John Reichard

Retired health policy reporter and editor. I’m trying my best to be just like I am.

[John Reichard @caracaskid]

The more we know, the more solid is the ground under our feet — Heather Cox Richardson

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Yesterday, Speaker Johnson suggested Trump could ignore rulings by 61 courts & defy our Constitution because Trump supposedly “believed” he won. Mike knows the election was not stolen and that a President who defies the rulings of our courts & attempts to seize power is a tyrant.

[Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads/Insta)🌻 @AWeissmann_]

Worth noting about the leading Republican candidate: The Colorado judge found that Trump engaged in insurrection & intended the J6 violence, and his defense witness, Kash Patel, was not credible when he claimed Trump called up 10,000 National Guard.

[John Reichard @caracaskid]

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I'm hoping my Twitter followers will follow me on Threads. I'll reciprocate. We gotta get out of this place. Elon Musk has a lot of power and he's misusing it to move our society in the direction of ignorance, intolerance and autocracy.

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

Not the odds, but the stakes.

That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in journalists covering the 2024 campaign. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

SCOTUS can adopt all the new rules it wants to but unless they deal with recently exposed abuses by Justice Thomas, it will not restore public confidence in the Court. If they're serious about ethics, they'll take this situation seriously.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

These are grave human rights abuses in the works if Trump is reelected. https://t.co/ZbuevszBLS

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

I continue to be deeply troubled by the openness with which Donald Trump expresses an anti-democratic vision for his hoped-for future presidency and the reporting about just how far along the planning is. https://t.co/EbQ6ZtxZ18

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

It's more important than ever to pay attention to Trump because he is explicitly telling us how he intends to end democracy. More here: https://t.co/UkxgMiYgFx

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

It's surprising there wasn't a protective order already in place. The court still has the ability to inquire into how these disclosures were made & whether any lawyers violated ethics rules.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Kevin McCarthy pushes into a colleague who voted against keeping him as speaker. Now this from a GOP Senator. Don't tell me Trump isn't normalizing violence in our civil discourse. This is how it starts.

[MiddleAmericaMS 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 @MiddleAmericaUS]

@kylegriffin1 @lawofruby Trump is flirting with fascist thuggery more & more. And the Republican party is going along with it, even defending it.

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

This is the government voters will choose if they choose Trump next November. https://t.co/Cb6nFIXoHu

[John Reichard @caracaskid]

@peterbakernyt @marianne_levine Phew!

[Janet Ladd @JanetLadd7]

@ninaburleigh I’m glad someone agrees with me! I can’t stand that man and what are we going to do if He is elected! Remember His actions before You cast your vote…remember Him during the CoVid outbreak! Along with His “failure to lead” we have a Man who couldn’t live up to “Our values”!

[Nina Burleigh @ninaburleigh]

RIP Maryanne Trump, who famously said of her brother: “All he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None. None. .. His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God. I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy shit.” https://t.co/P0gdjJihtM

[Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 @UROCKlive1]

I prefer presidents who aren't delusional.🤷‍♀️

[Turnoffyourmindrelax @ledzep33]

@grimsr3ap3r79 @krassenstein Turncoats like this?

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

I really want to know how anyone can still think that Trump should be anywhere near the White House ever again after this.

Jenna Ellis told prosecutors in Georgia, during a proffer, that Dan Scavino told her:

"The boss is not going to leave [The White House] under any circumstances. We are just going to stay in power.”

Can someone explain to me why this is an attribute that someone would want in a president of the United States?

And before you claim that Jenna Ellis was lying, please note that lying to prosecutors during a proffer like this, can result in up to five years in prison.

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

If Trump becomes president again, after all we know ,and you supported his campaign you will have participated in the end of American democracy.
You will not be rewarded by your leader beyond a rush you might seek for upending civility.
You aren't part of his plan.
He is the entirety of his plan and the future will belong to him.
Not you.
You won't get a thank you or a knowing nod.
He will allow you to buy trinkets with his image and name emblazoned.
Trump is a despicable example of human kind.
Devoid of compassion.
Devoid of any respect for knowledge and education.
Trump is the fully realized Id.
He will have no guardians , no guard rails and no shame.
He cannot tell the difference between what he is and what he wants.
There is none when you analyze the situation.
He flunks Descarte's building block syllogism automatically.
He can't think so no therefore.
Ego driven rage and revenge.
If you're inclined to assist him please rethink your reasons.
#Trump