No matter which politicians are in power, one thing we can always do is be kind to one another. They cannot take that away from us if we don't let them.
My advice for Democrats going into the midterm is to stop reacting to Republican accusations of inflation with nebulous defenses about global supply & demand. Instead, proactively apply the blame where it belongs. Republican policies are causing the inflation we're experiencing.
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@JoeBiden
is going to make history as the President responsible for cleaning up, rebuilding and repairing the nation after it had been attacked from within by a foreign asset. It will be a tremendous challenge but he will never complain and will be honored to do so.
I mean, if Secret Service officials are not above colluding with the Oath Keepers leading up to 1/6, what makes people think they'd be above planting documents to frame Joe Biden?
Whatever dirt Donald Trump has on Lindsey Graham, it's necessary that it be made public and Graham must be held accountable for it. Compromised politicians are unworthy politicians.
I think Biden will win. There are lots of early ballots to count. But it hurts me that millions of people in this country could vote for someone who truly is evil.
Let me get this straight. We're going to get a vaccine that hasn't gone through the process of safety testing. Because the dictator who told us to drink bleach, has his handpicked FDA Commissioner tell us it's safe?
Pretty much everything that Republicans accused of Democrats since the start of the Tea Party movement in 2009, turns out to be what they're doing. Death panels, terrorism, religious law, exploding the debt, endangering our troops, etc.
Eric Swalwell summed it up well when he said that if we give Republicans control of Congress they will fight for Trump. If we give Democrats control of Congress they will continue to fight for us.
Lindsey Graham complained for 8 years about the Obama Administration not being tough enough on terrorism. Come to find out, Lindsey Graham is a terrorist.
Should I delete my account? Had an awful experience on this platform last night that I wasn't able to handle as well as normal because of what else is happening in my life. Please tell me not to.
I want to say I'm not worried about this election but I am. There are powerful forces behind the Republican Party. I hope the people can overcome that.
@JoyAnnReid
Yes. Ukrainians also removed a Putin installed dictator in 2014, while Republicans tried to nullify the Constitution in 2020 in order to keep one.
Biden's polling is in the toilet. Much worse than Hillary Clinton's was and she lost. WTF are we doing here? People are more concerned about upsetting Biden than they are for the country? High profile folks should be calling on him to step down.
Wow. This confirms what many of us have suspected. That Trump was willingly groomed by Russia for decades. That he entered our White House as an enemy agent.
Pompeo saying with a straight face that Biden is weak for the prisoner swap that got Brittney Griner released. Yeah Pompeo. The guy whose boss released 5000 Taliban members for nothing. The hypocrisy is seething.
I am concerned that it is making national news, that Republicans in my state were setting up unauthorized drop boxes. They are setting up a narrative that is fodder for Trump to contest the election. Let me add that CA caught them and dealt with the situation swiftly.
Despite what all the trolls and bots say, it's a fact that Biden chose to keep DeJoy. He also chose to keep Wray. That one he could have gotten rid of on day 1.
Biden won this election and I fully expect an investigation into GOP tampering. Maine has a Democratic Governor and Secretary of State. So that should help when they investigate Susan Collins.
On a personal level, it makes me sad that someone as selfless and country first in her political ambition as Elizabeth Warren was treated how she was. I'm sure it hurts but she will never say that. She is tough as nails. Our society does not recognize that kind of work.
@GunnelsWarren
This is striking. The majority of my parents generation voted for Reagan twice, which brought this wealth inequality and lower standards of living. And they wonder why we're upset.
Anyone else pick up on the anti-gay undertones of one of the false narratives that the right put out about the attack on Paul Pelosi? They like to scapegoat us.
I'm noticing a change across America. More people are realizing that electing Trump was a mistake. Even in traditionally more conservative places. Have a cordial and honest conversation with undecided voters.Trump and Republicans have increased divisions. But we can decrease them
I got the strange notice when I was saying that the antifa hashtag was a fabricated deflection. I guess I got in trouble for speaking the truth. I'll keep saying it.
#AntifaTerroristsIsAFabricatedDeflection
There is only one party that currently respresents American interests. Disagreements and healthy debates are fine but we better stick together by the common goal of defeating Republicans. Pinned.
@RickPetree
@Astartiel
Yeah so the question is why has the system allowed them to act this way for all these decades with zero accountability? The corruption runs deep.
Trump's Twitter account should definitely be shut down after the election, so he can't use the platform to incite violence. Really, everyone in a position to stop him from inciting violence must do just that.
I'm left speechless after seeing that clip of Donald Trump at his rally. Talking about shooting Joe Biden. Behind the podium with the Presidential Seal. There must be accountability.
@SteveMushynsky
The policy changes at Twitter that Musk imposed definitely led to my suspension. As for your doubts about Musk being pro Putin, you need to learn more about him.
Saudi Arabia is not only causing gas prices to go up just before the election, it's also helping Russia finance its war on Ukraine via its influence on OPEC.
@Danphillipsresi
We already knew GOP is corrupt. This means they're feeling the need to hold some of them accountable. It shouldn't have gotten to this point. The country I love is also deeply corrupt. Everyone must be held accountable, no matter how high up. No matter how much money they have.
We need to come up with a better word for humans with pets. 'Owner' sounds like we have inanimate objects in our possession. Not sure what a good word would be but something that connotes them as living, breathing, thinking animals like we are.
@SteveSchmidtSES
I agree with some of this thread but on the agenda, GOP is not divided at all. This fascism is the result of corruption that has accumulated in the system for decades and the special interests behind the GOP, which have undue influence on politics.
With Geoffrey Berman now speaking up, along with Michael Cohen, it's a good time to talk about the Stormy Daniels extortion case, for which Individual-1 was never held accountable for.
