Paula ONan

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Here is Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty.

Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. 

Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. 

They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. 

Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity. 

Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world. 

Safety for our families. 

Decency. 

Let’s welcome them back. 

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[Victoria Brownworth @VABVOX]

The primary Middle East negotiator and diplomat in the US between 2017 and 2020 was Trump's son in law, Jared Kushner, who brokered the UAE/Israel deal. In that time Kushner also became a billionaire. At 36.
Meanwhile, the US currently doesn't even have an ambassador to Israel due to the GOP blocking Biden's ambassadors.
#Israel #Gaza

[Oz Katerji @OzKaterji]

If you look at footage of a murdered young Israeli woman’s corpse being paraded around the Gaza Strip and see this as “a day of celebration for supporters of democracy and human rights” then you are completely devoid of a moral conscience and are fundamentally broken as a person.

[Paula ONan @paula_onan]

@brandicarlile It was awesome!!!

[Paula ONan @paula_onan]

@rockhall @brandicarlile @BlossomMusicCtr @katepruitt @aterrormusical @brandicarlile well deserved! And how rock and roll is that! 🤘🏻go on with your bad self!

[Paula ONan @paula_onan]

@PeteSouza Was there as well! Great performance. Awesome she gave you a shout out!

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Donald Trump decided to campaign in the middle of his indictments and Judge Chutkan doesn’t give a fuck.
March 4th bitches.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

They defended him when he paid hush money to a porn star.

They defended him when he withheld weapons for Ukraine for political reasons.

They defended him after he led a coup attempt against our democracy

They defended him after he removed top secret classified documents, stored them in the bathroom, and repeatedly lied to the authorities about it.

They defended him after he pressured GA officials to overturn the election results in the state.

When will Republican leaders finally say: Enough is enough!?

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Jamie Raskin makes a good point to Chuck Todd today.

If Hunter Biden took a job and he got those jobs because foreign companies thought it would be beneficial to them because his Father was VP, then it was wrong (not illegal) for Hunter to take that job.

Meanwhile, we can also say the same about the following:

Donald Trump literally sold hundreds of hotel rooms to foreign government who didn’t even stay in the hotels. How do we know those governments didn’t use Trump’s hotels to pay Trump for favors? Why would they stay at Trump hotels and not a hotel down the road? To many it would seem obvious that it was because they had hopes for political favors.

Donald Trump Jr.’s good friend and foreign business partner Gentry Beach not only got to meet with Donald Trump, but he also got invited to the WH to take part in private White House meetings. He got invited to meet with the top National Security Council officials in the US and pushed them to make policy decisions that would be beneficial to his personal businesses. But Joe Biden meeting with Hunter’s business partners, even though there is no evidence that he discussed business with them, is “corrupt,” right?

Jared Kushner secured a $1.2 Billion lease deal from a company that was owned in large part by the Qatari government just as Trump was supporting an anti-Qatari Middle Eastern Blockade of Qatar. Why would they invest in Jared Kushner’s building when there were literally dozens of other buildings to invest into? Could it be that they wanted Trump to stop supporting the blockade? Do you know what happened once Kushner got the deal? That’s right! Trump stopped supporting the blockade. Could Trump had changed his stance in exchange for a $1.2 billion lease deal for his Son-in-law and Daughter? Of course it’s possible. But Joe Biden holding a strong stance that went along with nearly all politicians in government, concerning the Ukrainian prosecutor, is “corrupt,” right?

Jared Kushner and Donald Trump, after years of pro-Saudi policy, got over $2 billion combined from the Saudi government after leaving office. Could that be repayment for their political favors? Could it be pre-payment incase Trump gets back in the WH? Or course it could be.

Ivanka Trump, literally got trademark deals while she was dining with the Chinese President, all while working in the WH, and just as Trump changed his stance on the Chinese ZTE deal that would benefit China. Could the trademarks have come as a push by China to try and convince Trump to support the ZTE deal? Of course it could be. Did Trump change his stance on the ZTE deal because Ivanka got the trademarks? Or course it’s possible.

