Vera Handricks

Judge not by appearance, but by the heart

[David Ullrich @DavidUllrich202]

Neuroscientist Diagnoses Trump’s Brain Damage

In his patterns of speech, inability to state the truth on just about any subject, and the apparent joy he gets out of watching people suffer ― something strange is going on ― a “dementing malignant narcissist.”

Credit: Scott Carney

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Timothy Snyder's analysis of Trump is spot-fucking-on. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯👇

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Four men chosen by President-elect Donald Trump for top positions have been accused of varying degrees of sexual misconduct. https://t.co/9tcKslmkxy

[The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpod]

“You can get people to vote away their democracy… as long as you create a false world for them to believe in.” - @HC_Richardson on how fear and disinformation helped shape this election. #TheWeeklyShow #JonStewart #Trump #Economy

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

I think it's tempting to think of this election as if everyone was working from the same information and the country just made a very dark choice. How could all these women vote for someone who hates women? How could all these latino men vote for someone who hates latino men? Et. Cetera.

But the data doesn't really support this. Everywhere (except the Dakotas) that abortion rights were on the ballot, it won a majority. Which means there were people who voted for Trump (who took away abortion rights) while voting highly in favor of abortion rights.

Same with the economy. There are people (most Trump voters!) who say the economy was the biggest issue. Yet, Biden built the best economy in the world and endless economists agree Trump's policies (such as one can discern them) would crash the economy.

Finally, no, latino men are not voting for their own deportation. They're just not. There's something more complicated going on.

In all of these cases, PROPAGANDA WON. Trump said he would protect women (he won't). Republicans said they would build a better economy (they won't). Et cetera.

So this gets to the heart of the matter: the issue is the INFORMATION. By large majorities, voters are pro-choice, they are pro-Bidenomics and anti-deporting millions of people. Poll after poll said this and statewide measure results confirm it. Yet the anti-choice, anti-Bidenomics, pro-deporting millions of people candidate won.

The only logical conclusion one is left with is that we are simply not reaching voters with the information they need to vote their interests.

Some of this is no doubt the right-wing media propaganda machine. Some of it is that we have always been bad at messaging these voters.

And if there's some soul searching we should earnestly do in the coming months, it can't just be doomsday, "America hates women! America wants inflation!" stuff, tempting as it may be.

And instead, to start asking the question which can turn the tide, which is: How do we COUNTERACT the right-wing media propaganda machine? How do we reach voters who care about Democratic priorities and basic American values with messaging that speaks to them?

That is a question with an answer. That is an answer which change the direction of the country.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

You were warned

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

This is a flat out lie. We’re working with all partners around the clock to get help to people. Trump’s lies and conspiracy theories have hurt the morale of first responders and people who lost everything, helped scam artists and put government and rescue workers in danger. - RC

[Vera Handricks @CallMeStella07]

Excellent summary well worth reading in whole.

[James Connor @toJamesConnor]

🧵I’ve read through the evidence section—the first 85 pages—of Jack Smith filing on Trump’s private criminal efforts to stay in power despite knowing that he’d lost the election.

The evidence is stunning. It’s clear why Trump did not want the public to see this testimony.

13 things jumped out to me on Trump’s attempt to defraud the American people and steal the 2020 election.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

In a statement to CNN (October 2023), Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly described Trump as "a person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about…A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law…God help us."

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

Best take I've seen so far in regards to Trump's assination attempt.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

"But what has Biden actually done?"

Here's what Biden has accomplished:

1. Inflation Reduction Act is generating $1.7T in US investment
2. CHIPS Act has created more than 84,000 jobs so far
3. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has already started more than 40,000 projects
4. 201 federal judges who will protect our rights and freedom
5. Bipartisan gun reform and first Office of Gun Violence Prevention
6. Forgave $150B in student debt for 4M+ borrowers
7. Collecting $500B from millionaire tax cheats
8. Unemployment below 4% for longest stretch in 50 years
9. Added 700,000 construction jobs
10. Record level of new small businesses created
11. Largest ever investment in fighting climate change to cut pollution 50% by 2030
12. Issued ruling to cut future methane emissions by 80%
13. Preserved more than 24 million acres of land for conservation
14. Renewable energy surpassed coal for the first time ever
15. Capped prescription drug prices for seniors and insulin at $35
16. Expanded veterans healthcare through the PACT Act
17. Expanded overtime for employees making under $55k
18. Signed the Respect for Marriage Act
19. Approved over the counter birth control for the first time
20. Reformed the Electoral Count Act to prevent another Jan 6th
21. Pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession
22. Required cash refunds for cancelled flights
23. Connected 10 million households to WiFi
24. Funded 14,000 mental health professionals in schools

Four. More. Years.

[Vera Handricks @CallMeStella07]

Hakeem Jeffries is an amazing leader & he proves it here:
https://t.co/TBqkrAkoxw

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

THIS, THIS, THIS. “To all those knuckleheads on Fox who say Joe Biden can’t put two sentences together, HE LITERALLY PUT THE ENTIRE WESTERN ALLIANCE TOGETHER.” Thank you, Tom Friedman, for saying this. We must shout this from the rooftops.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Whoa. A Fox Reporter just called out Republicans for their lies live on air, saying, “The $6 billion is still currently held in a Qatari bank account with U.S. Treasury oversight. The money came from Iranian oil sales to South Korea & did not include U.S. Taxpayer dollars.” Good.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Enough lies. Here are the facts.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Wow. Gen. Mark Milley just said what the media never will; “Biden is alert, sound, does his homework, reads the papers, reads all the read-ahead material, & is very engaging in issues of very serious matters of war & peace & life & death.” STOP focusing on President Biden’s age.

[Craig Rozniecki @CraigRozniecki]

Debate moderator: "Why do you feel people should not vote for the other party's candidate?"

Democrats: "Donald Trump has been found liable for rape, fraud, defamation twice; he's been impeached twice on three counts; the guy is facing 91 felony charges; he lied over 30,000 times while he was in office for 4 years; he's even been bankrupted 6 times. When he was 'president,' we lost over 2.5 million jobs; we weren't prepared for the COVID pandemic; he was more concerned about tweeting than taking care of the American people. Oh, and he incited a terrorist attack on our nation's Capitol, in an attempt to overturn a presidential election."

Republicans: "Oh yeah? Well, Joe Biden is old!"
#GOPClownShowContinues #VoteBlueToStopTheStupid

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

🚨 According to a new book by Franklin Foer, Joe Biden isn't just the president of the United States, he is the West’s father figure, whom foreign leaders call for advice and look to for assurance.

Foer writes: "It was his calming presence and his strategic clarity that helped lead the alliance to such an aggressive stance, which stymied authoritarianism on its front lines. He was a man for his age.”

Yes, folks, President Biden is old. But he is also WISE and DECENT. Our allies see that and they value it.

Retweet if you are proud to have a president with the wisdom to not only lead our nation, but the free world. I know I sure am. 🇺🇸

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

I couldn’t pass up tonight’s opportunity to combine music and diplomacy. Was a pleasure to launch @StateDept’s new Global Music Diplomacy Initiative.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

There may be no pushback from his Republican colleagues, but mustn’t there be pushback from the rest of us? This kind of language is destructive to our country, our culture, and every living person. No one is safe under this man. I cannot understand how anyone can condone this language and behavior.