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Tommymac

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January 30, 2022

Bill Kristol: Fox News Should be held 'Lie-able' for Antivax Early Deaths just like Big Tobacco was.

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1487552750804213768

He may not be well liked in Democratic Circles, but he is making a whole lot of sense on this topic.



(My poetic license re 'liable' in Thread Title)
January 29, 2022

President Joe Tweets FTW: USA USA USA Jobs!

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1487491936793645062


Another tidbit to impress your Independent friends and family with.

#GOTV 2022


On Edit: Had to ad this tweet from the President:

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1487473352243613706
January 23, 2022

George Takei: 'What is wrong with these people?'

https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1485044867369689096

https://www.comicsands.com/florida-lets-go-brandon-graffiti-2656377838.html
Florida MAGA Fan Arrested 'Kicking And Screaming' After Spray Painting 'Let's Go Brandon' Graffiti
John Sundholm
Jan. 12, 2022

A Florida supporter of former Republican President Donald Trump was arrested Friday after he spray-painted a Pinellas County house with several pieces of bigoted far-right, pro-Trump graffiti.

He was so incensed by his arrest he began "kicking and screaming" at law enforcement.

Among the defacements 32-year-old Geoffrey Pearson Holtman painted on the house and nearby vehicles were the word "Trump," a swastika, several racial slurs and the phrase "Let's Go Brandon"—a right-wing catchphrase against Democratic President Joe Biden that stands for "F'k Joe Biden."

[snip]

Holtman did $5000 worth of damage to the woman's house, garage door and decor in her front yard, as well as to a car and an RV parked nearby, spraying racist and anti-semitic graffiti on both and shattering one of the car's windows.


January 22, 2022

Covid Dick is for Real. And so is Nikki Fried: YOUR next Florida Governor

https://twitter.com/NikkiFried/status/1484892941395111937


Hey wait, don't go away, there is MORE:

This is about the most awesome introductory ad I've seen this year. I'm on Board with Nikki Fried

Take a few moments out of your day - This is a MUST WATCH!!!!!


https://twitter.com/NikkiFried/status/1399791366712999943
GOTV2022


January 21, 2022

Robert Reich: Why Manchin and Sinema Came out Against Voting Rights

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/robert-reich/100049/psst-you-really-want-to-know-why-manchin-and-sinema-came-out-against-voting-rights

Psst: You Really Want to Know Why Manchin and Sinema Came out Against Voting Rights?
by
Robert Reich | January 21, 2022 - 7:40am


I’ve suggested that the answer to all these questions could be found in the giant wads of corporate cash flowing into their campaign coffers. But as I’ve watched the two senators closely and spoken about them with members of Congress as well as Hill staff, I’ve come to the conclusion this isn’t it – or at least not all of it.

The corporate money explanation leaves out the single biggest factor affecting almost all national politicians I’ve dealt with: Big egos. Manchin’s and Sinema’s are now among the biggest.

Before February of last year, almost no one outside West Virginia had ever heard of Joe Manchin, and almost no one outside of Arizona (and probably few within the state) had ever heard of Kyrsten Sinema. Now, they’re notorious. They’re Washington celebrities. Their photos grace every major news outlet in America.

This sort of attention is addictive. Once it seeps into the bloodstream, it becomes an all-consuming force. I’ve known politicians who have become permanently and irrevocably intoxicated by it.

I’m not talking simply about power, although that’s certainly part of it. I’m talking about narcissism – the primal force driving so much of modern America, but whose essence is concentrated in certain places such as Wall Street, Hollywood, and the United States Senate.


More at link.

They are willing to let Democracy Die to satisfy their precious EGOS. Sound like something TFG would do.



January 21, 2022

Do The Math. Putin Equals Fox News

https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1484501347563151362

Let's see this one on the Standardized Tests.



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