ASRMendle

she/her; mom; wife; teacher; lucky to be a ptown native ⛵️; Pats fan; ⚓️Cape Cod has my 💙; immigrant; 🇵🇹portugee; bruno alum 🐻; 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ally

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Dear Republicans,

It's not all a set up.

It's not a conspiracy.

Donald Trump actually did all this awful stuff and the evidence is overwhelming.

I know it is hard to say you were wrong and backed the wrong guy but you did and it is that simple.

Just admit it and stop today.

[Gwen Graham @GwenGraham]

“Ron DeSantis promised to drain the swamp in Tallahassee. Instead, over more than four years as governor, he has reconfigured the swamp to suit his political needs and shielded it from Florida’s famous sunshine.” https://t.co/ZL5Vp5MKh0

[Marla @marla_vous]

If Tucker Carlson says RFK, Jr. is one of the few people in public life who is not "corrupt" and is "telling the truth” you can bet he’s completely corrupt and lying about everything.

If that’s not enough — he’s also supported by Laura Ingraham, and Steve 3 shirts Bannon.

Kennedy is a conspiracy theory crack pot who said the Covid vaccine was part of a plan to “make you a slave” and 5G towers are being installed “to harvest our data and control our behavior”.

He has been a featured speaker at Michael Flynn’s Christian Nationalist anti-Semitic “ReAwaken America” tour and said Americans have it rougher than Ann Frank hiding from Nazis in an attic.

Kennedy is just another far right Republican whacko masquerading as a democrat —because the name.

We’ve had enough crazy. Call him out at every lie and every word.

#BidenHarris2024
#FreshResists

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

You want to know how close we are to authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and dictatorship.

Earlier this year, in March, SB 1316 was introduced in Florida. Mind you, the bill did not pass, but the fact that it was introduced gives you an idea of what the Republican Party's mindset is.

Florida Senate Bill 1316 - if it had been enacted - would have required anyone other than a newspaper journalist who writes online about Florida’s government leaders (governor, lieutenant governor, cabinet officer, or any member of the state legislature) to register with the state if they receive any “compensation” for their post. And they would have had to do so within five days — and then file a monthly report with state regulators if they write about Florida officials that month. Those who violate the law risk up to $2,500 in fines per report.

You want to know why I compare this to authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and dictatorship? .... Because in 2014 Russian leader Vladimir Putin passed what's known as the "bloggers law," which requires popular internet writers to follow rules normally reserved for larger media outlets. Under it, any blogger with more than 3,000 readers is required to register with Russia's media oversight agency.

In 2019, Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law that gives the government the right to register bloggers, journalists and social media users as foreign agents.

Although Florida's SB 1316 did not pass, the very fact that it was even introduced and it's intended desire was similar to that of Russia's Vladimir Putin, SHOULD CONCERN EVERY AMERICAN!!
This is who the Republican Party is becoming.

Personally, I firmly believe, that Republicans introduce such bills just to see how much they can get away with ... to see how receptive the American people will be ... as trial runs, because we all know, if one Republican state can pass such authoritarianistic laws, other Republican states will follow suit.

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

Ron DeSantis taught history for one year at a private school. A Black student spoke out, saying she believed she was treated differently and felt he tried to justify slavery.

Fast forward, DeSantis is banning books that teach the truth about enslavement.

Ron DeSantis isn't pretending to be a racist to woo Trump voters. Recall him saying to Floridians “Don’t monkey this up” when referring to a Black politician.

He’s showing us exactly who and what he is.

#FreshWords

[Ashley Winter MD || Urologist @AshleyGWinter]

PEOPLE. Target has Pride baby clothing because queer people have babies. Not because clothing makes babies queer. Sheesh.

[Craig Rozniecki @CraigRozniecki]

For Trumpers who claim their hero never faced lawsuits prior to becoming "president," in the 41 years leading up to his time in the Oval Office, he was the defendant in not 1, not 5, not 100, but 1,929 lawsuits - an average of roughly 50 per year. If anything, the legal actions against him have decreased since his time in office.
https://t.co/BwpyjT6mlL
#TrumpIsGuilty #TrumpIsGuiltyAF

[Rep. Casey Weinstein 🇺🇸 @RepWeinstein]

And let me get THIS straight: MAGAs passed an unfunded $2.3 TRILLION corporate tax cut under trump, then raised the debt ceiling (with NO preconditions) 3 times while ballooning the deficit, and NOW under Biden they’re refusing to pay THEIR bills?

NOPE.

[Sgt Joker @TheSGTJoker]

The guy on the right, Enrique Tarrio, has just been found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy against the United States of America. His co-conspirators @DanCrenshawTX @tedcruz @DonaldJTrumpJr and @SarahHuckabee are very upset these photos are publicly available so DO NOT retweet them.

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

.@NoLabelsOrg is secretly funded with plan that guarantees election of Trump. One major donor exposed is Harlan Crow. I can’t tell you why Lieberman is doing this anymore than why RFK, Jr. is anti-vaxxer conspiracy nut. But this will elect Trump.

https://t.co/f8S0WhvSpu

[ASRMendle @adimendle]

@TheTwinGardener @StevijoPayne I was stating that they are pissed off that 18 year olds vote (yet are ok w/ 14 yo working in hazardous conditions). We r on the same side.

[ASRMendle @adimendle]

@TheTwinGardener @StevijoPayne And when 18 yo vote.

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Mike Flynn is raging about “Russiagate” and portraying himself as a victim of an FBI set up.

But the FBI didn’t make @GenFlynn call Sergey Kislyak to start figuring out how to use the US Government to benefit Russia a month before Trump’s inauguration.
h/t🥷
#ArrestMikeFlynn

[ASRMendle @adimendle]

@harriettsbooks A quiet beach

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people and people of color that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

BREAKING:

Ron DeSantis waited until the media was fully consumed with Trump’s indictment to make a move to repeal Florida’s resign-to-run law, which prevents current public officials from seeking other offices while serving in their current office.

[ASRMendle @adimendle]

@MuellerSheWrote Thoughts on whether Bragg was asked to hold off to allow bigger cases to take precedent? Jake Smith seems to be making huge strides and what about Georgia?

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Meet 100-year-old Grace Linn.

Grace is a widow of a WWII soldier who died fighting the Nazis. She calls herself “a mother of liberty”.
At a recent Martin County School Board meeting in Florida, she gave a passionate speech against the banning of books.

“My husband, Robert Nicoll, was killed in action in World War II at a very young age. He was only 26, defending our democracy, constitution and freedoms. One of the freedoms that the Nazis crushed was the freedom to read the books that they banned... Banning books and burning books are the same. Both are done for the same reason – fear of knowledge. Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control. My husband died as a father of freedom,” she said.

Thank you Grace!