Desert gardener, historian, novelist and family woman. Good sentences, museums and home grown tomatoes. Occasional simple recipes for your consideration.
This Mentee testimony is absolutely damning. Trump wanted to destabilize governments before Biden took office. Why didn't these various witnesses resign and go public?
#HATH
We could all use some perspective.
@HC_Richardson
provides it today, in devastating fashion, by contrasting the news from a year ago to the news now.
@nytimes
@washingtonpost
please get a grip. October 1, 2021
Given what happened to the last Speaker's beloved husband, why are other members of the House surprised that they are getting threats? This is what you've unleashed.
CNN's Jim Acosts says
@PressSec
pulled him aside to warn him against asking Trump about his sleazebag attack on Gillibrand or he won't be allowed back.
@jbf1755
@SenDuckworth
just said on tv that her
@GOP
colleagues put a picture of a fetus on the Senate floor, but they refuse to look at a picture of the children torn apart by AR-15s, because they care more about a check from the NRA. Some Democrats are telling it straight.
Historian of Wyoming here. A little perspective on women's history in Wyoming:
1. (White) American women first won the right to vote in Wyoming Territory in 1869.
2. The territorial legislature voted to repeal women's voting rights in 1871, but the gov. vetoed the bill.
Aguilar: WH had more than enough warning to avoid march to Capitol. President was aware. Nobody stopped it, and Trump instructed angry (and armed) crowd to march. WHY DIDNT SS intervene????
Funnier fact: Wyoming was also originally part of Dakota Territory. The combined estimated population of those three states today is less than 2 1/2 million. They have 6 Senators. California, with almost 40 million people, has 2. Any questions?
A brilliant, resolute man like
@JohnFetterman
is recovering from a stroke with guts and grace, showing millions of other people a role model. And a party that promotes the likes of Tuberville, Hyde-Smith, Blackburn, and yes, Herschel Walker attacks him? Give me a break.
Without retweeting and trying to debunk lies, just a couple of historical facts. The author of the Declaration of Independence was an ardent advocate of public health measures. He had his family inoculated against smallpox at the first opportunity. That's it.
Hearing about Trump’s efforts to overturn GA, what was he doing in other states? What local
@GOP
officials were recruited? What did they do when faced with a criminal conspiracy to commit election fraud?
Went in grocery store for 1st time in 4 months. As I was leaving, older white guy with hostile face walks through parking lot going in. Young woman employee asked him to mask. He _pushed_ her out of the way and went in. They let him. Not going to Smiths again.
In Poland, millions of women across the country are striking after the government banned abortion. Refusing to go to work, drive, cook at home, or do anything until the ban is dropped. Poland's President today indicated they may have to change or reverse the law. ✊🏼
Passive voice rules nearly every sentence in the original report, and the
@nytimes
article. WHO gave the orders? WHO insured that Capitol Police did not respond adequately? WHO gave violent insurrectionists maps of the tunnels? WHO needs to go to jail?
They knew Congresspeople were targets and it was not just a protest. But “officers were instructed by their leaders not to use their most aggressive tactics to hold off the mob, according to a scathing new report by the agency’s internal investigator.”
Biden signed a landmark measure, outside, In Arizona, looking cool and joyous. Trump went to New Hampshire, looked horribly unwell, complained about the AC, spewed vitriol. Any questions?
Should be
@washingtonpost
top headline. This is extraordinary impact. In less than a year,
@POTUS
administration has made monumental differences in people’s lives.
Pushkin Square, maybe less than 1000 meters from Red Square and the Kremlin, is the cite of a significant protest. These people know the risks of challenging the regime. They’re on the street in-spite of major personal costs.
Pence hedges by saying Trump listened to crazy lawyers who told him what he wanted to hear. The real story is that he blew off LOTS of lawyers who told him to stop lying and couping and found himself a national group of co-conspirators. Including Ronna.
“There are ways to cover Donald Trump. In fact, there are ways to interview him...that don't involve a live platform with hundreds of his whooping, cheering super fans, ritualistically humiliating your host and network," says
@chrislhayes
on the CNN town hall.
This framing needs to stop. This guy is a fascist recruiter, a white supremacist and traitor, not a "Christian libertarian" who just has some questions about federal policy.
You need to read this whole thing. This guy
@LucasKunceMO
is the real deal, and he is running against the loathsome Josh Hawley. Support him any way you can.
It’s that time of year again. When a bunch of politicians drape themselves in the American flag and praise those of us who’ve served this great country.
And then most of us veterans roll our eyes at their pandering, share their cringiest messages in our group chats, and enjoy a
Imagine a political party that covers up the lies and crimes of George Santos, lauds an abettor of sexual abuse, Jim Jordan, does nothing to those like Paul Gosar, who helped engineer a violent insurrection that could’ve killed their own. And then censures a truth teller.
Here's an explainer thread I did on the difference between vote suppression & fraud & what the real problem is. Spoiler alert: it's suppressing lawful voters not fraudulent votes). Also, more of my tweets on how fear of vote fraud is used to manipulate.
@DineshDSouza
@KevinMKruse
I’m a Distinguished Professor of History at UNM who is not only unimpressed with your bad history, but also with your disdain for the public universities and colleges where most students learn history from actual scholars. Jefferson weeps.
Take a moment to recall Cassidy Hutchinson testifying about Meadows being on his phone all the afternoon of J6. Take another moment to sit in quiet contemplation.
