@TheRickWilson No Rick, you don't get it
Every media outlet has panned/demeaned the announcement. They will either continue to do so or stop covering him altogether.
And he will...disappear
If this doesn't convince everyone that our ENTIRE political system is decided in the media, nothing will.

1/ Don't worry, gentry conservatives. We get it.

You're writing "No" now but soon enough you'll write "While we have deep reservations about Donald Trump, Joe Biden is a socialist Marxist antifa Soros dupe and while Trump's tweets are terrible, his polices...

2/ ...and his court appointees are magical super sauce. Here are National American Conservative Daily Review, we know the real rsik to the American republic isn't Donald Trump or even Joe Biden.

We know the real danger to our future is a...

3/ ...group of dangerous radical activists who make the Commies, the Nazis, and Al Qaeda pale in comparison. No, the danger is not Trump, but anti-Trump conservatives.

We must therefore grudgingly endorse Donald Trump, praise be upon him."

You know I'm right.

Here's how American news outlets framed the announcement from disgraced ex-president Donald Trump that he would once again seek elected office 🧵 1/

The Washington Post highlights that Trump faces "multiple criminal investigations" and notes that he refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, which he lost. 2/

NPR tags Trump for refusing to concede and fomenting a deadly insurrection. Keep it up. 3/

NYT focuses on the political horserace within the GOP in their tweet, but the graphic does focus on "multiple ongoing state and federal investigations" into Trump. 4/

CNN doesn't mention his criminal behavior or toxic politics, just the bit of trivia about him seeking non-consecutive terms in the White House. Try harder, CNN. 5/

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A 🧵 on Forgotten Lives

Often, I think about the lives led by those who came before us. Perhaps due to my fiction writing, I try to put myself into an individual’s shoes

And one “life” I can’t stop thinking about is that of a 16-year old Black Southern teen in the mid-1880s

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Let’s imagine what his life looked like then, & what it became.

In the 1880s, this teen sees a world where more Black voters are registered in Louisiana than White voters. He sees large numbers of Black voters registered AND voting in other southern states as well.

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Black turnout in the 1880 Presidential election is 61%.

And with this high level of Black participation in elections, this 16-year old grows up seeing Black men (not women yet) serving in office at almost every level.

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We’re talking mayors and sheriffs, state reps and judges, even State Supreme Court justices, house speakers, lieutenant governors and members of Congress.

I would never want to understate the racism and challenges this 16-year old faces in daily life…

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…but when it comes to participation in the nation’s democracy, things at least look to be moving in a good direction

And if he studies his recent history, this teen also is buoyed by the response of Pres. Grant when white supremacists tried to stop this new Black participation.

A thread about Twitter. First let us stipulate that Elon musk is a disgrace and a partner with the murderous Saudi regime. But at least for now I am going to stick it out on Twitter. I came to the platform very reluctantly years ago, pulled into it by my editor. 1

A great way to sell books and promote yourself, he said. I thought, what can you do in 140 characters that isn’t just trivial? But I quickly discovered that there is a lot more to Twitter than that, and that you can say a lot in one tweet and in multiple ones. 2

I learned that when I followed interesting people, I could click on things to read that I would not otherwise discover that were enlightening, entertaining and edifying. Along with videos that made me laugh or made me cry. (H/T @RexChapman) 3

I have built a community of friendships that I would never have found otherwise. Some of these friendships have endured and really enriched my life. Some ate famous people, others are not. All are interesting, morally strong and admirable. I do not want to lose that community. 4

I found a place where I could be candid about my own traumas, including the loss of my son, & be surrounded by warmth and love. I could tweet about my dog lost in downtown DC and have 28,000 people respond, both with sympathy and calls to help keep a lookout to find him. 5

Darrell Brooks killed 6 people in Waukesha after driving into a Christmas parade with his SUV. He is representing himself in court and arguing with a judge who is showing a lot of patience so that this POS doesn't get any chance at an appeal or

Still one of the most epic minutes in television.

