AjCostine

- Attorney - former Asst Atty General, MA

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Legendary actor Robert De Niro rips into Donald Trump during a press conference for his new film Killers of the Flower Moon at the Cannes Film Festival, comparing the movie's villain to the indicted former president.

De Niro, considered by some to be the greatest actor who ever lived, said that the "banality of evil" can be observed in Trump and in the villainous, murderous, real life cattleman he plays in the film.

“It’s the banality of evil. It’s the thing we have to watch out for. We see it today, of course," said De Niro. “We all know who I’m going to talk about. but I’m not going to say the name. That guy is stupid. Imagine if you’re smart."

De Niro expanded on his ideas and then circled back to Donald Trump—

“[My character] felt he was loved by people, and some people did love him,” he said. “Look at Trump and there are people who think he could do a good job. Imagine that, how insane that is.”

Republicans are, predictably, losing their minds and demanding that De Niro shut his mouth.

Retweet to thank De Niro for using his platform to tell the truth!

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[Chilly @chillydyor]

@brianstelter When ya buy the lighter and gasoline for the arsonist, you don't get to congratulate yourself on doing a good job covering the fire.

[murphyb849 🌊🌊🌊 @murphyb849]

@brianstelter

[Danielle Moodie @DeeTwoCents]

@brianstelter No one was served except for Trump’s team and his lies. @CNN has shown itself to be trash.

[RichNj23 🇺🇦 @RichNj23]

@brianstelter Your job was to give tRump an infomercial?
Yeah,people are talking about CNN……..about never watching CNN again.

[AjCostine @ajcostine]

@marlene4719 Sewer!

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

MAJOR SCANDAL: Conservative activist Leonard Leo made secret arrangements for SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, to be paid tens of thousands of dollars and SPECIFICALLY requested for her name to be left off financial records, according to reporting by the Washington Post. 

In fact, Leo directed Kellyanne Conway to funnel the funds through the Judicial Education Project, a nonprofit group that filed a brief to the Supreme Court later that year in 2012!

Then, for good measure, Leo told Conway to give Ginni Thomas an extra $25K, but “No mention of Ginni, of course.” All in, Ginni Thomas received almost 100,000 from Conway's firm, the Polling Company, in 2012.

Where there's smoke, there's fire. And there is a 4-alarm fire of corruption burning down the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. 

Drop a 💙 if you agree that an official investigation must be launched into Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni.

[AjCostine @ajcostine]

@BarbaraBAnthony Not YOU.
'Tis Twitter

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Former Republican Chair Michael Steele DESTROYS Marjorie Taylor Greene for suggesting step mothers weren’t real mothers.

Marjorie Taylor Greene “needs to shut the you know what up and step back,” he said.

Then it got worse for Marjorie Taylor Greene:

Steele also reminded Greene that Jesus was raised by a step father.

“I just want to say directly to Marjorie Taylor Greene, you remember that little boy named Jesus? Well, his daddy was a stepdad,” Steele said.

Marjorie Taylor Greene told Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, that she is “not a biological mother” before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

“I watched the whole thing. I watched the dehumanization…It just struck such a raw nerve for me, as an adopted child, to think that a Marjorie Taylor Greene could look at my mother and say she’s not a mother?

For me, my party that sat here and railed for years about the value of the family, to watch this classless act, and these classless words being thrown at someone, because you disagree with them politically,” Steele commented on MSNBC.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a disgrace to Georgia and the United States Congress.

THANK YOU MICHAEL STEELE FOR SPEAKING OUT! 💙

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

To recap this week's news: Donald Trump and Clarence Thomas were both accused of public corruption but it's okay because neither of them used a bullhorn so Tennessee expelled two black guys who want to stop the NRA from murdering children Texas forces people to give birth to.

[Barbara Anthony @BarbaraBAnthony]

Seeing her photo on TV ⁦@ajcostine⁩ points out she is on far left with the dark hair. Making history to get ERA passed when we lived in VA/DC. It’s a pretty famous photo now.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Good morning.

The same Republicans who are up in arms about East Palestine are the same ones who supported Trump’s campaign to gut Obama’s railroad safety regulations.

It’s all fake indignation.

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

Mike DeWine faces calls to resign as anger grows in Ohio over disaster https://t.co/OUpjD6Jn6i

[Michael Steele @MichaelSteele]

NO. We don't need a national divorce.
We don't need to separate by red and blue states.
We just need you to STFU.
Everyone I talk to says this!
Happy President's Day.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

I'm sick of people attacking Biden for not being in Ohio but instead traveling to Ukraine & Poland to meet Zelensky and stand up to Putin.

- There are 7 Federal Agencies now operating in East Palestine
- Not a single life and NO property has been damaged or destroyed in East Palestine
- Yes, East Palestine should be taken seriously, but Biden's presence would not help anything, and likely would hurt by adding to the chaos
- Biden's presence in Ukraine and now Poland shows Putin and the World that we stand with democracy
- Biden's presence means the rest of NATO has the confidence to continue supporting Ukraine and democracy
- Biden's presence shows Putin and the world that we are not backing away

While Trump coddled Putin at the expense of democracy, Biden stands with Zelensky, NATO and democracy.

[Sheryl Post @ProudDoggieMom]

R U FUCKING KIDDING ME?????????? @SpeakerMcCarthy COME ON KEVIN, FIND SOME BALLS!!!!!

[Gabrielle Giffords @GabbyGiffords]

Tomorrow night, join me and @CaptMarkKelly in Tucson for an Election Night party!

Sign up to be there ⬇️
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[Bob Casey Jr. @Bob_Casey]

WESTERN PA 🆘 Hundreds of mail-in ballots have been reported as incorrectly dated. If you submitted a mail-in ballot in Allegheny County, please make sure your name isn’t on this list. Having the wrong or no date means your ballot won’t count. https://t.co/49X3sPHlBS

[Jesse Mermell @jessemermell]

Abso-f*cking-lutely not.

[Barbara Anthony @BarbaraBAnthony]

Women and men across America should be showing support for our brave sisters in Iran and Afghanistan. Where are our National leaders - left and right - in opposing the brutality and oppression of these fundamentalist regimes?