Frank Lasik

Writer, scholar, theatrical carpenter, chronic case of Cleveland sports fandom. In other words, the total package.

[Frank Lasik @LasikF]

Time to peace out. See ya later, maybe.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

THREAD: Thanks to @politico, we now have the 8 emails Judge Carter ordered Eastman to hand over to the 1/6 committee. And they are DAMNING. First, Eastman agrees with Cheesebro that JUSTICE THOMAS is their best bet to get a ruling to delay the 1/6 certification. 1/

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

Wow. Didn’t know Bo Burnham was a real one. Couldn’t be more relevant

[Pro-Democracy RTs @ProDemocracyRTs]

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell said "It's both sides" in talking about political violence and suggested that threats against Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the fault of the left. Does she understand who hates Cheney and Kinzinger right now? Does she understand anything?

[Frank Lasik @LasikF]

This week's post: When life gives you COVID, run a 5K and eat a hot dog.

https://t.co/bBUB4d92Yk

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

A lot of journalists I've spoken to privately are minimizing vigilante right-wing violence (like the attempted assassination of Pelosi). The extent to which a lot of people in elite Democratic circles and liberal/centrist media are underestimating the rise of fascism is alarming.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Every single right wing lie and conspiracy debunked chapter and verse by the police and the perpetrator’s own taped confession. There will be no apologies, corrections or retractions from them because they are busy creating new conspiracies for the rubes. https://t.co/svDVxV7Juh

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

When 54¢ of every $1 of inflation is going directly to corporations, that’s corporate greed.

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

It's not that hard, as the Star-Tribune shows. Just be blunt. Via @mcpli

[Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history]

How did we get here?

The answer is always the same: The rise of far-right political violence is a direct result of Republican elected officials, the rightwing media machine, and reactionary pseudo-intellectuals demonizing “the Left.” And it is only going to get worse.

[Covid19 @friendlycovid19]

Shoutout to everyone whose mental health was more damaged by having their favorite restaurants and bars close for a few months than by watching millions of people die and millions more become disabled. Humans are amazing. 🦠 ❤️

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

1. By week’s end, a sizable percentage of the GOP base will believe an absurd conspiracy theory positing that Paul Pelosi was assaulted by his leftist gay lover.

Allow me to explain.

[Jason Kander @JasonKander]

As a Jew who grew up in the heartland, I remember my friends’ parents casually telling me how sad it was that my family was going to hell.

So when a gentile says they love Israel more than a lot of Jews do, I hear:

“We need Jews to housesit Israel until the rapture arrives.”

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

David DePape, 42, published hundreds of blog posts in recent months sharing memes in support of fringe commentators and far-right personalities. Many of the posts were filled with screeds against Jews, Black people, Democrats, media and transgender people. https://t.co/7xfFgO6u8u

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

So is an attempt to assassinate the Speaker of the House, which severely injured her husband, and seems to have reflected right-wing extremism, going to be a one-day story? Really?

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is the passion, aggression, and righteous anger towards the GOP and its agenda that every Democrat on the campaign trail should be showing. Listen to Obama, Dems. 👇🏽👇🏽

[Dara Kass, MD @darakass]

An assassination attempt on the most powerful women in American government, resulting in the hospitalization of her husband, should be the top news story on every platform.

Regardless of your politics.

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

Their refusal to denounce violence says to their followers it is an acceptable way to take power. It always astonishes me that the followers can't see that once a nation accepts this principle, the law won't protect them, either.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Wow