JosephCheesecake

SWATL, bike enthusiast, cheesecake enjoyer

[The Notorious S.E.B. @bigseb31213]

Previously convicted *for stabbing somebody* and didn't go to jail

by far the most catastrophic legacy of 2020 is the actively pro crime ecosystem of legislation and lawyers/judges/prosecutors that has been built in blue cities

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Meet Maine resident Laurie Dobson. She can overlook Graham Platner having a Nazi tattoo on his chest, even if it was done "by accident."

But had it been an Israeli flag tattoo?

That would be a dealbreaker.
Suddenly, he'd be unfit for office.

[THEE Brazen Hussy Dr. Bean @AFreshPrincess]

I have never felt worse about the direction of this party as I have in the past few weeks.

[David Crockett @davidcrockett08]

(This entire campaign has been him—the guy who spent a solid decade saying repeatedly war was a fun adventure where he got to kill people—playing a character of the anti-war broken vet who came home hating war.)

[Sam briefly rejoined for the texas runoffs🌻 @casadeesamitus]

if zohrans mayoral performance was replicated nationally, this would be the map

[Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) @speechboy71]

A milquetoast, replacement-level Democrat would probably be winning this race by a wide margin.

Literally the most likely seat to flip from red to blue is Maine, and Democrats seem poised to nominate the one candidate most likely to blow it.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

Thing that ties all of this together: Democratic politicians have to figure out how to wrest control back from academics and opinion journalists

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

One reason I increasingly think slopulism is a bigger problem than Trump is that we're on a bipartisan trajectory to high benefits + low taxes + low immigration creating a sudden and massive catastrophe no one wants to admit is coming

[JosephCheesecake @JoeCheesecake]

@urbanistmama Damn, you guys are actually insane.

[Tim @trouble_man90]

Imagine if Chris Hayes and leftists had this sense of urgency in 2016 when we could have stopped all of this. What good is caring now 10 years after the fact???

[JosephCheesecake @JoeCheesecake]

@LyndonTucker @Wilson__Valdez Lots of regular people take their families on MARTA every Falcons/Atlanta United/Georgia Tech game. Taking it World Cup games is going to be a no brainer. It's usually off peak hours where crime happens.

[JosephCheesecake @JoeCheesecake]

@CoreyLeander @AliceFromQueens @CentristMadness No, that was your fave.

[JosephCheesecake @JoeCheesecake]

@AliceFromQueens @CentristMadness God, you're so fucking stupid.

[Jamesetta Williams 💕 @jamesetta_w]

This is the type of crisis that a Democratic president would be held personally responsible for by the media. Instead it’s getting virtually no national attention despite the issue being directly connected to federal cuts enacted by the Trump administration

[JosephCheesecake @JoeCheesecake]

@bernal_vin46624 @Wilson__Valdez @NilesGApol Yall sound just like Republicans talking themselves into supporting Trump.

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

Man...this party might just be beyond saving. What a disgrace.

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

NEW: We've asked Platner's campaign since year to explain text messages showing his ex-girlfriend was describing his tattoo as a Nazi symbol months before Platner says he knew its meaning.

Platner was pressed on it last night and said, "I can’t say why."
https://t.co/haKgFirbfQ

[Tim @trouble_man90]

Attacking the woman coming forward about Platner because she’s a republican doesn’t make sense because..so is he lol. You don’t vote for Susan Collins THREE times if you’re a progressive democrat. There’s no evidence to support show he was a progressive democrat before last year.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

Literally indistinguishable from right wing misogynists

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.

But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.

After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)?

Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?

Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).

Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?

The editors said it was too much, they explained.

The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.

It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.

And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.

Still fawning after all these years.