Mr J

Just an entrepreneur, author, and father that aspires to inspire.

[Mr J @MrJ_6767]

@minixdior Definitely

[Mr J @MrJ_6767]

@SexyyChoco22 Hey

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:

"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." https://t.co/2nYQx8adj6

Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:

[Mr J @MrJ_6767]

Every time Biden wants to send foreign aid overseas, Republicans are like "No, we should spend that money on Americans here at home" and every time he tries to spend money on Americans they're like "No, thats socialism" and people still fall for it. Just crazy 🤪

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

🚨 BORDER SECURITY

Border security has been a campaigning issue for Republicans against every Democratic candidate. They use the same fearmongering tactics — saying Democrats want “open borders” and to let violent criminals into our country.

So let's look at a few FACTS that the @GOP @HouseGOP @SenateGOP will NEVER tell you.

1) Let me start with this one, bcos it's probably the most crucial - the @GOP have called to DEFUND the Department of Homeland Security. Guess who defends our borders?
Yup, you guessed it, the Department of Homeland Security.
I guess Republicans aren't THAT concerned with border security. 🤷

2) In 2021, the @GOP voted AGAINST the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which INCLUDED $430 million for Customs and Border Protection to spend on “the construction and modernization of land ports of entry and equipment and fixtures for operations” and $3 billion “for critical investments in CBP’s Border Patrol stations and land ports of entry.”
I guess Republicans don't care THAT much about border security. 🤷

3) In April 2022, with the ending of Title 42, Biden's administration requested an increase in funding for CBP for fiscal year 2023 — roughly $15 billion. That would include more than $5.4 billion for border security operations.
December 2022 - the Department of Homeland Security requested more than $3 billion from Congress.
The @GOP voted AGAINST BOTH requests.
I guess Republicans don't care THAT much about border security. 🤷

4) November 2022, President Biden directed the Customs and Border Protection to DEPORT immigrants that posed a threat to the U.S — Texas Republicans took him to court declaring his directions "illegal."
I guess Republicans aren't THAT concerned with border security. 🤷

5) The @GOP voted AGAINST Biden's FY23 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill which provided the Customs and Border Protection with $16.464 billion in base discretionary funding, as well as $1.563 billion to address increased encounters at the Southwest Border.

In total, $7.153 billion was provided for the U.S. Border Patrol for operations, hiring, and Border surge requirements.
In addition, $230 million was provided for between-the-ports technology such as autonomous surveillance towers, and an overall amount of $582 million is provided for CBP investments. The bill included $65 million specifically designated for 300 additional Border Patrol Agents, as well as $60 million for additional CBP personnel at ports of entries. Also, $70 million was provided for Non-intrusive Inspection equipment (NII) at the ports of entry.

Biden also provided the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) with $8.419 billion, along with an additional $340 million to respond to increased encounters at the Southwest Border. Total base funding represents a $319 million increase above the President's budget request.
I guess Republicans don't care THAT much about border security. 🤷

6) May 2023 - @HouseGOP passed debt limit legislation that would freeze Fiscal Year 2024 federal spending at FY 2022 levels. That meant a 22% cut to non-defense discretionary spending, including a 22% cut to border security funding. Their bill cut CBP’s budget by $4 billion, resulting in the loss of 2,400 officers. It also meant over $640 million in border security technology would no longer be operational.
I guess Republicans don't care THAT much about border security. 🤷

7) December 6, 2023, the @GOP @HouseGOP blocked President Biden's $106 billion package of wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel — which included $13.6 billion for border security - to hire 1,300 additional border patrol agents, 1,600 new asylum officers and 375 new judge teams. It also called for $1.2 billion to counter smuggling of the deadly drug fentanyl.
I guess Republicans don't care THAT much about border security. 🤷

Don't let the @GOP @HouseGOP @SenateGOP fearmongering and scare tactics fool you — THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BORDER.

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

you're telling me ...
— the Jan 6 insurrection was antifa and FBI
— but it was also BLM
— but it was peaceful, just tourists blowing off steam
— but we can't have an investigation
— because that would make Republicans look bad?
— also we're blurring their faces so you can't identify them, because reasons
— which makes no damned sense, because if they're antifa and FBI, wouldn't you want to identify them?

listen up, stupids: you people are fucking nuts and this is why no one takes any of your bullshit seriously

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow Teddy Roosevelt didn’t mess around.

