John

John

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Wait. Don’t tell me. Despite being able to have 17-minute phone conversations with nobodies like Scott Jennings, Mitch couldn’t be reached for comment on Ladybug Graham?

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Curious to hear Mitch McConnell's comments on the passing of Lindsey Graham.

Trump even makes the institution of the secret service look like complete amateurs. Butler was a data point, Palm Beach and DC are a trend. I can’t not hear the Benny Hill theme during these responses.

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Alternative angle of Trump and others being rushed off stage at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.

Two photos that give the same energy: The lesson here, I think, is this. The dictator cowers in face-to-face confrontations with other powerful leaders. He is merely an Internet troll who duped 50% of the voters that he was a strongman. The emperor truly has no clothes. All gas until he is gone.

I just heard that musical legend Chuck Mangione passed away today. RIP Chuck. Your music defined a generation of young Gen Xers trapped listening to their parents easy listening stations! In other news…I think we’re looking at a fresh round of 3, y’all. Could it be the Reaper’s redemption tour? 🧐

Please, DNC and Dem Reps, you can spare me the emails/texts for donations. This bill passing means that supporting the people who got us here is not a sound or wise investment. Go talk to your corporate donors.

Ok, this may be a deeply unpopular opinion, but I am open to other arguments. Is anyone else getting sketchy vibes by this viral flyer? To me, it reeks of foreign propaganda at worst and hasty organization by an unknown source at best. It feels like the No Kings brand is being co-opted here. 🧵👇🏻

While I fully sympathize with the sentiment and the need to continue the organized demonstrations, I will beg your pardon for not attending this. I’m not going to show up at a random location in my city not knowing who or how many others will be there.

Ok, this may be a deeply unpopular opinion, but I am open to other arguments. Is anyone else getting sketchy vibes by this viral flyer? To me, it reeks of foreign propaganda at worst and hasty organization by an unknown source at best. It feels like the No Kings brand is being co-opted here. 🧵👇🏻

Notice there are no national organizing groups sponsoring this effort? Notice there are no URLs or QR codes to point readers to more information. Personally, it may almost be an attempt to draw people out into a hostile environment if they are perceived by MAGA as tarnishing ‘Merica’s birthday.

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BREAKING: The Organizers of one of the most successful protests in recent US history, the No Kings protest, have just announced the "Good Trouble Lives On" protest on July 17th July 17th marks 5 years since the death of John Lewis, who coined the phrase "Good Trouble" Who's in? 👋

I think we’re at the point where if the “police” knock on your door, NEVER open the door. Instead call 9-1-1 and request backup. And, if you are a 2A home, have that option available if necessary for forced, unwarranted intrusion. Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.

🧵 1/ Final thoughts on the day of #NoKings PDX edition: I began the day with anxiety and trepidation anticipating security concerns. Amidst that orientation, I broke when I saw young kids with their parents holding signs they made. We failed them and I weep for the world they have to grow up in.

5/ (last one) I left feeling proud, energized, inspired, humbled, and much happier, compared to how the day began. The delicious burger from Face Plant topped off an amazing and remarkable day. We are on the right side of history, and now it is documented. Good night and Godspeed, America!

🧵 1/ Final thoughts on the day of #NoKings PDX edition: I began the day with anxiety and trepidation anticipating security concerns. Amidst that orientation, I broke when I saw young kids with their parents holding signs they made. We failed them and I weep for the world they have to grow up in.

4/ The time between today’s events and the last large-scale event on May 3 was difficult to wait through, but I think it helped make the turnout today even bigger. I needed today as a pressure release valve. To be shoulder-to-shoulder with my fellow countrymen reclaiming our Democracy was uplifting.

🧵 1/ Final thoughts on the day of #NoKings PDX edition: I began the day with anxiety and trepidation anticipating security concerns. Amidst that orientation, I broke when I saw young kids with their parents holding signs they made. We failed them and I weep for the world they have to grow up in.

3/ Even though my emotions got the most of me, the hope I felt as the shame I carried about my country’s flag, hijacked by MAGA, began to give way to a sense of reclaiming its ideals of unity, justice, and common purpose. Make no mistake, we are still in distress, but a spark of hope ignited anew.

🧵 1/ Final thoughts on the day of #NoKings PDX edition: I began the day with anxiety and trepidation anticipating security concerns. Amidst that orientation, I broke when I saw young kids with their parents holding signs they made. We failed them and I weep for the world they have to grow up in.

2/ I absolutely cried when I saw that woman who survived the 1940s holocaust, now attending a protest against the same type of regime that claimed her loved ones. To have to live through another cycle twice in a lifetime and when she is the most vulnerable is unconscionable. Her tenacity inspires.

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Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today