🧵 Want an incredibly positive policy that’s going to make your life better?

@KamalaHarris will expand Medicare for long-term in-home care to all Americans over 65.

Who’s this for? It’s not based on income. It’s for any American above age 65 needing in-home care. Great for those of us trying to take care of aging parents!

7 things stand out to me. 1. Wow, do we want this program! 88% of Americans would rather age at home than in a nursing home. (Source: AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research study).

If you could get a home health aide to help you or your aging parent at home, everyone would have a lot more freedom, financial stability, and dignity in their life.

🧵I also read through the second half of Jack Smith’s filing on Trump’s private criminal efforts to stay in power despite knowing he’d lost the election: the Legal Framework and Not Immune sections (pages 85-164, sec II and III).

Collectively, these sections should also be known as: Let’s Not Let Presidents Crime.

13 things jumped out to me. 1. I'm super impressed with Jack Smith and his team. SCOTUS is forcing Jack Smith to fight with one hand tied behind his back, to put significant evidence aside, and Jack Smith is like: No problem. I can still make this case.

🧵I’ve read through the evidence section—the first 85 pages—of Jack Smith filing on Trump’s private criminal efforts to stay in power despite knowing that he’d lost the election.

The evidence is stunning. It’s clear why Trump did not want the public to see this testimony.

13 things jumped out to me on Trump’s attempt to defraud the American people and steal the 2020 election. 1. The evidence presented in Jack Smith’s filing all comes from Trump insiders under oath. People within Trump’s circle of trust. Republicans dedicated to Trump.

1/ Will the Supreme Court start the next coup?

On Dec. 7th, while votes are being counted in Georgia, the Supreme Court will hear a case, Moore vs. Harper, that will determine if we are to continue have free & fair elections that allow citizens to choose their representatives. 2/ As an American deeply concerned about preserving free and fair elections, I re-read the Constitution and scholarly articles about the intent and history of the Elections Clause.

I’m stunned at how willfully ignorant and corrupt the “Independent State Legislature theory” is.

1/ As an American deeply concerned about preserving free and fair elections, I re-read the Constitution and scholarly articles about the intent and history of the Elections Clause.

I’m stunned at how willfully ignorant & corrupt the “Independent State Legislature theory” is. 2/ The idea that the Supreme Court can rule justly that state courts, state constitutions, voters, & Congress are irrelevant to how state legislatures handle elections & choose electors is inherently absurd.

But how twisted would the Court have to be to commit such a travesty?

I re-read the Constitution (including the Bill of Rights) to see what our founding fathers had to say about a well-regulated Militia.

The America people have been bamboozled by gun companies wanting to sell more guns for greater profits—undermining safety in our nation. 1/ The word militia appears 6 times in the U.S. Constitution.

From the description of Militia (in sections 2 & 8 ), it’s clear that Militia is not one individual with individual gun rights. Militia are the national guard of each state that can be called to form an army. 2/

1. As I witness (from afar) innocent Ukrainians—who want their freedom and democracy—bombed by an imperial invasion, I keep asking myself, “What would I want done if I were standing in their shoes?” 2. Today, I remembered that America was once a young nation desiring freedom from an empire. I remembered that foreign aid helped us win our revolution.

1. Back in Sept. 2021, concerned that @SenatorSinema was about to betray her constituents, I wrote to the Arizona Election Services Division about if a senator from AZ can be recalled.

They replied that there is one way a senator from AZ can be recalled. 2. To manage expectations, being subject to recall in Arizona would require the senator’s cooperation. And would have to be pledged during the campaign.

1/ Recommend the @PBS series, Rise of the Nazis, on how democracy died in Germany from 1930-1933.

The antidotes to fascism are to:

1. Strengthen #VotingRights.
2. Hold those who break the law accountable.
3. Fight disinformation.

pbs.org/show/rise-nazi… 2/ 4 key takeaways that America should consider before history repeats.
#1 Don’t think it can’t happen here
#2 Don’t cooperate with those who show authoritarian tendencies
#3 Holding political people accountable to the rule of law saves lives
#4 Disinformation leads to death

12 helpful facts in the Texas Harris County Drive-through voting case. #HarrisVotes

1. In June, to protect voters' health during a pandemic, the Texas Secretary of State approved drive-through voting in the 2020 election. 2. In July, drive-through voting was successfully piloted in the Harris Country primary run-off election.