Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned a convicted murderer and virulent racist who, after writing text messages suggesting he would kill a protester and then claim self-defense, killed a protester and claimed self-defense. I wrote this a year ago: https://www.findinggravity.net/p/republican-politicians-embrace-another
Rachel #Maddow on Bradley W. Hart's superb "Star-Spangled Fascism" podcast:
"The harder thing for us to sort of sit with, as Americans, is that there have been fascistic tendencies, fascistic movements in America ... for longer than we like to admit."
#POTUS#Biden & #Trump agreed Wed to a June 27 debate on @CNN, hours after Biden announced he would bypass the decades-old tradition of 3 fall meetings organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (Trump stipulation, bc CPD has guidelines)
After Biden publicly embraced a #CNN proposal on social media, a Trump adviser,…said the presumptive #Republican nominee would accept that event. (We’ll see)
“I am Ready & Willing to Debate Crooked Joe at the two proposed times in June & September,” #Trump wrote earlier Wed on Truth Social. “I would strongly recommend more than two debates &, for excitement purposes, a very large venue, although Biden is supposedly afraid of crowds.”
(🤦🏼♀️This effing guy)
“Just tell me when, I’ll be there,” he continued, before referencing a tag line from professional boxing. “'Let’s get ready to Rumble!!!”
The plan is to keep the government operating until November. That's the plan. It's up to voters to do their part next and vote like hell - Democrats all the way down the ballot - in order to get unified control of government. Then Biden + Jeffries will lead SCOTUS reform, Roe into law, comprehensive (and sensible) immigration reform, taxing the rich and corporations, and restoring voting rights. Then we'll be in good shape. #BidenHarris2024
Given that nearly 1 million Repubicans (15% of the party!) voted for Hailey in 12 states AFTER she withdrew, Presidential polls this cycle can't predict anything & should be ignored. Here's why ...🧵1/5
@andrewjweinstein
It feels to me as though far too many of us just reject truths that have the potential of any impending disaster.
We didn’t want to believe the facts of COVID transmission and just stopped masking & limiting activities.
We don’t want to consider what #climatecatastophe will actually be like in all its horror, which is directly related to mega-corporations & Republicans in power.
We are ignoring the FACT of Trump’s fascism & what his Project 25 will mean to our daily lives.
We act as though there is a viable choice in November, when there’s only one sane act: re-electing Pres. Biden. We’ve perfected denial and it’s going to kill us in so many ways.
BRITT BILL WOULD CREATE FEDERAL DATABASE TRACKING PREGNANCIES
Alabama Senator Katie Britt, best known for delivering a bizarre, melodramatic televised response to President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address, has introduced a bill to create a federal website to collect data on pregnant people.
The bill, the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act (MOMS Act), would mandate the creation of a federal website called Pregnancy.gov, which Britt calls a "clearinghouse of relevant resources available for pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children."
The website would take users through series of questions, it claims, to generate a list of relevant resources of interest within the user’s zip code. The bill would also allow government officials to reach out to users for additional information.
The database would refer users to so-called "crisis pregnancy centers"; fake clinics that do not actually provide women with healthcare, but rather use deception and coercion to scare women away from getting an abortion, even if it necessary for their own health.
Exclusive: #JaredKushner pitching donors on father-in-law #Trump, sources say
Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been making calls to encourage donors to attend a Trump fundraiser in NY, 2 sources told @Reuters, in one of the first indications of #Kushner working to help re-elect his father-in-law.
A fmr WH adviser to #Trump 🤣, Kushner stepped away from politics after Trump's term ended in 2021 & founded Miami-based private equity firm Affinity Partners.
@rbreich
If someone made a mix tape of Trump’s worst hits, where would these rank?
😱 killing the Earth for an election win
😱killing thousands due to COVID mismanagement & malevolence
😱separating migrant families without a reunification plan
😱conspiring to form & inciting an insurrection to overthrow valid election results
😱playing footsie with the Russian dictator for power & monetary gain
😱nixing the Iran nuclear deal
😱engineering overturn of Roe through a corrupt SCOTUS
😱blatantly announcing intent to rule as dictator
😱decimating the rule of law
😱supporting racism on every level
I'm a 53-yr old Jewish Michigander and I'm not just voting for #BidenHarris2024, I'm raising hundred of thousands of dollars for other Democrats up & down the ballot as well.
In his recent “60 Minutes” interview, House Minority Leader Jeffries said that “…everything we want for America is on the ballot.”
DEMOCRATS want what is good for our country & good for everyday Americans.
🔹Reproductive Freedom
🔹Immigration Reform
🔹Gun Safety Laws
🔹Tax Equity, Including Wealth Tax & IRS Enforcement
🔹Climate Crisis Solutions & Funding
🔹Judiciary Ethics Reform
🔹Voting Rights
🔹Equality For All
🔹Continuing Support For Ukraine & NATO
🔹Etc.
We can’t just sit back and hope others will be working the vote, donating, writing postcards, contacting people one-on-one to GET OUT THE VOTE.
WE must be the workers who get the job done.
This election is between democracy or fascism. Biden or chaos.
DONATE TO DEMS.
WORK TO GET OUT THE BLUE VOTE.
SPREAD THE TRUTH ABOUT PRES. BIDEN’S SUCCESSES.
JOIN AN ACTIVIST GROUP.
@benroyce
Respectfully, with fascism a given if Trump wins, it’s not enough to encourage people to “vote in November.”
Turnout is NEVER over 70%, even in presidential election years. We — all of us — must work the vote & donate to Democratic candidates & activist organizations.
DONATE TO DEMS.
WORK TO GET OUT THE BLUE VOTE.
SPREAD THE TRUTH ABOUT PRES. BIDEN’S SUCCESSES.
JOIN ACTIVISTS.
#POTUS Biden will champion a new Microsoft #Artificial Intelligence investment in #Wisconsin on Wedn — showcasing the failed #economic commitments of his political rival Trump, whose promises for a #job-rich Foxconn plant in the battleground state never materialized.
Wielding a golden shovel, #Trump touted the #Foxconn flat-panel display factory as evidence of a broad #manufacturing revival stirred by his 2017 TaxCut which rewarded the [#wealthy & #corporations] & #tariffs on imported steel. “You know, 18 months ago this was a field, & now it’s one of the most advanced places of any kind you’ll see anywhere in the world. It’s incredible,” Trump crowed.
The #Foxconn facility was to have dozens of bldgs on a giant plot of land 3X the size of NY’s Central Park. But the project accomplished little more than the #destruction of 100 local #homes & #farms before the co drastically scaled back plans.
In Sept 2020, #Wisconsin state ofcls denied the Taiwanese co special #tax credits, saying it had abandoned its original commitment, employed <520 people & spent just $300M. Local #taxpayers were left w/a tab of >$500M for site prep.