Bragg should’ve arraigned Trump last week. And not give the sociopath time to coordinate his propaganda spectacle while inciting more violence. Trump’s language (“Fuck em up”) is mobster-talk for beating guys up. Adding “politically” seems as CYA as “peacefully” fight on Jan.6.
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RT @hugolowell
New: Trump has told advisers and associates that he’s prepared to escalate attacks against the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg now that he’s been for…
https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1642649447606763524

“For years, Evan did everything he could to tell the story of modern Russia. It is now our turn to keep the light shining on him. I want to have my friend back.”

Tough piece to read. Tougher to write. “My friend Evan Gershkovich is no spy” @PjotrSauer⁩ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/02/friend-evan-gershkovich-no-spy-just-brave-friend-jailed-moscow

Are we Russia yet? Republicans are so afraid investigations into them, they want to defund FBI & DOJ funding.

Republicans in power in the House is like Russia heading the UN Security Council. Only instead of a month, the GOP get 2 years to lie, obstruct & damage the institution.
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RT @Acyn
Jordan: We’re going to have to look at the appropriations process and limit funds going to some of these agencies…
Bartiromo: So the DOJ and the FBI?

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https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1642532015500083204

If Republicans are so concerned about the national debt, maybe they should roll back the $1.9 trillion tax cut they engineered for corporations and the super-rich.

In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.

It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.

Not that complicated.

#history #books #education #politics #democrats

Pro-Life needs to be retired as a descriptor for the Forced Birth movement.

Pro-Life people would want our society to have healthcare.

Pro-Life people would want to restrict access to weapons of war.

Pro-Life people would want to explore pregnancy related mortality in the African American community.

These people don’t give a rats ass about ‘life’ they want to make women property. Same as it ever was for them. Conservatives only want to conserve a white fascist Christian patriarchy.

RT @oneunderscore__
Just a reminder as the right coalesces around blaming George Soros for this grand jury indictment:

Cesar Sayoc, who sent pipe bombs to Soros and Trump's political enemies, had a Twitter page filled with screeds ranting against Soros, even claiming he paid off a Parkland victim.

RT @MattGertz
There were at least 10 "Soros" mentions on Fox's 7 p.m. hour; twice, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg was described as Soros' "puppet."

Tom is “the Left” to Republicans. Can we please stop letting the GOP get away with calling opposition to their insane toxicity “the Left”?? Many of the most fervent GOP critics are lifelong conservative Republicans.
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RT @RadioFreeTom
Until there's a GOP leader who doesn't sound like this, I'll keep arguing that the GOP is an unreformable toxic waste dump. The American system of government requires parties that believe in the rule o…
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1641670710010564608

RT @jbouie
yep, the path to a stable and flourishing democracy is letting heads of state commit as much crime as their heart’s desire without fear of punishment or criminal sanction https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1641647161996722176

Antisemitic Soros tropes were unacceptable in the GOP just a few years ago. Republicans like Kevin McCarthy once deleted tweets referencing Soros. Now it’s THE standard GOP talking point. This should confirm that the GOP is a fully far-right party, illegitimate to most Americans.
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RT @mehdirhasan
Straight up antisemitism. As I have pointed out before, the link between Bragg and Soros doesn’t exist. He never gave any money to Bragg a…
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1641607374078189568

👏@secupp nails the faux outrage over Trump’s indictment brilliantly. And she’s a lifelong Republican. A reminder that the GOP lumping all critics as “the Left” is itself false, propaganda that conveniently ignores the many fervent critics of Trump’s lawlessness on the Right.
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RT @PaulaChertok
🎯🔥🔥@secupp: The people outraged by Trump's indictment were not outraged by his attempts to overturn a democratic election. They were not outr…
https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1641811262215450624

🚨Seems #Russia just absorbed #Belarus into a “Union State” - announcing it at the @un, along with announcing the transfer of Iskandr nuclear cruise missiles closer to the borders of #Ukraine and @nato.
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RT @Hromadske
Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that Russia is transferring Iskander to Belarus & is setting up a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons for the security of the "Union State", a…
https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1641830735865696257

FYI #Soros is a Russian disinformation campaign to attack democracy, designed to undermine democratic movements in ex-Soviet countries creating institutions like a free press. Leave it to fascists to make a Holocaust survivor promoting civil society a villain. This is the @GOP.
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RT @PaulaChertok
@mtgreenee Play "spot the fascist propaganda" from MTG, who seems a bit nervous about more indictments.
🤥fear-mongering lies ("civil war"…
https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1641843172325343233

RT @sarafischer
Scoop: @WhiteHouse won’t pay for @Twitter verification
— It will not enroll in Twitter’s “Verification for Organization” program either
— It also won’t reimburse staff who chose to pay for Twitter Blue either
Story on @axios: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/twitter-verification-white-house-biden-check-mark

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Why is the party of "freedom" trying to ban abortion and criminalize gender-affirming care for trans youth?

Because it doesn’t actually care about freedom. It cares about power.

The power to impose a narrow ideology, no matter who suffers.

Trump better get all his bitching done now on Truth Social!

Trump’s Media Company Reportedly Under Federal Investigation For Money Laundering Linked To Russia https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/03/15/trumps-media-company-reportedly-under-federal-investigation-for-money-laundering-linked-to-russia/

@xankarn very important moment. Reparations need models.