Tweets Of The Day

 

Evergreen truth --

 

@POTUS can't be bipartisan when the GOP has no interest in genuine negotiation. When the goal is total obstruction, combined with the curtailment of voting rights, Biden doesn't have any choice other than to use mechanisms such as reconciliation. The alternative is doing nothing.

— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) April 6, 2021

 

"If it's not Jim Crow, what is it?" (Spoiler alert: it's Jim Crow) --

 

"The laws that disenfranchised Black Americans in the South and established Jim Crow did not actually say they were disenfranchising Black Americans and creating a one-party racist state."--@jbouie

Perfect for classroom use.https://t.co/XbcXQBxv4v

— Kevin M. Levin (@KevinLevin) April 6, 2021

 

What we've been saying for awhile now --

 

Mark's right. Biggest scandal of Georgia election law is that it makes voting into what amounts to an advisory opinion, leaving the state government in charge of deciding who won. https://t.co/MCg6EUh1wT

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 6, 2021

You can't expect hypocrites to be consistent (except in their hypocrisy) --

 

Trump called for a ban on Coke 3 days ago.

How is that going? pic.twitter.com/R0Ut4R77SL

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) April 5, 2021

 

I’m sure someone has already made this point. But the landmark 2003 Supreme Court case McConnell v. FEC had that name because Mitch McConnell himself filed a lawsuit against federal laws that limited corporations’ ability to spend money influencing elections. https://t.co/YCMozabjmx

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) April 6, 2021

 

What's "doppelgänger" in Spanish? --

 

Big if true. pic.twitter.com/YraeyvNiqO

— Justin Horwitz 🦋 🧢 (@JustinAHorwitz) April 6, 2021

 

Honoring the fallen --

 

#Mandalay residents honored fallen anti-coup protesters by making and sailing paper boats on Tuesday.
(Photo : SHA)#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/nzoYlXIr20

— The Irrawaddy (Eng) (@IrrawaddyNews) April 6, 2021