This week marks the anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Amini, the 22 year old woman arrested and brutalized by the Islamic Republic's "Morality Police" for improperly wearing her hijab, a head scarf.
Her tragic death galvanized a country-wide mass mobilization against then 43
It’s about time we grant Puerto Rico & the District of Columbia official statehood. DC’s population is roughly twice the size of Wyoming and has no representation in the Senate.
#FreshPolitics
You see the soldiers in this picture? They are National Guardsmen from Puerto Rico, citizens, coming to Washington, DC to defend a Commander in Chief they could not vote for, a democratic federal republic in which they are denied representation in Congress or a presidential vote.
The only mandate of the Constitution's founders remotely-relevant to religion is Separation of Church and State...
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS A SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC – IT IS NOT A "CHRISTIAN" NATION.
Dictating which god Americans must worship is unconstitutional.
Sage advice from former Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordan in
@washingtonpost
— it’s
@JoeBiden
’s prerogative to grant or deny Trump post-presidency security clearance. It should be denied to protect national security.
@Transition46
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Hands down
@RepAdamSchiff
delivered the most powerful oration in recent history one year ago. Every word a prophesy of DT’s last year, every word more relevant to his second impeachment trial. History will condemn the
#GQP
seditionists who vote to acquit again.
#TruthMatters
@meiselasb
@MeidasTouch
The autocrats are working overtime to project DT’s “winning” image and portray Biden as a loser.
Unfortunately media spend way too much time reporting all DT’s acts of malfeasance, including lies, which does nothing more than plant seeds of doubt.
Did 2016 teach them nothing?
“Thank you, Mr. President, for taking off your mask and showing us exactly who you are.”
Now it’s up to us to vote you out & ensure no one like you or your enablers are ever elected again.
#EndTrumpFascism
#VoteThemAllOut
@SWinstonWolkoff
So right, Stephanie! Biden’s settings were over-exposed and top lit, with blown out white balance.
Another observation: Moderators tossed 2-minute-response, new topic questions more frequently to Trump, which left Biden with one minute rebuttal and Trump another one minute.😓
Please sign this petition to
#FreeRealityWinner
. She’s a political prisoner silenced by the DT DoJ to block truth about Russia’s role in the 2016 election. She never received adequate due process & has been unfairly persecuted since.
@AdamKinzinger
They don’t even try to hide their allegiance to the hostile foreign adversary committing genocide against our ally. How or why anyone believes such a breach of oath is acceptable remains a mystery. Grateful for your voice on this, Adam. We need more patriots like you to speak up.
@realDonaldTrump
Good idea, Mr President. I suggest you BOTH submit to the same drug test. While you’re at it, why not both take SATs, a physical endurance exam, an IQ test & the Citizenship test. Why don’t you both throw in tax returns? Let us compare & assess who’s the best man for the job!
Of four counties devastated by Ian, DeSantis eased voting rules only for 3 Republican counties but not the majority-Democratic Orange Co.
Why’s this not making headlines?
@Acosta
@cnnbrk
@MSNBC
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Fresh
Please RT👇🏻
Beware of fake ballot drop boxes staged by GOP operatives to harvest ballots & confuse voters. Always check your own Secretary of State Website to get an official list of ballot drop-off locations.
@justresisting
@jennycohn1
@costareports
Someone in the press orbit should contact both “top Democrats” to see how many constituents called urging them not to support Biden… it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if tons of callers organized by a RW MAGA org aimed to derail support for Biden a la Flynn’s tactical civics.
How is it not a violation of the Hatch Act for Youngkin to use
@US_EDA
Rescue Plan funds granted to VA for tourism on a no bid contract for his political media company to produce a video that promotes him???
@CREWcrew
@washingtonpost
@JusticeOIG
.
“How low have we fallen in this country under Trump?...
“I never would’ve thought when I was in Iraq & Afghanistan that I’d be fighting a version of al Q’aida or the Taliban on our soil...”
“Guys wake up.”
Thank you
@Ojeda4America
#StopTrumpTerror
Love this... Fearless Girl, the iconic statue on Wall Street celebrating gender diversity in the workplace, is now wearing a lace collar in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
#Fresh
#RBGRevolution
#GirlPower
“Now the United States and its allies must look inside and examine their principles to break the terrible cycle they helped create in Russia.”
