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https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/status/1120831325265522689
https://twitter.com/chicobrisbane/status/1120870909433339905
https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1120781244302753793
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1120825823647420416
I blame the media for elevating this lawless thug by giving him free airtime to show his klan rallies across the country to spread his hate & now the thug is openly defying the law & doing whatever the fk he wants. Y’all need to remove this toxic poison from our WH. #ImpeachTheMF
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/1120847344432484352
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1120806730793988096
Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) Tweeted:
I received some criticism b/c I said Repubs supporting Trump -after his crimes & work w/ Russians – are unpatriotic. Yes I said it! How can you know the enemy Russia is undermining our democracy & say & do nothing? If you don’t care, I do. We must impeach Putin’s president Trump! https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/1120784878411362306?s=17
Glad that he pointed this out
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
A large percentage of people objecting to the Warren proposal seem to believe going into the military means you dont have student loan debt. I promise you that is not the case. https://t.co/E1ERqGGJaV https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1120451331548954625?s=17
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
In fact the student loan debt industry has figured out lots of ways to game federal obligations to servicemembers to screw them too. It’s pretty infuriating!
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
The number of arguments against the proposal that i’ve seen today that amount to: “businesses profiting from this predatory model should be allowed to squeeze working people in perpetuity” is shocking, although not surprising. https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1120452525059203073?s=17
Comments from Adam Sewer about Senator Warren’s student loan debt plan:
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
The reaction to Warren’s proposal on student loans helpfully illustrates the extent to which certain political strategies are predicated on making regular people resent each other over public spending that would improve many people’s lives, while the ultra rich clean everyone out
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1120387398939156482?s=17
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
Love to resent “elites” while also arguing that people who arent rich shouldnt be allowed to go to college without a lifetime of crushing debt
Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
The government is not your mommy. Unless you are a bank, a farm, a predatory lender, a for profit college, an upper middle class homeowner, or one of donald trump’s failed businesses.
Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) Tweeted:
Dem policy advice
No Dylan Roof and the Boston Bombers should not be able to vote. Thats absurd.
1) this is a question for Governors as this is a state issue. (You don’t federally register to vote)
2) once you are done with sentence your right should be immediately restored https://twitter.com/Bakari_Sellers/status/1120692133084659714?s=17
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1120764343275204614
https://twitter.com/Selena_Adera/status/1120708723821957121
Oliver Willis (@owillis) Tweeted:
trump is here telling his underlings to defy subpoenas and hide evidence and democrats are like “um, but should we really impeach him?” https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1120764519926640640?s=17
😒😒😒
https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1120762534863224837
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1120687811122876416
THREAD
Ari is trying to send up the bat signal, folks.
Very few in the country is as well versed on voting issues as Ari.
Ari Berman (@AriBerman) Tweeted:
Trump could rig American politics for next decade if SCOTUS upholds citizenship question on 2020 census. Would be as devastating to democracy as anything in Mueller report. Pay attention to oral arguments Tuesday https://t.co/FEBrVtZCrh https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1120356186535206912?s=17
This muthaphucka 😠
https://twitter.com/jimtankersley/status/1120722610663362561
Carson news………..
Daughter had some chocolate milk in the fridge and she put a little in Carson’s bottle and he tried it and then gave the bottle back. He doesn’t like chocolate milk. LOL
Good that he knows what he doesn’t like 😂😂
Bianca Delarosa disobeys Trump’s orders (@Bravewriting) Tweeted:
Warren- I’ll focus on a Wealth Tax, Environmental, Equal Justice, Paying Off Student Loans, Voting Rights, Universal Childcare, M4A, Green New Deal, and Ending Corruption!
Beto: Hey guys! 🏂
BS: SHE STOLE MY IDEA I SWIPED!👴🏼
PB: *many $10 words*🎓
Media: Pete’s the real deal. https://twitter.com/Bravewriting/status/1120728281651613697?s=17
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1120681830083117059
🙄🙄
https://twitter.com/Robillard/status/1120456826867286016
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1120683445125033984
JAIL this MOFO
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1120738617515757568
https://twitter.com/splcenter/status/1120719081391435776
Some more Whitesplaining of Mayor Pete😒🙄
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1120704359829053440
Because you are a Black woman, and you know that you would never be taken seriously again, if you had said this😠😠
Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) Tweeted:
I am the same age as Mayor Pete and I would NEVER be able to run for president and say that I’ll fill you all in on my policy proposals later because it’s minutiae.
