Brenda Hays

Don’t Rewrite History. Democracy, not Autocracy/Fascism

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

58/ I could go on. Putin wants a rift between the US and Canada—check. Putin wants a rift between the US and a key EU ally (Denmark) over Greenland—check.

Putin—said to be the world’s actual richest man—wants to bribe Trump and Musk in untraceable crypto. https://t.co/ec2rpSHsR2

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

2/ The beginning of the Musk-Putin conspiracy came shortly after Musk made associates aware he wanted to expand Tesla factories to Russia, suggesting he'd received the same business-related entreaties from Kremlin agents Trump got in 2013, 2015, and 2016. https://t.co/b2CmvkYDYA

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

1/ I used to be a federal criminal investigator. I'm now a Musk biographer who recently published a book about Musk, PROOF OF DESTRUCTION. Not a single federal criminal investigator who has researched Musk as I have would doubt that he's coordinated aiding the Kremlin since 2022.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

(📢) NATSEC COMMUNITY NOTE: Musk is confessing to beginning to blame Ukraine for a war Putin started—thus working to aid Putin—at exactly the moment he began having clandestine business and geopolitical negotiations with Putin.

He should be arrested.

🔗: https://t.co/eGOtD62pbB

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

38/ ...but to “save civilization,” the *decades-old rhetoric* Musk has *always* used when he’s doing something purely in his own interest.

But it was far more than this. It was also an echoing of the oldest Russian propaganda there is about World War III. https://t.co/OLuoENfKhR

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

29/ Musk did not turn on Ukraine, the EU, NATO—even the United Nations!—organically.

He was *turned*—after he began jonesing to move his businesses into Russia and after he began having clandestine contacts with Putin. From that point in, everything changed for Musk. Everything.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

28/ Yesterday Elon Musk demanded that America exit NATO.

Also a *Kremlin* demand.

Yesterday Musk even demanded America exit *the United Nations*—a dream beyond *anything* Putin could have imagined when he began courting Musk secretly earlier this decade. https://t.co/eGOtD62pbB

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

So we’re losing:
—Our Healthcare
—Our Education
—Our Economy
—Our Social Security
—Our National/Global Security
—Our Alliances
—Our Trade Partners
—Our Civil Servants
—Our Ability to counter terrorism
—Our Research
—Our Health protections

And gained:
—“Gulf of America”

Awesome!

[Jack Schlossberg @JBKSchlossberg]

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy’s statement to the US Senate on RFKJr’s nomination for HHS Secretary

This is a reading of a letter she just sent to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

I’m so proud of my courageous mother, who’s lived a life of dignity, integrity and service.

she’s the kindest funnest smartest you’ll ever meet.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly exposes MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson for doing Donald Trump's bidding in a "shameful" way that greatly endangers our national security.

Republicans are growing more insane and Jeffries refuses to remain silent...

Johnson wants to remove a member of his own party from the top position on the House Intelligence Committee — all because he doesn't perfectly line up with Trump's beliefs.

"Mike Turner is a serious, thoughtful and highly-principled leader, whose work as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee has been extremely impactful,” Jeffries said of the Ohio Republican.

"Throughout his time in the House of Representatives, Chairman Turner has upheld his oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies and championed our national security interests,” he continued.

"Mike Turner has robustly promoted the safety of the American people and the Free World and his unjustified ouster is likely being applauded by our adversaries in Russia and China," Jeffries went on.

"Shameful," he added.

Johnson's removal of Mike Turner as committee chairman is a blatant attempt to pander to President-Elect Trump, who would of course prefer a more deranged MAGA fanatic on the crucial committee.

Turner has voiced strong support for NATO in the past and believes in helping Ukraine fight back against Vladimir Russia's brutal invasion — views that are odds with Trump's pro-Putin worldview.

Not only that, but Turner was among the small number of Republicans who voted against Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Arizona and Pennsylvania. In other words, he's paying the price for doing the right thing.

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Hakeem Jeffries for standing up to MAGA at every opportunity — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

.@GavinNewsom: "We're dealing with hurricane force winds that attach to a fire. At the same time, we're dealing with hurricane force misinformation and intense disinformation, not just by the president of the United States, but guys like Elon Musk, that will platform all this bullshit as well."

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Right now, in America, 22 million workers make less than $15/hr. 40 million make less than $17/hr.

Shamefully, the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009 and remains at $7.25/hr.

I asked Trump's nominee for Treasury if we should raise it.

His response?

"No sir."

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

In case you’re wondering why Mike Turner was booted from Intel👇👇👇

[Sigurdur Nordal @essenviews]

Retired Gen. Mark Milley: "Trump is fascist to the core."

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Mike Johnson on his decision to remove Rep. Mike Turner as intel chair: “This is not a President Trump decision. This is a House decision”

This is a lie. Turner told CBS News that Johnson cited “concerns from Mar-a-Lago” as justification for the removal

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Biden's farewell speech to the military: "Let me close with a final request. I say it not as your president or commander in chief. I say it as a man who spent 50 years of his life serving his country in a different way. Remember your oath."

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Trump treasury pick Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of self-employment taxes.

In a review of Bessent’s tax returns from 2021, 2022, and 2023 and his financial disclosure form, the Committee found that Bessent avoided paying $950,182 of SECA taxes and SALT taxes. https://t.co/D4XItrtO82

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Senator Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, joins a chorus of growing alarm over MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson's endangering of national security to please Trump.

This is exploding into a full-blown scandal...

Warner stated he was "flabbergasted" by Johnson's decision to remove Republican Representative Mike Turner from his position as head of the House Intelligence Committee.

"I don’t have the foggiest idea why he was removed. Maybe because he was such a stalwart supporter of Ukraine and willing to push back against Putin," Warner said to reporters.

"I know it’s up to the Speaker’s decision, but Mike Turner was the kind of guy who brought the House Intelligence Committee back to the kind of bipartisan respect that I think it lost in the past," he continued. "I wish Mike well."

"I was totally flabbergasted by this decision. It seemed to come out of nowhere," Warner added.

The explanation for Johnson's decision is simple. He's pandering to Donald Trump. Mike Turner is a strong proponent of NATO and supports Ukraine's fight to expel the Russian invasion. Trump despises NATO and praises Putin.

Worse still for Turner, he dared to vote against Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Arizona and Pennsylvania. Because he dared to stand up for our democracy he's being stripped of his committee chairmanship — and America is less safe because of it.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that America is less with MAGA Republicans in control — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Hegseth lacks the normal qualifications for secretary of defense. His books reveal two ideas about what armed forces are for: a site to express Christian Reconstructionism and gender ideology; and a means to defeat other Americans inside America.
Full essay link in image below

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow! Yale Professor Timothy Snyder’s clinical opinion about Trump’s mental illnesses is something everyone needs to watch: