helen hayes

Curious, Retired, Resister. Democrat!

[helen hayes @hkraven]

This space feels less safe every day. I am moving to Mastadon, user name hkraven88. I sure hope some of my followers here will follow me over there...just getting started. Peace out!

[helen hayes @hkraven]

Looks like Donald Trump is going to end up with FIVE criminal trials https://t.co/Hsz1EpEfuR via @PalmerReport

[Oleksandr Polianichev @OPolianichev]

This news went unnoticed: Russia plans to mobilize Ukrainian POWs and, likely, civilians, for forced labor. Yevgeny Balitsky, the Kremlin-installed head of occupied Zaporizhzhia, says this measure will make Ukrainians loyal.
https://t.co/u8Dc5k5voG

[Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie]

If not now, when?

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

Pavel Gubarev of self-proclaimed "people's governor" of Donetsk infamy and previously a part time, for-hire Father Frost. Last year he said that Ukrainians who didn't want to give in to their occupiers and become Russian should be killed.

[helen hayes @hkraven]

@JoJoFromJerz @lionman47 lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DeeF🪷 @Deemoney521]

Desantis will NEVER be President. He has NEVER understood that the President Represents ALL Americans-Even those he disagrees with!! #DropoutDeSantis STOP trying to Shove your #christofascist BS down the throats of your fellow Americans!! America is made up of many religions, and some Not religious!! "Separation of church and state!!"

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

No surprise Trump doesn’t want you to see the J6 Committee evidence. Here’s the GPO website with transcripts, documents, exhibits & our meticulously sourced 800+ page final report. Also links to our hearings. Might be a good time to watch those again. https://t.co/HtqbmCCaCD

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Stop asking if 1930s Germany can happen here.

It's happening here.

https://t.co/mJrudXM5ba

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

THIS. Will the media get this right? Does the media realize that if they help elect a dictator, they’ll be the first thing to go? I’m glad we have honest journos in legacy media, and I hope the board rooms listen to them.

[helen hayes @hkraven]

So interesting!
https://t.co/n6Dpeli3Yc

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Republican firsts:

First president in 28 years to not serve a second term.

First president in 45 years not to release any of his tax returns.

First president in 89 years to lose the presidency, the House and the Senate in a single term.

First president in 102 years to allow more than 120,000 Americans to die in a single virus outbreak.

First president in 129 years to lose the popular vote twice.

First president in 152 years to boycott his successors inauguration.

First president ever to fail to hit a 50% approval rating at any point during their presidency.

First president ever to be elected with the help of a foreign nation.

First president ever to be impeached twice.

First president ever to have a member of their own party vote for conviction in an impeachment trial.

First president ever to have an arrest warrant issued against him by a foreign nation.

First president ever to refuse to concede defeat.

First president to be banned from social media.

First president to refuse to ensure the peaceful transfer of power.

First president to have their home searched for official national security documents.

First former president found liable of sexual abuse, defamation & business fraud.

First former president criminally indicted (also the second, third and fourth).

First former president with a mugshot.

First House Speaker elected on the 15th vote, the most since before the Civil War.

First Speaker (see: 15 vote guy) removed by a U.S. House vote.

So many firsts in so little time.

[helen hayes @hkraven]

Losing & Gagging, by @JoyceWhiteVance https://t.co/BOXWHUGPWR

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. Buried in North Carolina's 600+ page budget is a little-noticed provision that creates a secret police force, controlled by Republicans, with extraordinary powers

🧵

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

.@cornellbelcher nailed it…

“There’s no both sides. Congress isn’t broken. The Republican side is broken… Nancy Pelosi was able to keep things moving, keep the house in order and move transformative, historic pieces of legislation with a very slim majority.”
#DeadlineWH

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

if "American politics" were broken, we'd have seen things like this happen when Democrats controlled the House

but we didn't

what's broken, very specifically, is the Republican Party

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

Dems gave the country the very 1st female Speaker of the House who was one of the most effective in history and the GOP gave you Kevin McCarthy and there are no grownups on the clown car worthy of succeeding him. The parties are NOT the same. WW you have the power to change this

[Arctic Friend @FriendEden100]

BREAKING: Proof Musk purchased Twitter to:
—Silence the Left
—Turn it into a right-wing propaganda machine
—Help Republicans win in 2024
—Hurt Democrats/Joe Bidens
—Bring back the most vile Far-right accounts
—Divide our country
—Help Oligarchs
*Watch⤵️