The reason the Constitution does not prevent a felon from seeking the Presidency is because the framers didn't think you'd be crazy enough to vote for one.
It’s hard for me to explain the depth of sadness I feel about Jack Smith moving to vacate the remaining schedule in the DC case. All that work. All those filings. And Donald gets to just walk away from accountability. It’s profoundly depressing for those of us who seek justice.
ALERT: Special Counsel Jack Smith files in DC federal court
"As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025. The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy. By December 2, 2024, the Government will file a status report or otherwise inform the Court of the result of its deliberations. The Government has consulted with defense counsel, who do not object to this request.."
In retrospect, assuming the majority of Americans will step up to protect America from all her enemies, foreign and domestic, was a fatally dumb notion.
Bill is exactly right.
There are plenty of micro-explanations and micro-excuses for what happened in the presidential election of 2024. And on the margins, any number of them—indeed, almost certainly, a combination of them—made the difference. But their impact was only on the margins. Don’t get me wrong—small margins and the factors that move them do matter, a lot, in elections—particularly in America in the 21st century. They deserve careful analysis, but only to a point.
For the bottom line is that these considerations are not what we must focus on first and foremost today. What deserves the lion’s share of our attention are the facts that a major political party could have even considered nominating Trump despite his manifest criminality, moral depravity, psychological derangement, and cognitive deficiencies and deterioration—and that nearly half the country would have voted for him no matter what he did or said and no matter whom he had run against. That was the ultimate problem in this election, and remains so.
We suffer from a deep sickness in our national polity. Far above all else, before it’s too late, thoughtful Americans of good faith must work together to confront, to better comprehend, and to ultimately address that grave and metastasizing ailment if our great experiment in self-governance is to survive. Scapegoating and blame-assigning about anything else serves no end but to diminish our chances of overcoming our profound national moral crisis.
150 billionaire families spent $1.9B on the 2024 election through October.
It's a huge amount of money — but it represents just 0.07% of their overall wealth.
It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in cash.
We must get big money out of our politics.
After the election, there seems to be revisionist history. The Republicans weaponized messages that defined Democrats:”Woke”, “CRT”, “DEI”. In the Black community “Stay Woke” was a term of endearment. They turned it into a euphemism for everything bad. Critical Race Theory was a Harvard Law School class in the 80’s and it was turned into a euphemism for white grievance. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a movement to mitigate generations of discrimination that they turned into a euphemism for the racist idea that Blacks are inferior and promoted without merit. These racist messages were central to Trumps campaign. The media is having revisionist history claiming this is the Democratic Party’s far left agenda. It was not. It was made up GOP misinformation and propaganda. We lost an election, Not our purpose.
There are no credible reports that Merrick Garland “instructed” anyone to dismiss Trump’s federal cases.
The special counsel and DOJ officials are evaluating how to wind down the cases in order to comply w/ DOJ policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president. 1/
The parking lot for my precinct was jammed, so I had to find a spot a few blocks away.
Long lines but things moved quickly. Lots of helpful poll workers, making sure people didn't feel overwhelmed.
You could sense their pride in facilitating our most sacred of rights. (🧵)
Stay in line.
If you're in line when the polls close, you have the right to vote.
Stay in line.
Don't be deterred. Your vote will be counted.
Stay in line.
Problems? Call 866-OUR-VOTE
We will vote. He will lose.
There will be a lot of disinformation and misinformation floating around on here today.
Please follow credible sources and reputable news media outlets. Then switch from “For You” to “Following” on your X homepage.
And make sure you vote! Happy Election Day 🗳️
Q: Who will be there to protect my right to vote?
A: State law enforcement, poll watchers, legal teams, the National Guard and the DOJ.
We can learn too.
To all staff on campaigns, up and down the ballot fighting for democracy, thank you for your hard work and dedication.
It'll all pay off tomorrow and we know you got this.
It's worth highlighting that both Trump and Elon Musk have talked openly in recent days about bad things happening early in a second Trump term. (short 🧵)