Opining about what we can and must do to nonviolently resist American fascism, now and forever. I have friends everywhere. Including Threads and Bluesky.
I am stunned by Senator Graham's passing, and thinking back this morning about some of the work we did together. My prayers are with his family and all who cherished him. Rest in Peace.
You are either a leader or a follower, and Lindsey was a follower. That caused him to trade his human decency, which he clearly possessed, to follow someone deeply corrupt and damaged. I hope each of you chooses to lead, not follow, and that you stick to your guns.
Summer 2015. Several lifetimes ago. A different America.
Lindsey Graham, running for president, says this about Joe Biden. The same summer he said Trump would “kill” the GOP with his hateful comments.
Several lifetimes ago. A different America.
Mark Levin is literally the leader of all Crazy Uncles you have to to deal with on Thanksgiving. Also why does he think people "pick up the phone and call Amazon" to order stuff? OMG he's never used Amazon.
If I were a Texas fascist, what would worry me about these huge crowds is what they could mean for turnout for Talarico vs Paxton. Very few of his supporters are super-pumped about him. Why would they be? Everyone knows he's a crook.
WOW! James Talarico just packed the Plano Event Center in Collin County—blew the roof off Ken Paxton's own backyard—with 4,000+ people, standing room only, and lines wrapped around the building.
This is the county that launched Paxton's career, the same county where his securities fraud mugshot was taken 15 minutes up the road, and the same county Republicans called "unflippable."
And a Democrat just brought the house down in it.
Talarico looked at that crowd and said what we're all thinking: "They're afraid of this movement. They're afraid of this crowd in Plano, Texas."
Damn right they are.
Paxton's out here calling him "Talafreakco" like a middle school bully while Talarico's selling "I'm a Talafreako" shirts and outraising every Senate campaign in Texas history.
First quarter: $28 million, more than double Beto and Colin Allred combined.
Real men don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't scam their own friends for a quick buck. They don't serve themselves—they serve others. Ken Paxton has escaped accountability for 4,000+ days. But accountability is coming November 3.
Democrats, pay attention. This is what it looks like when you run on corruption, not away from it. This is what it looks like when you fight in their backyard and win the crowd.
The suburbs are shifting. Collin County is shifting. Texas is shifting.
Retrumplican crook politicians don't own you. You own them.
LFG TEXAS!!!
@hemantmehta What radicalized the pilot, flight attendants, and other passengers on this flight from Austin to Phoenix? The closeted gay white dude with a moronic beard who spent the whole flight rage-tweeting and screaming "DAMN YOU, BIDEN" whenever turbulence caused a big bump.