Right now the Dow has dropped over 1,000 points. If that holds, it will be the 14th time in history it happened.
Donald Trump was President 12 of those times.
Four years ago, officers of the law stood their ground to protect Members of Congress and staff as violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol. These brave officers were beaten, crushed, bear sprayed, maced, and left to defend democracy with their bare hands.
The halls they protected were desecrated by hate and chaos. Offices ransacked. The electoral count delayed.
Today, in a grim irony, Donald Trump took the oath of office under the protection of those same officers, standing in those same hallowed halls he incited violence against just four years earlier.
And in one of his first acts, he pardoned the perpetrators and planners of that violence and sedition.
Trump’s action today is a sick betrayal of the rule of law and adds grievous insult to injury to law enforcement officers. These men and women fought to uphold the rule of law, only to see it mocked by a man who swore just a few hours ago, to God and country, to defend it.
It’s a desecration of memory and the idea of a peaceful transfer of power, and a brazen attempt to rewrite history.
But history will not be rewritten. Not by a thousand lies or a thousand pardons.
Instead, we may be witnessing something worse: the newest milestone along the road to autocracy, in which a president pardons those who do violence on his behalf and encourages others to do the more of the same.
plutocracy - rule by the wealthy
kleptocracy - rule by corrupt thieves
kakistocracy - rule by the worst, least qualified
But what if it's all 3 -- what's the word for that?
Trump has suspended refugee admissions programs.
As a result: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S. — including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel — are having their flights canceled.
This includes unaccompanied minors awaiting reunification with their families. https://t.co/9z6Dn6RKOb
Donald Trump’s Executive Order on birthright citizenship, issued today, would aim to deport individuals born in the United States to undocumented parents, including 16-year-old girls who have lived their entire lives in the U.S., speak only English, and know no other home.
This could result in their forced relocation to countries like Honduras, where government corruption is rampant, and rates of sexual violence, including rape, are alarmingly high.
Do not normalize him. The Republican candidate in this debate tonight is the ONLY President in American history who lost an election and refused to concede. And refused to participate in the peaceful transfer of power. And then he tried to overthrow the election. HE TRIED TO OVERTHROW AN AMERICAN ELECTION. And he’s saying again that he won’t accept the results if he loses this year.
I don’t give a damn how he does in this debate tonight. He’s a traitor to this country. Do not normalize him.
BREAKING: Here is the clip where Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff admitted that Donald Trump called our Veterans “Suckers and Losers”. Spread it everywhere.
Swalwell: One of my Republican colleagues just said the boxes containing national security secrets that were seized at Mar-a-Lago were stored in a safe manner. This is the bathroom at Mar-a-Lago with over a dozen boxes of national security secrets. You are living on Fantasy Island. That’s were cults live so that makes sense.
I wonder if Jack Tapper and Dana Bash realize how much--through their silence and unwillingness to correct lie after lie spewed by a narcissistic felon on stage--they have just become the faces of the COLLAPSE of American media.
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@LloydKami@merryadk@RickCampbell17 @KeikiBelle @joncoopertweets Yes, everyone should Google and become acquainted with Project 2025 along with Amendment 47. Slated to begin on Day 1 of a Republican administration.
I am 80, and this is the first time in my life that I have ever been afraid of an election result.
BREAKING NYT:
Samuel Alito — two years after flying an upside-down American flag outside his Virginia home — flew at his vacation home an 'Appeal to Heaven' flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by Capitol rioters on Jan. 6.
It appears to have been flown over the course of several months.
https://t.co/e3BUuEns9J
@kylegriffin1 It feels to me like every single Democrat should be screaming at the top of their lungs about Kate Cox and the torture she has been subjected to by Texas Republicans.