Russia is destroying Ukraine’s economy, raising costs for U.S. and allies. As indicated in yesterday’s WSJ, China is Russia’s critical enabler. https://t.co/jPum3XKAUu
Jan. 6 panel staffers angry at Cheney for focusing so much of report on Trump. Cheney’s fighting Trump while DEMs are fighting fascism. There would be no Trump with his funders and enablers. https://t.co/0ULgwRDIMA
@luxeprogressive This should have been full stop by May, 2021. Trump, his enablers, and funders have made a mockery of The Rule of Law. No repercussions. No accountability. If the DoJ now appoints a special council, there will be no indictments before the next Presidential election.
@BernieBroStar Garland is going to then demonstrate that he's an invertebrate, appoint a special council, and give Trump an excuse to drag out his prosecution. I was disgusted by the lack of indictment two years ago. Now, it appears that the DoJ is okay with the coup.
@luxeprogressive With all the voter suppression and election rigging tactics now on overdrive, I candidly despaired that this would be anything other than the end of Democracy and a route. To be sure, democracy has ended in Florida and Texas, in particular. I now dare to hope.
@luxeprogressive I'm a straight male Jew with a daughter and special-needs son who has the exact same concerns. If we actually lived in a representative democracy, this election would not be as tainted by corruption.
@johniadarola Musk is playing the long game and that's terrifying. Given the options of lead, follow, or get out of the way, you can bet on Musk's perspective. Musk is banking on becoming indispensable to the fascist regime. @TYT
@johniadarola John, the data has not been weaponized yet. It's coming if we go fascist. Imagine every overt and hidden attribute being deployed against every person who's not with the authoritarian program that Musk enables.
@luxeprogressive I find it interesting that buying Twitter is causing Musk to question what he believes, repudiates, and will support; an existential crisis that will play out publicly.
@bythehandofbob @lawofruby I needed that smile! It occurred to me that Garland could have demonstrated that The Rule of Law applied to those who led, funded, and enabled the ongoing coup. We might not be at this fascist precipice.
As I contemplated the real threat of US fascism, I considered who could have stopped this and chose this outcome: 1) Manchin and Sinema, 2) Biden for not unpacking SCOTUS, and 3) Garland for not acting on the mountain range of seditious conspiracy evidence.
It is astonishing how a man who was a governor for five years and a senator for 12, can have such an ill-informed understanding of how our democracy works. (Not to mention the fact that his own compromise voting rights bill to protect democracy was blocked by… the filibuster!)
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