I've a few thoughts about Trump and how we got here, going to be a long thread

I've just finished @Mikel_Jollett excellent book Hollywood Park, can't recommend it highly enough (and his band album etc) In the book he describes growing up with a Narcissistic mother amongst other things.

When he describes how every single thing that happens was through the prism of how it effected her and how it made her feel reminded me of Trump. To start with Trump is deeply disturbed individual, he was brought up as a racist.

He's risen to power by the use of racism however I don't think that's why he's become what he is. He's exploited institutional racism to help himself feel better about himself.
I see institutional racism as a result of an exploitation of power.

The fact that some people have a genetic predisposition to higher level of pigmentation in their skin can never be a logical reason for bias. Due to the historical imbalance of power it is exploited to consolidate power and with it riches.

PM @narendramodi's vision 'sabka saath sabka vikas', reflects in #JalJeevanMission to provide assured tap water supply to every rural household by 2024.

#JJM is implemented in partnership with States to ‘improve quality of life’ & enhance ‘ease of living’.

@PMOIndia

To fulfill the aspirations of every family to have piped water supply in their home, #JalJeevanMission aims to provide tap water connection to every rural household by 2024 so that people do not have to wait in a queue to fetch water or depend on tankers/ trains during summers.

#JalJeevanMission aims for universal coverage of all rural households by following the principle of ‘equity and inclusiveness’, i.e. every family in the village gets tap water connection and ‘no one is left behind’.

@PMOIndia @gssjodhpur

Under #JalJeevanMission, every family, irrespective of their socio-economic background, to have an assured piped water supply in their home. The principle is ‘no one is left out’.

@PMOIndia @gssjodhpur

#JalJeevanMission is making relentless efforts to bring improvements in the lives of people by ensuring the provision of potable water supply to bridge the rural-urban divide in terms of such a basic necessity of life.

@PMOIndia @gssjodhpur

Pence now ruling from the chair that the Members of Congress sent to the gallery can't even ask how they can render objections if they're not on the floor.

Pause as the microphones don't work. This is not off to an inspiring start.

Reading off the president's name as "Donald J. Trump of the State of Florida." Queens, we hardly knew ye.

Now, Arizona. Pence recites (as with all the states) that this is the only certificate from the state authorities. Gosar & Cruz object.

Objection leads to groans and applause.

Twitter is a wasteland. Evidence...

A tour of front pages this morning, starting with the Arizona Republic: “AGAIN.” Above the banner: “Donald J. Trump becomes first president in history to be impeached twice, as House charges him with inciting Capitol riot” 1/

LA Times: "TRUMP IMPEACHED FOR A SECOND TIME” 2/

The Washington Post: “Trump impeached again” Subhead 1: “An isolated president has few willing to defend him.” Subhead 2: Senate trial is likely to occur after departure” 3/

Miami Herald: “IMPEACHED AGAIN: House Democrats and 10 Republicans say Trump should be ousted for ‘incitement of insurrection’ but trial is likely to come after he leaves office”

The Times of Gainesville, Ga.: “House votes to impeach Trump: 10 Republicans join in historic 2nd charge over Capitol assault”

As an elected local public official of the Board of Supervisors of a Special District in Florida, I am under oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida.

I take my oath of office seriously, as every Patriot should, and... (1/9)

I am urging State Attorney Generals to uphold their affirmations. Our Constitutional Rights are at stake and it’s imperative that the states listed below join Texas in filing suit against GA, PA, MI, and WI immediately. (2/9)

The AGs of FL, LA, AR, AL, KY, MS, MO, SC, and SD clearly see what is at stake. We thank them.

This is NOT Red vs Blue.

This is...
Good vs Evil
Right vs Wrong
PATRIOTS vs TRAITORS.

We have laws in place to protect our rights and attorney generals to defend those rights. (3/9)

DO YOUR JOB. FIGHT FOR WE THE PEOPLE. JOIN THE SUIT.

Alaska - Clyde Sniffen Jr @USAO_AK
Arizona - Mark Brnovich @GeneralBrnovich
California - Xavier Becerra @AGBecerra
Colorado - Phil Weiser @pweiser
Connecticut - William Tong @AGWilliamTong
(4/9)

Delaware - Kathy Jennings @DE_DOJ
Hawaii - Clare Connors @AtghIgov
Idaho - Lawrence Wasden @lawrencewasden
Illinois - Kwame Raoul @KwameRaoul
Indiana - Curtis Hill Jr @AGCurtisHill
Iowa - Tom Miller @AGIowa
Kansas - Derek Schmidt @KSAGOffice
Maine - Aaron Frey
(5/9)

The greatest tools we still have at our disposal are the US Constitution, our State Constitutions, the separation of powers, division of state and federal powers, the long list of judges appointed by @realDonaldTrump, and more important then anything our faith in God. All hope...

@wakingjake @SamSeder @jimmy_dore @buzz_chronicles save as culture

Hey @SenShelby ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @lisamurkowski ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @JohnBoozman ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @ChuckGrassley ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Hey @marcorubio ... as one of the Senators who is up for re-election in 2022, Abe wants to know if you will:

1.Denounce Hawley's plot as undemocratic
2.Announce you’re voting against any protest
3.Actually vote against the protest

We know you know better, now prove it.

Alright, so let's do a thread on what the fuck just happened in Georgia tonight. Unless something changes, it sure looks like Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will be Georgia's senators in the 117th Congress. With that in mind, let's litigate this disaster.

Before saying anything else, we should state that Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, David Perdue, and Kelly Loeffler are all horrendous candidates. I will explain below.

Raphael Warnock is a radical leftist and a vicious antisemite. A healthy body politic would never let him get near the levers of power.

Jon Ossoff is a trust-fund bozo who has never accomplished anything in his 33 years of life and is not remotely qualified to be a senator.

1. “Democrats have launched an impeachment of the president with no argument, no evidence, no witnesses, no due process of any kind,

1/ Will Republican voter suppression efforts be enough to block the tens of millions of Americans who have discovered that Trump and the Republicans don't give a damn about them >> per https://t.co/dw0Y01pwXG by Thom_Hartmann >>

There needs to be a mass movement of political maturation. People are obviously encouraged to move at the pace which best suits them, but it is concerning, to say the least, that people closer to 40 are still impressed by political pageantry over policy.

Now what pace is that? Progress is all but stalled when you’re more agitated by the truth than the lies you’ve been led to believe and repeat about misleadership in this country.

Perhaps you aren’t interested or invested in an equitable society where the poor and working class represent themselves. But it truly should eat away at you that you’re fine being corralled into repression and subjugation by “your” government.

The emphasis we place on political education is not symbolic or even an attempt to rewrite history. It allows us to see what methods Black revolutionaries used, but also to see how the government subverted and destroyed their movements.

They saying is “history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes”. Many people were exhibiting their first term Obama jubilation. What we know happened next is the justification for why those pipes in Flint were never fixed, why so many extrajudicial killings of Black people happened etc.