Books are being banned, you can't say gay and women are being legally defined as property. Meanwhile, the media keep talking about how Republicans are going to take over Congress. They're normalizing all of this.
With everything we know about Trump, we can't treat a federal judge's family being attacked and murdered as merely a coincidence. Law enforcement is investigating but I've lost faith in the process with Barr. I hate to say that but Barr has shown us how far he will go.
@RightWingWatch
Some people in this thread joke about this like it's funny but it is not. It's scary and dangerous. He has a large platform to spew this hate and it's become mainstream with the Republican Party.
It really pisses me off how the media scrutinizes everything that Joe Biden says, as speculation to his cognitive function, but Donald Trump constantly spews nonsense and it's just a Tuesday.
We're in trouble. It came here later, we had time to prepare, the Obama Administration left lots of resources available which Trump threw away. No excuse for this.
#RepublicansAreKillingUs
I'll be sticking around here. The support from all of you means a lot to me and it's greatly appreciated. If I have to take a break I will put my account in locked mode as some have suggested and I will let everyone know that I'll be logged out for a bit. Love to each of you. 💙
My mentions are flooded with KHive trolls. Fuck off. I'm not racist for liking Elizabeth Warren. I don't have the time nor energy to argue unproductive shit like that.
I don't see how Ukraine can be denied NATO membership when they're physically fighting Russia not only for themselves but also on behalf of the rest of us.
I think Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out the kompromat on Lindsey Graham. Lindsey is an opportunistic piece of shit. He has gotten in so deep with Trump that he is a criminal confederate of Trump.
I'm going to focus on Democratic primaries going forward. We need more fighters in the party. It's pointless to be polite when the other party is aligned with a foreign enemy.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger alluded to the Republican base equating Donald Trump with their "Christian values", and this being the glue that's binding this cult together. I'll go further and say that "Christian values" is really coded language for racism. This is a racist cult.
Rachel Maddow has a new podcast about the historically similar time to what we're going through now, the 1930's. Interesting to note that the Republican Party fascists of today are embracing historically loaded terms like 'America First' and 'ultra' as in 'ultra MAGA'.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s body isn’t even cold and Mitch McConnell is dancing on her grave. This is war. Dems have powerful weapons. Now is the time to use them.
I'm still angry that the media let the Republicans get away with spewing their misleading talking points about the economy without any scrutiny on what their actual plan is.
I don't know about everyone else but I'm still staying home as much as possible, avoiding close contact with people and wearing a mask in public. Politicians are telling us we can go back to mostly normal but the scientists aren't.
#COVID19
#StayHome
I can't stand Chuck Todd. The immigration issue is a humanitarian issue and an economic issue (cheap labor hurts all of us). But it's a minimal security threat. I'll tell you what is a huge security threat though. All those highly sensitive documents found all over Mar-a-Lago.
@DanRather
@MinnesotaMaryS
Here is what Dan Rather is referring to. I hope this passes but is still not a done deal and we know that Manchin likes to back out of deals.
Unfair hatred of
@ewarren
, on the moderate side, driven by propaganda and sexist bias, is impeding the nomination of the most qualified candidate. It is also throwing the nomination to Sanders. Moderates frustrate me as much as the socialists do.
@clairecmc
I've always respected you but this is a disingenuous take. Representative Cori Bush did not stop the bill from passing. It was a principled stand like Barack Obama did when he voted against the debt ceiling as a Senator. You know better which makes this so disappointing.
@joncoopertweets
@LilacGirl2
Democrats always get accused of increasing the deficit when they pass bills to help regular people, despite the fact that they always decrease the deficit while passing bills to help regular people.
@aravosis
First off, the thousands of innocent Palestinians being murdered by Israel are not responsible for Hamas. Second, Israel's brutality toward Palestinians goes all the way back to its rotten beginning. The Nakba of 1948. incredibly callous and racist of you.
Whoa. So are we all gonna just pretend she didn't say this? Israel is way more of a problem than Russia. Because Israel is normalized and excused by the west.
The Biden base would rather have Trump than a progressive president. That's why they're cool with the Biden administration not holding Trump accountable and they don't care that Biden is a weak candidate. What they do not want is for anything to fundamentally change.
My message to all the leftist propagandists:
Democrats are not the problem. Republicans are the problem. The reason the country isn't making enough progress is because we need more Democrats elected. Attacking Democrats doesn't help get more elected.
#BlueWave2020
I'm starting to see some accounts that look suspicious as bots or trolls pretending to be black Americans who are pro Trump or at least anti Biden and anti Democrats. We saw this in 2016. The influence operation continues.
Matt Schlapp attending the 'Brooks Brothers Riot', an antidemocratic demonstration organized by Roger Stone with the intention of installing Bush no matter the will of the people back in 2000. The authoritarianism of the GOP is not new.
@JahrJon
It's beyond intransigence. The Republican Party has actively made life harder for 99% of the population. Democratic politicians are afraid to use facts when those facts are damning to their colleagues across the aisle. The reasons for that are unclear.
The USA didn't have the laws that were needed to protect the republic from an authoritarian or from an enemy agent. For one thing, Trump could have been blocked from running for President if that required passing a security clearance. Such a basic thing that should be required.
Hoping and praying that Volodymyr Zelenskyy survives this. He really deserves some kind of international award when this is all over. Nobel Peace Prize?
While it's alarming and deeply upsetting, it's also admirable that
@gretchenwhitmer
stood by what she knew to be right, and stood for the protection of her constituents. All while knowing her physical safety was threatened. Contrast her courage with the cowardice of
@SenateGOP
.
People freaked out about nonexistent death panels when Obama was working on getting us healthcare. But now Trump is like we have to live with this virus and so what if it kills some old people and a big chunk of the country just accepts that as how it must be?!