In 1903, After the first Black female postmaster, Minnie Cox was pressured out of her job in Mississippi, Theodore Roosevelt ordered the local post office to suspend operations. It remained closed until the following year.

Roosevelt made sure Postmaster Minnie Cox's salary continued to be paid while the office was closed.

Residents were instead forced to pick up their mail in a town around 30 miles away.

A Mississippi post office now bares her name.

[I Smoked The Clippers @BlackKnight10k]

China paid Trump $7M during his time in the White House and that was just to rent space in Trump Tower. Imagine what we don't know about.

To date, China had paid Joe Biden $0M dollars.

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

Here is something that is mind boggling to me.
I ask myself, I say, "Self, how can anyone still support and defend Donald Trump?"

Here's why I ask myself this question.
> after nearly 700 former federal prosecutors argued in an open letter that Trump would have been indicted for obstruction of justice in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation if he weren't President (at that time)

> after both current and former military leaders have SPOKEN out against Trump
1) Former Defense Secretary James Mattis
2) Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen
3) Retired Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis
4) Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey
5) Former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller
6) Former U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Raymond A. Thomas
7) Former U.S. Forces-Afghanistan commander Gen. John Allen
8) Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven
9) Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville
10) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday
11) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein
12) National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Joseph Lengyel
13) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley

> after a few current and former Republican officials have broke ranks with the rest of their party, saying in public and private conversations that they will not support Donald Trump. Some even said they'd rather vote for Joe Biden

> after the REPUBLICAN Senate Intelligence Community Report regarding Russia's election interference and Trump's involvement, saying, and I quote: "The Committee's Report clearly shows that Trump and his Campaign WERE NOT mere bystanders in this attack - they were ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS."

> after several Republican admirals and generals have publicly announced they will NOT SUPPORT Trump. In an interview with The New York Times, William H. McRaven, retired four-star Navy admiral, who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, said, “it’s time for new leadership in this country — Republican, Democrat or independent. President Trump has shown he doesn’t have the qualities necessary to be a good commander in chief.”

> after people that have been lifelong Republicans and once proud of Republican beliefs and platforms, now regret voting for Trump in 2016, and 2020. They have vowed to never again vote or support Trump and are now voting for Joe Biden

> after two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have turned their back on Trump and endorsed Joe Biden
1) Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration
2) Elizabeth Neumann, another former senior DHS official who served in Trump's administration
They even formed a new group called the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform (REPAIR), which include people who have worked for Donald Trump but want to elect Biden and reform the Republican Party.
Miles Taylor said in a statement to POLITICO, “The President has demonstrated he’s unfit for office. And those of us who witnessed the chaos of his Administration firsthand from the inside are coming together to ensure that Trump is not re-elected."

> then, in late 2019, several current and former Republicans formed an action committee called The Lincoln Project. The goal of the committee was to prevent the re-election of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election and defeat his supporters in the United States Senate. The Lincoln Project is STILL fighting Trumpism today.

THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THIS.....

Even after all these different people made up of Republicans, former/current military officials, and former/current Trump administration officials — even after all these people have spoken out against Trump about how he is unfit, unqualified, and unable to run this country with presidential qualities, modesty, and decorum....

How can anyone still support, defend, and vote for Donald Trump?

[ Knut Carlsen 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇸🇪 @kncarlsen]

@tribelaw @JenaGriswold

[The Mehdi Hasan Show @MehdiHasanShow]

"We should thank black women for doing what a bunch of white guys have failed to do for years: hold Donald Trump, hold a former President accountable... and the fact that they're the ones doing it must be killing Trump." - @MehdiRHasan

[Oh, Mylanta! @inflictions3]

@isaiahrmartin

[Dark Damian 🇺🇸 🌊🇺🇸 @CSavin101063]

@EdKrassen

[MetalassicalGal 🟧🟦🌈 @cw_janene]

@EdKrassen

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

If you only retweet ONE thing today, let it be this list of 156 House Republicans who voted to raise the retirement age for Social Security to age 70.

Don't let them get away with it.
Make sure EVERYONE knows.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

This is exactly how this should be reported. Well done, CNN.

[. @PoliticsVerse]

Early Voting has started in Georgia

GO VOTE!! 🗳️

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Republicans didn’t sue to stop PPP business loan forgiveness.

Republican-appointed judges didn’t strike down PPP business loan forgiveness.

But now that Biden is giving student debt relief to working and middle-class Americans, they’re suing to stop it. Vote them out.