.
@Kasparov63
’s OpEd has sage advice for
@POTUS
: Constrain Put!n by cutting leverage DT gave him.👇🏻
THIS👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 is why we must flip the Senate. Just one MAGA rep blocked House UC vote on $2k stimulus checks. A Dem Senate could override.
#Georgia
we need you. Please call upon everyone you know to show up for
@ReverendWarnock
&
@ossoff
on Jan 5th.
#gapol
ICYMI —>
@meiselasb
interview with
@POTUS
reminds us that we have to “put a stamp of democracy” on all we do in this election year. It’s on the line!
BTW, Kudos Ben! 👇🏻
@marcorubio
No, it’s driven by greed of corporate C-suite executives—whose salaries, once 30 times higher than employee’s pay, are now 3,000 times higher—have cut benefits and exploited temp part time workers to keep wages low, despite record profits that aren’t taxed because of tax cuts you
ABSOLUTELY! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
There were “issues” with the Kentucky votes that have yet to spark national concern. And, Mitch McConnell should be censured for obstructing Congress.
#FreshSenate
#AuditKentuckyVotes
Powerful. About the upcoming SCOTUS confirmation, Senator Klobuchar: “The US people see through this abuse of power. That is why they’re voting in droves.”
Call your senators. Often. Please. Then
#vote
“Not all Trump supporters are hateful people. But why does it seem that all hateful people are Trump supporters?” Good question,
@ChrisCuomo
. ICYMI, great interview w/
@GovWhitmer
. DT is complicit in the plot against her. It is TERRORISM.
#StopTrumpsTerror
The 41 year old Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died of COVID-19. Condolences to his family.
This didn’t have to happen. Trump has blood on his hands. God help the 500 or so groupies attending the NYE super-spreader at Mara Lago.
#WearAMask
USA & world soccer fans & teams in Qatar:
Stand Up in solidarity with people of
#Iran
fighting for their freedom!
Make the gesture to show your support. When?
***at EVERY GOAL
***during the Iran National Anthem!
The world is watching! Please RT!
#WorldCup2022
#IranRevolution
ACTION ALERT: This is tragic. Call your senators & urge them to do what a Federal judge would not: PROTECT SACRED LANDS BELONGING TO NATIVE AMERICANS. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
#FreshEarth
After 5 years, too much pain, too many deaths, and so many dark days...
We made it back to
#SquareOne
Thank you to the great Tom Petty and
@Eleven_Films
for reminding us who we are.
Let's get to work together.
Pass it on.
#FreshVoicesRise
That a US President would purposefully sabotage our democracy & destroy lives of a quarter million Americans was inconceivable 4 years ago.
That no one in the
@SenateGOP
has ever stepped up to protect us is unforgivable.
#VoteThemAllOut
&
#EndTheChaos
In ‘88,
@JerryMoran
voted to impeach Clinton on grounds no person is above the law.
By that standard, he must
#ConvictAndDisqualify
Trump.
If inciting insurrection isn't grounds for impeachment, then nothing is.
Pass it on.
#DemCast
#Fresh
Guilty much? Who wants to bet this is a confession? While he cries foul on Election fraud in swing states using Dominion machines w/paper ballots, it’s remarkable those 8 won landslides in blue districts of red states using ES&S e-voting where exit polls & stats favored Dem wins.
“It was Stone who reportedly persuaded Trump to bring…Paul Manafort into the 2016 campaign, & it was Stone who communicated with Wikileaks” b4 it “released emails that Russia had hacked from…Clinton’s campaign chair,” a sort of electronic Watergate.
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@levparnas
and prolific storytellers share truth about what’s at stake for democracy. with as many voters as possible before the election!
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🚨NEW VIDEO 🚨
Yes, I talk a little bit more about how I realized Trump was a huge con man.
And yes, I have family and friends who have blocked me on Facebook.
But, it’s all good.
Watch BELOW ⬇️
@ltgrusselhonore
@weatherchannel
Rather than cut down trees, which would deface neighborhoods & degrade property values, wouldn’t it more efficient and less unsightly to put the lines underground like more advanced nations do?
Really good question: What quid-pro-quo made Ducey give Saudis unlimited groundwater to grow the most water-intensive crop in the middle of the worst drought in history?
