Don't be surprised if The Lincoln Project is suspended from twitter.

[MelissaB]

Not only was it an asshole move, it looks to be illegal.

Link to tweet

If you are confused by this tweet, start with the entire thread (not just OP) here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215091170

[hlthe2b]

1. My understanding is that after George Conway posted (re: poss illegality) it was immediately deleted

so that may assuage twitter. Ironically, Yasar may be in trouble for keeping the screenshots up.

[msfiddlestix]

3. I support TLP, I hope I'm not witnessing an attempt to demonize and take down the project

I haven't been following this feud, I've been otherwise occupied on the Senate Trial, and just a little concerned about the infiltration of Fascists White Nationalists in the Senate and Congress.

So pardon me as I am expressing a little bit of confusion about an important ally like TLP.

[SlogginThroughIt]

4. Wait...

Is the gripe that TLP posted a direct message that someone sent them on the platform? If so.... Theb don’t send them a DM.

[MelissaB]

5. No, they posted a DM they weren't supposed to have access to.

[SlogginThroughIt]

7. Ah I see.

[liskddksil]

6. Good, maybe we can go back to discussing Democrats and not these Johnny come lately

Republicans who all helped got us to where we are these last 40 years.

[Demsrule86]

15. Not counting Biden, we won the presidential election twice in 40 years...I feel we need new ideas as

clearly what went on before was not a winning strategy.

[Celerity]

20. other than their attacking the rumpian RW, they offer nothing that we need policy-wise

The Democratic party is not going to lurch further to the right policy-wise and become some barely centre left to centrist on over to borderline solid mid-right blob, that is electorally suicidal and would be disastrous for the nation as a whole. And those characterisations (label-wise) are all on the 'very artificially skewed to the right' American scale to begin with. What passes for centrist and centre right in the US would be solidly fairly hard to very hard RW in most all other advanced Western nations.

[BannonsLiver]

8. Don't get your hopes up

Link to tweet

?s=21

[MelissaB]

9. Why would I?

I'm glad Yashar and Twitter clarified.

I'm surprised it's okay to post hacked material, but if those are the rules those are the rules.

[Sympthsical]

10. And you'd think long-term covering for a guy sexually stalking underaged boys was their worst thing

I'm surprised how much this is getting swept under the rug on DU. They knew. Hell, I mentioned it on DU over a month ago. How did I know about Weaver before Schmidt and Wilson did?

Can we stop advertising these amoral Republicans, now? When even the AP is like, "Er, where is all their money?" it's a problem. now the New Yorker is getting in on them.

If we overlook very serious crimes just because they temporarily share our politics, how are we much better?

I keep wondering if these were young women being victimized instead of young men, would the reaction still be this indifference and defense of them?

My homophobia sense is starting to tingle about all of this.

[Demsrule86]

11. What one guy did has nothing to do with...this group which has helped Democrats greatly...

I will wait to see what happens.

[Sympthsical]

13. Is it "one guy" when they all clearly knew and did nothing?

Not only did nothing, but got into bed with him politically. For years?

Sorry, not having this.

We have morals and standards, or we do not.

I'm now waiting to see who does not with this one.

[Demsrule86]

16. First of all we don't know who 'knew'. Secondly, I am damned glad this did not come out before the

election.

[My Pet Orangutan]

18. "they all clearly knew" ?

And your evidence is?

The guy, Weaver, was in the closet; deep in the closet.

[Sympthsical]

21. It's all coming out now. Schmidt is resigning.

Maybe people should stop trying to put their heads in the sand on this one. It's been known at least since June, but there is a lot going around that it was known for ages. Schmidt and Weaver were together on McCain's team. The behavior was widespread, persistent, and not exactly an iron secret.

What would you say if this were Republicans?

Oh wait, it is Republicans.

[My Pet Orangutan]

23. ' it was known for ages'

Just because you say so, don't make it so.

[Sympthsical]

25. It's gotten blacked out for ages

And I don't want to post about it here. I think it'd just end up hidden.

That's not a great look.

[My Pet Orangutan]

28. That's fine.

Let the chips fall where they may.

[Demsrule86]

12. You think we should give Republican's a break do you? Trump has been accused of raping several

underage girls you know...no biggie for the GOP of course. We don't give Republicans a break...ever.

[Sympthsical]

14. You should self-delete this. It's vile

Nowhere did I say anything like this. You put some pretty heinous things into my mouth there. Buy a guy a drink first.

And you're beginning to illustrate what I'm talking about here.

[Demsrule86]

17. Really I find parts of your post vile...but you have a right to say your piece.

It did interest me that you are continuing to work this story when really there is nothing left to say unless and until we have new information...and now you are intimating that Democrats who don't agree with you have a questionable moral character...you are running a 'test' on our character I guess.

And, by the way my daughter is Gay, engaged to a lovely young women and will get married in August of 22. Child molestation if that is what this guy did is not about being Gay but about being a predator.


"If we overlook very serious crimes just because they temporarily share our politics, how are we much better? I keep wondering if these were young women being victimized instead of young men, would the reaction still be this indifference and defense of them?"

[Sympthsical]

22. My politics cease when it comes to sexual predation and those who enable it

But, I know who I am that way.

You're just blatantly lying about every part of what I said. Dirty pool.

My politics don't work that way. They don't go so far. They don't shrug when sexual predation and the enablers of it are in front of me.

I sleep at night.

[irisblue]

19. wow, how surprising, white make gop-ers trying to run over a woman, plops down on fainting couch

BTW

[octoberlib]

24. Steve Schmidt was behind the release of Jennifer Horn's hacked DMs. That's why

he's resigning. Somebody sent them to him and said they were from an anonymous source. Schmidt said in a statement he didn't know somebody had hacked her Twitter account.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[dustyscamp]

27. That really sucks

[Corgigal]

26. I guess Roger Stone is busy.

Ivanka was really upset about the billboard after all.