Drew

I'm smarter than the average bear

[Drew @notdrewbryant]

@TakeTakeTakeApp Yes! 1… Rxd4+ 2. Ke3 Re4+ 3. Kxe4 f5+ 4. Kxf5 Kf7 and Black is winning

[Chess.com - India @chesscom_in]

Wow, no more waiting!
Perks of being a good chess player 😉

[Jon Ossoff @ossoff]

Donald Trump’s spiral continues. The failed president, pocketing billions as he drives up prices, is afraid to lose the midterms. So he will reheat debunked election conspiracy theories and tell bizarre new lies to deny his 2020 defeat and attack voting rights. This is a disaster for Trump puppet Mike Collins. Already mired in scandal, Mike will now have to double down on conspiracy theories toxic in the General Election. From the start, Trump’s obsession with Georgia elections revealed his fury that Black voters were instrumental to his defeat. I'm asking concerned citizens nationwide to join me and support our voter protection efforts in Georgia.

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

Donald Trump is at war with our democracy and Georgia is ground zero.

But this is John Lewis’ Georgia. We are not intimidated. We are not moved.

Mr. President, instead of attacking our democracy, why don’t you do something about the high cost of gas, housing, and health care?

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

8D Chess

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

In the best case scenario, Trump struck a deal to reopen a Strait that was open before the pointless war he started, with the IRGC demonstrating its control over the Strait and potentially extracting fees plus sanctions relief. Thousands of innocents - including hundreds of children - dead in Lebanon and Iran for no reason. U.S. troops killed and wounded. U.S. embassies and bases in the Middle East badly damaged. U.S. standing in the world obliterated. U.S. munitions badly depleted. Hundreds of billions spent. Prices up everywhere. More global economic fallout to come. Putin strengthened and enriched. Just a catastrophic situation even in the best of circumstances. A profoundly shameful episode in American history no matter what happens next.

[John Schindler @20committee]

So, it turns out that when you publicly shit all over your closest allies -- calling them freeloaders, losers, weak, while casually threatening to destroy their economies with arbitrary tariffs that change weekly -- they don't come running when you beg for their help.

Who knew?

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents.

In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much.

Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death.

If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.

This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.

I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.

[Drew @notdrewbryant]

@azkate13 @bariweiss Being guilty does not and cannot mean you have no rights. Otherwise the government can round up innocent people, declare that they’re guilty, and lock them up without a trial

[Drew @notdrewbryant]

@GuillimanJaw @morallawwithin The solution to this that the founders decided on is that you assume everyone is innocent until they’re proven guilty

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Traitor?

Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.

[Drew @notdrewbryant]

@GuntherEagleman @AOC @JDVance Every single person in this country is protected by the Constitution regardless of their immigration status

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Elon now bragging about destroying an $800 million/year agency that has returned $21 billion to consumers who've been screwed by banks, credit card companies, and payday lenders, and other scammers.

Get ready for the return of credit card late fees, overdraft penalties, and all kinds of new scams

[Drew @notdrewbryant]

@themirrordimly @JamesMartinSJ Republicans politicians often talk about how we should be helping Americans, not people in other countries but then they don’t support any policies that actually do that. They cut programs supporting schools, children, veterans, and the homeless

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I represent LaGuardia Airport as well as workers for JFK.

Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week.

Air traffic controllers - already understaffed - got Trump’s “buyout” this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide.

It’s not DEI - it’s him. And Elon too.

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

When you worship power, a sermon on the love and mercy of Jesus sounds like “spewing hate.”

[Congressman Greg Landsman @RepGregLandsman]

Congress was moments away from passing a bipartisan funding agreement that would have helped our farmers, seniors, families, and small businesses – almost everybody.

Then, a billionaire & Trump said, “Nope, shut the government down.”

10 ways they just screwed you 🧵👇

[Chess.com @chesscom]

alright one thing at a time

[April Ajoy @aprilajoyr]

I'm a Christian wife and mother who is sick and tired of seeing my faith weaponized as a tool for hatred and oppression. Christian nationalism is a perversion of both Christianity and the constitution.

So, I just voted for Kamala.