If you aren't furious AZ, you aren't paying attention! It's time to eject GOP crooks.
Elect
@katiehobbs
!
Arizonans, why are we not talking about the thousands of acres to a Saudi corporation called Fondomonte, giving it permission to pump UNLIMITED amounts of groundwater to grow alfalfa hay for export??? This makes NO freakin sense. Wonder how much $$$ Ducey made off with?
ALARMING: A House Oversight Committee investigation found BABY FOODs, including organic, w/dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium & mercury far exceeding FDA's ppb limits of bottled water (lead up to 177 x higher), all linked to cancer, neurotoxicity & disease. Unacceptable.
Does anyone wonder why PMG DeJoy sabotaged USPS processing systems before the election? Clue: He donated $1.2 mm to DT's Victory Fund & has ties to the company contracted to speed processing he sabotaged. Beyond corrupt. Sadly
@POTUS
can't fire him but a New Board of Govs could.
Two days ago, I smelled a publicity stunt. When he was taken to WR hospital, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Seeing this, I’m back to where I was two days ago. Sick or not, it’s a convenient way to dominate news, dodge debates, gain sympathy & bump polls a la Boris Johnson.
@MurielVieux
I’m beginning to smell a publicity stunt— good excuse to dodge another humiliating debate.
@CNN
@MSNBC
pls investigate the veracity of his diagnosis before fostering sympathy. Remember Boris Johnson? If
#SCOTUS
pick isn’t quarantined, it’s a
#Hoax
bc she’s been exposed too.
@waltshaub
Thank you for weighing in on this. Intuitively, it seems obvious that her actions — as actions of so many of her family members— are wrong on every level. It helps to have clarity about exactly why.
@jamestalarico
Yep… Christian nationalism is antithetical to Christianity. It’s religious extremism predicated upon fascist dogma that belies spiritual teachings of Christ.👇
If this side-by-side doesn’t convince GOPs that the party was hijacked by fascist foreign assets, then it’s fair to say they’ve been corrupted, compromised or brainwashed. Regardless, they’ve gotta go. Appreciate EU/UK friends who amplify
#TheResistance
🙏
URGENT: not getting media coverage it should: the trump campaign, desperate to score victory, is stretching legal loopholes to ensure a slam dunk. For months they’ve been hatching a plan to hand-pick electors to subvert voters’ will in swing states.
EVERY self-proclaimed MAGA “Patriot” who condones trump’s pardons of the blackwater assassins should see this video. 👇🏻 If they still support it, they have no business carrying the flag, much less a US passport. May these monsters rot in hell for what they’ve done.
#NeverForget
Erik Prince and his
#Blackwater
asshole goons are pieces of shit. Most people don’t know the details about what happened in Iraq. Well I was there. This is just another slap in the face to the Iraqi people and to the honorable men and women of our military.
#Airborne
.
URGENT ACTION ALERT:
1) Read, RT & share this article by former prosecutor
@SethAbramson
re DT’s seditious conspiracy—not just to INCITE 1/6 insurrection, but to PLAN it.
2) Call/write Senators daily & urge them to read it BEFORE the impeachment trial.
Pups are the BEST judge of character, which might explain why, for the first time in generations, no dogs lived at the White House during the 45th occupation. Just love this pic!👇🏻
While waiting 8 hours in queue to vote is not so much a source of joy for the wait-er, the rest of US should be elated. It's a really, really, REALLY good sign that
#TheResistanceIsRising
...👇👇👇
Flying over Florida: “TRUMP WEAK AFRAID TO TESTIFY!” Love this!
If you see it flying over the
#SuperBowl
take a photo & send to .
@DWUhlfelderLaw
. (He asked!)
Then say thanks to the brilliant minds that thought to do it (whoever they are). 🙏
How is it that these three Senators aren’t asked to recuse themselves from voting in the Senate Trial? Jurors should not be giving strategy to the defense. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Another MUST-READ by
@jennycohn1
: “United in Purpose: The shady Christian nonprofit tied to a massive voter data leak”—her frightening deep dive into strategy & players behind the behemoth movement to transform America into a Christian Nationalist state.