BREAKING: Former GA senator Kelly Loeffler’s cell phone records which were recently subpoenaed had some interesting texts from @RepMTG (among other GOP members of Congress) about “coordinating objections to electors” and planning “ahead of January 6th”

And from @JodyHice:

And @RepRickAllen:

And Tricia Raffensperger (Brad Raffensperger’s wife) just hours after she called on him to resign:

And @tedcruz:

JUST IN: DOJ recommends a six month jail sentence and $200,000 fine for Steve BANNON for defying a Jan. 6 select committee subpoena

Prosecutors say that Bannon, from the moment he was subpoenaed by the select committee “has pursued a bad-faith strategy of defiance and contempt.”

Very interesting statement from @elonmusk re Ukrainian StarLink and how damaging it is for @SpaceX economics.

Being Ukrainian actually in the topic of StarLinks, I want to tell you some based facts re starlinks in Ukraine.

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0. I admire the actions of SpaceX of enabling StarLink service in Ukraine. It is a true game changer for Ukrainian army in the open fields of no cellular, and long distances not suitable for radios, given the situation is changing quick on the battlefield.

It’s a game-changer.

1. Despite that, I have not seen ANY StarLink which was bought by the governments, or by SpaceX. All the Starlinks I have seen / used - were bought either by volunteers like myself, or soldiers put their personal money in.

The subscription price is also paid out of the pocket.

2. In my charity fund @dzygaspaw, I have bought and delivered to the frontlines over 50 StarLinks, some of them are still being paid from my credit card, now 60$ each per month.

Pic related - one more StarLink I bought and pay for - for Ukrainian EOD unit for Kharkiv offensive.

3. I would be VERY curious to see actual transparency on the process of getting StarLinks up and running in Ukraine, all the hidden costs that Elon claims. Because - Ukrainians pay the same price as everyone else but it’s only Ukraine that is a subject to discussion for @elonmusk

Welcome to all things Twitter v. Musk.

Here's a thread to help you find what you might be looking for.

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1. While @RonDeSantisFL was fighting the culture wars, banning CRT and shipping migrants to Martha's Vineyard, he failed to meaningfully address Florida's dysfunctional and collapsing property insurance market

And now things are going to get much

2. Florida's property insurance system was in crisis even though the state had not been struck by a major hurricane since 2018.

Then Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida's west coast, killing at least 74 people and inflicting tens of billions of dollars in property damage.

3. Florida property faces catastrophic risks from weather events that worsen each year due to climate change.

Floridians pay an average of "$4,231 a year per [property insurance] policy, compared to a US average of $1,544."

4. In the last five years, six Florida insurance companies have gone out of business "without responding to a hurricane, and four more are in the process of liquidation."

5. The collapsing market has left many Floridians reliant on the Citizens Property Insurance Corp., a state-run agency that is supposed to be the "insurer of last resort." It now provides property insurance for more than 1 million

YALL…

I PLAYED THE 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ON STAGE IN D.C. 😭😭😭😭

@LibnOfCongress thank you ❤️

CARAVAGGIO’s (#BOTD in 1571) biblical paintings re-created as living paintings, accompanied by Mozart's Requiem.

#TableauxVivants

@BenScherp @RJK71896920 @aginnt The basic premise of much conservative thought is that being asked to allow equal rights to people who are not like themselves is an attack on those differences by which they define themselves. It is absolute bullshit, but she articulates it better than anyone I have ever heard.

@RJK71896920 @aginnt If any suggestion is made that someone who is not a mother or a Christian or white or a cis woman should be treated with the same respect as someone who is, the conservative responds with outrage for the “attack” on their values and identity.

The new Prime Minister of Italy.

Wow.

Happy birthday to great pianist and great animal lover, Glenn Gould, who was born 90 years ago today!

Don't miss our article about his childhood: https://t.co/YMStWhiUQi

@dusttodigital