WTF was that and I’m seriously asking?
https://twitter.com/ZerlinaMaxwell/status/1120712492785786880?s=17
https://twitter.com/HeyItsMurad/status/1120726517225533442
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1120731368856723458
Cory Booker Could Pull Off a Surprise Win in Iowa
by Nancy LeTourneau
April 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/ArletteSaenz/status/1120726581364838401
https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1120487750816403458
Who is behind this guy? Why the “meteoric” rise?
https://twitter.com/matthewmerez/status/1120052384036560896
You could pretty much ask the same question of so many others in the running.. including the very manufactured mediocre ones who’ve been undeservedly propped up the political rungs for years..
The invisible hand calling the shots from behind the scenes is not in fact an exclusive phenomena.. And certainly not for just the one candidate..
There’s also something to be said about Democrats needing to be so much more wily and learning how to think outside the box, perfect the art of it to not just win, but to seriously decimate the unscrupulous, depraved GOP and their soulless cohort of crafty, complicit non-partisan enablers committed only to greed, corruption and white supremacy..
The GOP is very much committed to preserving power in GOP hands.. by hook or crook.. And the media is saturated with those helping to shape and define the how …including playing Democrats like fiddles..
That they tout a particular Democrat at any time, does not necessarily mean they actually like or support that Dem.. Or any Dem for that matter.. Dems are only good as distraction, props and useful idiots for the short and long-term purposes of the insidious, agenda-driven mouthpieces owned by the anti-regulations, tax-cuts loving GOP-friendly oligarchs.. The mission includes tearing the Democratic Party apart – including by pitting and playing Dems against each other .. And most importantly, rubbishing the Dems as gravitas-deficient weaklings who are in fact, not up to the job of leading this country.. And securing that space of leadership for the GOP …even with its treasonous buffoon …and until such a time as the Neocons can once again install one of their own.,
In the end, the very same folks (including those of the the ‘Never’ the treasonous buffoon ilk) who fancy themselves narrative-shapers, influencers and kingmakers will dispose of any and every and whatever Dem(s) they’ve willfully exploited for their purposes …As they all begin to return to their base, and begin to boldly and publicly coalesce behind the callous GOP/oligarch greed and power agenda..
https://twitter.com/kittenxlady/status/1120524902103228417
https://twitter.com/jwheels74/status/1120415960375156736
https://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1120658581471121409
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1120667098802466816
The charter movement is a scam all the way around, but, how they treat Special Needs Children is phucking CRIMINAL.
Eliza Shapiro (@elizashapiro) Tweeted:
Success Academy was put on a corrective action plan by NY for allegedly failing to provide services for students with disabilities. Today, the mother of a former student w/ special needs sued the charter network, alleging a “campaign of harassment” to get her child to leave https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1120374937036972032?s=17
Eliza Shapiro (@elizashapiro) Tweeted:
Among the accusations: Success called ACS twice to report that the mother suing Success today could not control her child. This triggered an NYPD investigation against the mother, and led to her 4th grade child being taken out of school and left at an NYPD precinct. https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1120376092647411712?s=17
https://twitter.com/FlaCoconuts/status/1120685702151319552
Word of the Day : April 23, 2019
Inexorable: adjective i-NEK-suh-ruh-bul
Definition: not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/inexorable-2019-04-23?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=i&file=inexor02&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
CityLab (@CityLab) Tweeted:
The Trump administration is targeting immigrants with a new policy—this time, by seeking to restrict housing assistance for families with mixed-citizenship status, report @tanvim and @kristoncapps.
https://t.co/yQu2ycHSPS https://twitter.com/CityLab/status/1120028622482440194?s=17
Media Alert. Check your PBS Station for when this is going to come on.
1A (@1a) Tweeted:
“Over and over again, we see black business being knocked down by discrimination and racism in this country,” @StanleyNelson1 says.
An example: Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK was destroyed in nearly one day of white folks rioting against its success.
https://t.co/0SXUJDqOmL https://twitter.com/1a/status/1119701521074020352?s=17
NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) Tweeted:
The C.F.P.B. was created to protect Americans from predatory lenders after the financial crisis. President Trump’s new chief of staff took it apart on his way to White House. https://t.co/jEnL2QhhzE https://twitter.com/NYTmag/status/1119990197540806657?s=17
My blood boils to see the p- honorific freely and effusively lavished on and used for a basic conman and traitor..
Ugh..