This is good. It’s frightening how many uniformed public servants in military and law enforcement have become radicalized sympathizers w/ extremist white supremacy groups like Oath Keepers. Background checks could help to weed them out.
Acting DC police chief wants background checks, on all officers & employees
He wants to root out extremist leanings and/or afflictions
Later in the yr, an addn’l investigation would be done, by an outside group
About time
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
#Fresh
What happens in Texas effects the rest of us… We can’t afford the ongoing assault on democracy originating from Texas leadership to continue influencing state policies elsewhere!
We all NEED Beto O’Rourke! Texas, y’all know what to do!
#DemVoice1
#ActOut
#wtpBLUE
By coming together on common interests, Beto O’Rourke believes we can focus & agree on big issues like excellent public schools, affordable health care & good jobs paying a living wage
@BetoORourke
is the best bet,to accomplish the most, for both parties
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
Wowza... Lou Dobbs urges SC Fox watchers not to vote for Lindsey Graham?
Well, alrighty then—sounds like a de facto endorsement for his opponent.
@harrisonjaime
deserves your vote,
#SouthCarolina
!!
No lawmaker, Democrat or Republican, should be ridiculed for defending the Constitution against corrupt, despotic fascists who abuse power to undermine it.
.
@RepKinzinger
’s a principled Republican who deserves our gratitude for having the courage to do what’s right. Pass it on.
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Capitol insurrection. His family then sent around a petition disowning him for joining “the devil’s army” and crossing Trump.
Kinzinger’s now being targeted by members of the Trump mob.
I’ll say it again… “That woman” is an amazing governor! Hey,
#Michigan
, this is a no-brainer! Count your blessings and re-elect
@gretchenwhitmer
. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
In the last 3 years
@gretchenwhitmer
has
🚗 Created 20,000 new auto jobs to MI
🎓 Made record investments in schools without raising taxes
🚧 Moved dirt to fix the damn roads
🍒 Fought for Michiganders every single day
I’m proud to be on
#TeamWhitmer
#DemCast
#DemVoice1
#wtpBLUE
@WildKathyAZ
@mmpadellan
That, & the fact that we have 1) an ongoing Russian hacking prob, 2) a DoJ protecting potus not justice, 3) hundreds of new lifetime federal judges appointed by potus scares the sh!t out of me. We need
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
If potus isn’t convicted & failure to secure election leads to a second term, what recourse will we have to preserve the balance of power essential to democracy & check power of a would-be dictator intent usurping Constitutional law?
#HandMarkedPaperBallots
please
@gregstantonaz
MAKE IT STOP!!! 🤬 I've had it with excessive emails I'm getting every day from the
@realDonaldTrump
campaign: 176 since October 1st; 369 in the month of September. I've unsubscribed numerous times, flagged as spam, deleted and still... WTF? It's ABUSIVE. Anyone have suggestions?
If this were a jury trial in court, jurors who did this would be dismissed & held in contempt. Honestly, all three senators should be forced to recuse from the vote as they’ve clearly violated the oath to be impartial.
@SenSchumer
@kyrstensinema
@CaptMarkKelly
#ImpeachmentTrial
Any Senator who does not show up to the trial or who privately meets with and gives advice to Trump’s attorneys should not be allowed to vote on conviction.
@gtconway3d
Once upon a time, unethical officials were shamed mercilessly & forced to resign.
In 1968, Senate filibustered promotion of Fortas to Chief Justice over a $20k gift. He resign.
Thomas & seditious wife take $4m gifts. Alito props insurrection flags. Why’re they still there?🤬
.
@CawthornforNC
is not a US Naval Academy graduate. He was rejected by the Academy prior to his spring break vacation accident, but he’s the type of scumbag who’s happy to claim
#StolenValor
.
ICYMI:
@SpeakerPelosi
on
@CNN
calls for
@VP
to immediately
#InvokeThe25th
or she’s prepared to
#ImpeachTrumpAgainNOW
for inciting insurrection against Congress & desecration of the Capitol.
Please call your reps & urge the to support this. Trump MUST be removed.
The Iranian regime has condemned three innocent protesters men to death. Urgent calls to halt their imminent executions are escalating globally.
#StopExecutionsInIran
#DoNotLetThemKillUs
Iranians have flocked to the Isfahan prison in an attempt to prevent the deaths.