No, there is no absolute proof that these deals were in exchange for policy favors, but if you are going to theorize that Hunter Biden took money in exchange for Joe Biden changing policy, yet not say a single word about the Trump family, then you are simply a hypocrite.

Jamie Raskin wants to come up with some common sense laws to try and prevent family members of Presidents and VPs from making money overseas like Hunter Biden and the Trump’s did while in office. Why won’t Republicans come to the table? Probably because they don’t want to stop Trump from doing business in the WH again if he becomes President again.

Can’t we all agree that this is a bad look for America, no matter who is doing it?

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Speaking of all the drama over cluster munitions for Ukraine.

Let's resume this conversation when all those critics sitting in their comfortable air-conditioned offices somewhere in the West find themselves in a situation:

- when their nations have to fight an existential war against an adversary enjoying overwhelming supremacy in artillery and air power, with a far larger economy and population, with a totalitarian political regime that knows no bounds and is ready to spend any amount of cannon fodder, including suicidal convicts and mercenaries.

- when they see their own hometowns wiped off the earth along with their population and proudly proclaimed as "liberated"

- when their nations have to mobilize way over 1 million men and women to the military and to try and keep their shattered economy at least somewhat afloat while trying to stay as free and democratic as possible

- when they have to wake up in the dead of night due to missile and drone attacks and hope it's not about their neighborhood and their house right here and now, and when they realize this is not going to end until the war is over

- when they realize the ongoing war has inflicted major damage to their country's critical infrastructure and that it continues throwing the nation decades back in time

- when their military & political leadership has to spend endless months begging for weapons and assistance for their war effort, paying with the lives of their soldiers for every day in deliberations and risk management. Just to get at least something and go on saving the country.

- when their militaries have to break through one of the hardest systems of ground fortification in modern history, having to use as little as they managed to get, losing soldiers and vehicles due to a dire lack of air support and endless minefields the enemy had so much time to prepare

- when they all realize that their military has come so far against all the odds, but if it ultimately fails, their nations are absolutely done, they will all highly likely find themselves in pits with bullets in the back of their heads.

Now THEN I'd be very interested if they think their militaries need cluster munitions to go on fighting.

And speaking of civilian safety -- the Ukrainian military in this war has repeatedly proven to be generally careful and discriminate when it comes to the use of weapons -- well, to the extent possible in such a high-intensity war.

Especially in contrast with the bloodbath that Russia commits in this country on a daily basis.

So, dear ladies and gentlemen, I am very curious about why certain organizations overtly accuse Ukraine of putting civilians in war zones in jeopardy with cluster munitions before Ukraine even gets these munitions.

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

Russia has lost half their military against #Ukraine and is about to lose territory they illegally held since 2014.

This fact makes those infected with MAGA brain worms angry. Be a shame if this was retweeted

[Chris Spezia @titanscs]

Call the hypocrites out!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Cardona: Markwayne Mullin had more than $1.4 million in pandemic loans forgiven. He represents 489,000 eligible borrowers that were turned down today. Marjorie Taylor Greene had more than $180,000 forgiven. She represents 91,800 eligible borrowers who were turned down today

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

Please retweet this ad immediately. Twitter has blocked her campaign from promoting this ad due to its support for abortion rights. This is the Democrat running for Lt. Governor of North Carolina. Help her promote it for free by hitting retweet.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: He’s a fucking traitor. He’s a traitor.

[The New Voice of Ukraine @NewVoiceUkraine]

Ukrainians saving animals 🙏💔

More news here 👉 https://t.co/S95ZiWHXi6

[Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 @PaulRieckhoff]

If Putin really wanted to ensure more of the world hates him & pulls for Ukraine, drowning countless animals is a damn good way to do it. It’s like what a villain does in a kids movie.

And Ukraine’s mastery & dominance of the communications & social media battlefield continues.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

everyone should retweet this as many times as humanly and technologically possible

[CP Harwell ☮️ @CpHarwell]

@SpeakerMcCarthy yep, this nails it, Kev.

[Paula ONan @paula_onan]

@biffo_wonderdog @davidhogg111 @richardcorcoran @NCFEduFreedom As a graduation photographer, I can tell you this happens a lot. They watch many people before them, and they still can’t figure it out! We just laugh…