Thinker of deep thoughts. Writer of shallow opinions.
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First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist…
…Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
A former Member of Congress to me: “Trump has not only made Congressional Republicans fear for their political lives, but for their actual ones. They worry about the safety of their families if they oppose him, even now. That’s how bad it is.”
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Over 500 deaths a day in the U.S. from Coronavirus.
The average airplane holds between 150 and 200 passengers. Now imagine if there were three plane crashes each and every day. We’d be in a total panic!
But 500+ COVID deaths a day? Ho, hum, business as usual.
The United States is now averaging 546 deaths per day from coronavirus, the lowest seven-day average since March 31, 2020, according to data from @CNN and Johns Hopkins University.
If the Trump Republicans win the House or Senate in 2022, they will not let a Democrat who wins the Presidency take office.
Think about that for a second. It would be the end of Democracy in America.
That’s the danger the authoritarians now pose to the Republic.
Me: "Do you believe a Republican-controlled Congress will allow a Democratic nominee for president who wins in 2024 to take office? Yes or no?
@ruthbenghiat: "No."
@NormOrnstein: "No."
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Based upon the actions of the CDC during the entirety of this pandemic, I’d bet that they don’t have a single behavioral scientist on their payroll.
Heck, I don’t think anyone at the CDC has even HEARD of behavioral science.
They have been just awful at messaging.
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Here is Rudy Giuliani’s defense in a nutshell:
Rudy Giuliani wasn’t literally arguing that the crowd should do an illegal act. It’s just an unrelated coincidence that shortly after his speech, the crowd literally did the illegal act he told them to do.
Rudy Giuliani's lawyers are now arguing that he wasn't literally advocating for an insurrection over the election results.
cnn.com/2021/05/18/politics/…
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Far too many portray what's going on in the U.S. as a political divide. It isn't.
It's a divide between sane and insane; lies and truth; fact and gibberish. democracy and totalitarianism.
Cover it like the country and culture are at stake. Because they are. No "both sides."
I disagree with this take.
Human beings often fail to do what is best for them in the long run — like saving for retirement, or giving up smoking.
We are imperfect beings. There is no shame in utilizing behavioral science to “nudge” us into doing the right thing. – at PHILADELPHIA
tfw your country is so decadent that saving your own life and protecting those around you isn’t enough of an incentive to get a free miracle drug teapaw.org/Tylerjoelb/status/1392…
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Baloney.
I will bet you any amount that Trump will not be the Republican nominee in 2024.
He will continue to influence the Republican party (in bad ways), but in 2024 he will be older, lazier, and unwilling to risk losing again. His ego simply can’t tolerate another defeat.
"Right now if Donald #Trump is not eaten by an alligator, struck by lightening or slapped in jail he's the presumptive nominee for '24"... @TheRickWilson to @billmaher
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Democracy requires a loyal opposition. Such an opposition holds those in power accountable, but it is also “loyal” in that it agrees to conduct politics by common rules & norms. Today’s Republican Party fails on both counts, and our nation is imperiled. nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/po…
Fox News only makes a fraction of its income from advertisers. Most of its income comes from you and me when we subscribe to cable TV.
It’s hard to exclude Fox from a TV tier, but we can make a start in disengaging with Fox by joining #unfoxmycablebox.
unfoxmycablebox.com
I disagree with this take. In the Harry Potter books, people failed to speak Voldemort’s name out loud because they feared him.
In the U.S., today, the worst thing you can do to the former guy is to ignore him into oblivion.
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New Study Estimates More Than 900,000 People Have Died Of COVID-19 In U.S. npr.org/sections/coronavirus…
Why do you suppose that Trump Republicans think that things mailed from Asia are all covered in Bamboo?
Oh yeah, that’s right. It’s because they’d rather find truth in small, meaningless details than in obvious, in-your-face facts.
Stop searching for meaning in the meaningless.
John Brakey, an official helping oversee the audit of the 2020 Arizona election, says auditors are looking for bamboo fibers because of a baseless accusation that 40K ballots from Asia were smuggled here. #AzAuditPool
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NEW: Finding a vaccine just got very very easy.
Know someone who wants to find a vaccine?
Text your zip code to 438829 (getvax). And see what happens...
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"Ok, I get the idea. I get the idea" -- Stacey Abrams gave Sen. John Kennedy waaaaay more than he bargained for when he asked her to list off provisions of the Georgia voter suppression bill she objects to
In 1930 Germany, the Nazis were just everyday people too.
Evil doesn’t need your support to survive and thrive. All it requires is your apathy. – at PHILADELPHIA
Staffers at One America News said they felt responsible for spreading misinformation that led to the Capitol riot. But they had bills to pay, they said, and no other job options. "We're not Nazis," one producer told me. "Just, like, everyday people." nytimes.com/2021/04/18/busin…
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147 mass shootings in US already this year: let's make it easier to buy guns
2 cases of voter fraud in 2020: let's make it harder to vote
If I told you on 9/12/01, that the US Afghan war would 1) take 10 years to kill Osama bin Laden — in Pakistan; 2) Cost another 9/11 in lost lives; Cost many trillions; 3) Last 20 years with no discernible end in sight; and 4) Make the area even less stable, would you start it?
If I told you on 9/12/01, that the US Afghan war would 1) depose the Taliban and kill Osama bin Laden, 2) help prevent additional large-scale terror attacks, and 3) cost fewer American lives than were lost on 9/11, would you respond, “Sounds like we lost”? frenchpress.thedispatch.com/…
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