UH HUH
https://twitter.com/lollybowean/status/1119368794688958465
Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) Tweeted:
Let’s look at the relevant law one more time:
“Upon written request from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means…the Secretary shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request”
Shall means shall. There’s no leeway here https://t.co/L4xTul3u7p https://twitter.com/ChrisLu44/status/1120519345745145858?s=17
PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) Tweeted:
Rachel Maddow explains why Trump’s lawsuit to block Congress from getting his financial records is just a stalling tactic. #ctl #p2 #maddow https://t.co/NIrp4n9ScM https://twitter.com/politicususa/status/1120499218584616966?s=17
Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) Tweeted:
Trump is…
A defender of the faith -@Franklin_Graham
Called by God -@PressSec
Godly & Biblical -@MicheleBachmann
God’s given authority -@robertjeffress
God’s anointed – @Paula_White
A moral person -@JerryFalwellJr
WHITE EVANGELICALS ARE DERANGED APOSTATES https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1120482660764323842?s=17
Christian Dominionists Meet at Trump’s Washington Hotel to Answer the “Divine Call to War”
https://truthout.org/articles/christian-dominionists-meet-at-trump-s-washington-hotel-to-answer-the-divine-call-to-war/
Look at this ISH, Y’ALL
https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1120533975351681025
They’ve tested their limits and found that there are no limits.. they get to do whatever they want and get away with it too … With the media enabling and providing them with as much cover as they need ..
They’ve been emboldened …and it’ll only get worse..
Don’t know how many of you are fans of the Young and the Restless, but this is the week that they will be doing their tribute to Kristoff St. John. They will be killing off Neil Winters, and the story will follow that.
It begins today, and will continue throughout the rest of the week.
Already have it on my DVR.
I know that I will be crying buckets, even though I haven’t been a regular viewer of Y&R in years. Soaps get a short shrift, but THIS is something that they do extremely well.
Kristoff St. John – gone too soon.
Ex Trump campaign chair, Paul Manafort, is officially in prison. He has been transferred from jail to federal prison.
Biden is delaying the announcement:
The media helped to elevate this thug………….
Obstruction right in our face. I told y’all he was a thug. He doesn’t give a damn about the rule of law. You’d better pay attention to what Michael Cohen said…..there will be no peaceful transition when Trump leaves the WH. He’s gonna have to be thrown out on his ass.
https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1120515189428953088
45 has always shown himself. He’s not going to change, and he will be TAKEN OUT.
!, 2, &3 are the very reasons Pelosi is not going for immediate impeachment. Dems are going through the LEGAL process to investigate 45, and he is not cooperating.
Further evidence they can use against said ‘THUG’ when/IF they decide impeachment is needed.
I wish, Sis..
😒😒🙄🙄
Like I am gonna listen to the WSJ Editorial Page
Phuck Outta Here 😠 😠
WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) Tweeted:
Too many candidates and a Fox News ban mean the 2020 Democratic presidential debates will fail where the GOP succeeded in 2016, writes @seanspicer. https://t.co/1EXR5YUuxT https://twitter.com/WSJopinion/status/1120647704844079105?s=17
By Sean Spicer no less…
Daniel Dale (@ddale8) Tweeted:
Things the president called people and entities before 8 AM today:
– Joe Scarborough “Psycho” and “Angry, Dumb and Sick”
– Democrats “totally insane”
– New York Times “Fake News” and “Enemy of the People”
– Paul Krugman “stupid”
– Twitter “very discriminatory” https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1120660470279692288?s=17
Uh huh 😒🤨
https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1120517438758637568
Corey Bu-Shea (@coreybking) Tweeted:
Notice how you’ll woke faves are absent during these town halls when actual issues are being discussed? But they can respond to media soundbites and erroneous Google searches though 🙄🙄🙄🙄 https://twitter.com/coreybking/status/1120512677800030209?s=17
😠😠😠
Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) Tweeted:
White House has instructed fmr security clearances director Carl Kline not to appear before House Government Oversight committee. https://twitter.com/SpyTalker/status/1120513049788649472?s=17
https://twitter.com/ABCWorldNews/status/1120635897958031360
The mama of these cubs are out there. She could have attacked the kids for messing with her cubs. It was very dangerous for them.
My first thought too.
https://twitter.com/DrJoanMalcolm/status/1120473994061406208
https://twitter.com/TIMESUPNOW/status/1120390581195292672
https://twitter.com/Ange_Amene/status/1120641040682110979
https://twitter.com/Ange_Amene/status/1120641354948759552
https://twitter.com/GlblCtzn/status/1120372342914527232
https://twitter.com/Alex_Roarty/status/1120493160512348161
https://twitter.com/ErickFernandez/status/1120486758930624512
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1120481821240823809
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1120481168258998274
https://twitter.com/AlyssaMastro44/status/1120479440079814663
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1120491162371014657
Good Morning, Everyone 😄 😄😄
Good Morning, Rikyrah & Everyone. Have you seen the PBS series on Reconstruction with Prof. Gates? It’s captivating, intense….