Richard Finstein

CommPartners Founder, President and Education Strategist. Enjoy running marathons, volunteer work, Ravens games, family time. [email protected]

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

White House spokesman Andrew Bates responds to the Republican Speaker:

"We absolutely reject the offensive accusation that gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because of Americans' 'hearts.' Gun crime is uniquely high in the United States because congressional Republicans have spent decades choosing the gun industry's lobbyists over the lives of innocent Americans."

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Many Americans feel we are living through an extraordinarily divided time.

@HC_Richardson says there is precedent for our conflicts today and for the hope that we can overcome them.

Watch part of @JudyWoodruff's interview with Richardson. https://t.co/x2wbLMyl6O

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: According to multiple reports, this billboard is currently being displayed on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, Israel.

“Thank you Mr. President,” aimed at thanking Biden and America.

Israel knows that America stands by their side. The world knows!

What do you think it will take for America to enter this war? Will it take a confirmed attack from within Lebanon (seems we are only moments away from that) or would it take an attack by someone like Iran?

[Omar Rivero @OmarRiverosays]

BREAKING: In a devastating speech, iconic actor Robert De Niro rips Donald Trump to shreds, declaring that Trump is “not a bad man,” but “an evil one” who is a “wanna be tough guy” and has “no morals or ethics.”

But Robert De Niro didn’t stop there…

De Niro continued:

“Trump has no sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So, today I issue another warning.

From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:

This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  We have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.” 

“Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump.”

Well said, Robert De Niro!

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Robert De Niro for calling out Donald Trump — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a woke new Twitter competitor that banned Trump for life and is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: https://t.co/0c9FDbByU8

[Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries]

Thankful for the leadership of President Joe Biden during these challenging times.

[Hananya Naftali @HananyaNaftali]

Thousands of Germans gather in Berlin to show solidarity with Israel.

They sang the national anthem of Israel. This makes me emotional. THANK YOU. 🇩🇪🇮🇱 #Israel

[Caitlin Cleveland @caitlincole08]

We’ve been patient. Now, we #SoakItIn
#Orioles #Birdland

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Absolutely. I embarrassed too.

[Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal]

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) melts down as an NBC reporter questions GOP claims of DOJ political interference in favor of Joe Biden before he was president.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

With Trump cheating on his wives with porn stars and raping E. Jean Carroll

Kristi Noem having an affair with Trump advisor Lewandowski,

CPAC chair Matt Schlapp accused of groping 3 men,

Lauren Boebert in a groping session at a theater in front of children.

Matt Gaetz accused of sex with underage girls,

I’m starting to think the Republican party can not call itself the “family values” party.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Holy shit. THIS is how you launch a campaign for US Senate in deep Red Tennessee. Gloria Johnson is running, she’s not pulling back any punches, & she’s going to make Marsha Blackburn & Tennessee Republicans find out. This ad is amazing. Watch & share👇

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Have 15 minutes? Watch our new video laying out Trump's years of normalizing violence and how it all led to the insurrection:
https://t.co/i9mDPULWYp

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

The Jacksonville Dollar General gunman who entered the store with an assault rifle covered in swastikas, was there to kill black people.
This isn’t about pot, or porn, or video games. It’s not about locks on doors or too few “good guys with guns”.
It’s about the right-wing machinery stoking the flames of violence by feeding the masses a steady diet of fear mongering, othering & hate… and then handing them weapons of war.

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

Great column. She absolutely nails this.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

TRUMP MUGSHOT JUST DROPPED #TrumpMugshot

[Swing Left @swingleft]

The contrast between Democrats and Republicans couldn't be more stark:

[Barbara Comstock @BarbaraComstock]

Only one sore loser in the history of Presidential elections. Make that 4x indicted, 2x impeached sore loser Trump…Watch…