would have to go all in on attacking him. Instead, she and her team are stuck firmly in 2015 thinking (h/t @TheRickWilson) that if they can just ignore Sauron 2/
Feb 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A few thoughts on Kevin’s tough-guy stance. It’s all an act. He sold out to #MAGA for the Gavel of Damocles but now he’s stuck. He knows default on the debt is a terrible idea. He knows the GOP will take the blame (they always do) and he knows his big $ donors demand he fix it 1/
So KevBo looks around. @potus to the left, MAGA to the right. Neither one plans on budging. @SpeakerMcCarthy is hoping and praying that the WH, Schumer or McConnell will come to his rescue. They won’t. He’s convinced the “moderates” once again to do his dirty work. 2/
Jan 6, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
On this #January6th, let's review the last two years. First, we should thank those officers who put themselves between the insurrectionists and American democracy. We should take an extra moment for those who gave their last full measure of devotion...1/
Never forget that #January6th was a conspiracy begun and driven by Donald Trump and his cronies. @MaryLTrump told us he'd never leave peacefully and she was correct. He was aided and abetted by dozens, if not hundreds who were happy to see democracy fall for their own gain...2/
Sep 23, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Quick 🧵on why @GOPLeader is scrambling around like a raccoon on an overturned garbage can.
Sometime last month, he got a poll back showing that suburban white voters were either staying home or voting blue. They freaked out and called in Gingrich and Frank Luntz 1/
They went into overdrive, probably spending a shit-ton of money on more polling and focus groups and came up with their half-baked “commitment” to America. Problem, though: all the messages are so thin as to be meaningless. “Better economy” - good one, Kev. 2/
Aug 29, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Quick 🧵 on the return of violence in Trumpland messaging. First, it's not for you, me, or anyone in the pro-democracy movement. It's for the #UltraMAGA - conditioning them for the day when violence occurs and it will seem normal. This is all on ONE side. 1/
Trump's threats represent a rare failure of his lies to give him an escape route with his supporters. Since the Mar-A-Lago search broke the lies have evolved: illegal, they planted evidence, he declassified docs, they're his, have failed to keep the outer rings in line. 2/
Nov 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
.@JuddLegum's write-up on corporate PAC giving to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election is a must-read. A few things to consider: 1) Companies said they wouldn't give to seditionists in the wake of #January6th. Some, like @ATT and @Cigna broken the promise 1/
Others, though, like @Allstate, @BlackRock and @CBS have kept their promises. These, and the dozens of other corporations who've kept their money on the sidelines should be models for others. But also a reminder to keep the pressure on 2/
Apr 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Today marks 58 years since Dr. King wrote his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. “I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.”
“An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself.” - Letter from a Birmingham Jail - April 16, 1963 #SB202
Feb 22, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
“Trump effectively is the Republican Party.” - @jasonmillerindc via @Axios. The fight is far from over. In fact, it’s just beginning. axios.com/trump-2024-rep… 1/
Each of the speakers at #QPAC2021 will serve as the opening acts and window dressing for Trumpism’s debut this week in Orlando. There will be no end to the #BigLies Trump’s acolytes attempt to inject into the American body politic. 2/
Nov 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
.@IvankaTrump & Kushner have been the subject of many stories like this one by @NYTLiz. They deserve no sympathy, and no easy return to society, polite or otherwise. They took from the American people - from the moment they arrived at the White House. nytimes.com/2020/11/24/us/… 1/
The families and friends of 250,000 Americans - millions of people - suffer because of Kushner’s inability to recognize his own incompetence, a desire to retain power and punish political opponents. He’s the banality of evil incarnate...2/