This article in the Nov issue of
@TheAtlantic
was a harbinger of what transpired on 1/6. Proud Boys have deep ties w/law enforcement. Radicalized on lies to save America, it’s no different than ISIS. Dangerous. Growing.
#Fresh
After passing a law to restore voting rights to felons who have served time, Florida’s GOP majority passed another requiring they pay court fines — a desperate attempt to block 60k left-leaning restored voters from casting ballots. Didn’t work thanks to
@MikeBloomberg
! 🙏🙏🙏
The path to the presidency goes through FL.
That's why we're sharing the story of Trump’s failed presidency and why we need
@JoeBiden
. The more voters that are engaged, the more likely Biden will win - and we're going to work to ensure that happens.
@JonathanTurley
What is more perverse than citing Schwartz’s testimony about evidence of
@MichaelCohen212
’s “commitment to upholding the law”(which, BTW, was accurate) is attributing today’s (inaccurate) statements to a judge who died almost three years ago. (Thanks
@PreetBharara
for the catch.)
Ask anyone who has fled from a new fascist regime or lived through the rise of Hitler in the 1930’s and they’ll tell you that free press is the first casualty of a dying democracy. Are there no members of
@SenateGOP
who have the decency to protect ours?
Failing to confirm Merrick Garland in 2016 was dereliction of duty by McConnell. Now an overtly partisan court turned a cheek on crimes that would‘ve been tried if not perpetrated by DT, IMO. Remedy? Expand SCOTUS. Then pass legislation barring repeat of 2016.
There should be consequences for billionaires who conspire with Government officials to defraud the electorate w/ flagrant lies on mass media outlets for self-enrichment. Elected officials who sell policy should be expelled from Government. Great thread 👇🏻
@AZGOP
tRump was chosen because he's easily manipulated, high visibility (public distraction/showmanship), had no firm policy objectives & little ability or desire to govern.
#KochNetwork
There’s hope for my red hot state of
#Arizona
to turn blue! Please follow & amplify
@CaptMarkKelly
— & donate if you have $$ to spare. He’d do
@SenJohnMcCain
proud serving in his stead. McSally never deserved it.
Powerful question from the
@washingtonpost
Editorial Board:
“Are there not four Republican
@SenateGOP
Senators, which is all it would take (to block this SCOTUS confirmation vote), with sufficient conscience or care for the country?”
🇺🇦‼️☎️ ACTION ALERT ☎️‼️🇺🇦
Call your representatives! DEMAND they support Ukraine & pass HR 815.
Below is the list of priority GOP reps in districts Biden won.
Please share widely!👇👇👇
Thx
@chachango
🙏
This is explosive reporting in the
@nytimes
— likely the tip of the iceberg. The longer they wait to try the impeachment, the more damning evidence will emerge to make acquittal a matter of political suicide. At least one would hope.
The torrent of new information about his misconduct in the final weeks is just beginning. It will not be possible to just move on. And conviction by the Senate is all the more important.
Question for Constitutional law experts out there:
Aren’t there rules about ways in which a civilian uses the presidential seal? Shouldn’t it exclusively signify authority to act as official of, or designated by, the current administration? Seems grossly improper at best.
If, like me, you’re feeling deflated because the other team is nearly 20 points ahead in the
#SuperBowl
— watch the commercials. Somme will lift your spirits. This one from
@Jeep
gave me hope.
By capitulating to the whims of a madman, House & Senate enablers have emboldened him & empowered his sinister pro-Kremlin efforts to destabilize our democracy. History will not be kind to
@SenateGOP
who lack courage to convict him now that they know just how dangerous he is.
Hitler lost his first election, claimed it was stolen, and did all he could to discredit the election of his opponent. Having suffered NO consequences he was able to come back a few years later with his NAZI followers and take over.
By the time MTG frantically deletes her most damning original content from every dark corner of the WWWeb, tech savvy counter-punchers have already scraped it for posterity.
Guess no one warned her that self-incriminating tropes she posts online would be indelible.
#Fresh
Retweet and Follow effort.
Marjorie Greene wrote that the Nazi March and Attacks in Charlottesville was an "inside job" - faked by Obama and Democrats. The New Nazi that ran over a woman was "Antifa in receipt of funding from George Soros."