William Marlin Hicks

O.D., Cdr., MSC, USN (ret); POPA; hobby farmer; hiker

[Eric Boucher @etbouch]

@NC5 This is what Bill Lee wants to bring with these vouchers:

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is dealt a crushing blow as his deeply insulting obscene remarks about Evangelicals leak — and he will need their far-right votes to win back the White House.

Trump definitely wishes these comments had never surfaced...

According to a new book by Atlantic writer Tim Alberta, Donald Trump had some extremely harsh things to say about Senator Ted Cruz's religious supporters during the 2016 primary.

Trump called Cruz's Evangelical supporters in Iowa "so-called Christians" and "real pieces of shit."

After mispronouncing the name of a book in the Bible during a speech at Liberty University, Trump was pelted with laughter and mockery. The public humiliation enraged him.

"The laughter and ridicule were embarrassing enough for Trump," wrote Alberta. "But the news of [Evangelical leader Tony Perkins] endorsing Ted Cruz, just a few days later, sent him into a spiral. He began to speculate that there was a conspiracy among powerful evangelicals to deny him the GOP nomination."

Later, Trump told a Republican official in Iowa: "You know, these so-called Christians hanging around with Ted are some real pieces of shit.’"

Of course, most of those Evangelicals later went on to support Trump after Cruz suspended his campaign. He is taking their support for granted in 2024 and if they refuse to show up he has no chance of winning.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that Donald Trump is only pretending to be a Christian to get votes — 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

[Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @BillPascrell]

Recently donald trump openly admitted he is planning to impose a military dictatorship if he seizes power again. I am going to post this repeatedly so no one can say they haven’t been told.

[John Ray Clemmons @JRClemmons]

Even TX republicans know what a scam vouchers are. Unfortunately, TN republicans are going all in and trying to take @GovBillLee’s voucher scam statewide.

[Tea Pain @TeaPainUSA]

Anyone else wonder why the media refuses to make this a headline ✋

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

Clarence Thomas was caught being bankrolled by MAGA billionaire Harlan Crow.
Guess who's a max-out donor for Marsha Blackburn? Billionaire Harlan Crow.

It's no surprise she's against ethics reform for SCOTUS. It's just a quid pro Crow for her.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Jan. 6 was not a “normal tourist visit” to the Capitol.

[Jeff Yarbro @yarbro]

This is Tennessee’s fifth largest county making ideological changes to what books should be open to the public at the public library.

I beg the folks in the local government to read a history book about the societies that have gone down this path. Spoiler: it doesn’t end well.

[Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt]

When your own party admits that you don’t do a damn thing

[Jeff Yarbro @yarbro]

This really shouldn’t need saying. But it’s preposterous to have two weeks of hearings about rejecting federal education funding without hearing the concerns of disability advocates & parents whose kids would face the biggest impact.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Great campaign ad for Democrats, compliments of Republican representative from Texas.

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

THIS IS NOT OK!!! @Univision, canceling your commitment to the Biden Campaign following a meeting at Mar A Lago is both the definition of interference and anti Democratic. THIS MUST BE FIXED!!!

[VoteVets @votevets]

If they think they're in a tough spot, what about our top officers who are trying to manage 2 jobs while the Middle East and Ukraine are in the middle of wars?

If Republicans won't help our military now, they never will. And we won't let anyone ever forget.

[John Ray Clemmons @JRClemmons]

Notice anyone missing from today’s committee hrg?
Every. GOP. Senator.
All allegedly had “scheduling conflicts.”
When GOP senators no-show a hearing called by GOP reps, you know the witnesses must be suspect.
(See: James Madison Institute & Center for Practical Federalism)

[Tea Pain @TeaPainUSA]

Serious Question: Why won’t the media cover this?

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

The Tennessee GOP is considering rejecting $2 billion of federal student funding — funding you've already paid for with your taxes.

They're ready to cut funding for low-income students, special education, technical job training, and school lunches.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

@jonkarl: “Trump wanted Mo Brooks to go out and call on Biden to be removed, call for a re-running of the election, and for trump to be reinstated as president.

Brooks said I can’t do it and Trump later withdrew his endorsement.” @Acyn , @jrpsaki.

[Miranda @DoomScroling]

Have you vomited in your mouth today?

The gov elect of LA wants to hold the very real need to address the New Orleans water infrastructure ransom until New Orleans begins prosecuting women who seek abortions.

Showing the gop's contempt for the very people they represent.

[Jeff Yarbro @yarbro]

In other news, legislators expressed big concerns last week that it was wasteful to use federal funding on cafeteria food for second graders who don’t clean their plate.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Dan Scavino: "The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. We are just going to stay in power."

Jenna Ellis: "Well, it doesn't quite work that way, you realize?"

Scavino: "We don't care."

Per Ellis proffer.

@OliviaRubinABC @wsteaks https://t.co/CIAtlE9zk9