Michelle Avery Weston🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦💙

lapsed lawyer, veg*n vixen…and apparently, alliteration addict *opinions my own*

[Michelle Avery Weston🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦💙 @michellany]

"I base my fashion sense on what doesn't itch." - Gilda Radner

#DressLikeAWoman

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

Whenever I see stuff like this, I remember the Infrastructure Act and how Biden disproportionately invested in red states and when asked why, he said “Because they need it the most.” So no, don’t forget what Biden did. He governed for everyone, even the ones who’d never thank him

[Tennesseine @Tennesseine]

America isn't falling apart because Trump got reëlected.

America is falling apart because it became the kind of country that would elect Trump to begin with.

Trump isn't the disease.

Trump is just the worst symptom to date.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Last night alone, Russia launched 172 strike drones — over 100 of them were Shaheds. These massive drone attacks have now become a near-daily reality. On top of that, there are continued missile threats, including ballistic ones.

Our partners should clearly understand: these strikes are not just attacks on Ukrainian civilians, but also on all international efforts — on the very diplomacy we are trying to use to end this war.

Russia is striking at the positions of everyone who wants to end this war. It is impossible to ignore hundreds of Shaheds every night. We expect a response. We are working toward a response. A strong response is needed — from the U.S., from Europe, from everyone in the world who has placed their bets on diplomacy. Russia must be forced into peace — only pressure will work.

For far too long, the U.S. proposal for an unconditional ceasefire has been on the table — without a proper response from Russia. That says a lot. There could already have been a ceasefire — if there had been real pressure on Russia.

I thank those partners who understand this and are pushing the necessary decisions forward — including new sanctions.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Telling Denmark it’s not doing enough for Greenland—when both have universal healthcare and your country can’t even guarantee insulin or an ambulance without bankruptcy—is peak American delusion.

You don’t get to lecture nations that take care of their people when yours lets them die in medical debt.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I’ve had my team cataloguing Trump’s corruption campaign since the start. Here’s the chart I used in my Senate floor speech laying out the stunning graft from just the first 6 weeks of his presidency.

[Libby Whittemore💙🪷🇺🇦 @libbage55]

#ResistanceUnited
Advertisement at a London bus stop… ya gotta love the British

[Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal]

Scene from the U.S. Treasury tonight you won’t see on TV tomorrow

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

The Democrats need to reorganize today. Forget House and Senate, become the Party for America and choose the best Democrat for different roles. Choose a Press Secretary first. Choose someone to lead each department being dismantled who can explain the impact to Americans. The truth is, you have ZERO legislative function at this time. The truth is the other party is unified in this coup. Time for you to become unified and focused on nothing but communications and fighting like hell to save America.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

DO NOT COMPLY. File a 1st Amendment Lawsuit instead, play Trumps game.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

It is not the "war in Ukraine."

It is "Russia's barbaric invasion and illegal occupation of Ukraine."

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

This...is not good for veterans.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Americans needs to know the details about the people Trump pardoned.

DJ Rodriguez posted "There will be blood. Welcome to the revolution". He beat officers with a wooden pole, tasered an officer in the neck causing a heart attack.

He's out of jail this week.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Hey, Dems. Stop saying Trump cut funding for the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Act,” & start saying “Trump defunded our roads & bridges.”

Focus on the concrete actions that impact everyday Americans. Messaging & language matter.

[Michelle Avery Weston🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦💙 @michellany]

This dude is Scott Galloway, professor and author.

[Michelle Avery Weston🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦💙 @michellany]

💡data dive by @robertsterlingx.

tl;dr: “A casual perusal of the data shows that this isn’t a program for the top 0.1% of talent, as it’s been described. This is simply a way to recruit hundreds of thousands of relatively lower-wage IT and financial services professionals.”

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

H-1B DATA MEGA-THREAD 🧵

I downloaded five years of H-1B data from the US DOL website (4M+ records) and spent the day crunching data.

I went into this with an open mind, but, to be honest, I'm now *extremely* skeptical of how this program works.

Here's what I found 👇

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Rep. @timburchett just bragged to @jaketapper that Tennessee is a “balanced budget state” — leaving out that we get almost 40% of our state budget from the federal government.

[Karen Piper @PiperK]

This is sickening and should have led to the charges against Hunter being dropped.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump in October: “This will rapidly drive prices down [...] It'll also bring your grocery bill way down.”

Trump now: "It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard."

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

He waited for over 3 hours watching insurrectionists stormed the Capitol and failing to act. Now, he promises to pardon them in the first 9 minutes of his term.

[Tea Pain @TeaPainUSA]

Both sides are about to pay a huge price for half the nation believing a pathological liar and career con man.