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[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

This exchange between @SenBlumenthal and Trump’s judicial nominees is utterly astounding.

If you can watch this and still think this country isn’t falling into authoritarianism and fascism under Donald Trump, then you are not being honest with yourself.

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.

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

I’m not saying this for a cheap political hit. I’m not saying this for impact but because i really absolutely mean it, sadly.

This is the dumbest (and most corrupt) man to occupy this office, ever.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Ripping apart the White House just like he's ripping apart the Constitution.

[Roxane L Gibson #VoteBlue @RoxaneLGibson1]

So just to recap: Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act based on vibes.
🔹The intelligence community says nah, there's no Venezuelan conspiracy.
🔹So Tulsi's crew says "try again".
🔹They do- and still find nothing.
🔹So they tell them to "rethink" it.
This isn't policy-it's the playbook of an authoritarian regime. And every one of Trump's cronies pushing this will be held responsible. #NurembergTrials

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Rarely has so much ignorance and ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know you and @realDonaldTrump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, and destroying the security of America and her allies, but you would do well, @JDVance, to spend some time actually studying history. Start here with Ronald Reagan: “Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.  And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

whether or not you’re a fan of president zelensky, the united states trying to force an election in a foreign democracy during wartime–when it can’t be held safely and securely–against most ukrainians’ wishes (including much of zelensky’s opposition) and in violation of the ukrainian constitution is unacceptable.

doing this not to advance american interests but to further putin’s agenda is an abdication of american leadership in nato and on the global stage.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Donald Trump finally breaks his silence on his authoritarian decision to ban the renowned Associated Press from White House events — and ends up sounding like a complete fool.

This is embarrassing on so many levels...

"What would it take for you to reconsider the restrictions on the Associated Press and secondly some of your advisors are concerned with The Associated Press's style guide using language and giving guidance to not use words like 'illegal immigrant' or to use phrases like 'gender-affirming care' and they're concerned about that being an encroaching amount of liberalism in the way in which the press write about things, do you share those concerns?" asked a reporter during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump recently banned the AP over their refusal to use his idiotic new "Gulf of America" label for the Gulf of Mexico.

"Well, I do think that some of the phrases that they want to use are ridiculous and I think frankly they've become obsolete, especially in the last three weeks because many things have happened in the last three weeks..." rambled Trump.

"And, uh, I didn't know about that but I would say that if they want to use certain phrases like that — and I guess some are okay but many aren't — but the Associated Press just refuses to go with what the law is and what is taking place," he continued. "It's called the 'Gulf of America' now. It's not called the Gulf of America any longer."

"I have the right to do it just like we have the right to do Mount McKinley and nobody's even challenging that but only, essentially it's primarily the Associated Press, and I don't know what they're doing but I just say that we're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's 'The Gulf of America,'" said Trump.

"We're very proud of this country and we want it to be 'The Gulf of America.' Now, the Associated Press as you know has been very, very wrong the election, on Trump, and the treatment of Trump, and other things having to do with Trump and Republicans and conservatives and they're doing us no favors and I guess I'm doing them no favors. Thank you for the question," added Trump.

As incoherent as Trump's response was, the underlying objective here is clear. He wants to intimidate the free press into echoing his warped view of reality. This is schoolyard bullying, nothing more.

More importantly, this focus on renaming things is a desperate attempt to distract from his already-failed administration. While he's ranting about the 'Gulf of America' egg prices are hitting record highs and planes are falling out of the sky.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you refuse to fall for Donald Trump's distractions — 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

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Merrick Garland is a good and decent man who has served his country with humility, wisdom, integrity and fidelity to the law--which has made him a target of politicians from both parties.

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

This is chilling

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Donald, this is not the Soviet Union. You can’t change the truth and you cannot silence us. Remember all your lies about the voting machines, the election workers, your countless allegations of fraud that never happened? Many of your lawyers have been sanctioned, disciplined or disbarred, the courts ruled against you, and dozens of your own White House, administration, and campaign aides testified against you. Remember how you sent a mob to our Capitol and then watched the violence on television and refused for hours to instruct the mob to leave? Remember how your former Vice President prevented you from overturning our Republic? We remember. And now, as you take office again, the American people need to reject your latest malicious falsehoods and stand as the guardrails of our Constitutional Republic — to protect the America we love from you.

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

Please please watch

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Obviously people like Cheney, Kinzinger, Thompson, etc, committed no crimes and should be offered safe harbor by preemptive pardons that President Biden has full power to give and that they may accept without admitting they committed any offense when they in fact committed none.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Astonishing scenes of lawmakers fighting for access to their own chambers to restore the rule of law in South Korea yesterday. With unity and resolve, the parliament rejected a rogue president's try for martial law, stood up for their democracy and galvanized freedom-fighters everywhere.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Elon Musk has falsely accused Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman of working for a Ukrainian oligarch, threatening a charge of treason and even potentially the death penalty.

RETWEET if you stand with Lt. Colonel Vindman against these disgusting attacks!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Alexander Vindman RESPONDS to Elon Musk’s threat that he will “pay” for his “treason”:

“Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason?

Let me help you out with the facts: I don’t take/have never taken money from any money from oligarchs Ukrainian or other otherwise.

I do run a nonprofit foundation. The https://t.co/8LnKVAamgd to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s unprovoked attack on Feb 24, 2022. I served in the military for nearly 22 years and my loyalty is to supporting the U.S. Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. That’s why I reported presidential corruption when I witnessed an effort to steal an election. That report was in classified channels and when called by Congress to testify about presidential corruption I did so, as required by law.

You, Elon, appear to believe you can act with impunity and are attempting to silence your critics. I’m not intimidated.”

Hit the ❤️, drop a comment with your opinion of Musk and Vindman, and pass this on to thank Alexander Vindman for setting Elon Musk straight!

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

A cabinet of con men and women might’ve been a laughing matter had it not been built to order for just one purpose: to destroy the government on which our lives depend. The only one laughing will be the Destroyer in Chief, our very own Nero.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

All I would ask of Gen. Kelly is to do a couple of the Sunday shows this weekend. Frankly, I’d settle for just one.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

With all of @realDonaldTrump’s wild narcissistic and sociopathic ramblings, and his obviously deteriorating cognition and physical state, it’s easy to forget some basic, indisputable facts:

1. He’s already a convicted felon.

2. He still faces dozens of other serious criminal charges.

3. Hundreds of people have been convicted and imprisoned for what he caused them to do on January 6, 2021.

4. If any of us had taken the secret and highly sensitive national-defense documents he took home after leaving office and then lied to and tried to hide them from the DOJ, we’d already be serving lengthy terms of incarceration.