Randi Sanders

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CERT instructor in Eng&Sp; certified Eng/Sp interpreter in WA; VOSTie; grandmother of 6

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@atrupar With him, "darling" is an insult.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.

The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.

And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.

Record-breaking temperatures.

A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.

The response?

Yank out the instruments and walk away.

That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.

For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.

The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.

That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.
https://t.co/MzE4AW1QBv

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HELL YES! Albania strikes a crushing blow against Jared Kushner's corrupt private island development by FREEZING the bank accounts of a major company tied to the project.

And it gets even better...

According to Albanian reporter Lindita Cela, the nation's anti-corruption prosecutors have frozen the accounts of a landholding company involved in Kushner's $4 billion luxury resort plans.

The move comes as massive protests sweep the country, with local residents incensed at the idea of Ivanka and Jared gobbling up coveted real estate to create a vacation spot for the Epstein Class. The slogan “Albania Is Not for Sale" has been spreading like wildfire and clashes between police and protestors are increasing in intensity.

The asset seizure was ordered by the Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime and is part of a broader investigation into possibly fraudulent property titles.

Suspiciously, the company in question is owned by Qatari oligarchs Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat. Kushner's ties to dirty Gulf money are well-established. They blossomed during his time in the first Trump administration, where he twisted American foreign policy to benefit specific actors in the region in return for massive investments and business advantages. This deal is rotten all the way to the core.

The Al-Khayyats have snatched up property along a protected stretch of coastline of the Adriatic Sea and it's here and on a nearby island that Kushner intends on erecting his resort for the top 1% of the top 1%. Given what we know about the Trump family, it's safe to presume that the development will serve as a paradise for pedophiles, war criminals, and human traffickers.

But this time, Jared bit off more than he can chew. Albanians are a proud, defiant people. They've survived centuries of larger regional powers seeking to divide their land, rewrite their history, and erase their culture. They're not going to let one greedy businessman defeat them now.

We stand with Albania!

Kushner out! Ivanka out!

Do you stand with the Albanian people?

Please ❤️ and share to demand more investigations into Kushner!

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@JoJoFromJerz @carlanicol9 🤑🤮

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Stephen Colbert against Donald Trump!

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

Yes!

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'.

They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that the Treasury Department has made to the DOJ to implement it.
https://t.co/qUADz4Ds65

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@chicagoquen02 @LorraineEvanoff @Pminn76 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with James Talarico against Republican Ken Paxton!

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@Mikeachim @threadreaderapp please unroll 🫧

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@themikedude72 Well done!

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

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[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@glentonrich @krassenstein @cpscott16 I suggest you read "Consumer Reports" ratings of Rivian reliability.

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

Opinions, please.
"Postcards to Swing States" is signing people up in advance of the midterm elections. Which of these states is the most critical?
Alaska
Georgia
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Nevada
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@atrupar The effort in Iran is incredible and historic, but not in a good way.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

It almost looks to me as if Iran is mocking Trump. It looks to me as if Iran understands how to exploit his hyperbole. It looks to me as if Iran understands strategy and posture better than him. It looks to me as if Iran doesn't yet want to give him an exit.
Trump cannot stop bloviating. He needs to project grandiosity or he'll melt. He keeps posting threats. He keeps saying Iran is falling apart, has no leaders, and has no cards.
Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. That's a card.
Iran has enriched uranium. That's a card.
Iran took the US' best punch, and still fires missiles and drones. That's a card.
Iran still has its regime intact. That's a card.
Iran knows Trump's polling is tanking partly due to the war. That's a card.
Iran knows Trump is trapped. That's a big card.

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@gothburz @threadreaderapp
Please unroll

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@lance13628110 @JDVance Bye, Felicia.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

@JDVance @natalie_allison Yes of course, everyone knows how morally principled Donald Trump is.

Just look at his 34 felony counts. The way he stole from charities. The times he was found liable for sexual assault and business fraud. Or all the times he went golfing while our troops were dying overseas.

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@atrupar

[Randi Sanders @RandiSanders17]

@Angry_Staffer What would trigger an investigation by the SEC?