“I don’t care for mail-in voting,” said Mark Finchem, the Trump-backed Arizona secretary of state candidate. “That’s why I go to the polls.”
He voted by mail in 28 of the past 30 elections. (the The ReidOut Blog)
"When I was wounded, my crew thought that I was dead... but they risked their lives to retrieve my body... And only then did they discover that I was still alive. It was because these men and women stand up for the values that they fight for" -
@SenDuckworth
w/
@NicolleDWallace
Of the countless images I have captured in my life, none is more iconic than this one. I can't believe it has been 30 years since Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida. I'll never forget capturing this image of the zoos flamingos huddled in the ladies restroom for protection.
Maybe it’s just me, or maybe it’s too obvious, but this seems like exactly the time for all good historians to come to the aid of our democracy. We can’t do that without engaging every conceivable public.
Of course they can. Hillary was a great example. My Senators would be in constant contact with the White House, FEMA and their constituents. They would be feeding and sheltering people, getting help where needed. That’s why we elect them.
No more Newtowns. No more Parklands. No more Auroras. No more El Pasos. No more Colorado Springs. No more Orlandos. No more Atlantas. No more Charlestons. No more Pittsburghs. No more Milwaukees. No more Columbines. No more assault weapons. No more.
This is the moment to make our stand. NOW.
Today, our movement is stronger than the gun lobby. They are weak. We are potent.
Finally, a President and a Congress that supports gun reform.
No more Newtowns. No more Parklands. No more Boulders.
Now - we make our stand.
ABC poll finds Biden uniting the country:
69% approve Biden’s COVID response
67% approve Biden’s transition
81% support requiring mask wearing
70% support rejoining WHO
65% support rejoining Paris climate pact
55% support reversing Muslim travel ban
Just a reminder that this happened three weeks ago today. Trump terrorists and leading Republicans/co-conspirators/enablers want you to forget so they're not held accountable.
#twitterstorians
Today makes me more determined than ever to do what I can to see that
@POTUS
is re-elected, Democrats expand Senate majority, we flip the House to Dems. Think of what we can do if we win. And think of what they will do to us if we lose.
I've been thinking a lot about this DeSantis Martha's Vineyard thing, and finally realized why I'm so viscerally scared by it. He put people on the modern day equivalent of cattle cars by falsely promising them work. His buddies at DHS falsified the records so that these LEGAL
Got my first shingles and flu shots, and I am flattened. Stabbing headache, fatigue, aching all over. Much, much worse side effects than any of the 3 COVID-19 vaccinations I have had. Still worth it.
As an alumna of the Gender Studies Program at UW, I have benefited from their work for most of my life. Please fight for them and for all of us now. Send letters to Casper Star Tribune or WY Tribune Eagle.
Seeing a bunch of you out there acting like you’re giving up. That’s what they want. They’re counting on it. This is an existential fight. We need you in it. All the way. Get some rest and see you in the morning.
7. Wyoming's nickname is "The Equality State."
8. Matthew Shepard was beaten, tortured and left to die outside Laramie in 1998.
9. 15.2% of children under 6 in Wyoming live in poverty.
I could go on. My point is: freedom is fragile. Rights are always in jeopardy.
@tinytempest
Women grad students in England revolutionized studies of mating behavior in zebra finches. They decided to watch female birds, who ejected sperm of some males after mating.
Nutshell: still in the early stages. Back in Watergate days, we saw revelations every day, as we are now. But this is a much larger, deeper and wider conspiracy.
For yet another week, attorneys from Counterintelligence & Export Control Section (CES) led the Mar-a-Lago investigation. While CES’s involvement is expected, the absence of local prosecutors is surprising. 🧵on DOJ staffing and what to look for as the investigation advances. 1/
Russian businessman Magomed Musayev, known for his ownership of the Russian-language versions of Forbes and Harvard Business Review magazines, as well as his ties to the Kremlin, has become the owner of the American Forbes magazine, one of the most influential and well-known
Republicans want to shut down the government and destroy the economy. Next week. Raising the debt ceiling was always bipartisan, because defaulting will inflict violence ON PURPOSE against the American economy. These people wear suits and talk fancy but they are absolutely nuts.
All stories about internal Democratic divisions should begin with the caveat that the Republican President's supporters wanted to hang the Republican Vice President.
I am kinda thinking all the bs about beef is a distraction from the fact that this administration is making a real and significant effort to keep kids fed. That’s what matters.
That was so epic. I could watch this all day long on repeat. Just so good — as always. And this is how I’ll be addressing TFG from now on and I hope you will do the same. Language and words matter.
Reminder that in the overwhelming majority of book ban cases, it's 1 person or a few ppl who get scores of books pulled. This has been the case across FL but also in TX, LA, and other states. The majority of ppl don't want book bans. They're being ignored.
In Trump's new videos/statements, and in the RNC video today, we're seeing a new attack against Biden - that the US financial system is going to crash on his watch.
It is very hard to understand how this could happen unless McCarthy intends to crash it.
@HC_Richardson
That Wapo op ed by the national security freshmen busted the dam open. The Wapo scoop about Trump withholding $400M from Ukraine made the scale of extortion plain. Now the GOP will pivot to protecting Pence. But he was in on it. Turtles all the way down.
Please note that the Homeland Security Secretary is “Acting.” He has not been confirmed by the Senate. He should be made to testify now and the Senate should vote. Otherwise, another egregious abuse of power goes unchecked.
#secretpolice
#portland