Kristine Seibert

Librarian, Educator, Life-long Learner, Concerned Citizen

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Could Trump actually turn America into a fascist state?

Yes. Here's how, in five steps.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Mitch McConnell: "We spent months working on a bipartisan bill to secure the border, but Trump didn't seem to want us to do anything at all. He told us to kill the bill." (April 2024)

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

.@PeteButtigieg: Trump broke his promise of 6% economic growth. He broke his promise to help American manufacturing. He broke his promise to pass an infrastructure bill. He even broke his promise to the January 6 mob when he said ‘I will be at your side when you march down to the Capitol.’ But he actually did keep two promises. He kept his promise to destroy the right to choose in this country. And he kept his promise on tax cuts for the rich. If you want to know what a second Trump term would be like, I would start by looking at those rare promises that he actually managed to keep

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

A quick explainer on the single most dangerous aspect of Project 2025.

[Adam Schiff @AdamSchiff]

This year democracy is on the ballot, and if we are to save it, we must vote against authoritarianism.

Here Trump helpfully reminds us that the alternative is never having the chance to vote again.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Some questions the media won't ask Trump today:

"Vladimir Putin ordered a deliberate attack on Children's Hospital in Kyiv today? Will you condemn this attack and ask your friend to stop attacking hospitals?"

"How many settlements did your campaign pay to settle sexual harassment claims against Boris Epshteyn?"

"Why did you call Jeffrey Epstein so many times?"

"Did you rape two pre-teen girls? If so, how many times?"

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Project 2025 is a plan to pardon J6 insurrectionists, replace professional civil servants with Trump loyalists, prosecute Democrats, ban abortion, defund public schools and impose Christian nationalism. Trump says “whatever they do, I wish them luck.” https://t.co/S5kChvVU4K

[Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP]

REMINDER: Trump is picking a new vice president because his supporters tried to hang the last one for choosing to follow the Constitution instead of Trump.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Rep. @DWStweets: When Trump overturned Roe, it increased maternal deaths, discouraged doctors from going into the field, and has worsened existing racial inequalities. Will innocent women seeking health care be criminalized by Project 2025?

Wu: Yes. And some of the language in Project 2025, like the phrase 'abortion tourism,' is deeply offensive. Women do not take vacations in order to have abortions

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

If you have not heard of Trump’s Project 2025 yet you need to watch this right now.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

I read Project 2025.

Trump plans to “eliminate” his political enemies.

He plans to gut Social Security and Medicare.

He plans to deport “undesirables.”

He plans to take away LGBTQ rights.

He plans to ban abortion nationwide.

He plans to force kids to read the Bible.

#VoteBlue or else.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

“The 2024 Republican Party platform, released today, calls for using the 14th Amendment not to protect equal rights for Americans from discriminatory laws, as those who wrote, passed, and ratified the amendment intended. Instead it calls for using the 14th Amendment to protect the rights of fetuses from the time of fertilization. It says that states should start passing laws protecting those rights: so-called fetal personhood laws that have their roots in the 1960s and were considered a fringe idea until about fifteen years ago. Those laws prohibit all abortion, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and several forms of contraception.” — @HC_Richardson (7/8/24)

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: MSNBC's Joy Reid enrages MAGA world with a jaw-dropping takedown of "dangerous, felonious, wannabe autocrat" Donald Trump and his plan for "straight-up fascism."

And she was just getting warmed up...

"Because what I know is that Donald J. Trump cannot be allowed back in the White House. Full stop. Period," said Reid.

"Because Donald Trump is a dangerous felonious wannabe autocrat who is vowing to release hundreds of violent insurrectionists from prison by pardoning them, to open internment camps on U.S. soil, and round up millions of uncodument migrants to put there, and sic the Justice Department on his declared enemies," she continued.

"He has called for the execution of people he doesn't like including former Joint Chief Chairman Mark Milley," said Reid. "He has admitted that he wants to be a dictator like his favorite dictators Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping, and the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un."

"And please spare me the 'on day one' bit. They all vowed to only be dictator on day one," she added.

"Second. Project 2025 cannot be allowed to be implement in the United States. It is straight-up fascism which would unleash the U.S. military on American citizens like an official death squad," she said.

"It would turn the federal government into the equivalent into the Chinese parliament or the Russian duma where you have to take a personal oath to the official party and to the president to keep your job," explained Reid.

"It would unleash a national abortion ban using federal agencies to end access to everything from contraceptive to IVF to books and more," said Reid. "It means turning this country literally into Gilead from the Handmaid's Tale excepted with tariff-induced 100% inflation."

"And if you were to combine a Trump autocracy, a fully Christian Nationalist Republican Party in control of both houses of Congress, and the current Supreme Court majority, well bar the door and unleash the Devil because we would be finished as a democracy."

As apocalyptic all of this sounds, it's absolutely spot on. Everything is on the line the election. If we allow the felon Donald Trump to take power, America as we know it is over.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that Reid nailed it — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKjCwX

[VoteVets @votevets]

We DID NOT take an oath to a king or wannabe dictator, we swore to defend the United States Constitution. We served our nation, not one man!

This July 4th, let's remember the true meaning of our service and fight to protect our democracy. 🇺🇸

#VeteransDefendDemocracy

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

MAGA is awfully quiet right now being that Trump was just exposed for being a pedophile.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson just articulated why President Biden is better on his worst day than Donald Trump at his best. Biden is surrounded by leaders. Trump is surrounded by crooks. Retweet so all Americans see this

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Nearly four years ago, my predecessor sent a violent mob to the U.S. Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power.

Because of yesterday’s decision, the American people will have to do what the Court should have been willing to do, but will not.

The American people will have to render a judgment about Donald Trump's behavior.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Wow. A must-watch from Joy Reid on the immunity decision. “It’s above Joe Biden for me. I don’t care about his age…You’re now voting for your life. You must vote. Y’all better vote for your lives.” This is perfect. Everyone should watch & share this.